Hands On
PlayStation

This Acid-Trip Game Looks Amazing, Even When I’m Playing It Wrong

I’ve never experimented acid or done any kind of psychedelics. People say it’s great, except for all the flashbacks and stuff. From my never-tripped point-of-view, Dyad looks like it simulates an chemically altered mindstate pretty damn well. It’s got a lot more going for it than just that, though.

April 3, 2012
Mobile

L.A. Noire’s Tablet Version Commits Some Unforgivable Crimes

Think about it: L.A. Noire should work on a tablet. Rockstar’s 2011 crime drama essentially updates the old-school adventure game formula that has players going places and clicking on items. A natural for conversion to a tablet, right? Well, yes… and no.

February 23, 2012
PC

Assemble Your Own Oddball Avengers Team On Facebook

Cyclops! Black Cat! Invisible Woman! Facebook Avengers Assemble! Facebook’s Marvel: Avengers Alliance cares not for comic book continuity, focusing instead on giving players some sweet choices, and then making them pay for them.

January 12, 2012
PC

Microsoft Flight: Flight Simulator For The Masses

Microsoft’s Flight Simulator has for years been the most successful and prominent flight simulator worldwide. Microsoft Flight is a completely different take on the franchise, so much so that it isn’t part of the franchise whatsoever.

December 20, 2011
PlayStation

The Japanese PlayStation Vita Launch From Lining Up To Stripping Down

Over the weekend Sony unleashed the next evolution of portable gaming on Japan, and Kotaku was there. Here’s our complete coverage of the Japanese PlayStation Vita launch, from queuing up to booting up and beyond.

October 20, 2011
PC

Getting ‘Whored’ In The First 17% Of Saints Row: The Third

When I saw Saints Row: The Third earlier this year, developer Volition showcased a spectacular bank heist from the game, a carnage-filled showdown with Steelport’s SWAT team. It was a bizarre, comedically ultraviolent shootout that played like a major, mid-game highlight.

October 6, 2011
PlayStation

How Assassin’s Creed Flipped My World Upside Down

Kotaku AU

Assassin’s Creed is a series that has continued to reinvent genres, and expectations. Now, after an extensive hands on with Revelations’ multiplayer component, Assassin’s Creed somehow managed to flip my game world upside down — literally and figuratively!

August 25, 2011
PlayStation

Trying Not To Swoon On My First Date With NBA 2K12

Basketball is the sport that always unmasks me as a panicky klutz, whether that is in a video game or in real life. I don’t see things very well, don’t have great anticipation, and overreact to most everything. On defence, it takes nothing to get me in the air, although such a statement implies there is actual daylight between my feet and the hardwood.

August 19, 2011
PlayStation

Part Brawler, Part Fighter, Anarchy Reigns Shows Promise And Flaws

It’s a little bit Virtua Fighter, a little bit Madworld. Played in the back room of Sega’s Gamescom press booth, Anarchy Reigns is a fast-paced, action-heavy brawler that seems a bit too sloppy to have any lasting appeal.

August 17, 2011
PC

A Rip-Roaring, Rhyming Hands-On With Saints Row: The Third

So that was when I took the wheel, as bullets pinged and tyres squealed, I weighed the odds and my heart sank: my street sweeper vs their armoured tank.

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