In Real Life

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Kotaku AU

This weekend should be all about Dead Space 2, I say ‘should’ because a certain Kotaku member has gotten me back into an accursed game that I thought I had given up on a long time ago. Sadly, he’s dragged me all the way back in and I fear my entire weekend will be spent on this game.


August 12, 2010
In Real Life

Happy Birthday Trials HD

Kotaku AU

Trials HD turns one today. Kotaku reader FatShady (currently ranked 216th on the global Trials HD leaderboard) baked it a cake, as seen on the RedLynx forums.


July 22, 2010
News

‘Big Thrills’ Coming To Trials HD After November

Forty more white-knuckle, teeth-gnashing tracks are on the way for Trials HD in an expansion pack, due for release sometime after mid-November, titled “Big Thrills”. Ten more user-created tracks, chosen by contest, will be also part of the download.


January 22, 2010

The Best Digital Game Of 2009

Not all video games last year were released on tangible discs. There were also games released via digital means, and some of those games were without a doubt among the strongest titles to hit in 2009.


December 11, 2009
In Real Life

DVR Alert: Spike Televises Top 2009 Indie Developers Tonight

Spike TV’s second-annual special celebrating indie games airs on Spike tonight. Host Geoff Keighley shared a copy of the show early with Kotaku and it does indeed feature visits with the makers of Osmos, ‘Splosion Man, Trials HD and Flower.


September 4, 2009

Trials HD Micro-review: Trailing

Trials HD isn’t only a race against time, but against game physics. Combine that with tricky courses, and you can see why they call the game “Trials” and not “Rad Motorbike Racin’ A-Go-Go”. Though, that game sounds promising!


July 10, 2009
News

2009 Summer Of Arcade: What’s Out When

Five major Xbox Live Arcade titles make up Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade lineup, and now we know exactly when each is coming out, from Turtles in Time to Shadow Complex.


July 9, 2009

Trials HD Looks Beautiful, Painful

Regrettably, I did not get to play RedLynx’s XBLA game Trials HD at E3 2009. But some of my close, E3-attending friends did, gushing about how addictive and exciting it was. They didn’t tell me how painful it looked.