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The Great Tablet Debate: Join Totilo on Fox News’ Strategy Room
Our very own Stephen Totilo is live NOW on Fox News’ Strategy Room talking about the rumored Apple Tablet. Yes, there’s chat about gaming on the device, but they’re also talking about magazines and other apps on the device. Other folks on the show include Robert Scoble, Michael Gartenberg, and Lance Ulanoff. Check it out.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2010 -
VP First-Person Shooter Relations… Son Of A…
Sure Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine experience goes a long way in job interviews, but what about MAG command experience? SorryThe Kevin Butler, maybe you should apply for VP of Painfully-Hard and Woefully Under-Appreciated Third-Party Games. Click to view
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2010 -
Game of the Year 2009: The Readers’ Choice Award
Taking nearly half of the more than 16,000 votes in our Game of the Year poll, this Playstation 3 exclusive garners Kotaku’s 2009 Reader’s Choice Award for Game of the Year. No, despite Mike McWhertor’s vigorous defense of the game, it wasn’t Demon’s Souls. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves earned about 48 percent of the total…
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2010 -
Rock Band iPhone Store Not Dead
Electronic Arts today released a free version of popular rhythm game Rock Band for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but the game’s Music Store remains outdated. Rock Band launched in October with 20 songs and a Music Store designed to allow gamers to purchase fresh tracks for their game. And for awhile the tracks dropped…
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2010 -
The Lost Characters of Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom
It all started with fond childhood memories. “The anime that Tatsunoko makes is well known in Japan,” said Capcom producer Ryota Niitsuma. “Even now, looking back on them they had a lot of good stories and were really fun. I think a lot of adults in Japan have fond memories of those.” So when the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2010 -
Bad Cuts
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: The Heartbreak of An Obi-Wan Haircut Man that sucks. Tristan once got a Brian haircut, but that only lasted about six months before he declared it was too long and bugging him. No other cool cuts, though he does occasional ask for a mohawk, which we always deny. Busy day…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010 -
Why Apple’s Tablet Will Include Gaming
No one knows for certain what exactly will be announced at Apple’s semi-exclusive, invitation-only event in San Francisco next week. But a lot of us are thinking it will be the unveiling of an Apple tablet. Here’s why you should care. Apple has finally woken up to the potential and fiscal importance of gaming on…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010 -
Reviews
Dark Void Zero Micro-Review: Classic, Focused Fun
Dark Void Zero is built around not one, but two stories. One is a story of a jet pack wearing hero named Rusty trying to stop the invasion of Earth by aliens. The second is the fiction surrounding the game’s creation, a false history that claims the game is a remake of a classic NES-era…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010 -
Capcom To Adopt 2.5D For Future Fighters
Capcom made quite a splash in 2008 when their near reboot of Street Fighter IV combined the depth and detail of 3D graphics placed over the traditional controls and mechanics of a 2D fighting game. The developers liked the 2.5D effect so much they decided to apply it to upcoming Wii fighter Tatsunoko vs. Capcom:…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010 -
Game of the Year 2009: The Popular Vote
We’ve had our say, announcing which three games we think should be named game of the year for 2009. Now it’s your turn. Over the week we’ve laid out our thoughts about why Assassin’s Creed II, Demon’s Souls and Uncharted 2 is, or isn’t, the best game of 2009. And make no mistake, we still…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010 -
Capcom May Announce New Versus Game This Year
Capcom plans to announce a new game in their Versus series this year if Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars sells well enough in the U.S., the game’s producer tells Kotaku. When Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars hits stores and the Wii next week it will be the seventh fighting game from Capcom to blend characters…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010 -
Pricey Bags
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Time to Buy Angel Wings Yikes! $700 for a kid’s backpack. That’s crazy talk. Tristan uses a Halo ODST bag for his school. I assume that wouldn’t fly in Japan. What you missed: How Cover Shaped Gaming’s Last Decade Ratchet And Clank Goes Vinyl The Rock Band Network’s Very Naughty…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2010 -
The Best Games of 2009 to Play With Your Kids
Our finalists for Game of the Year have all been announced and continue to be hotly debated within Kotaku Tower as we try to come to a conclusion, but those three titles weren’t the only ones of note in 2009. We also have a slate of Editor’s Choice awards to go through. Totilo talked about…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2010 -
Ask BioWare’s Greg Zeschuk Questions Live on Kotaku Talk Radio Now
Join us live today on CBS Radio as we chat with BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk and take your calls. The show kicks off at 11 a.m. MT, 1 p.m. ET, with Zeschuk in studio with us. Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk Radio? Call us on the air LIVE at (877) CHAT-212 or use…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2010 -
Sega Genesis Emulator Coming to iPhone With Its Own Store
Gizmodo reports that an official Sega Genesis emulator is coming to the iPhone as a sort of virtual console and store. The Sega Genesis Ultimate Collection will be a free app that supports a store filled with emulations of classic Genesis titles. The app, said to hit the iPhone next month, will come with Space…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2010 -
Ratchet And Clank Goes Vinyl
For someone who doesn’t really collect action figures I sure have a lot. Mostly they’re presents, leftovers from my childhood or product sent to me from game companies. When I received one of the Ratchet and Clank Future sets in the mail the other day from Sony I had to introduce them to the rest…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2010 -
Will Blizzard Shock and Awe During Next Month’s Financials?
Activision Blizzard are holding a lot of cards and I want to see all of them. It probably won’t show em all during next month’s conference call, but it still promises to be very interesting. The company said this morning that it intend to release its fourth quarter and calendar year 2009 results on Feb.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2010 -
Reviews
Dark Void Review: Innovation In A Void
Cargo pilot turned jet-pack jockey William Grey finds himself teaming up with Nikola Tesla to save humanity from aliens and fascism after crashing in the Bermuda Triangle in Capcom’s sci-fi shooter Dark Void. But it’s not the unlikely plot that is the biggest selling point for Capcom’s new franchise, it’s the developer’s game lineage. Dark…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2010 -
Fly Away, Fly Away, Fly Away Home
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Suggestions My 20 hours in Los Angeles were blissful. Granted, I spent more than a third of it sleeping, but still: Blissful. The rain that has so confused and confounded Californians mostly stayed away and I spent the morning in the MTV offices shooting a segment with Geoff Keighley for…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2010 -
Intern At Kotaku
We’re looking for a few good folks, people hoping to one day enter the realm of journalism and cover video games. If that’s you, then maybe you should consider an internship at Kotaku. It will mean lots of hard work, almost no perks and zero pay. If that doesn’t dissuade you then here are a…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2010
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