Left 4 Dead meets the Wizard of Oz, as seen at the “Character of the Week” contest at the ConceptArt.org forums via Super Punch
Call of Duty creators and Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward shrinks again today, as more key talent behind the billion first-person shooter franchise jumps ship. Sources close to the studio tell Kotaku of four new departures from the troubled developer. A pair of Modern Warfare 2’s lead designers, Steve Fukuda and Zied Reike, are said…
You’ve heard his music countless time in your favorite Final Fantasy games, but there’s more to composer Nobuo Uematsu than “One Winged Angel.” At last weekend’s Anime Boston 2010, Uematsu got candid in an interview where he revealed everything from his thoughts on Avatar to his future cosplay plans. Here’s a list of some of…
Thinking about buying a new Nintendo DSi today? Think again. Nintendo of America is making the purchase of the dual-screen, dual-camera portable a little sweeter later this month, tossing in a complementary copy of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. On April 25, Nintendo begins bundling a copy of the latest and delightful Mario &…
…just as much as Evil Dead: Hail to the King and A Fistful of Boomstick shouldn’t have. Sadly just a fan art mock up, as seen on @armyoftrolls Twitter feed. An alternate animated GIF version, also for the fantasizing.
Another Monday almost over, another Kotaku Off Topic in which to vent one’s spleen, celebrate Mondays, seek a home remedy for a case of the Mondays or just chat about any number of not-necessarily video game-related things. Things like Star Wars, a topic upon which I’ve been obsessing lately. I’ve been watching the making of…
Nintendo’s foray into bringing 3D gaming to the masses without the need to wear glasses may have a new hardware ally in Hitachi. The electronics manufacturer unveiled details of its new 3D-simulating display today, a potential Nintendo 3DS hardware contender. Not long after Sharp showed off its own brand of 3D LCD screen tech at…
The man in charge of all things Metal Gear, Hideo Kojima, is fully embroiled in wrapping up Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for its summertime release on the PSP. But Kojima’s mind has apparently begun to wander to his “next title.” Kojima says, via Twitter, that he’s daydreaming/obsessing over his future project, putting his brain…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward is a little bit smaller today, as two more longtime employees have left the embattled studio. Veteran programmer Jon Shiring and designer Mackey McCandlish have parted ways with the home of Modern Warfare. Shiring announced his resignation from the Encino-based Infinity Ward via Twitter, as spotted by…
Battle.net gets meme-y when landing on an invalid page, a common theme at Blizzard— amusing if you Know Your Meme. As seen on Reddit
You may already have a special Netflix disc that will let you stream movies over the internet to your Wii. You may not. As of today, Nintendo says, all systems are go for Netflix video streaming in glorious Wii definition. Netflix began sending out Wii-specific streaming discs at the end of March, completing the console…
The cooperative multiplayer mode in Fable II may not have been the role-playing game’s highest point—it arrived late and had some notable limitations—but developer Lionhead Studios is giving birth to less compromised sequel, including the ability to get “intimate” online. The latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine UK explains that the Xbox 360 exclusive,…
The greatly anticipated Halo: Reach multiplayer beta is just weeks away, so Bungie is delving deeper into just what that frenzied sci-fi shoot ’em up preview will be like, focusing on the four available maps and exciting new info. Bungie’s weekly update offers us a visual walking tour of three of the new maps—Powerhouse, Overlook…
Former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien is headed back to television this fall, inking a deal with cable station TBS to establish a new late night show. One report says that Conan was in talks for a very different deal. News of O’Brien’s deal with TBS comes from Variety, who writes that the former Late…
Given Castlevania: Lords of Shadow star Gabriel Belmont’s situation in the screen shot above, we’d offer the advice “Don’t look down.” But if you want to see how the new PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 game is shaping up, do just that. The Mercury Steam-developed game with the Hideo Kojima touch is still coming this year, looking…
Well, thank goodness this particular Friday is over. You want to talk about some things that aren’t necessarily video game related? Let your other geek flags fly in this post, where obsessives of all types are welcome. Right now, I’m obsessed with tonight’s intake of fine Italian foods. Appropriate, given that it’s #foodfriday on Kotaku…
Konami rebirths another of its 8-bit classics—admittedly, we may be a little fast and loose with that accolade—revealing an update to its 1985 side-scrolling stab-a-thon Rush’n Attack, currently in the works for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Known as Rush’n Attack Ex-Patriot, the side-scrolling arcadey throwback is planned to hit the Xbox 360 and…
As it has done for the past few weeks, the PlayStation family of products take first and second in the battle for Japanese gamers hearts, minds and dollars, with the PlayStation 3 taking the lead this week. The PS3, benefiting from sales of thoroughly Japanese games like Yakuza 4, Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 and Fist…
There’s a new Silent Hill game in the works at a new developer and it’s coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation and PC. Beyond that details on the next entry in Konami’s psychological horror series are hazy. Wait, foggy. According to 1UP, the next Silent Hill game is being developed by Czech studio Vatra Games,…
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