Mike Fahey

Coldplay Ushers In Lips: Number One Hits

Microsoft has revealed the second iteration of their Xbox 360 karaoke franchise Lips, with Coldplay’s "Viva La Vida" accompanying the official announcement of Lips: Number One Hits. Perhaps the Lips: Uno listing on the Royalty Network was merely a code name for Lips: Number One Hits, the second installment of the singing game, due in…

More Pics Of The Scratch DJ Controller

We’ve received some new shots of the official Scratch: The Ultimate DJ turntable controller, now in delicious PlayStation 3 flavor. Crafted by real turntable manufacturers Numark, the Scratch controller for the PlayStation 3 is very much like its Xbox 360 counterpart, though slightly more attractive thanks to the darker coloration. The official name for the…

38 Studios Saves Big Huge Games

Troubled real-time strategy and role-playing developer Big Huge Games lives on, with Curt Schilling‘s 38 Studios stepping up at the last moment for a late game save. 38 Studios has purchased Big Huge Games from THQ, adding a huge chunk of quality real-time strategy and role-playing talent to their roster and saving the developer from…

Xbox Live Is Not Here Right Now

No, it’s not just you. Xbox Live is down for everybody, but Microsoft is working feverishly to have service restored before the riots begin. Attempts to log in to Xbox Live this morning are meeting with failure across the board. A quick network test revealed that my network is working flawlessly…Xbox Live, not so much.…

World Of Warcraft Druids Getting A Makeover

In the next big content patch for World of Warcraft, Blizzard finally addresses one of the most pressing matters the game has been facing for the past several years: ugly druids. Now the Night Elves cannot help being giant Smurfs any more than the Tauren can stop being so delicious when grilled, so Blizzard instead…

What Sega Is Bringing To E3 2009

Sega is bringing its A game to E3 2009. Two A games, in fact, along with a B game, a C game, two Olympic titles, and a movie tie-in. Sega’s official E3 line-up announcement doesn’t hint at any big surprises, but it does mention a fair number of titles we’re definitely keeping an eye on.…

Robots We Love: HK-47

We continue our week-long tribute to the video game robots that we love with a Star Wars droid that loves you too, meatbag. Original characters created for video games set in the Star Wars universe rarely earn the sort of love we hold for HK-47, the homicidal droid who rose to fame in BioWare’s Star…

Kotaku Robot Wars Round 1: From The Ashes

A nuclear explosion has whittled down our list of thirty-five video game robots to a mere eight, their ultimate fate resting in the hands of our readers, a real-life robot, and random chance. While the nuclear explosion launched by a frightened U.S. military managed to wipe out the majority of the robot combatants summed to…

Get A Taste Of Miami Law

Hudson doles out a tiny bit of street justice on the Nintendo Channel today, with a downloadable demo of their DS action-adventure title Miami Law. Miami Law is a game that wants to be a police drama, balancing action-packed shoot-outs, car chases, crime scene investigation, and detective work in order to create the ultimate cop…

LucasArts Confirms Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron

LucasArts backs up the ESRB listings for Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for the Nintendo DS and PSP with an official announcement, promising to take the multiplayer battles to several new levels. Elite Squadron is a new twist on the Battlefront series, for the first time allowing players to start a battle on land, commandeer…

Dark Void: The Bermuda Triangle Angle

The first in a series of developer diaries for Capcom’s Dark Void explores the game’s setting, lost somewhere within the mysterious Bermuda Triangle. I remember being terrified of the Bermuda Triangle as a child, with documentaries on the subject with spooky music and deadly-serious voiceovers by the likes of Leonard Nimoy and Robert Hatch. The…

Here’s Secret Agent Clank On The PS2

Here’s a look at Sanzaru Games’ PlayStation 2 port of High Impact’s Secret Agent Clank for the PSP, lovingly recreated to provide a “richer game experience” for the console player. Sanzaru increased textures, ge4ometry, and basically tweaked the numbers to make the PS2 version of Secret Agent Clank a bit more of a full PS2…

The Nintendo Download: Adventurous Islands, Bubbles Bobbling, And Clay Fighting

While those of us in the U.S. were sleeping in, Nintendo spent yesterday adding a fresh crop of titles to their downloadable lineup, with a healthy dose of old games made new and the odd clock. Five new games in total were released yesterday across WiiWare, DSiWare, and the Virtual Console, though since one of…

Majesco Flips At E3

Majesco is bending the very fabric of space to bring us Flip’s Twisted World, an upside-down platformer for the Nintendo Wii, which they’ll be showing off next week at E3 2009. While games that allow players to turn the world on end are far from a dime a dozen, level-twisting is a gimmick that’s been…

Robots We Love: The Fruit Fucker 2000

Continuing our tribute to the most beloved robots in video gaming, we present to you Penny Arcade‘s own feed reaming, pulp ejecting produce fiend, the Fruit Fucker 2000. The Fruit Fucker 2000 first appeared as a punch line to a Penny Arcade comic about Blizzard trademarking hell, but he soon took on a life of…

Kotaku Robot Wars: The Beginning

Kotaku’s newfound obsession with robots hs drawn mechanical video game characters from throughout time and space to do battle in the Robot Wars – and only you can decide who lives and who dies! The interspatial beacon high atop Kotaku tower has harnessed the power of our latest obsession, forging a temporal reality scoop that…

Fuel Is The Biggest Console Game Ever

With 5, 560 square miles of accessible in-game terrain, Codemasters’ Fuel is the biggest console game of all time, and they’ve got the Guinness World Records certificate to prove it. The award for largest playable area in a console game was awarded to Fuel developer Asobo Studios. Guinness World Records presented the developer with a…

Tomb Raider: Underworld Unearths Trophies Next Week

PlayStation 3 owners tired of playing Tomb Raider: Underworld and getting nothing in return find relief next week, as Eidos readies a patch to add trophy support to Lara’s latest. Just in time for the PlayStation 3 version to become a £19.99 Platinum Hit in the UK, Eidos has announced that a patch to add…

Stardock Sending Out Demigod Apology Coupons

Stardock has begun distributing the promised apology coupons, entitling players who’ve purchased the previously problem-riddled real-time strategy game Demigod to a second copy at 50% off. Now that the vast majority of their networking issues have subsided, Stardock is making good with their promise of discounts on additional copies of Demigod. If you’ve picked up…

Ministry Storms Rock Band Next Week

How has Rock Band survived for a year and a half without the musical stylings of Ministry? Harmonix rectifies that terrible omission next week with a triple dose of industrial metal. Al Jourgensen may have retired Ministry last year, but you can keep the dream alive next week with three songs from the band that…