In Real Life

Ousted Community Showrunner Heads Off To Play More ‘F***ing Great’ Prototype 2

Yesterday night, the world of TV comedy got a bit of a drama injection when news broke that Community showrunner Dan Harmon had been fired by Sony pictures Television.P


May 18, 2012
Xbox

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games In Japan (That Were Never Released There)

Multi-national releases are a difficult process. Not only are there linguistic and cultural barriers to overcome, but very often content or simple monetary reasons can keep a game from entering one country or another. Even so, some games are desired despite their limited availability no matter where you are.


May 1, 2012
In Real Life

Let’s Be Careful With The Child-Murder, Ok?

Is there anything worse than killing a child? It’s one of the most reprehensible things a person can do. Not just in real life: Along with Golden Retrievericide, child-murder is one of the most double-secret-ultrabad things you can do in a movie, book or video game.


April 28, 2012
News

Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘Metacritic Reviews Are Often Avenues For Trolling’

Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personally.


PC

How Many Times Does Prototype 2 Drop The F-Bomb In One Hour?

Owen really liked Prototype 2‘s James Heller. I can see why.


April 26, 2012
In Real Life

The Art Of Prototype 2

Because Prototype 2 is out this week, artists involved in the game are now able to share their work. One of those is Venezuelan César Rizo, who did a lot of environment pieces for the game.


PlayStation

Prototype 2: The Kotaku Review

In very few games have I truly inhabited the persona of a goddam-right-I-am badass, whose demonstrations of power were as personal as Prototype 2‘s. And it’s not because I’ve imagined any of the superpowers you wield in this game, or how I’d perform with them. It’s because of the very normal, very pissed-off man in charge of them.


April 25, 2012
PC

Hell Yeah, It’s Time For Some Human Bowling Pins In Prototype 2

Here’s something I didn’t expect in Prototype 2: a human bowling minigame. That’s the best way I can describe “Collateral Damage”, one of the Radnet challenges that the game will be offering week-to-week, with character skins, experience points, powers and other goodies as the payout.


April 15, 2012
PC

Live, Without A Net, Prototype 2′s Latest Trailer Falls From A Rooftop

There is no gameplay in this Prototype 2 trailer, which went out late Friday. But there is some rather badarse live action, explaining the back story of protagonist James Heller. He is burning alive with the Blacklight virus — and his desire for revenge upon Alex Mercer.


March 15, 2012
In Real Life

The Hip Hop Gamer Raps About Prototype 2 For Prototype 2

If you were a video game reporter in New York, you’d know who the Hip Hop Gamer is. He’s the guy who walks around with a WWE Championship belt — except, he makes his interviewees wear the belt while he’s talking to them. (Hey, I’ve done it! I’ve just declined his offers to rap with him!)