Registered Cerberus Network members will be receiving a special treat tomorrow, when the Cerberus Assault Armor and M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun become available for free download.
According to a post in the BioWare community forums, the two new pieces of equipment will be available to download free for Xbox 360 and PC players tomorrow at noon Mountain time. All that's required is an active membership in the Cerberus Network, which you should have, unless you somehow picked up a copy used, in which case you are made of magic.
Here are the stats for the new equipment:
Cerberus Assault Armor
Cerberus assault armor is designed for shock troops, turn the tide of battle against creatures or forces that would decimate norm...
Source: Kotaku: pc | Published: 8 Feb 2010, 4:20 pm
Two years after operator GameTap shut the servers down, Myst Online: Uru Live is back in action and free to play, thanks to original developer Cyan Worlds.
Myst Online: Uru Live was originally intended to be the online multiplayer component of Cyan Worlds' Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, but that never quite worked out. The online portion missed the 2003 release of the PC game, and by April 2004 had been scrapped entirely. Then video game digital delivery service GameTap resurrected the multiplayer in 2007, only to shut it down again in February 2008.
Welcome back to the beautiful city of Rapture, the dystopian underworld introduced in 2007's BioShock, a failed experiment all but destroyed by its inhabitants, a world less mysterious than when you last left it.
BioShock 2 puts players in the suit of Subject Delta, a hulking Big Daddy prototype who longs to reunite with his bonded Little Sister, a girl who happens to also be the daughter of Sofia Lamb, the woman now running Rapture, the underwater city somehow still as chaotic, leaky and menacingly well-populated 10 years after the events of the original BioShock. Along the way, you'll be aided by Lamb's opponents and Eleanor herself on your search for your lost little Lamb, growing stronger with all new genetic modifications in the form of offensive Plasmids and passive, ability-granting Tonics. This time, you'll dual wield the power of Plasmids in...
Source: Kotaku: pc | Published: 8 Feb 2010, 2:40 pm
I've noticed from my time playing an Alien in the Aliens Vs. Predator multiplayer demo, that many of you don't know how to block. Sega fixes that, with this helpful close combat techniques video, dammit.
I've been dominating rounds in the Aliens Vs. Predator PC demo for several days now, and now Sega wants to ruin my fun. It seems folks who choose the Colonial Marines aren't used to first-person games where a large percentage of the enemy players jump right at you, tearing into you with their claws. I've used this to my advantage since the demo was released last week, but now my fun time is over. Thanks a lot, Sega.
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Source: Kotaku: pc | Published: 8 Feb 2010, 12:20 pm
Wedbush analyst foresees holiday holdovers and newcomers Darksiders and Mass Effect 2 as top games; hardware sales pegged as dropping 1%, Wii on top again.
Marco Martinez shows off AAaaAAAaaAaaa: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity and IGF Student Showcase winner Spectre! He also catches you up on this week's patches.
LucasArts and TT Games continue to tear apart the Star Wars universe and rebuild it brick-by-brick with LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.
I am continually amazed by the success of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a stylized cartoon version of the events that take place between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. I know how it's going to end, you see, and all of these colorful new characters will be forgotten by the third movie. Still, it doesn't stop me from watching, and it doesn't stop LucasArts and Traveller's Tales from pumping out a LEGO game based on the series for fans to purchase and enjoy.
The Clone Wars will span both seasons of the animated series, with all of the characters from the show represented in LEGO form, along with some fan-favorites from the saga that haven't appeared in the series. The game will feature an upgraded lev...
Source: Kotaku: pc | Published: 8 Feb 2010, 10:20 am
EA slates Dead Space 2, Epic Games' shooter, mystery fighting and action games for Q1; Dragon Age, EA MMA, Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2 going portable; "something far-reaching for Mass Effect" in the works; Sims 3 scheduled for consoles and handhelds.
"I've always been a non-violent person," Tim Jones told me last week as we chatted in a subterranean nightclub in Manhattan. He's a "peace and love" kind of guy and designer of a new video game featuring spine-dangling decapitations.
Jones is the head of art and design at Rebellion, the U.K. studio behind Aliens Vs Predator, one of the goriest games currently announced for 2010. Of average build, soft voice and a close-cropped beard, Jones is altogether typical of the quiet, pleasant video game designers who so seldom make it into the public eye but are indeed the men — mostly men, as far as I've encountered — responsible for the games that unnerve polite society. I met him last week at a showcase of Sega games in New York City. One of the highlighted games was Ali...
Source: Kotaku: pc | Published: 8 Feb 2010, 10:00 am
Publisher trims losses to $82 million for October-December quarter, but revenue also sinks to $1.24 billion; Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2.9 million, FIFA 10 9.7 million.
Mod DB, the central hub for all things mod-related on the PC, released over the weekend their editors' and readers' picks for the best mods of 2009.
You may have seen some of these - like Galactic Warfare and NeoTokyo - featured previously on Kotaku. Others may be entirely new to you (and us!).
Regardless, all are the result of untold hours of free, unpaid work by their respective developers, some great, some excellent, and it's always nice seeing that kind of work be given its dues.
EDITORS CHOICE
Be...
Source: Kotaku: pc | Published: 8 Feb 2010, 7:30 am
Machinarium isn't just a great game, it's got one hell of a soundtrack, which although already available digitally and on CD, can soon be purchased on something a little more collectible.
This limited release of the game's soundtrack is a full vinyl LP, containing 14 songs (though not the ones on the game's bonus EP), will sell for €12.50 (USD$17) and is limited to 550 copies.
Best parts? It's hand-signed by the game's composer, Tomas Dvorak, and contains three glorious, large pieces of Machinarium art on the cover by artist Adolf Lachman.
Registered Cerberus Network members will be receiving a special treat tomorrow, when the Cerberus Assault Armor and M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun become available for free download.
Welcome back to the beautiful city of Rapture, the dystopian underworld introduced in 2007's BioShock, a failed experiment all but destroyed by its inhabitants, a world less mysterious than when you last left it.
LucasArts and TT Games continue to tear apart the Star Wars universe and rebuild it brick-by-brick with LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.
"I've always been a non-violent person," Tim Jones told me last week as we chatted in a subterranean nightclub in Manhattan. He's a "peace and love" kind of guy and designer of a new video game featuring spine-dangling decapitations.
