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PlayStation Store Update: The Joe Danger Zone
This week’s North American PlayStation Store update is taking us to the track, with the release of stunt ’em up Joe Danger and vehicular combat contender Death Track: Resurrection. What else did our continental peers get? Loads, including a new Sam & Max, Voodoo Dice and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. There’s no lack of…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2010 -
That’s No Moon, It’s A Force Unleashed II Collector’s Edition
LucasArts is giving Star Wars collectors something to drop an extra twenty on with the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II collector’s edition, complete with fancy packaging, digital goodies and a super-deformed Starkiller clone on which to store stuff. Sure, Starkiller with a swollen head and/or USB interface sticking out of that engorged noggin is…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2010 -
E3 2010 Preview: These Are the Big Action Games, We Think
E3 2010 is almost ready for action. Are you ready for the action games of E3? These console and PC games, we think, are going to be the biggest video games of video gaming’s big show. Games that were announced a year ago at E3 2009 and games that were just announced this week will,…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2010 -
How Gadgets Are Rewiring Our Brains & How Games May Be Helping
Having access to the internet and its petabytes of easily available information is, for many of us, a good thing. Well, with the exception of our brains, which are being constantly distracted by e-mails, instant messages and video games. The New York Times explores the impact of a constant connection on the human brain’s ability…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
LittleBigPlanet Meets Heavy Rain, Jam Is Spilled
The cuteness of Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet, with its adorable Sackboys, just waiting to be dressed, seems like an odd crossover for murder mystery and kidnapfest Heavy Rain. But cross the two PlayStation 3 games shall this week! Whether you prefer to dress your Sackboy in the leather jacket of Jayden or the facial hair of…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
There’s A Little Captain In Fable III
The makers of the Xbox 360 and PC role-playing game with an emphasis on “touch,” Fable III, introduce us to the mysterious Captain, “a pretty angry man with a fierce smoking habit and wet boots.” Why is his name a mystery? Will E3 reveal more?
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
We’re Due For A *Lot* Of Sonic Adventure
Surprise! Looks like Sega is planning to reissue Dreamcast and GameCube Sonic the Hedgehog games Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Hey… you don’t look very surprised. Why not? Oh! Because the ports of both versions of Sonic Adventure have been slowly leaking from Sega via Xbox Live…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
Take Your Shot With These Xbox Live Arcade Deals
Xbox 360 owners and fans of shooting things at other things, best to take advantage of these fine Xbox Live Arcade deals before E3 rolls around next week, tempting you will all-new shiny video games to covet. The deals are none too shabby on must-have titles like Peggle and Battlefield 1943, as well as other…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing Outdoes The Previous Best Call of Duty Fan Film
How can this short action flick manage to knock out the previous title holder for best fan made Call of Duty movie? It’s bigger, bloodier and has a more substantial budget. And it’s from the same creative team. The second chapter of Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski’s Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing makes use of its…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
Driver Is Back With An All-New… Teaser
Ubisoft is counting down to next Monday, when it will presumably unveil the new Driver video game it’s teasing in this brand new video that’s certainly heavy on driving but gameplay-barren. According to the site, “DRIVER is back!” This teaser for the still unannounced Driver sequel is a “live action remake of the tutorial mission…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
iPhone 4’s New Motion Controls: Will It Mean Better Games?
The new iPhone 4 is also a new type of game controller, with a built-in gyroscope giving the phone (and sometimes games device) better sensitivity for more motion gestures. Apple says the addition will offer “an even better gaming experience.” That’s debatable, but it will, also according to Apple, detect user acceleration, angular velocity, and…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
Guitar Hero? There’s An App For That Too
Activision is bringing its multi-billion dollar Guitar Hero series to the iPhone and iPod touch. Today. Activision SVP Karthik Bala unveiled the latest Guitar Hero game at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference today, slapping a $2.99 sticker price on the app.
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
Kim Kardashian As Lara Croft? That Can’t Be Right, Can It?
The Tomb Raider film franchise is on the cusp of a reboot, putting a younger-than-Angelina-Jolie Lara Croft onscreen and spinning a new origin story-type yarn. Could that younger Lara Croft be somehow famous person Kim Kardashian? The next Tomb Raider flick is reportedly going to shoot in 3D and feature “a far more comic-strip version…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 -
Kotaku Off Topic: headline headghgh
For those of you unable to attend this year’s Kotaku pre-E3 party because of your location, age or crippling shyness, let’s turn this Kotaku Off Topic into a virtual party replacement. Who wants pizza?! Hell, I do. That’s why I am about to order a Chicago deep dish from down the street. Hopefully it will…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 -
Kotaku’s Pre-E3 Party – It’s On Broadway
Aperture Science may have canceled its E3 party plans, but Kotaku’s are officially locked in. As we tend to do the Sunday before E3, Kotaku is having a party. This one will be bigger than ever… and you’re invited. We’re changing locations this year, hopefully leaving the long lines of the Golden Gopher behind and…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 -
Review Round Up: Street Racin’, X-Scapin’ & Back Breakin’
Wondering whether Blur is worth taking for a spin? Does Alpha Protocol feel like a game still in beta? What the hell is X-Scape? Let a week’s worth of Kotaku video game reviews answer those questions and more. Round up!! Alpha Protocol Review: Not Quite The Omega “The espionage RPG” stumbles its way into our…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 -
Dead Space 2 Box Art More About Isaac, Less About Dismembered Hands
EA lifted the veil on the box art for Dead Space 2 today, well in advance of the game’s release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Gone is the sci-fi space gore in favor of Isaac Clarke face time. Like it?
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 -
Get Your Project Natal, Justin Bieber Fixes Simultaneously
Attention, Xbox 360 fans with an incurable case of Bieber Fever! The Tiger Beat coverboy and teenage pop star is buddying up with his friends at Microsoft to bring you hands-on time with Project Natal this fall. Xbox 360 is underwriting the Bieb’s “My World” tour this fall, which will be schlepping Project Natal playable…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010
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