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Time really does fly doesn’t it. This year will mark 30 years since Sub Zero, Scorpion and the iconic words ‘Finish Him’ were introduced to gamers with the launch of the first Mortal Kombat. This influential and iconic fighter from Midway debuted in the arcades in October 1992 before being ported to home consoles – […]
Image: ABC / Four Corners (YouTube) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Kotaku Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. After months of work behind the scenes, the ABC’s Four Corners finally aired an investigation into the workings of the video game industry this week. You could almost set a clock to the inevitable reaction: accusations of poor reporting, misrepresentation, a lack of developer insight and balance, and a gener...
Exclusive: Writer Of Lockdown Horror Hit 'Host' Is Aiming To Revolutionise FMV Games With 'Ghosts' © Visible Games Back in the '90s, FMV video games were seen as a way of harnessing the amazing storage potential of CD-ROM to create immersive, life-like video games – but although cult classics like Night Trap found an audience, few would argue FMV gaming was a true revolution; the lack of interaction was painfully clear, even back then. However, seemingly against all odds, FMV gaming has undergone something of a resurgence of late thanks to titles such as Her Story and Telling Lies, as ...
07/04/21 One the best things to come out of lockdown was the fantastic horror film Host in which a group of friends hold a séance over Zoom with predictably nasty results. The movie was universally praised and now some of the team behind the film are going to be making a “live” horror game. Excited to announce that I'm making a REAL-TIME, live-action HORROR video game w/ creature design by @slimyswampghost & made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop! Released by @LimitedRunGames & starring Haley, Jemma, Emma, Radina and Caroline. They can tell you all about it-#ghostspic.twitter.com/5PeUa4CrHT...
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. A new console generation isn’t just better graphics and more power; it’s about where creativity grows next. Certain gameplay flourishes become an early stamp of approval within the launch window of a console generation. The same goes for Sony and Microsoft’s new consoles and their integrated SSDs. When the original CD-based consoles like the Panasonic 3DO (anyone remember Crash N Burn?), Sega Saturn, and the original PlayStation entered the marketplace, the game mechanic of choice was integrated FMV (Full Motion Video)...