Remember those kick-ass drivable Mario Karts unveiled at the L.A. Auto Show earlier this year? Did you know they started out as glorified golf carts. Well, sort of. In this video, West Coast Customs founder Ryan Friedlinghaus explains how they turned those electronic GEM cars into monster, driveable, minutely-detailed Mario Karts. They started by essentially…
A surprise, official Xbox LIVE app just hit Apple’s iTunes I’ve spent a few minutes with My Xbox Live and so far it’s very slick, featuring full 3D avatars and plenty of content, though it is a tad bit slow at times. The app has three categories: Home, Social and Games. In Home you get…
It looks like the iPhone is getting its own version of Batman: Arkham City and in it you’ll get a chance to beat the other eye out of Slade “Deathstroke” Wilson. IGN points out that Batman: Arkham City Lockdown popped up on New Zealand’s iTunes moments ago, meaning it will likely make an appearance here…
The joy of playing The Darkness II doesn’t come from just killing people, it’s how creatively you dismantle their mortal coil. But the folks behind the game think there’s meaning, and joy, to be found in the why of killing as well. At least that’s the idea behind the upcoming shooter’s take on multiplayer. Instead…
Nintendo’s 3DS is quickly, finally becoming a must-have gaming handheld. Games like Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 are easily satisfying my gaming itch these days and this latest update for the system adds the sorts of new features that has me once more showing off the 3DS to friends and relatives. The…
PopCap Games is “retiring” Bejeweled 2 + Blitz from iTunes today, replacing it with another version of Bejeweled that sells for the same price, but which doesn’t come with Blitz Instead iPhone and iPod Touch gamers will have to pick up a new “freemium” version of Bejeweled Blitz if they want to play that version…
Battlefield 3’s Back to Karkand map pack updates four of the most popular Battlefield 2 maps for DICE’s new shooter. The pack also includes four vehicles and ten weapons from Battlefield 2 as well as some new reward, achievements and some other tweaks. Back to Karkand is free to anyone who pre-ordered Battlefield 3, though…
The new 3DS update just hit in North America bringing with, among other things, the ability to create your own 3D videos. The update that just hit gives the Nintendo 3DS the ability to shoot up to ten minutes of 3D footage with the camera. And to create your own stop-motion photography. Other additions include…
Pixelated Chocolate | Handmade from bean to bar in New York by two Kotaku readers and brilliant chocolatiers. Available at Chocolate Invaders Vietnam Makes Its Call of Duty It was France’s “dirty war”, an unpopular struggle in Vietnam against the French authority governing the colonies of French Indochina. The eight-year First Indochina War ended in…
Angry Birds don’t just make good games, they’re also great for formal dress, it seems. Teija Vesterbacka showed up at the Finnish Presidential Palace this evening to celebrate the country’s independence in this lovely off-the shoulder, red and Angry Bird ball gown. We assume she’s wearing the dress not just out of a love for…
Competitive board games started as a pastime for the elite, spreading to Europe during Roman conquest, according to a new study published in Antiquity Board games likely originated in Egypt around 3500 B.C., spreading around the Mediterranean before reaching the Roman Empire. It was Rome that brought games, along with literacy and wine, to the…
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Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition hits the iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and a variety of Android devices next week for $4.99, Rockstar said today. Here’s a complete run down of the Android devices you will be able to play the game on: Android Phones: HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x,…
Battlefield 3’s Back to Karkand expansion pack is live in Europe and hits the rest of the world this afternoon, if you own the Playstation 3. PC and Xbox 360 owners will need to wait until Dec. 13. The worldwide roll-out, Electronic Arts warns, is experiencing some minor issues: “Please use the Quick Match filter…
It was France’s “dirty war”, an unpopular struggle in Vietnam against the French authority governing the colonies of French Indochina. The eight-year First Indochina War ended in 1954 with the historic battle of Dien Bien Phu, a fight that some historians say marks one of the first times a colonial independence movement managed to grow…
The Darkness II’s four new characters, each cursed with Darkness-imbued weapons, were all created by renowned comic book writer Paul Jenkins. Jenkins had no direction, just to go and create four people cursed to carry weapons powered by the Darkness, I was told. Here’s what he came up with. Make sure to click on the…
The Darkness II doesn’t have traditional multiplayer. There are no multiples of Jackie Estacado using their powers over The Darkness to fight it out in endless battles. The core mythology of The Darkness prevents it. So when Digital Extremes decided to expand their game to allow more than one player, they needed to get creative…
Darth Arts | An image from The Art and Making of Star Wars The Old Republic Here’s Why Former Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Was So Obsessed With A Pokémon Song If one didn’t know better, it would be easy to think one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain is a gamer. His tax plan seems to be…
This is the power of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Non gamers watch this video and think they may be witnessing the powers of international televangelist Benny Hinn during one of his many faith healing summits. Gamers watch this video and know what’s really going on here: FUS RO DAH!. Good thing Hinn doesn’t know…
The Last Guardian creator Fumito Ueda took to Twitter earlier today to reassure fans that he is still hard at work on his game. “Ueda says he’s been getting lots of Q’s lately, but fear not—they’re hard at work on Last Guardian, as always,” Tweets 8-4’s John Ricciardi, loosely translating Ueda’s Tweet today. Last week…
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