Early in the PlayStation 3’s life on store shelves, Sony decided the best way to market the $499-and-up machine was through crying baby dolls and sterile white rooms, ads that shockingly came off as “arrogant.” Thank goodness we’re past that. PlayStation Senior VP Peter Dille says that “whole positioning was a bit intimidating to people,”…
WarioWare: D.I.Y. lets budding young game designers with short attention spans make their own video games. Sure they may last less than 10 seconds, but that’s enough for some. How does professional video game maker Ron Carmel do? Carmel is one half of the team that made the WiiWare and PC indie hit World of…
Investigative organization WikiLeaks released classified U.S. military video today showing the killing of more than a dozen Iraqis, including two Reuters employees, with a spokesperson for the whistle-blower group slamming the soldiers involved for their “video game” like behavior. That video, which is incredibly disturbing and graphic, shows a group of Iraqis walking the streets…
It’s been more than two whole months since the last leak from Duke Nukem Forever, so a fresh look at what could’ve been, particularly previously unseen driving sequences, is overdue. Much of what you’ll see in the collection of Duke Nukem Forever clips you may have seen before. The latest collection, current as of this…
This summer, Nintendo will ship software for the Nintendo DS that’s missing something seen on every other game the company publishes—a rating from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. 100 Classic Books is rated…. nothing. The software’s box art states, instead of showcasing an ESRB rating, “This product does not require age classification.” That’s a rare…
Microsoft adds Bizarre Creations’ Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 to the list of limited-time Xbox Live Arcade deals, knocking 50% off the regular asking price. Cold consolation for anyone looking for a Geometry Wars 3, but a deal nonetheless. [Xbox.com]
LucasArts’ early foray into first-person shootin’, Star Wars style, looks like the next potential PSone Classic re-release coming to the PlayStation Store. The ESRB has re-rated Star Wars: Dark Forces for both the PlayStation 3 and PSP. That’s as good an indication as any that the PSone Classic line-up may get something revered unsarcastically as…
Kratos joins the fray in Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson’s “Revolt In Cairo,” as seen at Worth 1000’s Video Game Renaissance image manipulation contest.
Welcome to the March 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more from Kotaku. Don’t miss our reporting from this year’s PAX East gathering, Penny Arcade’s video game convention for the video game fan, and the annual Game Developers Conference,…
Of course it is. And if you would prefer to hang such a gruesome and great thing on your wall, you can order it as a print from the Art of God of War III show at Nucleus gallery. The gallery’s online store is selling three God of War III art prints—one featuring Helios losing…
Welcome to a not very special episode of Kotaku Off Topic, because this one’s just like all the others, a place for commenters new and old to talk openly about whatever they choose, video games and beyond. I’m really looking forward to a few days off, even though I’ll technically be “working” by playing Dead…
George Broussard, main man at the house the Duke Nukem built—and eventually demolished—3DRealms, is giving his dedicated followers and detractors an open forum in which to ask him almost anything, like “Will Duke Nukem Forever ever see the light of day?” Unfortunately and predictably, Broussard’s answer to that question on Formspring is isn’t really an…
It was a week full of reasonably and unreasonably priced downloads, upscaled Wii games, and one game that was about making your own games. It was a week in Kotaku reviews that we’d like to get caught up on. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Micro-Review: Almost Going Number Two In which Mike Fahey chastises BioWare…
Southpaws, rejoice, as the Xbox Live Arcade version of Perfect Dark gets new Advanced Control options in the next title update, as seen on Twitter
Sony’s PlayStation 3 enjoys its second week atop the pile of consoles being sold in Japan, another 50,000-plus new owners enjoying fresh copies of Hokuto no Ken and Yakuza 4, the country’s current bestselling games. It’s followed closely by the PSP, which gets a big week-to-week boost, according to Media Create. In fact, pretty much…
Did electronics manufacturer Sharp just give the world an early look at what the new Nintendo 3DS will be capable of? Because Sharp’s new 3D touchscreen display for portable devices sounds precisely what the 3DS needs. Sharp unveiled its new 3D touchscreen LCD technology in Tokyo today, touting the new tech’s high brightness and low…
The touchscreen version of Bizarre Creations’ addictive twin-stick shooter Geometry Wars is on a short list of new iPad games that we’re really excited about. But can the Geometry Wars brand of twitch-based gameplay translate well to Apple’s new hardware? Craig Howard, design manager at Bizarre Creations tells Kotaku that the studio and the developer…
The video game version of Iron Man 2 ships alongside the movie next month. Sega Studios San Francisco, the team that developed that video game, is no more as of today. Sega is officially shutting down the developer of its two Iron Man games, the studio formerly known as Secret Level. The developer was best…
I’ll be heading to Zack Island for a weekend getaway with the girls of Dead or Alive, right after I relocate my PSP battery charger. What are you playing this weekend? Playing any of this week’s newly released games? Or, like me, will you be dividing your time between new releases and games you haven’t…
A trio of Google engineers have ported id Software’s gib-filled first-person shooter Quake II to browsers— you know, for kicks—as a way to show just what HTML5 compatible web browsers are capable of. Unlike other browser based games, like Quake Live, no plug-in is required to play this version of Quake. Of course, you’ll need…
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