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Microsoft Cans 1 Vs. 100 for Xbox 360 [Updated]
Just as we suspected, Microsoft confirmed today that there will be no third season for their Xbox 360 version of 1 Vs. 100 and that the game won’t be returning. “When we started on this journey, we knew we were creating an entirely new genre of entertainment that would be a continually evolving concept,” said…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2010 -
1 Vs. 100 The Victim of Mismanagement?
This morning’s news that Microsoft was killing off their Xbox Live video game show 1 Vs. 100 didn’t come as a surprise for a lot of people, including those working on the project. But what happened? Sources close to the project tell us that 1 Vs. 100 fell victim to, among other things, some game-killing…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2010 -
K-Mart Puts Your Reviews Where They Matter Most, On Store Shelves
Want to have massive influence over the powers of marketing and publishing that back the world’s biggest video games? Then you might want to try writing a game review for K-Mart. The big-box retailer said that starting this week they will start sifting through user-created reviews on MyKmart.com to select snippets of gamer-written reviews on…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2010 -
Helicopter Combat Game? Yes Please!
It’s been awhile since I’ve played a decent helicopter combat game, and there’s no telling whether this will be decent, but Apache: Air Assault will most definitely be all about helicopters shooting it up. Apache: Air Assault is being developed by Gaijin Entertainment, makers of Wings of Luftwaffe and IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2010 -
Dashboard Redesign Coming in November? [Update]
The Xbox 360 dashboard, the user interface for Microsoft’s gaming console, looks like it may be getting a slight polish in November when the company launches their Xbox Live Gold Family plan. The Family plan includes four one-year Xbox Live gold memberships for $100, as well as a new Family Center on the dashboard and…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2010 -
Over the Hump
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: This Photo Brought Memories Flooding Back Hump day is done. That is all. What you missed: The Changing Nature of Gaming Interfaces Microsoft Brings Halo: Reach, Gears Of War 3, Fable III, And Kinect To Comic-Con The Ranger Brings Pets To Guild Wars 2 Theft and Recreation ‘I Just Don’t…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2010 -
Your Friends Are Already Following Kotaku On Facebook, Why Aren’t You
Your friends are probably already following Kotaku on Facebook why aren’t you!?! And besides being super cool, they’ve already had a chance to win neat prizes and are passing around the best of Kotaku’s stories. THE BEST!!! Check out who’s already hooked up and then join them and bask in the sunny glow of being…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2010 -
Deathspank! Harry Potter! Lisa Foiles! Let’s Talk!!!
It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for our weekly podcast, a chance to chat about games with you. Yes, you! This week Stephen Totilo will be joined by myself and Kotaku columnist Lisa Foiles. We’ll be chatting about the week’s news, reviews and the upcoming Comic-Con. We’ll definitely have time for both Deathspank and Harry…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2010 -
Music From Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World The Video Game
Scott Pilgrim cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley posted a track from the upcoming video game adaption of the movie adaption of comic Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, over on his website. “Another Winter” aka World 1-1 of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a single, wonderful track from the singularly wonderful Anamanaguchi. Go have a listen.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2010 -
Monkeys
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Falling Down You know what Kotaku needs? More Monkeys! Commenting hiccup today, otherwise mostly uneventful. What you missed: Double-Decker TVs Perfect For His and Her Gaming LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4 Review: The Best LEGO Game to Date The Future of Xbox 360’s 1 Vs. 100 Remains Unclear…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2010 -
The Creator of Sony’s Fake Exec Hero Moves To Activision
Activision Publishing’s new head honcho may be the man who created Sony’s tie-wearing, trash-talking fake spokesman Kevin Butler, but that doesn’t mean the largest publisher in the world will be getting their own fake executive hero soon. Eric Hirshberg, who becomes Activision Publishing’s new CEO in September, acknowledged some of the issues Activision faces when…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2010 -
Koopa Troopa Invades Miami Beach Red Bull Flugtag
Yes this concept art for a flying Koopa Troopa is pretty great, but not nearly as great as the real thing as spotted in Miami Beach. You can even read up on the folks behind this work of Mario-inspired, gliding art here Giant Koopa Troopa Flying Machine at Red Bull’s Flugtag Event in Miami [Loaded…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2010 -
Five LEGO Games You’ll Never See
This LEGO game concept art is fantastic, not just because it was so lovingly airbrushed, but because the images are for games we know will never come to exist. Take a gander and dream along with us about what could be. Two more bits of fake concept art can be found at Console Game Examiner.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2010 -
The Future of Xbox 360’s 1 Vs. 100 Remains Unclear
When Microsoft brought television game show 1 Vs. 100 to the world of Xbox Live it was heralded as the first step toward transforming the Xbox 360’s online service into an entertainment channel of its own. The first two seasons of the were very different than what video game players were used to seeing on…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2010 -
ReviewsLEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4 Review: The Best LEGO Game to Date
As Kotaku’s resident LEGO fan and game reviewer I approached LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4 with more than a bit of trepidation. It’s the first time I have ever been asked to play a LEGO game and didn’t really want to. After having played through more than a half-dozen LEGO games from developer…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2010 -
Double-Decker TVs Perfect For His and Her Gaming
Chris’s TV is above. 46 inch LCD and his tower is on the right hand side. Bottom TV is mine, 46 inch LED and the tower on the left would obviously be mine. DVR box, xbox,ps3,wii hooked up with Sega, dreamcast, nes in the drawers when desired. As seen on Flickr via ButtonMashing. [Thanks Tony]
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2010 -
Fat Lip From Fat Head
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Monday, Monday It finally happened. After months of rough housing with our Great Dane, Poe, he finally connected one with his big, beefy paws, clocking me right in the face when I was ducking a particularly exuberant open-mouthed head-butt. His paw, actually his ankle, popped me dead center in the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 12, 2010 -
From Your Glorious Occupiers of the New Korean Federation
Man, this brings back memories from when I lived in Seoul, South Korea as a kid. I actually had a whole stash of propaganda in my bedroom, tucked away in a dresser drawer behind the socks. I collected it over my two years in Korea, finding it all around the city, but someone found it…
By Brian Crecente Published July 12, 2010
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