News

A Terrible Deal Created MLB 2K — But It Also Brought Us BioShock

The mythology built up around Major League Baseball 2K is that the game could not do anything right. Eight-figure losses and terrible review scores every year are, yes, terminal deficiencies. But its pitching and hitting mechanisms forced the dominant MLB The Show to respond with weak revisions to its controls, and MLB Today — when it worked — was the freshest introduction in a main mode of play since the singleplayer career.


May 23, 2012
News

Major League Baseball 2K’s Cancellation Looms On Grim News From Game’s Creators

Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K Sports, notably left Major League Baseball 2K out of its planned releases in its coming fiscal year in a call with investors today. Kotaku asked Take-Two Interactive if it could confirm the end of the series, and it released this statement.


January 18, 2012
PC

Does The Gore In The Darkness II Make You Squeamish?

Ready for a bit of the ‘ol ultra-violence? Featured here are the grossest, gnarliest and most stomach-churning moments contained in the demo for upcoming video game The Darkness II.


September 15, 2011
News

GTA IV Overtakes San Andreas In Lifetime Sales

Grand Theft Auto IV, released in 2008, has just now overtaken its predecessor, 2004′s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in total sales, says the top boss over the GTA brand.


August 11, 2011
News

A Lockout Could Cost NBA 2K12 $US40 Million, Says Analyst

You thought we were done with this lockout nonsense when the NFL and its players came to terms about two weeks ago. Nope! The NBA and its players are in a similar dispute and, good news, it seems to be even more intractable. What does this mean for its premier licensed video game?


July 8, 2011
PC

10 Tips For Achieving CivWorld Greatness, From The People Behind The Game

The people who make Civilization have given the world CivWorld, a free Facebook version of their legendary strategy series. The game is complex and kind of tough!


June 18, 2011
In Real Life

No Girls Allowed: Keep Out!

There has been quite a lot of talk about the unusual making of Duke Nukem Forever. Years of production and numerous delays made the game almost a phantom: like some mystical beast that was oft spoken of but never seen. Once the game was released, even more fuel was added to the fire of commotion surrounding the game.


PC

The BioShock And Skyrim Show

I recently rearranged my life so I could see two important video games: BioShock Infinite and Skyrim. They are two games for which you should rearrange your life—or at least your Thursday in early June.


May 26, 2011
News

NHL 2K12 Ain’t Happening

2K Sports yesterday confirmed that NHL 2K12 will not be published on any console, likely ending that simulation’s run.


May 25, 2011
PlayStation

Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 And Agent ‘Still In Development’

Two announced Rockstar Games efforts, Max Payne 3 and Agent, were nowhere to be seen on publisher Take-Two’s most recent release list. So where are these games, one of which was announced as a PlayStation 3 exclusive almost two years ago?