Who doesn’t like a good literal visual gag? I know I do and I’ll bet a few Kotaku Off Topic regulars do too. This is where we chat about those kinds of things and video games too. Isn’t it nice having images back on Kotaku? Yes. The answer is yes. It lets more people enjoy…
How does one sell a game like Dragon Quest IX, a traditionally core role-playing game, to the general Nintendo DS-owning populace? Right. Seth Green and pop rock band The Lost Boys. This is Nintendo’s attempt at shilling Square Enix’s Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies and… gotta say, I think it works. Sure,…
The newest issues of Gamepro and Edge show up wearing the same Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit dress, as spotted by subscriber AncientUnknown
After two decades, Nintendo is finally creating a new Kid Icarus, this time for the new Nintendo 3DS. Kid Icarus Uprising‘s designer has even loftier goals for the sequel, targeting “an overriding problem with a lot of game design.” Masahiro Sakurai, the brains behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the new Kid Icarus, says that…
A handful of Xbox Live Arcade‘s critical successes are now vying for commercial accessibility. Defense Grid, P.B. Winterbottom, Rocket Riot and Poker Smash are just 400 Microsoft Points. Darwinia+ is now 800 Points, Chime a mere 240 Points. [Major Nelson]
Worried that Microsoft’s E3 showcase of its Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 was a little too “casual,” a little too Wii Sports rewarmed? Kinect’s creative director sees it otherwise, that Microsoft’s taking a Super Mario Bros. approach instead. So says Kudo Tsunoda, the oft-sunglassed man behind games like Kinect Adventures, the river rafting and…
Standing at least seven feet tall and full of fancy animatronics, it’s fairly safe to say this lifelike Elite costume, more detailed than any Halo cosplay we’ve ever seen, is elite level cosplay. It was designed by self-taught make up and effects artist Pete Mander, who has created a Halo costume to outdo all others.…
Sony’s new PlayStation Plus subscription service is launching, officially, in North America on June 29. That means a new way to spend fifty bucks a year on your PlayStation 3 and a new firmware update with all-new features. PlayStation Plus brings more than just a fee, mind you. Subscribers get early access to demos and…
Get ready to dress yourself in Tron inspired everything later this year, when Disney’s sci-fi video game update hits theaters, bringing with it a massive influx of licensed goods. Like Tron: Legacy snowboarding boots, for example! Disney is buddying up with Burton—the maker of those lovely looking boots—as well as Oakley, Adidas and Hurley for…
The psychological horror series Silent Hill appears to be on a return to its roots with the next entry, a dark, stormy and flashlight-lit scarefest that’s very different from the more cerebral and most recent entry, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. The Silent Hill trademarks are intact in this E3 trailer, with a town that transforms…
When an in-development game like Beyond Good & Evil 2 goes quiet, even for just a few months, any word that it’s still alive is comforting. Especially when we get status updates like the one game designer Michel Ancel provided. According to a report from Eurogamer, Ancel says the sequel to the critically acclaimed Beyond…
Another day, another successful run of mostly video game related posts. Not this one. This is Kotaku Off Topic, where we’ll discuss the highs and the lows of the moment. I’m about to cap this successful week off with a massive caloric binge, involving burgers made out of bisons, onion rings, high alcohol beer and…
They said it would never happen. But MTV Games and Harmonix aren’t going to let discriminating taste get in the way of Canada’s greatest musical contribution to the modern age, Nickelback, from coming to Rock Band. The band’s brand of thoroughly authentic music will come to the Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 on June…
When Call of Duty: Black Ops hits this November, it could be the most helicopterest game of all time. All time! Just going by the game’s debut trailer, we’re expecting a new chopper less than every four seconds. Researcher Carlos Helicopters of the Call of Helicopters blog scrutinized the next Call of Duty game’s helicopter…
The latest Interplay game to make the leap to Nintendo’s WiiWare service is MDK2, BioWare’s shooter from the year 2000, joining other WiiWare-bound re-releases like Clayfighter and Descent. But that’s not all Interplay and developer Beamdog have in store. MDK2 will also be exhumed in high-definition form for the PC as MDK2 HD, thanks to…
Can’t wait until November to play with Skittles the tiger or flail wildly until slightly moist with some Kinect Sports? Good news! Microsoft will be demoing its new motion controller “nationwide” for the public at retail this weekend. If you live near one of the four Microsoft Stores—located in Scottsdale, AZ, Lone Tree, CO, Mission…
Will the adorableness of LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy be lessened when sporting a flaming Ghost Rider skull or the slippery alien garb of Venom? When the new Marvel-themed blow out comes to LittleBigPlanet next month we’ll find out. Starting July 7, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to wear the Punisher’s skull of vengeance upon their Sackboy’s…
Nintendo’s price drop on the bigger and now brighter version of its Nintendo DSi is going over pretty well in Japan, with the handheld tripling sales after the change. The Nintendo DSi LL got three new colors this week—blue, green and yellow—along with a new price, 18,000 yen, down from 20,000. That puts the DSi…
I’m cleaning my Maverick M4A1, equipping my kevlar vest and helmet, maybe picking up an HE grenade and flashbang, and getting back into some Counter-Strike this weekend, a chance to revisit just how terrible I am at this game. Well, I’d say I’m more average than terrible, but when you’re playing against grizzled, teenaged Counter-Strike:…
For the relatively small intersection between 27″ iMac ownership and those hoping to play their PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on that iMac exists the Kanex XD, an HDMI to Mini DisplayPort that I now don’t want to live without. The powered converter performs a seemingly simple task for its $150 USD asking price, taking…
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