Gamecock founder Mike Wilson has been in talks with the owner of eBay-listed gaming magazine Hardcore Gamer about a potential purchase, Wilson confirmed to Kotaku today. An unconfirmed rumor also names Wilson as possibly the person behind the last-minute offer to buy Hardcore Gamer. The New York Times quotes mag owner Tim Lindquist as saying…
Assteroidz! is the perfect blend of David Lee Roth high-kicks and screams with Asteroids. Yes, perfect! The only downside is that to play this bizarre game you have to be comfortable with guiding around a spread-eagle DLR while blowing away asteroids, Van Halen logos and former band members with shot fired from the singer’s crotch.…
Despite deep cuts into Microsoft’s gaming division, the company says today they remain dedicated to Windows as a “first-class gaming platform.” The company also confirmed to Kotaku that Chris Early, former general manager of Games for Windows Live, was indeed laid off. Ron Pessner, who comes from Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, will be assuming…
The man who is attributed as once saying that “Life is a video game. No matter how good you get, you are always zapped in the end.” Just got zapped. The Pulitzer Prize-winning noveilist died today of lung cancer. He was 76. I’m sure he would love the irony that it is online, in the…
For me, Street Fighter isn’t meant to be played on a console. End of story. I just can’t accept that the game that I spent so much of my time playing in arcades, fixing in the arcade I managed, watching being played in hole-in-the-wall bars, has been reduced, yes reduced, to something you sit on…
With entries for professional gaming, top selling games in history, the history of hardware and Guitar Hero, the Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer’s Edition looks to be a must have for fans of gaming. This year’s edition is being touted over on the official site for Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition. If you hit the…
It’s time to play whose anonymous, but credible sources are more informed. Yesterday IGN, citing several credible sources, reported that the long-rumored Playstation Portable 2 is coming soon with a multi-touch screen, Bluetooth support, integrated GPS and a hard drive. Today citing their own source close to Sony, MCV reports that “what we thought to…
The professor behind a study which newspapers reported showed that video game playing only has negative outcomes on lifestyle, says that it doesn’t mean that video games are to blame. In an email exchange with Kotaku reader Valke, who also runs NuclearGeek.com, professor Laura Walker says the study makes the point several times that “we…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Look What You Get For Being On Japanese TV! I’m trying to decide if we should cover the New York Comic Con this year. I mean it’s never been a HUGE gaming event, and I’m not sure if it’s worth the resources. What do you think? If we go who…
Spore was an interesting experiment, one that didn’t totally live up to the absurdly high expectations, but that I still enjoyed. One of the issues I had with the game was that it felt a bit too skeletal. Sure you could go from single cell to space exploration, but you couldn’t really dig into any…
Playstation, Oakley and Totino’s pizza rolls may still be sponsors at the Winter X Games in Aspen, but several other top sponsors have dropped out, including the Zune, The Aspen Times reports. “Given the economic environment out there, obviously we’re being impacted, like everyone else,” said ESPN executive Rick Alessandri. Among the sponsors to drop…
Target dropped the price of the Guitar Hero World Tour guitar bundle by 25 percent for the week. That brings the Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 version of the game down to $75. The only problem is that you still can’t buy a drum kit or microphone on it’s own. So you’ll have to…
More than 80 years ago the movie rating star system was born in the New York Daily News. On July 31, 1928, the paper announced they would be using a three-star reviewing system from then on out to rate movies. And almost from the same day, movie critics starting hating the system. It took video…
Gears of War 2 is teaming up with Friday the 13th, of all movies, to host nearly two-weeks of giveaways on Xbox Live. I suppose both feature chainsaws, so maybe it makes sense. Starting February 1, Microsoft will be giving away 65 daily prize packages and thirteen grand price packages. The daily packs come with:…
WebUrbanist has compiled an interesting list of game-themed furniture that includes everything from Pac-Man chairs to fully-enclosed gaming pods. Some of my favorites among the 19 pieces of extravagance: The Ovei looks like the perfect solution for the gamer who wants to get away from it all. The pod features 5.1 surround sound, a cooling…
Midway shipped more than 1.8 million copies of Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe worldwide for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, the company announced today. And the people who have purchased the game for the Playstation 3 (no number there) have played more than 3.6 million matches online, according to GameSpy tech, which hosts the…
Twisted Pixel is hard at work on three new levels for The Maw which they plan to release on the Xbox 360 as downloadable content over the coming weeks. All three levels will play as “deleted scenes” from the game, and will be playable by selecting “Deleted Scenes” from the menu, once purchased. Each of…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Japanese Baby Clothes Don’t Cause Choking Hazards. Apparently. I was talking to some friends in the newspaper business today about the future of print media. What a depressing topic. What bothers me most about the seemingly inevitable death of print is how blase everyone seems to be about it. What…
News of game developers slashing thousands of jobs this week and shutting down studios, seems to dispute the notion of a recession-proof video game industry. But video games are indeed recession proof, it’s the developers and publishers who aren’t. “A recession is about the impact on sales, and layoffs are a function of profitability,” said…
I know what I’m going to be doing this week. Mad Catz just sent me one of their choice Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition Fight Sticks to review for the Xbox 360. Forget for a second that this beast of a controller sports arcade parts, and just look at the thing. It’s friggin beautiful. It…
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