Michael McWhertor

This Is What Pac-Man’s New TV Show Might Look Like

If you’re wondering why this taste of the planned Pac-Man television show looks a little blurry, it’s because you’re supposed to be experiencing it in dazzling 3D, an effect hard to capture in internet video. Namco Bandai and ex-Marvel Studios producer Avi Arad unveiled their vision for the new Pac-Man TV series at an E3…

Your Xbox Live Arcade Games of the Week Are…

Risk: Factions, which adds kitties, robots and zombies to the classic strategy board game, and Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, 3D Realms’ third-person platforming action game, come to XBLA this Wednesday for 800 Microsoft Points each. Let’s play some Risk, kids!!

Kotaku Off Topic: …And His Man Servant Kato

Guess what? This Kotaku post is not about video games, if you want clear early warning so that you can either complain about it on your blog or join us for nighttime conversation about whatever. It’s doubly useful! This edition of the nightly Kotaku Off Topic series could be about the Green Hornet, a movie…

Transformice Is Pure Mayhem, Everyone Should Play It

What the hell is Transformice and why can’t I stop playing it? Well, it’s a multiplayer Flash-based game, in which you control a mouse and try to get cheese faster than any other mouse. And it’s total, hilarious chaos. The mad scramble for cheese across dozens of maps, most of which have some bottomless pit…

Report: Kinect Costs Microsoft $150 To Make

There may be a simple reason Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart and others are pricing Kinect for Xbox 360 at $149 USD. That’s how much it costs Microsoft to make the thing, according to a new report. Develop cites a “highly-positioned, trusted source” who considers the price of Kinect for the Xbox 360 “a topic…

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Keeps E3 Going With ‘Video Game Week’

Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night talk show gets all video gamey this week, showing off Kinect tonight, Call of Duty: Black Ops Tuesday, the new Need For Speed on Wednesday and Killzone 3 on Thursday. Friday? A “special surprise” is teased. Hmmm…

Fist Of The North Star Gushes More Gore, Retains Japanese Flavor

When Tecmo Koei brings Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (née Hokuto Musou) to North America this fall, it will be more gore-soaked than ever before. But it will keep one important aspect of its Japanese release. While we’d previously heard that the new Fist of the North Star built in the Dynasty Warriors…

Red Dead Redemption’s ‘Outlaws To The End’ Explained, Narrated

Have you “herd” about the new downloadable cooperative missions coming to Red Dead Redemption tomorrow? Let Rockstar Games walk you through the new add-on coming to the wild west shooter this week, which won’t cost you a single greenback. The “Outlaws to the End” cooperative mission pack is one of three downloadable expansions Rockstar has…

Warriors: Legends of Troy, For The Brad Pitt Loving Dynasty Warrior

Having a fondness for Brad Pitt is not required to enjoy the latest tactical hack and slash from the Koei side of Tecmo Koei. Liking the Dynasty Warriors series may be enough to enjoy. Warriors: Legends of Troy as well. Developed by Koei Canada, the team responsible for futuristic racing game Fatal Inertia and Warriors…

Warriors: Legends of Troy Screen Shots

Scott Pilgrim Movie Includes Zelda Tunes, Beck As Sex Bob-omb

Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto has apparently given his blessing to the movie adaptation of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, based on the heavily video game-influenced comic of the same name, specifically for its use of video game music. According to a new interview with Scott Pilgrim director Edgar Wright conducted by star Michael…

Alan Wake Ads Inspires Fear Of The Dark In Canada

Our neighbors to the north have likely already seen and been irrevocably horrified by Alan Wake’s big, spooky and, most important, clever ad push, which intimidated Canadians with its warnings about just how evil the darkness is. Ad firm MacLaren McCann‘s promotional push for the Xbox 360 game is likely Old News to some Canadian…

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Hands-on: Whipping Evil A New One

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the best 3D Castlevania game I’ve ever played at an E3. And I’ve played two of them—not counting Konami’s flirtation with the series as a 3D fighting game. Yes, developer Mercury Steam’s Castlevania does play more like a Devil May Cry or God of War game than the side-scrolling games…

Lords of Shadow Screens

The President May Get The Authority To Kick Us All Offline

As weird and scary as it sounds, there may be a time when you’ll be able to blame your server going down on the current U.S. President instead of your internet provider. A new U.S. Senate bill known as the “Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset” Act, would enable the president to access a “kill-switch”…

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Hands-on From E3 2010

A multiplayer Castlevania? Series designer Koji Igarashi’s latest off-the-wall idea for the 23-year-old vampire slaying franchise might just be crazy enough to work. After playing Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, I’m on board. Way more on board with Iga’s new Xbox Live Arcade game—a multiplayer action-adventure and exploration game for up to six players, starring Castlevania…

Kotaku Off Topic: Reboot

The Kotaku Off Topic post generator was offline the whole week. How come no one told me? I came back to the tower and found that our random conversation reserves were dangerously low. Help! What’d you guys think of E3? I found it personally exhausting and I barely spent any time playing tiring motion control…

Left 4 Dead 2 Gets Headshots-only Mode, Versus Changes

Valve is “mutating” Left 4 Dead 2 with a new headshots-only campaign variation this week, as well as instituting some substantial changes to the Jockey and the AI Director in the game’s Versus mode. [L4D Blog]

Report: Metal Gear Creator Has ‘Massive’ PS3 Exclusive Game In The Works

Hideo Kojima was at E3 this week to show off his team’s latest project, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, but a report from CVG says the game developer has a “massive PS3 exclusive” to unveil at Tokyo Game Show. If CVG‘s “senior US publishing source” is right, the supposed PlayStation 3 exclusive will “own the show”…

Sonic Colors Sends A Hedgehog Into (Mario’s) Space

The creators of Sonic the Hedgehog are borrowing a more current page from Nintendo’s Mario, giving the speedy blue mascot a galactic adventure and some super powered suits of his own to wear in Sonic Colors. Why is Sonic the Hedgehog going to space in Sonic Colors? To check in on his arch nemesis Dr.…