PC

Techland’s Trailer For Its Latest Game Is Better Than The One It Did For Dead Island

As far as claims go, yes, I’m being bold and melodramatic. But then, so was Techland’s original Dead Island trailer, which I think set expectations for the co-op zombie shooter to unreachable levels and ultimately came back to haunt it. This time though, the situation is different. No zombies, dead kids or shattered families. Just ATVs. And funny. And trees.


Nintendo

New Metro: Last Light Interview And Gameplay Footage Finds Its Way Online

Kotaku AU

Apparently this Metro: Last Light video appeared for a brief time on GameTrailers, but was quickly taken down. I’m not sure why it was removed, but whatever the reason it did little to stop one enterprising user from grabbing the clip and uploading it to YouTube. Inside we find almost four minutes for gameplay footage, along with a surprisingly solid interview with the developers.


PC

This Is What A ‘Supernatural Assassin’ Does In Bethesda’s Dishonored

If you’re not up to speed on what Bethesda’s Dishonored is all about, two things should fill you in nicely. One is Stephen Totilo’s “18 Things You Should Know About Dishonored”. And the other is that image at right, of a guy leaping off a rooftop and stabbing a dude in the neck.


PC

Choose Your Own (Goofy) Max Payne Video Adventure

Max Payne 3 does a lot of things right — from the relentless, blood-soaked gunplay to HEALTH’s astonishing soundtrack.


PC

Rant: Even If No One Listens, Let The Diablo III Review Bombs Fall

It’s easy to sit back and scoff at “review bombing”, as we saw last week when Blizzard released a broken Diablo III. Flooding Amazon to give zero stars to something others have called 10/10, sure, that’s not a legitimate review. And people staging a sit-in aren’t there to legitimately patronize a public accommodation, either. But a sit-in is a legitimate form of protest. And I think a review bomb is, too.


May 26, 2012
PC

Save Almost 60% On A Logitech G27 Steering Wheel, Shifter And Pedals [Updated]

Kotaku AU

Scoopon currently has Logitech’s G27 running as one of its deals, offering the $499 RRP steering wheel and pedal combo for $214.95 delivered. It works out to be 57 per cent off, though in reality it’s more of a 15 per cent discount.


PC

This Planetside 2 Air Assault Video Will Get You Excited About The Future Of MMO Shooters

Kotaku AU

The original Planetside was perhaps a little ahead of its time. A massively multiplayer FPS in a time when broadband was still finding its feet. Even so, it was magnificent by way of its ambition alone and as lag-stricken as it was (at least, for Australian players), I still remember it fondly — nothing quite beats carrying a pair of rocklet rifles and blowing the crap out of heavily-armed MAX.


PC

My PC Dropped Dead, But At Least I Rescued My Mass Effect Saves

I love my desktop PC. I’m a PC gamer through and through and my current computer, which is the machine I also use every day for work, is one I built for myself in 2010. I dust it out regularly, am careful with my file management, and have mastered the art of putting the mouse away at night so the cat can’t chew through its wire again.


PC

People Are Playing Diablo III In All Sorts Of Interesting Places Now

In your basement, cuddled up next to your cat, on a mountain and now on a tablet.


PC

Korean Gamers Want Chinese Players Banned From Diablo III

There are reports out of China that tensions are flaring over Diablo III. Since the game hasn’t been officially released in mainland China yet, some Chinese players are acquiring copies of the game and then logging onto Asian servers in other regions.