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Kotaku’s 2010 Mac Gift Guide
Do you have a certain someone in your life that owns an Apple Macintosh computer? And would you like to buy them something that’s not related to graphic design or film production? Well, read on! 2010 was a watershed year for the Mac, which saw not only the release of Starcraft II day-and-date with the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 -
Kotaku’s 2010 PC Gift Guide
There’s no faster way to somebody’s heart than to buy them a great PC game. With that (and this week’s Black Friday sales) in mind, here are our picks for PC games to stuff in that special someone’s stocking. Whether you’re looking for a strategy game, shooter, role-player or something completely out of left field,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 -
The Slowest Gran Turismo 5 Race You’ll Ever See
Gran Turismo 5 is realistic. How can you tell? Well, a tiny little Fiat 500 has trouble getting up a mountain in the real world, so it makes sense it can’t get up a mountain in GT5, either. Note we’re not talking about the rather shiny new Fiat 500. That’s fine. This is the original,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 -
GT5 Online Woes Screw Up Your Singleplayer Games, Too
If you’re trying to play Gran Turismo 5 at the moment and wondering why everything is stalling and running so slowly – even in your singleplayer games – you can thank “extreme online traffic congestion”. While that’s a common and understandable thing to be affecting the multiplayer side of a major game so close to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 -
PlayStation Boss To Become Sony President?
According to a report on Bloomberg, Sony is looking at taking the job of company president away from current CEO Sir Howard Stringer, with one of the possible candidates for that role being PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai. While Stringer, who took the job as president in 2009 (having been with Sony since 1997) will retain…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 -
A Motorcycle To The Skull? Hell, Why Not
Long a tough sell to Western gamers, Sega may actually have found a way to market the Yakuza series of crime games outside Japan: package its trailers like the hammy movies the games so dearly want to be. Yakuza 4, the latest game in the series, was released in Japan in March, but won’t be…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2010 -
Mission Accomplished
Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi can afford a smile; after six years of development and more than a few jokes at his expense, GT5 is finally on sale. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
Buy Your Own Portal Gun
If you ever looked at 2009’s incredible replica Portal gun and thought “ooh, I’d like that”, now’s your chance to put your money where your mouth is. Custom replica specialists Volpin Props, whose amazing work we’ve featured before, are putting one of these babies up for auction as part of this year’s Child’s Play charity…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
All Your Video Games Are Belong To Us
At first glance, this may look like just a simple play on a tired old gaming meme. But we’re not in the business of single glances. Look closer This A1-sized poster is made up of 2,050 layers of text, each bearing the name of a video game, game company, character or platform. To get an…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
Enslaved Action Figures Look As Dirty As The Apocalypse
Ninja Theory’s Enslaved may not have been one of 2010’s more memorable games, but these custom action figures built in its honour are some of 2010’s more memorable pieces of fan art. Designed and built by Hugo, they take a number of different comic book pieces, a lot of custom sculpting work by the artist…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
Turning A Studio Into A Zombie Safehouse
Either bored or flushed with cash (or both!), the gang at web comedy site Rooster Teeth decided to do a little office remodelling. Turn their office door into a safehouse from zombie shooter Left 4 Dead. It’s the kind of thing that could easily be half-assed, and thus easily look dreadful, but these guys went…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
Kinect Is Wasted On Video Games
We’ve seen some truly astounding things being done with Microsoft’s Kinect motion-control camera in the month since its release. It’s a shame, then, that none of them have had anything to do with video games. From 3D-mapping to robot programming to manboobs to advanced user interfaces, Kinect has shown it has the potential to revolutionise…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
Now This Is How You Do Physics, Video Games
There have been plenty of games that feature both playground physics and destructible environments. The awful Fracture and the lovely LittleBigPlanet come to mind. Tiny & Big, though, is taking both features to a whole new level. An episodic game for the PC, the first instalment is called Grandpa’s Leftovers. The game is a platformer…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
Which Ones Are Photos And Which Ones Are Gran Turismo 5?
Here are some shots of the Lexus LF-A concept car. Your task: sort out which ones are photographs, and which ones are screenshots from Gran Turismo 5. OK, so it’s not the hardest thing in the world to do (answers can be found by clicking through the gallery), but boy oh boy, is this game…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
Playing Video Games On A Screen Bigger Than A Football Field
Think playing Gears of War on the scoreboard at Texas Stadium was impressive? It’s got nothing on this guy, who may have splashed out $15,000 to play a PC game on a screen that’s 820 feet long We’re not sure what the game was – it appears to be a Chinese World of Warcraft knock-off…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
What Is “The Planet”?
As is customary, there will be several new game reveals during this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards. This is one of them, for a game that may (or may not!) be called “The Planet”. Really, we only know it’s a game because this is the VGAs. And I only call it “The Planet” because…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2010 -
SCV Ready? More Like Honda Ready
Reader beepboy finds Kansas City’s biggest Starcraft II fan.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 23, 2010
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