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Summon Some Scribblenauts Toys For Your Collection
5th Cell’s inventive puzzle-platformer Scribblenauts will be coming to vinyl toy and plushie form later this year, thanks to bobblehead and action figure experts Funko. Maxwell in fabric and vinyl form is now available for pre-order at fine toy resellers. Funko also has plans to release superdeformed versions of characters from Halo: Reach and Mortal…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 28, 2011 -
Team Fortress 2 Now Ideal For Mid-Air Ninja Battles
After the release of the Shogun Pack for Team Fortress 2—tied to the release of The Creative Assembly’s Total War: Shogun 2—it didn’t take long for the TF2 community to extract its true worth: recreating kung-fu movie and anime tropes like the high-flying mid-air sword fight. See Soldiers and Demos settle their differences with the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 28, 2011 -
Just One ‘Amore’ Katamari Damacy For The Pile?
Namco Bandai, the people who brought you Katamari Damacy, We ♥ Katamari, Me & My Katamari, Beautiful Katamari and Katamari Forever, may be hard at work on another entry in the thing-rolling genre. Siliconera spied new trademarks for “Katamari amore” and “Katamari amore Rolling Whopper,” potentially a new… 3DS game? NGP game? Or just an…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 28, 2011 -
The Week In Gaming Apps
We delved into the world of Sword & Sworcery, drank deeply from a new Tapper, found the intersection of Mario and Lemmings, and drilled our way to high scores this week, highlighting a new Gaming App of the Day as we tend to to Monday through Friday. It was a week that was also threatened…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2011 -
Friday Night Nights
Let’s all give ourselves a little pat on the back. It’s Friday. We’ve done it. Let’s put this workweek out of its misery. Let me just… grab this… lever… *blows piercing work stoppage whistle* Who out there is doing something special for this weekend’s Nintendo 3DS launch? Has it already been released in your continent?…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2011 -
Bust-A-Move Universe Is The 3DS Game With Too Much Empty Space
What can the unique hardware of the Nintendo 3DS do to invigorate the 16-year-old Bust-A-Move (aka Puzzle Bobble) puzzle game series? Based on Bust-A-Move Universe, not much. This is a game that strives to be old-school on Nintendo’s modern-day platform. I played about an hour’s worth of Bust-A-Move Universe on the 3DS earlier this week,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2011 -
Finally, Some Details On Kinect’s Bloodiest Game Rise of Nightmares
We’ve heard little about Sega’s motion controlled horror game, Rise of Nightmares for Kinect, since the Xbox 360 game was unveiled at Tokyo Game Show 2010. Fortunately, the ESRB comes through with leaked details on this year’s horror adventure. The Mature-rated Kinect game is rated that way for its blood, gore, intense violence, partial nudity,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2011 -
Real Racing 2 HD Turns Your iPad 2 Into A Console (And A Steering Wheel)
If the iPad does indeed “kill” the home video game console, as some doomsayers have warned, then this video of Firemint’s Real Racing 2 HD running on iPad 2 may be admissible as evidence in the murder case against Apple. This is Real Racing 2 HD running in 1080p on an HDTV, a “first for…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2011 -
We’re One Step Closer To Hellraiser, Scream and Children Of The Corn Video Games
Hungry for more video games based on Hollywood movies? Of course you are. Thankfully, The Weinstein Company, the production company started by Miramax founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein, is going to try its hand at making video games. The Weinstein Company is responsible for properties like Hellraiser, Halloween, Scream, Scary Movie and Children of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ll be hunkering down on this week’s most interesting new release, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, touchscreening my way through this lovely looking, lovely sounding adventure. Combined with the recently procured Angry Birds Rio, it means my iPhone is getting a lot of attention this weekend. I’ll also be playing things like Rock Band 3…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2011 -
Stay To The Right
Please, Kotaku readership, won’t you join us for some late night off topic conversation? This is the place to do it, even if you’d prefer to talk about video games. Have at it. Mr. Crecente’s out at his fundraiser, so feel free to raid the Kotaku liquor cabinet. He won’t notice. Please, take a moment…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
Let’s Play Left 4 Dead 2 ‘Cold Stream,’ The New, Outdoorsy Zombie Campaign
Earlier this week, Valve released the beta version of “Cold Stream,” the community-made campaign coming to the PC, Mac and Xbox 360 in the next big Left 4 Dead 2 update. Let’s see what it looks like, shall we? Cold Stream is a mix of things old and new. There’s no real story to speak…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
New Dead Island Screens Highlight Dead People, Islands
We’re not exactly swimming in new visuals of the hyped zombie getaway game Dead Island—and what we’re seeing here we feel like we’ve seen before—but another look at this undead curiosity is still interesting to us at Kotaku. Given the slow drip of new media for this horror adventure, we have a feeling we’re going…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
The Critics Agree: Sucker Punch Is A Big Screen ‘Video Game’
Sucker Punch, the new movie from director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), opens this weekend. It’s a big budget, special effects-stuffed action adventure featuring four young girls doing battle against giant samurai, winged serpents and zombie soldiers. Critical consensus hasn’t been good. While the movie is being largely panned by critics—hovering around the 30% mark at…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
Super Pierre Bros. Oui Comes From An Alternate Dimension
Jon Defreest gives us a hilarious look at how the Mario Brothers franchise would be if it were based on French stereotypes instead of Italian. Related Rampages: The King of Busts | Cocaine Bear Super Pierre Bros. Oui by Jon Defreest (Behance) (Flickr) (Twitter) Via:breakfastsafari Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
Be Aggressive, Be Stealthy, Be Adaptive In Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Still hungry for more Deus Ex: Human Revolution gameplay? You just got, like, eight minutes worth of Eidos Montreal’s take on Deus Ex, but here’s a little more, illustrating the myriad ways augmented operative Adam Jensen can deal with his enemies. Our latest look at the Deus Ex prequel is familiar stuff—at least to me,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
Yes, Your PlayStation Network Account Is Changing Hands (Sort Of)
PlayStation Network members may have seen a message from Sony Computer Entertainment America in their e-mail inboxes recently, a warning that their account and the funds in their PSN wallet are about to be taken over by SNEA (Sony Network Entertainment America). Panic? No! It’s not a scam, as some recipients of that message have…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
I Think It Works
Folks, we’ve got some Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP to play tonight on this here iPhone, so you’ll have to excuse me for making tonight’s open thread so abrupt. But here’s a new trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger to get the conversation going. I, personally, dig it. Oh, if you’d like to purchase…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2011 -
The Onion Exposes ‘Shaken Manchild Syndrome’
Are video game-playing, comic book-reading manchildren the victims of an unexposed crime? The Onion News Network’s Fact Zone takes a look at the epidemic of basement dwelling twentysomethings who are the subjects of violence from frustrated parents. Celebrity spokesman Ben Stiller throws his weight behind the cause. What a terrible, terrible tragedy… Cases Of Shaken…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2011
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