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Turkey Day
To: Ash From: Crecente Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving! The day after? Black Friday! Crazy!! I can’t believe how quickly this year has been zipping buy. While we’re going to be running on skeleton staff tomorrow, we’ll still have some interesting stories coming, including at least one review and our Black Friday Survival guide. Exciting! Off to ponder…
By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2010 -
Activision: Call of Duty Boxed Copies Will Never Have Subscriptions
The Call of Duty experience you have now, the one that includes Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops and future Call of Duty boxed games, will never include a subscription fee, Activision tells Kotaku. “We will never charge for multiplayer for Call of Duty,” Eric Hirshberg, newly appointed CEO of Activision Publishing, told me as our…
By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2010 -
I Am The Iron Man Pinball Table
Man, as awesome as Marvel Pinball is going to be on the PS3 and Xbox 360, I still can’t help but yearn for these tables in real life… yes, that would be impossible. Take, for instance, this crazy Iron Man table. Crazy. The rest? Just as insane.
By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2010 -
Meet the iPhone’s Answer to Gran Turismo 5
With all of the much-deserved hoopla surrounding the release of Gran Turismo 5 for the Playstation 3, Firemint thought today might be a good day to show off Real Racing 2. The follow-up to their iPhone racing game includes licensed cars, a minimap and a heads up display that can be switched off. This video…
By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2010 -
Got Wood?
To: Ash From: Crecente I sure do! An entire living room full to be exact. We’re having the floor on our main floor completely ripped out and replaced with hardwood. That means I’ll be taking a bit of time off next week to clear the house for demolition, some light construction and then plenty o’…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
The Sweet, Neat Loot of Darkspore
I’ve called Darkspore a sort of Diablo-meets-Spore-in-space game. This developer diary gives you a better look at why I felt that way when I played it. The action role-playing game has you hunting for new, amazing loot. Better still, there’s a progressive payout for end of mission loot. This video walks you through the intricacies…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
Shift Extended Flips Gravity And Colors for the PS3 and PSP
Welcome to a look at upcoming Playstation Network puzzler Shift extended. In Shift you are the subject of an experiment, you are also either a black or a white silhouette. The game’s color, gravity flipping puzzles look like they could cause some major brain sprain. The game is due to hit the PSP and PS3…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
Take A Peek at Ratchet & Clanks’ Brains and Guts For Charity
Artist Jason Freeny has helped Insomniac custom-sculpt this one-of-a-kind set of cross-sectioned vinyl figures of Ratchet & Clank for a charity auction. The auction also includes a Qwark vinyl signed by the team at Insomniac. A portion of the proceeds going to the Starlight Children’s Foundation. The auction, which ends next week, was up to…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
The Many Inspirations Behind Disney Epic Mickey
There are a lot of things to love about upcoming Wii exclusive Disney Epic Mickey. Among my short list? That the game’s creators were able to mine Disney’s 80 years of history to make the game. This video walks us through the process.
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
PopSci Honors Playstation Move, Insults Wii, Xbox 360 Kinect
Popular Science (that’s PopSci to you cool kids) just released their 23rd annual Best of What’s New awards. Inside are just two video game gadgets and a bit of a backhand for the Wii and Xbox 360. The magazine’s awards go to 100 innovations that, according to PopSci, “indicate where technology is headed in the…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
Nintendo Returns to CES After 16 Year Absence
The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in the second week of 2011, and for the first time in 16 years Nintendo will be there to show off some new goodies. What’s on their list to show off? We don’t know yet, but I suspect their big push will be for the Nintendo 3DS and it’s…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops Vs. Halo: Reach… The Rap Battle
Among fans of Xbox 360 shooters, and that includes the two in my house, the great debate is whether Call of Duty: Black Ops or Halo: Reach is the better game online. Fans of the two series could endlessly debate the merits of their shooter of choice, but could they do it in awkward rap?…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Is This Year’s Other Great Racer
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit promises to return one of the most successful racing video game in history to its roots, delivering an easy to understand, but still deep driving experience to gamers of all kinds… including fans of Mario Kart. Hot Pursuit is two games in one. Players can take on the role of…
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2010 -
Machinima’s Picks For Best Games of 2010 Include Minecraft
As the year wraps up, so does everyone’s take on what they think are the best games of 2010. We’ve seen Spike TV’s Video Game Awards nominees. And you’ll be seeing our short list of Game of the Year nominees in early December, but here’s a run down of the finalists for Machinima.Com’s annual Inside…
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2010 -
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
You’ve got to love this game’s Pursuit Equipment. The game’s demo gives you a broad look at the game. Seacrest County is a big, wide-open world in Hot Pursuit with a fantastically-diverse selection of roads on which to race. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is the most impressive thing that the game brings to the…
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2010 -
Barebones
To: Ash From: Crecente Today was fun. Fahey’s out on vacation. Owen’s enjoying his weekend and Totilo was out with a nasty bug. So McMike and I spent the day holding down the fort… or tower, as it were. And there was plenty of stuff going on as well. Can you believe it’s only three…
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2010 -
Behind the Scenes With the iPhone’s Take on Diablo
I loved the original Dungeon Hunter. The iPhone Diablo-esque action game was one of the first iPhone games that felt like both something built for the iPhone and a solid, deep game. Here’s a look at Dungeon Hunter 2, complete with strangely mis-matched translator voice-overs.
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2010 -
Navigating The Video Games of Black Friday
Motion gaming, mobile gaming, traditional gaming. More than any year before, shopping for that gamer in your life has become a minefield of games, deals and gadgets. With Black Friday looming, Kotaku is here to help with a hand-dandy primer on what’s new, what’s hot and what’s coming to the world of gaming. Motion Gaming…
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2010
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