Brian Crecente

A Cursed Catwoman and an Ancient Egyptian Plague Set to Invade DC Universe

Catwoman is going feral later this month in DC Universe Online when she accidentally unearths a set of cursed Egyptian cat artifacts as part of the massively multiplayer online game’s February update. While the big February update for the PC and Playstation 3 game is meant to highlight Catwoman, you’re not just getting a single…

DC Universe Catwoman Expansion

Now You Can Skip the Super Bowl

Cancel the subs! Madden NFL 11 predicts that the Pittsburgh Steelers will win their record seventh Vince Lombardi Trophy, defeating the Green Bay Packers 24-20 in Super Bowl XLV, according to the annual EA SPORTS Super Bowl Simulation powered by Madden NFL 11. Six out of the last seven Super Bowl champions have been accurately…

Black Ops’ Newest Four Maps in Action, Plus Zombies!

Call of Duty: Black Ops’ four newest maps add a healthy mix of new places to run and gun, hide and shoot, play and kill. Here’s a first-hand play-through. I spent a few hours yesterday playing around with Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike maps for the Xbox 360 in Training Grounds, pitting myself…

Here’s How One PC Maker is Dealing With Intel’s Recall

This morning Intel announced they found an issue with the 6 Series chipset and that they’ve stopped shipping them from their factory. They’re also recalling some. Here’s how one boutique PC builder is dealing with the issue. This afternoon I received a notice from Origin PC saying the computer I was having them build, which…

My Bloody 3rd Birthday Invite

I’d like to say that it’s rare for me to receive things in the mail coated in fake blood, swimming in fake blood or spattered in fake blood. But I’d be lying. Here’s the latest. What you missed A PlayStation 3 In Your Pocket, And Maybe A Game Store Too Are Achievements Your Personal Video…

Intel Partial Recall Impacts Fancy New “Sandy Bridge” Chip

Chipmaker Intel this morning halted some shipments of a support chip for their much ballyhooed Sandy Bridge microprocessor and is ordering a partial recall. The company has stopped shipping the Cougar Point support chip for the Intel 6 Series from their factories and is contacting customers about replacing the bad chip by late February. The…

Never Underestimate the Power of Video Game Wingmen

What if we didn’t have to rely on our own bad judgment to make clinch decisions about what to do on a date? Click to view Tags: Atom.com | Funny Videos | Tournament | Upload Life as Stan Fox means you’ve got four voices people riding shotgun on your date, thanks to “new technology”, telling…

A PlayStation 3 In Your Pocket, And Maybe A Game Store Too

Sony’s Next Generation Portable sounds like a portable gaming machine powerful enough to replace the Playstation 3 home console, but it’s actually meant to augment the experience, Sony Entertainment of America president Jack Tretton says. Unveiled at a press event in Tokyo last week, the NGP offers controls that feel surprisingly similar to the Playstation…

Which Gaming Rig to Buy

I think I’m narrowing in on a choice. Looks like it’s probably going to be an Origin because I found a case that love. I’m likely going to order it tonight and then impatiently sit by the door waiting for the delivery. What you missed This Gamey Noun Beat Out Crotchal “Junk” As 2010’s Best…

Epic Games: Sony’s Next Gen Portable is a “Pretty Huge Deal”

Launched earlier this week, Sony’s hefty NGP already has quite a number of game developer fans. Among them is the company behind Gears of War, Unreal Tournament and Bulletstorm. “I’ve played our demo on it and I’ve played Dungeon Defenders on it,” said Epic vice president Mark Rein. “I think Sony has done a great…

What’s Your Favorite Gaming Desktop?

It looks like I am now officially in the market for a new gaming desktop and what better way to figure out what to get then to ask the gamers of Kotaku? First a couple of rules: I’ve built every desktop I’ve owned, besides my current one, which I heavily modified. This time I want…

QuakeCon Runs Aug. 4 – 7

QuakeCon, the annual celebration of all things id Software (and now Bethesda Softworks), kicks off on Aug. 4 in Dallas, Texas this year. The event will run until Aug. 7 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel.

This Gamey Noun Beat Out Crotchal “Junk” As 2010’s Best Word

Terror baby, gate rape, fauxhemian, skyaking: 2010 was a wonderful year for words. Even more delightful, then, that a term that can sometimes be applied to games won. Beating out the onomatopoeic (nom), the crotchal (junk), the controversial (Wikileaks) and even the buzz-worthy (trend), the word “app” was selected earlier this month as 2010’s word…

How Marvel Broke My Heart

It wasn’t their so-bad-they-were-good 80s movies. Nor was it their early, failed flirtations with video games. No Marvel broke my heart when they stopped printing this magazine-sized comic. The Savage Sword of Conan was my first “adult” comic, the first step I took beyond (please don’t laugh) the likes of Richie Rich, Casper and Archie.…

NGP’s Killzone, Uncharted, Resistance and More in Action

The unveiling of Sony’s Playstation Portable replacement, the NGP, came with one slick, game-packed video showing off a dozen or so games on the device. Among the games we got a quick look at were Gravity Daze, Killzone, Reality Fighters, Smart As, Broken, Little Deviants, WipeOut, Resistance, Uncharted and Hot Shots Golf Next. Enjoy and…

GameStop Starts Absurd Pie-In-The-Sky NGP Price Guessing

Yes, yes, we’ve heard you tipsters. GameStop is “estimating” that the NGP is a penny shy of a grand. I suspect they may be guessing or want to roll in glorious amounts of bogus pre-order cash. Update: Sarcasm, even sarcasm highlighted with italics and an abundance of adjectives and hyperbole, still doesn’t play on the…

Is Electronic Arts Really Not Making Games For The Next PSP?

There was one glaring omission from the list of developers working on games for Sony’s powerful new portable, the NGP While the list included developers big and small, from Tecmo Koei to Activision, publishing powerhouse Electronic Arts was nowhere to be seen. Why? It’s not just what we want to know, it also seems to…

Our Camera Adds Ten Pounds to the PSP2

Viewed in the spectacle of a media feeding frenzy, the PSP2, codenamed NGP, suddenly seems to have more girth than the sexy device spotted in Sony’s official pictures Those fade-away edges no longer seem to fade-away. The touch-sensitive back suddenly has “back.” Prepare yourself and then flip through the untouched, unfilitered images of a PSP2…

The Not So Sexy PSP 2 Photographers