Rumors that Valve is planning on doing more with ultra-popular Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients All-Stars—or DotA—feel a lot less rumor-like now. The Half-Life developer recently trademarked “DOTA” for future use. The developer of Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Portal filed a trademark request with the US Patent and Trademark Office last…
To: Ashcraft From: McWhertor Re: What Do You Do When You Forget Someone’s Name? The answer to that note’s question will be answered on August the 11th at 4:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. Wait, that’s now Typically, I refer to people whose name I have forgotten as “Hey!” or “Man.” As in, “Hey, what’s up,…
You know that PlayStation phone we’ve been hearing about for, well, seemingly forever? Engadget says it’s finally happening in the form of Sony Ericsson-developed, Android-based hardware that’s PSPgo-like in form. That long-rumored elusive PlayStation phone could even hit this year. According to Engadget’s report, that PlayStation branded phone will be based on the Android 3.0…
Netflix streaming via your Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iPad will get a big boost next month. The internet streaming movie service has struck a deal to bring movies like Iron Man 2 and Star Trek to your consoles. As part of a $900 million USD deal, Netflix will be permitted to stream movies…
Nolan North, the real world voice of Uncharted’s Nathan Drake, Shadow Complex’s Jason Fleming and Assassin’s Creed’s Desmond Miles is in a lot of video games. But it may be Mafia II that has the most North you’ve ever heard. North, whose credits include Call of Duty: World at War, White Knight Chronicles, Gears of…
Now that every Team Fortress 2 class has received his (or her) class-specific update, where does developer Valve go from here? Onward and upward, with at least one new substantial update, due soon(ish). PC Gamer writes that Valve is planning an update to the venerable class-based shooter within the next month—*Valve Time notwithstanding. That new…
There may be hope yet for the ludicrously long-in-the-making Duke Nukem Forever. Sources claiming to have knowledge of the situation tell Kotaku that Duke Nukem Forever development continues at a new home, Borderlands developer Gearbox Software. The studio responsible for Brothers In Arms, Borderlands and Aliens: Colonial Marines is said to have picked up Duke…
While we steer slightly further away from the video game-related coverage, it’s time for you to take the wheel. Get in this post and make with the topically diverse conversation already! Seriously, you steer this ship. I’ve got something else to work on right now. But here are a few interesting items from the day.…
Now that lady COGs are joining the fight in Gears of War 3, it’s time to put a proper pink paint job on those Locust-eviscerating Lancers. As seen on Microsoft Game Studios’ lead producer Chris Wynn’s Twitter
The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has had a curious side effect on a handful of Live Arcade games. Infinity Ward’s modern military shooter is unlocking the full versions of five SNK games for free. According to a report on Worthplaying, Modern Warfare 2—the full version of the game and…
Embattled Call of Duty and Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward lost a good portion of its top tier talent this year following the well publicized firings of its founders. But Activision believes the developer’s “very specific culture” can be rebuilt. Activision executive VP David Stohl, head of the mega-publisher’s worldwide studios, tells Develop that the…
LEGO enthusiast and master squirrel photographer Chris “Powerpig” McVeigh is either offering the Empire a much-needed tactical strategy learned from Taito’s Space Invaders or proposing the next LEGO Star Wars game. We’re not sure which. Seen on Flickr via Gizmodo
Beat up street thugs and ex-boyfriends in the name of love with the arrival of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World for the PlayStation Network. Ubisoft’s side-scrolling brawler leads this week’s North American PlayStation Store update. Should you not want to drop the ten bucks American, you can download the demo, which is also available alongside…
PopCap Games’ garden of the living dead strategy game, Plants vs. Zombies, gets an upgrade today, touting its “Game of the Year” status with a handful of upgrades (and one downgrade). Valve is now hosting the newer, less Michael Jackson estate-infringing version of Plants vs. Zombies, adding Steam Achievements and Steamcloud support for the casual…
If you’re going to this year’s Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany—like Kotaku is!—you’ll be among the first to see games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Final Fantasy XIV in action. Those are the two titles that Square Enix will be showing off next week only in its special cinema, where the first public showing…
The creators of Grim Fandango, Psychonauts and Brutal Legend aren’t making a sequel to their Jack Black-starring heavy metal action game. Instead they’re making four new games, one of which is the Halloween-themed role-playing game Costume Quest. According to a first look from UGO, Double Fine’s new downloadable game—which is due for a timely release…
Last week, I hit up GameTrailers HQ for a taping of The Bonus Round to talk about the fall’s biggest shooters. That includes Halo: Reach, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Joining me were Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter and Shacknews’ Garnett Lee. See if you agree with a sleepy version of me…
Well, today has been a learning experience, hasn’t it? Come and tell us what you’ve learned about things Kotaku-related and beyond in our nightly open thread. This weekend, I learned the proper way to pronounce Björk’s name—it’s like “jerk.” I also did a good deal of reading about the Great Depression, the Great Debates and…
Microsoft is offering a “limited audience” of Xbox 360 owners an opportunity to beta test Kinect and changes to Xbox Live before they’re scheduled to hit in November. Check your e-mail to see if you’re on the list. Because if you are, you may be receiving pre-release software and hardware early, without the need to…
The makers of Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, the rhythm game that uses a real electric guitar as its controller, want plastic guitar peripherals to die in a fire—or the molten lava of an active Icelandic volcano. At least, that’s what we’re inferring from this publicity stunt in which dozens of Guitar Hero guitar…
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