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Valve Tied To Vast Potato-Based Conspiracy, May Be Portal 2 Related
As of last Friday, April 1, Half-Life and Left 4 Dead developer Valve has been dropping cryptic clues in its own games (Team Fortress 2, Portal 2) and games made by others (Super Meat Boy, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, AudioSurf). The common thread? Potatoes What appears to be a complex alternate reality game, or ARG,…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
What Are Ya Buyin’?
Hola, Kotaku. Let’s put this Tuesday to bed with a question, as we tend to do on Tuesdays. As a consumer of goods and services myself, I’m wondering, what have you been buying lately? Surely you’ve picked up some comic books, some video games, some action figures, a car or house or two. Maybe you’d…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
This Is What The Mysterious Pandora’s Tower For Wii Looks Like
Earlier this year, Nintendo of Japan unveiled Pandora’s Tower, a new Wii game slated for an overseas release this spring. We didn’t know much about the title beyond its use of classical piano music and large upper back tattoos. But now we have video of this high-speed action game. Pandora’s Tower appears to be a…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Why Hasn’t Rockstar Made A Grand Theft Auto Movie Yet?
The makers of Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and the upcoming L.A. Noire haven’t hopped on the “transmedia” bandwagon yet, meaning they haven’t tapped their best known franchises for movies, television shows or comic books. Why not? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser tells the Hollywood Reporter, bluntly, that “Virtually all movies made from games are…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Indie Fighting Game Skullgirls Beats Lag With GGPO
The all-girl brawler Skullgirls will fight for lag-free online battles with the implementation of latency-hiding tech GGPO, which enables the play of classic, old-school fighting games over the internet. Developer Reverge Labs officially announced that Skullgirls would be the first commercial fighting game to use GGPO today.
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
A Chubby Mario Of More Accurate 8-Bit Proportions
The super hefty plumber Mario leaps into action thanks to Mike Mitchell’s cleaned up illustration from back in the day. Related Rampages: I Am Not a Sith | Sasquatch | NOFATCHX (More) Fat Mario by Mike Mitchell (deviantART) (Store) (Tumblr) (Twitter) Via: sirmitchell Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops‘ ‘Escalation’ Add-on Pegged For May
Activision’s massively successful Call of Duty: Black Ops appears set to expand in May with the “Escalation” Content Pack for Xbox 360, according to a retailer listing from the Australian arm of GAME. What’s in Escalation? According to that purported listing, spotted by VG247, Escalation looks to feature four multiplayer maps and one new level…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Light Writing With Kinect Comes To Nordstrom
High end retailer Nordstrom is using Microsoft’s hands-free Kinect controller for Xbox 360 in its window displays to give the fashion conscious a chance to play with light. At Nordstrom’s downtown Seattle flagship store, the company’s Interactive Development, Visual Merchandising and Operations Teams installed Kinect cameras to let passersby toy interact with displays with the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
PlayStation Store Update: Red Faction: Battlegrounds, SOCOM 4 and StarDrone
What new treasures await PlayStation 3 and PSP owners this week on the North American PlayStation Store? One Red Faction spin-off, a game called StarDrone, a multiplayer demo for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs and cheap-cheap Angry Birds. Look for plenty of downloadable content for games like Yoostar 2, Test Drive Unlimited 2, ModNation Racers…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Sega Teases ‘Something Big’ For Sonic The Hedgehog On His 20th Anniversary — Is It Sonic Generations?
Hard-working Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20-years-old this summer. Surely Sega must have grand plans for the “Blast Processing” pioneer, right? Right. And we’ll find out what those plans are this week—or have we already? Sega has begun prepping us for exciting announcements, warning that “There’s something big coming this week to the Sonic…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
EA Sports’ NBA Elite Takes The Year Off, New NBA Jam Coming This Fall [Update]
After the disastrous, last minute cancellation of NBA Elite 11, Electronic Arts is keeping its basketball sim video game on the bench for another year, saying that it won’t ship a new entry in the NBA Live/NBA Elite franchise until the fall of 2012. “As planned, our next NBA simulation title is in development at…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Buy Two Video Games, Get One Free At Amazon Today
Want to buy three (or more) video games today on the cheap? Hit up Amazon.com’s “Buy Two Games, Get a Third Free” sale. Great games featured in that offer include Killzone 3, Epic Mickey, Bulletstorm, Gran Turismo 5 and Donkey Kong Country Returns, plus more great and not-so-great games.
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
This Great Inversion Trailer Has No Gameplay But Still Succeeds
Remember Inversion? If not, it’s the gravity flipping shooter that Namco Bandai first announced way back in 2009. We last saw the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game in action at last year’s Gamescom. Now we have a new look at Saber Interactive’s third-person shooter… sort of. This mood-setting, gameplay-free teaser for Inversion, now slated…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 5, 2011 -
Your Arm’s Off
Greetings, Kotaku readers. If you’ve never joined us for an open thread, why don’t you do so? We’ve got links and piping hot conversation, ready to be passed around. So let’s do this. I’ll leave you to your devices with some fun and not so fun happenings from around the internet. Please talk amongst yourselves.…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011 -
Dress Yourself In Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker‘s New Clothing Line
Soon you can wear your love of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker on your sleeve, thanks to Konami and Musterbrand’s new men’s clothing line, based on and inspired by last year’s PSP game. That’s right, any day now, you’ll be able to own and wear Metal Gear Solid pants The debut Peace Walker fashions include…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011 -
Here’s How To Make Your Own Adorable Portal Turret Out Of LEGO
Turn your office into a miniature Aperture Science testing facility with Ryan Howerter’s awesome lil’ Portal turret made from LEGO. There’s more than just a handsome model to follow, Ryan’s put together a full-on step-by-step Instructables tutorial showing you how it’s done, from materials to construction.
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011 -
Let The ESRB Describe Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!? To You
More weirdness is coming to Nintendo’s DSiWare platform from the people who make Guilty Gear and Blazblue games. Following up on cutesy fighting game spin-off BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale comes Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!? And just what the hell is that? According to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board,…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011 -
Max Payne 3 Features Time-Bending Plot, Classic Features And Even A Full Head Of Hair
Finally, some concrete details about Rockstar Games’ plans for Max Payne 3 are emerging, thanks to the latest issue of Edge magazine, which may make Max fans feel less uneasy about the change in direction for the decade-old series. According to the cover story preview in Edge, Max Payne has left the New York City…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011 -
Get Down With The Sound Of The New Mortal Kombat Album
This month’s Mortal Kombat reboot will be accompanied by an all-new collection of electronic music inspired by the bloody, fatality-filled fighting game. You can listen to it right now, if you’re looking for some new MK-inspired jams from the likes of MSTRKRFT, Skrillex and Congorock. AOL Music is streaming the dozen tracks from Mortal Kombat:…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011 -
Mecha Bison Is A Dictator In Disguise
Make way for a mechanized version of the Street Fighter named M. Bison thanks to Kode Logic & Reza ilyasa. Also, check out Kode’s “Lights Out” variation. Mecha Bison Reveal by Kode Logic & Reza ilyasa Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011
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