Tiger Woods’ life changed forever Thanksgiving night. Today the pro-golfer and face of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, due to hit all platforms in June, apologized to the world and “set the record straight” on what really happened that night and his past infidelities that came to light because of it. During the short, no-questions-asked…
Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Closure! In A Sentence Sketch art and playful use of light and shadows combine to make an interesting looking and interesting playing platformer.…
Aliens Vs. Predators is a dark game. I’m not just talking about the ability to rip off someone’s head, spine still attached. The game’s settings are all inside buildings with few lights, at night, in the jungle. So, you know, dark. That’s great for setting the mood, but not so great for seeing just what…
To: Ash From: Crecente Loved your piece this morning on White Dog and its tangential link to Dante’s Inferno. Great stuff. I finally, finally finished playing through Aliens Vs. Predators this afternoon. Single player is meh, but man there are some AMAZING multiplayer modes. It appears all it takes is one movie review for a…
Turns out that Percy Jackson isn’t a trouble maker with dyslexia and ADHD, he’s just the son of Poseidon, and you know how those demigods are. Movie Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lighting Thief shows what happened when a 12-year-old is thrust into a training camp for the children of gods and soon after…
Snow and Lightning are doing their thing to fight the man. The duo are so very revolutionary that the powers that be in Final Fantasy XIII have released the futureworld version of BOLOs for the two. These two Public Safety and Information Command, or PSICOM, directives arrived at my house printed on thick sheets of…
Once Halo Reach hits, bringing with it a brand new multiplayer experience and separate servers, does that mean Halo 3’s multiplayer servers will be shut down? “I dont think we would pull the plug,” said Brian Jarrard, Bungie’s community director. “Halo 2 was the number one game until the Halo 3 lauch, and it was…
Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Owlboy! In A Sentence Mute Owlboy communicates with facial expressions and takes on enemies by clutching friends with weapons and flying around with…
When Halo 3 hit in the fall of 2007 there were celebrations, sick days and sales records broken. Two years later, when Halo sequel ODST made it into stores it couldn’t match its predecessor’s first day sales in two weeks. So I asked the Bungie folks, is Halo Reach going to be more like a…
To: Ash From: Crecente Have you ever had a video game give you a headache? Like a real headache? I have. :/ What you missed: Mile Marker 22: Rocketbirds: Revolution! Halo Legends DVD Review: Ring Around The Halo Universe “Demon King” Descendant and Strategy Game Namesake Figure Skates In the Olympics The Real StarCraft II…
Join us live today on CBS Radio for our latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. It is time to talk Halo Reach, Xbox Live, Project Natal with the product manager of all things Xbox 360. Call in now to talk to Microsoft’s director of Xbox 360 product management Aaron Greenberg. The show kicks off at…
After a two-year break from gaming, and a short trip into space to visit the International Space Station, Ultima creator and former NCsoft executive Richard Garriott is back, this time as the technical director of a social media company. Austin-based Portalarium will focus on “developing and publishing online social games, virtual worlds and related services…
Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Rocketbirds: Revolution! In A Sentence Take control of HardBoiled Chicken in this web-based side-scroller as you shoot your way through the avian army…
When last we joined Nier, the protagonist of Square Enix’s upcoming role-playing game was fighting off the Giant Shade invading his village. In this latest trailer, we get an eye-full of Nier combat and an ear-full of salty language as he takes down the creature with the help of Kaine. The PS3 and Xbox 360…
Join us live today on CBS Radio for our latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio with the Xbox 360’s director of product management. Hot off his appearance at last week’s big Xbox 360 showcase event in San Francisco, Aaron Greenberg joins us live to chat about the console, gaming in general and to take your…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I’m making white chili tonight, also known as Chicken Chili Verde. I haven’t made chili in a good year or so, which is weird because I love making and eating it. Typically I make a straight-forward Texas red chili. No beans, lots of meat. So this white should be interesting.…
When it launched, Xbox Live game show 1 vs. 100 was an experiment. Its success could mean a whole new slate of television-like programming for the gaming console. “1 vs. 100 was an entirely new space for us,” said Aaron Greenberg, director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE. “In many ways we…
Darksiders turned out to be quite a polarizing game, with people loving or hating it. Now you can decide which camp you’re in when a chunky demo of the game hits later this month. The 90-minute demo, which hits the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on Feb. 25, contains the Twilight Cathedral, the entire first…
South Australian Attorney General and the only politician standing between Australia and a mature rating for video games, says that he’s more at risk from gamers than motorcycle gangs. “I feel that my family and I are more at risk from gamers than we are from the outlaw motorcycle gangs who also hate me and…
As Bungie works to finish up what they say will be the best Halo game ever produced they’re also hard at work at something else, their first non-Halo game in more than ten years. “For all intents and purposes this will be Bungie’s final Halo game,” said Brian Jarrard, Bungie’s community director. “I don’t think…
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