Michael McWhertor

Modern Warfare 3 is Also Deploying to Wii

Not one to exclude 87 million customers, Activision confirmed today that it will release a Wii version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this year. Typically, the Wii versions of Call of Duty games launch alongside their HD counterparts.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Getting A Resurrection This Fall

Activision will release the fourth Call of Duty: Black Ops “content pack,” named Resurrection, by end of September on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, the company says. Resurrection will follow First Strike, Escalation and Annihilation. Details still to come…

StarCraft II Demo Upgraded to StarCraft II: Starter Edition

Still on the fence about StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard’s spacey real-time strategy game? Maybe the StarCraft II: Starter Edition, the game’s revamped demo, is for you. It’s the bigger StarCraft II demo that’s less restrictive. Unlike the previous StarCraft II demo, there are no time restrictions on the Starter Edition, meaning you can…

Where Have You Been?

Greetings, Kotaku readers. Would you like to engage in some talk that’s not about video games? What if it’s only very loosely related to video games? Good. You’re in the right place then. While you’re free to discuss anything and everything you like, I’d like to cash in on a Themed Tuesday Open Thread, the…

Minecraft Creator Calls Bullshit on ‘Unlimited Detail’ Graphics Hype

Euclideon, a Brisbane, Australia-based tech company, claims it can stuff 100,000 times the amount of visual data into a 3D world with its Unlimited Detail rendering software. It’s visually stunning stuff. But one prominent game developer calls it “a scam.” Minecraft creator Marcus “Notch” Persson accuses the Euclideon team of being “snake oil salesmen,” writing…

Metroid‘s Samus and the Exploded Suit

Artist Justin Currie, admittedly an inexperienced Metroid player, gorgeously illustrates the disintegrating armor of Nintendo icon and bounty hunter Samus Aran, a moment before it fully forms around her (or disintegrates, depending on your point of view). “I’ve never really played any of the Metroid games, but the Samus character has always intrigued me,” writes…

Nintendo’s President Addresses 3DS Owners Who May Feel ‘Betrayed’ by Sudden Price Drop

After dismal sales of the Nintendo 3DS (and declining sales of the Wii and Nintendo DS), Nintendo issued a massive, uncharacterisitc price cut for its newest handheld. It plans on compensating early adopters, but what of the 3DS owner personally wounded by Nintendo’s cutting? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata colored the announcement of the 3DS price…

PlayStation Store Update: Galaga’s Legions and Warhammer’s Kill Team

Hey, you like shooting things? Good. Because this week’s North American PlayStation Store refresh has, like, at least three different variations on the shooting things genre, including Galaga Legions DX, Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team and Section 8: Prejudice If shootin’ stuff doesn’t agree with you, there’s something else you may like: the downloadable release of…

The Lord of the Rings Goes to War In The North in November

Our video game November gets more crowded today with the release date(s) of Snowblind’s The Lord of the Rings: War in the North. The PS3/Xbox 360/Games for Windows RPG hits November 1 (North America) and November 4 (Europe).

Could This Graphics Tech Revolutionize the Way Video Games Look?

Or is the technology that powers Euclideon’s “Unlimited Detail” graphics engine another contender that hopes to unseat the traditional way of modeling and rendering things in 3D (with polygons)? Whatever Euclideon’s fate, it’s potentially a very exciting development. Euclideon’s Unlimited Detail tech, which uses “tiny little atoms” to display 3D objects instead of polygons, is…

Go Get ‘Em, Robo

Happy Monday, Kotaku readers. You’re free to contain your excitement for another workweek in tonight’s open thread, where we can talk about the EVO 2011 Championships, Las Vegas or debt ceilings if you’d like. Anything goes here. I spent much of my weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio Hotel and Casino—an establishment I…

Rhythm Heaven Wii Ascends to First Place in Japan

The delightful Rhythm Heaven series has come to the Wii—in Japan, at least—arriving to divine reception from the Nintendo loving masses. Rhythm Heaven Wii (aka Minna no Rhythm Tengoku) is Japan’s bestselling game. The latest entry in Nintendo’s simple rhythm game series bested two newcomers, Capcom’s Sengoku Basara Heroes Chronicles for PSP and Grasshopper Manufacture’s…

Hear Body Count’s Thrash Metal Love Song to Gears of War 3

Renaissance man and Gears of War fan Ice-T will lend his acting and musical talents to Epic Games’ new shooter, Gears of War 3. The rapper, actor and voice of Gears 3‘s Griffin has gotten the band (Body Count) back together for a special musical tribute, appropriately titled “The Gears of War.” Ice-T’s thrash metal…

Farmville Maker Has One More Lawsuit to Worry About Now

FarmVille and Mafia Wars maker Zynga, has been slapped with another lawsuit, this time for patent infringement. New York-based Segan wants to get paid for a 2006 patent it holds—”system for viewing content over a network”—claiming Zynga is violating it. Sound like patent trolling to you? [Bloomberg]

Halo‘s Blonde Space Marines Have More Fun

Drake Tsui dropped an amazing “The Babysitter” (HALO Legends) episode fan art illustration! You can follow Drake here on his Tumblr Related Rampages: Dark Knights | Versus (Scott Pilgrim) (More) Cal-141 by Drake Tsui (Tumblr) (Facebook) (Twitter) via: quirkilicious Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged…

Valve’s Bringing Dota 2 (and a $1 Million Prize) to Gamescom

Valve’s Dota 2 will be officially shown to the public for the first time at this month’s Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany—the same location that will host the game maker’s first Dota 2 tournament featuring a million dollar prize. That’s right. One. Million. Dollars. “The International” tournament will pit 16 of the world’s top Dota…

Square Enix Brings Activision’s True Crime Reboot Back From the Dead

The True Crime game canned by publisher Activision earlier this year has been revived. It just won’t bear the True Crime name at its new home, Final Fantasy, Deus Ex and Hitman publisher Square Enix. Gamasutra reports that the game once known as True Crime: Hong Kong has been snapped up by the Japanese publisher.…

Blizzard Will Let You Sell Your Diablo III Loot For Real Money

Blizzard won’t be the only one potentially making a profit on Diablo III. Anyone who plays the dark fantasy hack and slash game could, thanks to its Auction House, a new in-game service that allows players to buy and sell loot not just for virtual gold, but for cold, hard cash. That’s just one of…

Diablo III Gameplay Screenshots

Diablo III Auction House and Battle.net Screenshots