In Real Life

The Best Game Music Of 2011: Infamous 2

Kotaku‘s “Best Game Music of 2011″ is a multi-part series in which we’ll be discussing the best video game soundtracks of the year. Today, we’ll take a look at the New Orleans-tinged superhero music of Sucker Punch’s inFamous 2.


October 27, 2011
PlayStation

The Best Way To Get Around In Infamous 2 Started Out As A Bug

I’m in the middle of playing the new Infamous: Festival of Blood DLC, which gives series hero Cole McGrath all sorts of new powers by virtue of his getting in turned into a vampire.


October 26, 2011
PlayStation

Infamous: Festival Of Blood’s Launch Trailer Doesn’t Suck

One of the things that’s always a challenge in superhero games is giving the character new powers as they go. Infamous 2 got to bypass Cole McGrath’s origin story, and as a result introduced new powers while presenting a faster-moving, more enjoyable story than the first game.


October 18, 2011
News

In Infamous‘ Festival of Blood, You Might Be A Swarm of Bats

Once a game comes out, some game developers may go to tropical locations or re-acquaint themselves with families who they barely get to see during crunch time. Sucker Punch did something a little different during their summer holiday: They turned Cole McGrath — the electrically powered hero of the development studio’s best-selling Infamous games — into a blood-sucking vampire.


September 16, 2011
PlayStation

What’s Coming To PlayStation Move

Remember that PlayStation Move controller you bought last year? Well, they’re still making games for it! Resistance 3, for example, is fully playable with PlayStation Move and that just came out.


August 17, 2011
PlayStation

Cole McGrath Vants To Sahk Your Blood In Infamous 2: Festival Of Blood

Later this year, Infamous 2 fans will be able to download Infamous 2: Festival of Blood, a standalone adventure for Sucker Punch’s open-world superhero PS3 game.


August 2, 2011
News

Infamous Studio Is Now All Sony’s

Sony Computer Entertainment has acquired Sucker Punch, the studio behind titles like Infamous and Sly Cooper, the Tokyo-based game giant revealed today.


July 20, 2011
In Real Life

This Video Game Art Packs Twice The Infamy

We featured the art of Bjorn Hurri (Total War, Steampunk Star Wars) only a few weeks ago here on Kotaku, but since then he’s been given the all clear to release a ton of content from his most recent project, inFamous 2.


July 19, 2011
PlayStation

Infamous 2 Is The Post-Katrina Video Game That America Deserves

Complicated stances for ideas that lack near-unanimous support in American society remain rare in games. If they appear, how do they even get in there?


June 28, 2011
In Real Life

The InFamous Video Game Art Of Wesley Burt

Wesley Burt is a professional concept artist who works for Massive Black, one of the world’s biggest and most successful concept art studios.