Your View-Master disks have just been rendered obsolete. Hasbro is planning to release an add-on device for the iPhone and iPod touch next year that will bring stereoscopic 3D visuals to Apple’s iOS devices. The Associated Press reports that Hasbro will unveil the My3D attachment this week, designed to bring stereoscopic 3D “gaming, virtual travel…
Proud Italian plumber/princess savior Mario gets super excited at the christening of Avenida de Super Mario Bros, the first street to officially bear his name. The Spanish suburb of Zaragoza also has plans for streets named after Space Invaders, Sonic and Zelda. [CNN]
The finer points of the next Tekken were explained in-depth by producer Katsuhiro Harada this weekend, revealing a handful of returning characters and all-new ways to beat the crap out of people wearing exotic cat masks. Harada and translator Michael Murray explain new team-based throws, escapes, wall dizzies and the other two-versus-two features of Tekken…
What’s the sweetest meat of Mario’s eternal rival, Bowser? Artist Jude Buffum breaks down the choicest cuts of Nintendo villains Bowser, Ganon, Blooper and more in a new series of meat diagrams that video game butchers would swear by. Buffum answers the questions we never really wanted answers to, like “What’s the best way to…
Welcome to the October 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original video game coverage, including reviews, previews, features, and weekly columns, from Kotaku—plus an all-new look at the future of Kinect for the Xbox 360. We spoke to two of the men behind the Xbox 360’s new hands-free…
Metallica did. Bobby Kotick too. So did I and a ton of military dudes, all of who came out to play Call of Duty: Black Ops and… OK, they were really there to see Metallica. Did you go? There wasn’t much that was newsworthy at last night’s Call of Duty: Black Ops launch party, outside…
Ian Fleming’s British super spy returns in an all-new original adventure, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, that’s about as unoriginal as video games get. Blood Stone is an entertaining, just good enough shooter that borrows heavily from better games. The Daniel Craig version of Ian Fleming’s Bond is sent on an international manhunt to stop…
Kotaku has already put Kinect through its paces, testing its voice and face recognition capabilities and how well it performs under imperfect lighting conditions. We haven’t tested it naked (as far as I know…) but other people have. IGN UK went there, asking “Can you play Kinect naked?” Yes, you can and it won’t detect…
Holiday shopping madness is just around the corner, with deals from post-Thanksgiving “Black Friday” sales heralding video game savings. In addition to temporary price cuts, it appears new PlayStation 3, PSP and Nintendo DS bundles are en route. Supposed scans from Sears’ Black Friday print ads point to a pretty good deal on the PlayStation…
Sony’s recent slashing of the PSPgo’s price worldwide has had a noticeable effect on sales of the download-only device, at least in Japan. The regularly triple-digit selling PSPgo just had one of its best weeks ever overseas. The smaller, lighter version of Sony’s PlayStation Portable just moved another 3,000 units in Japan, managing to outsell…
When Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. collection comes stateside next month, it will come in a pretty little package for Wii owners. If you’re a fan of Mario, you’re probably going to want to grab this slick limited edition package. Included in the Super Mario All-Stars collection are Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost…
Master Chief, Nathan Drake, Alyx Vance, Niko Bellic, Kratos, The Boss, GlaDOS — just a small selection of the 30 video game stars that the newest issue of Game Informer names as the video game characters who “defined a decade.” The mag’s newest issue not only sports some impressive artwork by friend of Kotaku and…
This weekend, liquefied guts will be all over my television screen as I spend a little more time with Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage for the PlayStation 3. What about your gaming plans for the weekend? After throwing exactly one zillion punches, I plan to do a little shadow boxing of my own,…
The introductory movie for James Bond 007: Blood Stone nails the look and feel of the modern Bond universe, the game’s greatest accomplishment. Real world Joss Stone versus her in-game counterpart Hunter. One of Blood Stone’s major locations, unofficially, is the Uncanny Valley. James Bond is not afraid to shoot dozens of people in the…
We’re just one day away from another work week (or school week) ending. I think I’m going to make it. You? Want to talk about it in our nightly open thread? Then get in here! I’m going to spend the rest of my Thursday either watching The Walking Dead, playing James Bond Blood Stone—which isn’t…
If the sight of bare printed circuit boards, tangles of wires and exposed chips makes you queasy, best look away from iFixit’s new Kinect dissection. But if you want to know exactly whats inside that new hands-free controller, read on. iFixit dives into the electronic guts of Kinect’s sensor and microphone arrays, finding it full…
The premium subscription-based version of streaming TV and movie service Hulu has been available only to PlayStation Plus members since its launch on the PS3 this summer. Next week, that will change. Sony Computer Entertainment America and Hulu will drop the barrier of PlayStation Plus membership next week, making paying for Hulu Plus content no…
Atlus, publisher of uniquely Japanese fare like Persona and Demon’s Souls, is looking to the Europe and the Crusades for their next potential breakout hit, The Cursed Crusade. It’s coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC next summer. The action-adventure game from French developer Kylotonn Entertainment tells the tale of two damned Crusaders—Denz,…
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