Mike Fahey

Dragon Age II’s Hero Cleans Up, Becomes Female Real Nice

Hawke might be strong enough as a man, but he makes one damn fine woman. Bioware reveals the more feminine side to Dragon Age II’s main character. In order to tell a more compelling story, Dragon Age II features a main character much like Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard. Players can choose between male and female…

You Can’t Possibly Read His Poker Face

Kinect might not be able to read a Big Daddy’s Poker Face, but it doesn’t seem to have any trouble reading the rest of him as he tries out Dance Central at last weekend’s PAX 2010. Years from now we’ll look back and realize the best thing to come from Microsoft Kinect was countless videos…

Batman: The Brave And The Bold Review: Bat-Mite Makes Right

The Dark Knight returns to a more campy and colorful time in Batman: The Brave and the Bold for the Nintendo Wii, and he’s brought friends. Batman: The Brave and the Bold is the video game adaptation of the latest Batman animated series. In the cartoon, Batman teams up every week with a different DC…

Kratos Walks The Streets Of Atlanta

This God of War was so intimidating he didn’t make it into our Dragon Con cosplay gallery. Rectifying that, in case he comes looking for us.

Microsoft’s Games Platform Strategy Man Moves To Amazon

A potential gaming push by Amazon.com gets a big boost, as Microsoft’s director of game platform strategy Andre Vrignaud takes on a new role with the online retailer, and he’s “very intrigued about what Amazon is looking to do.” Vrignaud revealed his change of occupation in an entry on his personal blog on Friday, hinting…

Company Of Heroes Dev Gave His Life To Save His Family

Further information regarding the tragic death of Relic Entertainment’s Brian R. Wood in an automobile accident Friday night reveals that the developer’s final act saved the life of his wife and their unborn child. As we reported yesterday, the lead designer on Company of Heroes Online was driving his Subaru Outback with his wife Erin…

Quantum Chess Changes The State Of The Game

Top players have spent lifetimes mastering the subtle nuances of chess, but when a quantum physics twist is added to the age-old classic, it’s anybody’s games. A quantum object can exist in more than one state. When you attempt to interact with it, the wave function collapses and the object settles into a single state.…

The Countdown To Halo: Reach Invasion Week Begins

Halo: Reach is only a week away, and Microsoft is counting down the days with previews, themes, and other downloadable goodies, leading up to the Halo: Reach Invasion Week on Xbox Live. Halo: Reach is Microsoft’s biggest game of the year, and it’s setting aside a full two weeks to help fans celebrate the game’s…

It’s Double Demo Day For DJ Hero 2 And Warriors Of Rock

Activision pimps its two upcoming rhythm games today with four-song demos for DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, featuring music from Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Black Sabbath, and Dethklok. Not all at once, of course. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock hits U.S. store shelves on September 28, with DJ Hero 2 following…

This Liquid-Cooled Xbox 360 PC Hybrid Costs More Than My Car

Origin PC introduces The Big O, a gaming PC with all the bells and whistles, including a liquid-cooled Xbox 360 Slim built right in, and it can be yours today for the price of a small used car. The high end gaming PC purveyors at Origin PC are known for packing everything they can into…

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Two New Warriors Join The War For Cybertron

The second pack of downloadable content for Transformers: War for Cybertron drops today, with five new multiplayer maps and the addition of two new playable Cybertronian warriors: Zeta Prime and Dead End. While we had plenty of warning for the first downloadable content pack for Transformers: War for Cybertron, Activision springs the second pack on…

Dragon Con Cosplayers Will Cosplay Anything

No entertainment property was beyond the reach Dragon Con’s cosplayers in Atlanta this weekend, resulting in our 50-photo gallery featuring everything from Final Fantasy to Flo, the Progressive Insurance spokeswoman. We could have taken cosplay photos for four days straight and still not captured all of the wonderful outfits visitors to this year’s Dragon Con…

This Only Works In John Woo Movies

If I learned anything from Unreal Tournament, it’s that two automatic pistols are better than one, and holding them sideways makes them fire faster. It’s two popular handgun fallacies in one! Unreal Tournament and the Unreal series in general have produced some pretty amazing weapons with equally impressive alternate firing modes. Some of my personal…

Speak-Up On Kotaku: Headset Shopping, The Other Guys, Samus’ Surprise, And The GT500

Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, M0squ1t0, Ameenshake, Joecapps1127, and Acebuckeye13 have something to say about a sexy Samus shirt, headset shopping, Will Ferrell’s The Other Guys, and the lovely GT500, asit appears in Burnout Paradise. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have…

Out Of Ammo: Our Favorite Shooter Melee Weapons

Whether you’re seriously low on ammo or just want to make someone’s life completely miserable, there’s nothing quite like bringing a hammer, crowbar, or chainsaw to a gun fight. Here are some of our favorite gun alternatives. Over the years, melee weapons in first-person shooters have transformed. They started off as a way to add…

Get Your Hands-On Killzone 3 Multiplayer At PAX 2010

We played Killzone 3’s multiplayer at Gamescom. Now’s your chance, as Guerrilla Games and Sony hold the first public hands-on with the game’s online component at PAX in Seattle this weekend. Sony’s booth at PAX is sure to be a crowded spot, with eight-on-either matches of Killzone 2 multiplayer running from the time the show…

Mortal Kombat Takes Its Shadow Boxing Seriously

Fan favorite characters fight in the shadows in a trailer for the new Mortal Kombat so dark and moody they had to play Disturbed’s new song “Another Way to Die” to lighten things up. “Another Way to Die” is a track off Disturbed’s Asylum album, and it’s a perfect fit for a teaser of the…

The Ultimate Guide To The PlayStation Move

This is your guide to everything you need to know about the PlayStation Move: how it works, what it costs, and what games you can play on it. What Is The PlayStation Move? The PlayStation Move is a motion-sensing game controller platform for the PlayStation 3. It consists of a wand-shaped controller the player holds…

Apple’s Answer To Xbox Live Launches Next Week

Friends lists, matchmaking, and a unified multiplayer gaming experience come to the iPhone in next week with the release of Apple’s Game Center in iOS 4.1. Apple first revealed plans for its unified gaming service back in April, and we’ve been waiting patiently for news of its release since then. Today at Apple’s special event…