In Real Life

A Birthday Letter To Myself About Video Games

Many video games turning twenty-five this year could set themselves on a podium and brag until their throats are sore. “Hey, I’m Castlevania and I’ve released over 30 games in the last quarter-century. What have you done?”


September 15, 2011
PlayStation

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded PS3 Bundle Hits Nov 1

PS3 James Bond fans are getting a special bundle in November, Activision announced today.


September 14, 2011
Nintendo

Separated At Birth? The 3DS’ New Gimmick And James Bond’s Face

Some people think that the 3DS’ new second-circle-pad add-on is ugly. They mock it. They deride it. But maybe the 3DS “slide pad” is a beautiful homage to one of history’s greatest video game box-art optical illusions.


August 20, 2011
Uncategorized

New GoldenEye: Reloaded Screens Classified For All Eyes Only

How many times can we remind you that GoldenEye: Reloaded is not just GoldenEye 007 for the Wii? It’s GoldenEye 007 for the Wii with better graphics, as this fresh batch of 16 screengrabs from nearly all of the game’s stages illustrates.


August 18, 2011
PlayStation

Goldeneye 007: Reloaded Special Missions Make You Roll Like Mi6

Like Mi6, like Mi6; aside from the singleplayer campaign and online multiplayer, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Goldeneye 007: Reloaded will feature standalone missions that will task players with assault, elimination, stealth and defence objectives — like Mi6.


July 25, 2011
News

Activision Had Plans For High-Definition GoldenEye All Along

Depending upon the consoles you own, the bad news about GoldenEye: Reloaded may still be the good news. It is most definitely a high-definition remastering of last year’s title reboot on the Wii. But given the much larger shooter constituency on the PS3 and 360, and online multiplayer’s vastly greater viability on those consoles, that may be all the game needs.


July 20, 2011
Xbox

GoldenEye 007 Reloaded Is Real, Coming To PS3 And Xbox 360

Activision will be tightening up the graphics on 2010′s GoldeneEye 007 for the Wii – the re-imagining of the 1997 Nintendo 64 game of the same name – bringing it to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as GoldenEye 007 Reloaded. See?


July 8, 2011
News

Activision’s Bringing A New James Bond Game To Comic-Con

Superhuman fare X-Men Destiny, Spider-man: Edge of Time and Prototype 2 will get special attention from publisher Activision at this month’s San Diego Comic-Con. The mega-publisher has one reveal planned as well, teasing a “new 007 game” for the annual nerd gathering.


June 28, 2011
News

Is Goldeneye Reloaded Just A Fancy Word For Re-Released?

Activision puts nostalgia-loving gamers in their sights once again, gathering a nice list of domain names revolving around something called “Goldeneye Reloaded“. This could mean a number of things are in the works: an HD re-release of Goldeneye for the Wii, an HD remake of the classic N64 Goldeneye, or maybe even a turn as an Xbox Live Arcade game or on PSN?


December 20, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Insert Coin

Kotaku AU

I – quite legitimately – lost my freakin’ mind over an Indiana Jones t-shirt last week. And this week it’s happening all over again with Insert Coin Clothing, creators of some genuinely cool t-shirts on a video game theme.