In the wake of Courtney Love’s bombastic vitriol over the appearance of her late husband in Guitar Hero 5, Activision tells Kotaku that she was the one who signed the agreement for the deal. “Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use…
With the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 Swine Flu coming out of last week’s Penny Arcade Expo nearing 100, the Washington State Department of Health told Kotaku that they are concerned, but not actively tracking the cases. “We are always concerned, but we’re not tracking individual cases,” said Gordon MacCracken, with the health department’s…
With the Tokyo Game Show kicking off in just two weeks, the organizers are starting to fill us in on some of the neat things that will be on display: Like ancient Japanese warlord armor. The Game Science Museum, which will exhibit game technologies, histories, and trends, will be set up this year in three…
Batman: Arkham Asylum will be getting two download packs over the next two weeks, according to the official European Playstation Blog. Insane Night will hit the Playstation Network (and apparently Xbox Live and PC) on Sept. 17, while Prey In The Darkness will hit on Sept. 24, according to Mike Kebby, with the Playstation Store…
The head of the largest adult video production company in the world plans to start pushing for the inclusion of porn on the Playstation Network. If Vivid Entertainment head Steve Hirsch succeeds, he will look into getting adult videos on the Xbox 360 and perhaps the Wii, the co-founder of Vivid told Kotaku. “Our point…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Do You Need The Internet? Do I? Do I need the internet? Don’t talk to me about the internet or computers. I’m still having issues. Something keeps making my browser time out and lose very important information: Like articles. And don’t even ask me about other issues, like sound crashing…
2K Boston president Ken Levine guest hosted this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio. During the hour show he tackled everything from his influences to time spent at Penny Arcade Expo and the importance of game reviews. He also took calls from you, our listeners. If you’re looking for something to listen to, look no further. Download…
Not one to back away from controversy, Electronic Arts today mailed out real checks payable to game reviewers for $200. Each check, mailed in wooden boxes decorated with twin skeletons and the words Dante’s Inferno, was affixed to a velvet pillow inside a box. Inside the top of the box is a welcome to the…
In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about the reinvigorated console wars, the downside of pre-order goodies, whether we finally have a great Batman game, Jonathan Coulton’s latest album and of course fielding calls from you. To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on…
In the movie Gamer, people control real people in a living third-person shooter, guiding them through a war-torn hell created for the pay-per-view enjoyment of a staggering worldwide audience. There’s also the chance to control people in a world of over-indulgence and sex. But what ties the two worlds together, and drives the movie, is…
More than 45 years ago, The Beatles changed the way the world listened to music. This week, MTV Games and Harmonix hope to change the way people listen to The Beatles. The Beatles: Rock Band features band authentic replica instruments, 45 songs pulled from the history of the band and the backing of the surviving…
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: With Penny Arcade Expo wrapped up, and our stories from the show wrapping up this week, it’s on to Tokyo Game Show planning. We should probably talk tomorrow to see how the schhhhhhheduling is going. Don’t tell the TGS folks that PAX had a touch of Swine Flu, I don’t…
Increasingly, I’m starting to suspect that a video game convention is defined by its cosplayers. If that’s the case, what would you say the cosplayers of Penny Arcade Expo say about PAX?
Last night in Tokyo, Square Enix hosted a Final Fantasy XIII Premiere and our own Brian Ashcraft was on hand to liveblog, break news, watch videos and play demos. Here’s a break down of everything you may have missed if you weren’t surfing Kotaku at 4 a.m. Square Enix FFXIII Event Liveblog Incoming Final Fantasy…
Tomorrow, Ken Levine, the man behind BioShock and future secrety projects, joins us on Kotaku Talk Radio to chat about gaming and take your calls. If you’ve ever had a burning question for Levine, now is the time to get it answered. We expect a high volume of calls during this show, so it’s probably…
Harmonix is kicking off today a series of eBay charity auctions for Xbox 360s painted with an illustration from the amazing introduction to The Beatles: Rock Band. Proceeds from the numbered consoles will go to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. The first console, already up on eBay, is currently at $20.50 with the auction ending…
Disney seems to be on a spending spree these days, picking up Marvel late last month and today buying Wideload Games. As part of Disney Interactive Studios‘ purchase of Wideload Games, Wideload and Bungie founder Alexander Seropian, will join Disney Interactive as the vice president of creative. In his new role, Seropian will report to…
New, free downloadable content will be coming to Batman: Arkham Asylum on Sept. 17, according to the Playstation 3’s in-game news ticker. I don’t have a copy of the game for the Xbox 360 or PC, so I haven’t been able to see if the same news is popping up on those games. If you…
This Labor Day weekend two giant shows took over Seattle: One dedicated to music, the other to video games. But only one of them is growing. Bumbershoot, Settle’s annual international music and arts festival, has been drawing a crowd to the Seattle Center since 1971 when 125,000 visitors showed. This year attendance appears to be…
During this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio, listeners called in to debate what the console wars will mean to them, the value of pre-order goodies and one lucky listener got free tickets to PAX… thanks to another listener. The hour long show also has plenty of good music and talk of games. If you’re looking for…
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