Tonight’s Kotaku Off Topic is about two things: Iron Man 2 and last night’s Kotaku Off Topic. But since we welcome conversation on any topic in this post, don’t feel unwelcome here. Regular Kotaku Off Topic visitors may remember a certain request for a certain image at certain resolutions. How timely then that the official…
Ruffian Games’ sequel to Xbox 360 hit Crackdown will feature scores of mutants and highly customizable playable agents, but one thing it won’t feature is the option to play as a female. Crackdown 2, like the first, is a dudes only affair, according to Ruffian Games’ creative director Billy Thomson. He tells 1UP that in…
This week’s new PlayStation 3 releases via the PlayStation Store may not be the highlight, but new PSP games might, as should price breaks on plenty of PSN games. PlayStation Portable owners with a taste for fighting game girls will be happy to have digital access to Dead or Alive Paradise and BlazBlue Calamity Trigger.…
We’re down to the final two episodes of the PlayStation Network’s reality show The Tester, in which 11 people fought tooth and nail to land a job as a PlayStation game tester. Today, just four remain. What will happen? If you’re just now hearing about The Tester, it’s not an April Fools’ joke. Nor is…
Readers, I’m sorry to report that Activision Blizzard’s investment in Kotaku is not paying the dividends that we’d originally hoped and that Koticku will be ending its brief run, effectively immediately. All remaining Koticku staff has been let go. We did not reach this decision lightly, but over the course of the past day, the…
As with just about every iPhone/iPod touch application (that doesn’t rely on a camera), Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Touch is making the upgrade leap to the iPad. It’s already available on the iTunes App Store for the iPad you don’t have. Unlike many of the other iPad games that we’re pretty excited about Metal Gear…
Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos developer Monolith Soft are giving the Japanese role-playing game another go with Nintendo, bringing Xenoblade to the Wii sometime in 2010… at least in Japan. Will the game’s newest trailer make you demand an import? Nintendo of America didn’t bring Monolith Soft’s previous Wii game Disaster: Day of Crisis stateside. Nor…
Ever wonder what the inside of an automated Portal turret looks like? Ever wonder why these things are dumb as a pile of rocks? Concept art from Portal 2 offers insight into both curiosities. Those lightweight, seemingly infinitely supplied Portal turrets are astoundingly simple in their design. And, as Game Informer‘s update to the game’s…
Tecmo Koei’s latest beat ’em up Hokuto Musou—also known as Fist of the North Star ’round these parts—went all “Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta!” on its Japanese rivals this week, with the PlayStation 3 version of the game pummeling competition, sales-wise. The latest Musou-style brand of big brawling game is sitting pretty at the top of the Media Create…
Today, I’m excited to announce that Activision Blizzard is making a strategic investment into a new and exciting space, video game enthusiast press blogging, with the acquisition of Kotaku, formerly a Gawker Media property, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Publishing. Activision’s purchase of Kotaku is just one part of our key effort to realign…
Pixelated president Barack Obama proposes the “Video Game Health Care Bill,” with Phoenix Downs, med kits and antidotes for every Moogle, woman and child being chased by ghosts. Inspiring stuff. [College Humor – thanks, MC Double Def DP!]
Welcome to a very serious edition of Kotaku Off Topic, one free from April Fools’ Day pranks, mostly because it’s March 31, damn it. OK, that maybe wasn’t true, because tonight’s selection of links features at least two hoaxes, but they’re things one should be aware of. This edition of Kotaku Off Topic also features…
Fans of frenetic arcade shoot ’em up action of the Cave variety will be able to put their touchscreen twitch skills to the test this spring with the release of Espgaluda II for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Cave promises a port of the 2005 arcade game—which also saw release on Xbox 360 in Japan…
Sega is making Conduit 2 doubly official today, offering a first look at the sequel to last year’s The Conduit for the Wii, complete with new details and a chance to put your face in the game. Conduit 2 will build upon the original with a new Team Invasion Mode, a cooperative multiplayer option that…
Members of the North American version of Club Nintendo can start blowing those coins they’ve been saving up on new goods, including two new video games exclusive to the program, a new Game & Watch Collection. Game & Watch Collection 2 packs in an impressive three whole Game & Watch games into a single Nintendo…
What new flavor of mushroom does Super Mario Galaxy 2 offer? The delectable rock ‘shroom, which gives Mario the ability to turn himself into a boulder and bowl over Bowser’s minions. That just one of many power-ups highlighted in this new trailer. The familiar Super Mario Bros. staples—Fire Flowers, Starman—join the most recent Super Mario…
It’s still March 31 by the official Kotaku calendar, but it’s April Fools’ Day in Japan, something you should take into consideration while watching Sega’s new trailer for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, its latest fighting game update. If the fireballs, hurricane kicks and Tekken-style lighting effects have you worried about the direction of the…
After pumping out hundreds of lightning quick microgames for the WarioWare series, it’s up to you to design the next moneymaker for WarioWare Inc. Your tool? WarioWare: D.I.Y., the Nintendo DS game that lets you create games from scratch. What could me more perfect? The WarioWare series, famous for its lo-fidelity presentation and hasty game…
A “mysterious image,” as seen on the official Bungie Twitter today, with “word that something big is dropping this week.” A dangerous tease to make so close to April Fools Day.
Come bathe in the healing light of off topic talk, a chance for the Kotaku reader with interests that go beyond video games and into real life to express themselves and spark up conversation. If you want to talk about anything, now’s your chance. Me? I’m a little too tired, a problem I seem to…
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