Michael McWhertor

Army of Two Action Figures Hit Stores, Fistbump Castle Playset Sold Seperately

The battle for Shanghai rages on in your home with the release of NECA’s Army of Two: The 40th Day action figures, bringing total fistbump destruction action to toy stores near you. NECA’s Salem and Rios 7″ action figures feature real pivoting facemask action and more articulation points than any Army of Two action figure…

And The Nominees For Best Video Game Writing Are…

According to the Writers Guild of America, five games from 2009 are worthy of nominations for the organization’s Videogame Writing Award honors. Some have already walked away with multiple game of the year nods, others have certainly not. It’s a mixed crowd that includes games like Uncharted 2 and Wet, as well as Modern Warfare…

Kingdom Hearts Puts Mario To Sleep In Japanese Game Chart

Only the combined power of Disney and Square Enix can put Mario’s video game sales dominance in Japan on pause. For now, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is the country’s bestselling game. The latest Kingdom Hearts game—this one for the PSP—sold 446,000 more UMDs to Japanese gamers, the week’s only new release to make Media…

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Are These The Final Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Characters?

The reveal of Space Channel 5’s Ulala and Crazy Taxi’s B.D. Joe in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing may not be the final reveal that Sega has planned. Four more additions may have been discovered today. Buckle in for obscurity! According to some digging by the folks at TSSZ News, it appears that Akira (and…

Kotaku Off Topic: Bustin’

It’s a special hump day edition of Kotaku Off Topic, meaning we’ll take some time to talk about things that aren’t video game related. Hey, that’s just like every other edition of Kotaku Off Topic! What’s on my mind is that lone beer that’s currently chilling in my refrigerator. It’s a Yards Brewing Company Philadelphia…

Sony Plans Less Awful Heavy Rain Box Art Option For America

If you have a discriminating eye for fine video game box art and were rendered inconsolable by the visual blight that is Heavy Rain’s North American box art, Sony has good news for you. In response to a request for the PlayStation 3 game’s “EU boxart available as a pre formated PDF to print out,”…

SCEA: December Was PS3 And PSN’s Best Month Ever

The holidays were kind to the PlayStation Family, with the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Network bringing in more sales than ever before. The previously announced 1.7 million PS3s sold during the holidays aren’t the only holiday milestone Sony’s bragging about.. A statement from Patrick Seybold, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s senior director of corporate communications and…

Get Up To Speed On Nintendo’s New Glory Of Heracles

You may not have it penciled into your calendar, but some of us at Kotaku Tower are looking forward to getting our first taste of the Glory of Heracles series in good ol’ English, hitting the Nintendo DS next week. And you may be getting your first taste of the Greek role-playing game, the game…

Your First Look At Project Runway: The Video Game

They’re finally here, the first screen shots of Atari’s Project Runway for the Wii, showcasing the make-up applying, rhythmic catwalk-strutting, outfit-trying on excitement you’ll be enjoying on March 2, 2010. Atari’s release calls Project Runway: The Videogame a “must have accessory for series fans,” touting Wii Balance Board support for runway walking, and appearances from…

Ubisoft Eyes PS3, 360 In 2010 After Losing Big On DS Casual Games

Earlier today, publisher Ubisoft warned that it wasn’t going to have quite the year it was expecting, in part due to big delays, in part due to its efforts on the Nintendo DS and Wii. So it’s changing course. Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft put the blame on Ubisoft’s worse than expected 2009-2010 on “considerable…

Sony Goes Trademark Crazy With Legend Of Kunoichi, Smashbreak & More

Sony Computer Entertainment has filed a quartet of new trademarks that may offer a peek into the PlayStation 3 and PSP maker’s upcoming software plans, including a new ninja game. Of the four new trademarks filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it’s only Legend of Kunoichi that gives us a sense of what…

Tim Gunn Lives Up To His Name, Goes Buck Wild

Project Runway’s Tim Gunn makes it work with MTV Multiplayer‘s Russ Frushtick, as seen on Twitter.

Reggie: Don’t Count On Wii Successor In The Coming Months

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime shrugs off talk of a new version of or successor to the company’s incredibly popular Wii, saying that the console still has a “very long life in front of it.” According to a report from BusinessWeek, Fils-Aime implied that Nintendo was not planning on revising Wii hardware as analysts…

New Tales Of Vesperia Costumes A Veritable Namco Museum

Suspension of disbelief is apparently no concern for the typical Tales of Vesperia player, as seeing Klonoa, Mr. Driller or KOS-MOS in the Namco Bandai RPG won’t be a distraction. It certainly won’t get in the way of selling downloadable content. The latest costumes to hit the PlayStation 3 version of Tales of Vesperia in…

Kotaku Off Topic: Summer Vacation

Today’s edition of Kotaku Off Topic is kind of a downer—natural disasters and such—making me want to get away from it all. So let’s talk about vacations and travel plans. Most of my traveling is tied to working for Kotaku, flying overseas to Tokyo, Japan and wherever German gaming conventions occur. The free transport is…

EVE Online Invades The Real World In Stunning Images

Ships from EVE Online, disguised as real world objects, as seen on OEG. Thanks, Jon!

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Table For Zen Pinball Is Tasteful

No really. While Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for the PlayStation 3 upped the overflowing cup count substantially, the new Ninja Gaiden themed table for the PlayStation Network pinball sim is very E-rated. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2’s anatomical hyperbole doesn’t quite jibe with Zen Pinball‘s E for Everyone rating from the ESRB, but maybe for the…

Nintendo Trademarks Wii Relax In The U.S. Too

The Wii Vitality Sensor may be put to good use with a product known as Wii Relax, which Nintendo registered a trademark for in Europe late last year. It has since done the same in these United States. In fact, it has done so thrice, which is pretty typical for Nintendo. It loves to protect…

Xbox 360 Games On Demand Pricing Gets A Little More Sane Today

Those downloadable versions of Xbox 360 games, wild and crazy in their Games On Demand pricing, have ventured closer to reasonable as of today, with a handful of titles getting slashed. That includes BioShock, Saints Row, MX vs. ATV Untamed, Prey and Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution, according to an update from Xbox Live’s Larry “Major…