Michael McWhertor

Japan’s Earthquake Could Cause Delays For Sony’s NGP

The launch of Sony’s next PlayStation Portable, currently codenamed NGP, may not be a global affair this year, in part due to the massive Tōhoku earthquake and deadly tsunami that slammed Japan last month. Sony Computer Entertainment America president Jack Tretton tells Bloomberg that the natural disasters may force Sony to launch the Next Generation…

Is This The Greatest Super Mario Bros. Playthrough Ever?

It may not be the speediest of speed runs. It may not dazzle with its exploitation of glitches. But this Super Mario Bros. speed run is notable because the player is also simultaneously beating Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels. This is the work of Japanese…

World of Goo For iPhone Out ‘Soonish’ And Cheap

2D Boy’s more portable version of WiiWare and PC great World of Goo is due for the iPhone “soonish,” according to its developers. The better news is that it will launch at 99 cents and will be free for those who already own the iPad version. More at 2D Boy

Eight Years Later, The Obsessive Streets of Rage Remake Is Finally Finished

After more than eight years in development, the most complete, perhaps the most obsessive game in Sega’s Streets of Rage series has been released in its final form. The fan-made Streets of Rage Remake is finally finished and—best of all—free to download. Streets of Rage Remake is an homage to the 16-bit beat ’em ups…

Stay Gold

What we’ve got here is an open thread. And if that’s what you want, that’s what you get. Kotaku readers, please collect yourselves here for some rip-rap-rappin’ with your fellow video game enthusiasts. We’ll leave you with a short but sweet off topic post where you can talk about anything—video games, toys, books, cars, sports,…

Super Meat Boy Creators Went Through Hell To Get Their Game Done, Felt ‘Taken Advantage Of’ By Microsoft

You thought playing Super Meat Boy was hard? Because making the notoriously difficult indie platformer sounds like pure hell, according to a Super Meat Boy post mortem that lays out what went right (fun design environment, Steam) and what went wrong (financial drain, Xbox Live Arcade). Team Meat’s Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes recount the…

Ridley Lives, Like A Boss

It’s Metroid madness in Adam Sidwell’s new poster design. This will be the last in his Video Game Boss series. Check out all of Adam’s prints at his shop Related Rampages: Skeletor | Stay Frosty | Space Pirates (More) Metroid by Adam Sidwell / theSKID (Store) Via: theskid Need your daily fill of geek eye…

Johnny Cage Fights Dirty In New Mortal Kombat Clip

Mortal Kombat’s most self-centered kombatant is the star of our latest look at the series’ bloody revival. Watch as Johnny Cage lights up the screen in “Fight Dirty” his follow-up to “Ninja Mime.” Not only is it a chance to see Johnny be amusingly smarmy, there’s also a delightfully painful testicular readjustment on one of…

Modern Warfare Makers Complain Of Secret Call of Duty Games And More Broken Promises

“Don’t worry about it. It’s impossible for you guys to get fired,” Activision boss Bobby Kotick told Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella in 2008, according to a new cross-complaint filed today in a Los Angeles court. Two years and one Call of Duty game later, the creators of the billion dollar war…

West And Zampella vs. Activision Cross-Complaint

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

I’m not gonna lie. This weekend will be a major Demon’s Souls weekend. Again. After investing more than 100 hours in this PlayStation 3 game, what else is there to do? Well, beat it for the third time, finally accomplish the Mephistopheles assassination quests, farm some crystal lizards and get the Demon’s Souls platinum trophy.…

Pixel The Earth

Ladies and gents, we’re on the cusp of knocking out one more workweek. Congratulations. Let’s make it go by even faster with some off topic conversation. You got an open thread here, so let’s use it. Did anyone partake in Major League Baseball’s opening day? The only game I watched was me farming some stones…

8-bit Pocket Camera Turns Your iPhone Into A Game Boy Camera

Resolution of your iPhone camera got you down? Are HDR photographs just too dynamic for you? With the lo-fi magic of the 8-bit Pocket Camera app, you can make your iPhone’s photographic capabilities look a good 13-years-old, emulating the qualities of Nintendo’s Game Boy Camera. The 99 cent 8-bit Pocket Camera app brings that 8-bit…

The LP To Sword & Sworcery‘s EP Comes To Vinyl Next Week

The recently released iPad sensation Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP is more than just a pretty face. If you’ve played the stylish adventure game, you know it’s got a soothing soundtrack to boot. Next week, you can get your hands on it. Superbrothers will release Jim Guthrie’s companion album, Sword & Sworcery LP – The…

GameStop Buys Slightly Used Impulse, Spawn Labs

Game retailer GameStop is buying Impulse, the video game digital distribution subsidiary of Stardock and rival to Valve’s Steam. GameStop also bought game streaming outfit Spawn Labs, which will bring “immediate access to a wide selection of high-definition video games on demand on any Internet-enabled device.” Sure sounds like they’re taking on OnLive. More details…

The Wii’s Xenoblade Finally Being Exported From Japan

Wii role-playing game Xenoblade (aka Monado: Beginning of the World) will no longer be a Japan-exclusive, thanks to Nintendo of Europe. The company is bringing the game to the Wii in Europe as Xenoblade Chronicles. Developed by Monolith Soft, better known for the Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos series, Xenoblade is an action-based RPG that tells…

Mega Man, After Defeating Chin Man

Mega Man and the gang combine forces in Adam Ford‘s excellent submission into UDON’s Mega Man Tribute Contest Past Mega Man Tribute artwork can be found HERE! Mega Man Tribute by Adam Ford (FOV Editions) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your…

With Some Help From Final Fantasy, The PSP Closes In On The 3DS

This week’s Japanese bestsellers list will likely be reference in a future report, “Why We Should Continue To Re-release Remakes of Final Fantasy Games” at Square Enix. The latest collection, the PSP release of Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection—containing Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years—is this week’s top game in Japan.…

The Creator of Resident Evil Gets His Own Truly Bizarre Action Figure

Shinji Mikami, the video game creator behind games like Resident Evil, God Hand and Vanquish, is finally getting his own action figure, now available for pre-order at the web site of Tango Gameworks, the developer’s new studio. Featuring “real shaving action,” 256 points of articulation and alternate zombie heads, it may be the best Shinji…

What Are You Eating?

Normally, we have an open thread every Tuesday with a theme. This Tuesday, the theme was… wait? What the hell happened to last night’s open thread? Dammit!! To make up for that oversight—sorry, I was at Insomniac’s Community Day in Hollywood—we’re running this themed Tuesday on a Wednesday. So, I have a question: what are…