Mike Fahey

No One Died At The Halo 3 Wedding

The couple that met and fell in love playing Halo were wed over the weekend, with Master Chief himself declaring the happy newlyweds “Teammates for life.” Stephen Totilo of MTV Multiplayer was at Orlando’s Full Sail University on Saturday to attend the ceremony, which was held inside a recreation of the “Ivory Tower” map from…

Scenes From The New York City F.E.A.R. Lab

So what exactly went on at the Armacham F.E.A.R. 2 lab in New York City this weekend? According to video shot by Kotaku, a whole lot of LARPing. Sure it isn’t live-action roleplaying in the traditional sense (if there even is one), but when you have folks dressing up pretending to represent the fictional company…

Halo 3: ODST Music Debuts At Seattle VGL

Gamers attending the Video Games Live concert performance at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on January 24th are in for a special treat, as music from Bungie’s upcoming Halo 3: ODST makes its debut. Halo composers Marty O’Donnel and Michael Salvatori will be joined by other members of the Bungie team to celebrate the world…

Flower Blooms Official Release Date

Flower, the poetic new PlayStation Network titles from the creators of PSN favorite flOw has sprouted a release date, popping out of the ground in early February. President and co-founder of thatgamecompany Kellee Santiago announced a February 12th release date for the game that has managed to impress us on more than one occasion, and…

Weekly Wii Update: MUSHA And Friends

This week’s Nintendo Wii update brings with it a couple of WiiWare titles from Aksys and High Voltage Software, and MUSHA – one of the most expensive Genesis games you’re likely to find. We’ll do the Virtual Console this week first, as I am extremely excited to see MUSHA (800 points) showing up on the…

SOE Collects PoxNora From Octopi, Opens Tucson Studio

Having had tremendous success with their online collectible card games, Sony Online Entertainment has caught collectible fever, snagging the ultra rare PoxNora collectible strategy game from developer Octopi. PoxNora is an online strategy game that combines the mechanics of turn-based strategy with aspect of a collectible card game. As of this past Friday, SOE now…

How Can World Of Warcraft Help Train Your Employees?

We’ve all heard stories about World of Warcraft affecting the performance of workers negatively, but could Blizzard’s massively popular MMO have a positive effect on the business environment? John Hagel and John Seely Brown over at Newsweek have published a rather interesting article titled “How World of Warcraft Promotes Innovation”, which looks at some of…

Samuel L. Jackson Wants You To Buy Afro Samurai At Game Crazy

And here I thought novelty celebrity phone messages were a thing of the past. Not so for Game Crazy, who have Samuel L. Jackson reminding customers to pre-order Afro Samurai. Sure he doesn’t quite pronounce Namco Bandai correctly, but he doesn’t need to. He’s Samuel L. Jackson, and when he tells you to go pre-order…

Try Resistance: Retribution Two Months Early

Resistance: Retribution could very well be one of the biggest PSP titles of the year, and now folks who pre-order from select retailers will get to play it a couple of months ahead of time. Customers who pre-order Resistance: Retribution for the PSP from GameStop, Amazon, Best Buy, or Game Crazy will receive a voucher…

And Now The North American Resident Evil 5 Collector’s Edition

Wow. Capcom certainly isn’t skimping on the North American Resident Evil 5 Collector’s Edition, packed with enough Kijuju-themed goodness to kill a small horse, possibly bringing it back from the dead afterwards. The $89.99 limited Collector’s Edition of Resident Evil 5 is now available for pre-order across North America, and as you can see they…

Microsoft: Peddling Add-Ons Works For Us

Sony recently called out Microsoft and Nintendo for having consoles that require add-ons in order to offer the total package. Now Xbox 360 group PR manager David Dennis responds, and fires right back. Speaking to Edge, Dennis offered his response to Sony’s add-on peddling claims, much like Xbox 360 group product manager Andrew Greenberg did…

Rest In Peace, Circuit City

After closing 155 stores and filing for bankruptcy last year, the nation’s second largest electronics retailer Circuit City is now planning to liquidate its remaining 567 U.S. stores. The troubled company had been trying to find a buyer or secure financing in order to stay afloat, but today they announced that their last-ditch attempts had…

F.E.A.R. 2 Demo Drops Next Week

Those of you unable to make it to the New York City F.E.A.R. Lab this weekend won’t be waiting long to get your hands on the sequel, with a demo being released next week. Warner Bros. Interactive just let slip that a single player demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is making its way to…

SOE Sells EQ Loot For Child’s Play

Sony Online Entertainment has announced a month-long Child’s Play fund raising campaign, which will allow players of EverQuest and EverQuest II to buy in-game goodies that generate donations. Basically it works like this: Players order a special in-game item from the Marketplace using Station Cash, and Sony donates $10 to the Child’s Play Charity. EverQuest…

We Get It, Deadly Creatures Is Creepy

Rainbow Studios and THQ would like to remind you that their upcoming action adventure title Deadly Creatures is creepy as hell. Not that we needed reminding, but here’s a ton of screens, just in case. Still so very much on the fence about this one. I have enough trouble playing scary video games based on…

Armacham Invites You To New York’s F.E.A.R. Lab

Armacham cordially invites Kotaku readers in the New York City area to participate in a F.E.A.R. lab this weekend, where players could snag a chance to play F.E.A.R. 2 in a specially designed chair. This is of course the culmination of the mysterious case event that had us on the edge of our seats towards…

Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box For February

Criterion Games today announces an early February release date for Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box, gathering all of the DLC, adding a new Party Pack, and marking the game’s PC debut, all at once. Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box will be available in retail stores on February 5th, giving new PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and…

Finally A Naruto Shippuden Game For North America

Take heart, North American Naruto fans! After years of playing through the same damn storylines over and over again, Namco Bandai is finally moving along the plot with Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden. CyberConnect2’s latest Ultimate Ninja title for the PlayStation 2 takes us on a journey past the time jump, where a more confident…

Legends of Norrath Expands Again, Continues Passing Out Boosters

Sony Online Entertainment’s online collectible card game Legends of Norrath expands again next month, following the story of the Ethernauts with the sixth expansion set, Against the Void. Yes, Legends of Norrath is an online collectible card game with a story, Against the Void is the second chapter in a three-part epic involving the Ethernauts,…

Garriott Will Get Back To Gaming One Day

Sure his head is up in the clouds at the moment, but Ultima creator Richard Garriott hasn’t forgotten where he’s from. In an interview with GameDaily, Garriott discusses an eventual return to gaming. GameDaily writer and occasional Kotaku contributer N. Evan Van Zelfden (possible robot) got a chance to speak with Garriott about his future…