I don’t read many Wolverine comics. My leeriness of Marvel’s most famous X-Man is equal to my apprehension for video game’s Tony Hawk: Great in the past, but so over-exposed that maybe there’s no new greatness to come? Wolverine’s done it all, hasn’t he? He’s fought everyone. He’s healed from every kind of wound inflicted…
The skilled and/or lucky winners of our Nintendo D.I.Y. contest get prizes, courtesy of Nintendo. Those prizes pass through Kotaku’s NYC office, where I can confirm that the best WarioWare game is among them. Prizes to be mailed soon!
Here are people playing the camera-based game Recurse at New York University’s No Quarter gaming exhibition last night. The game is simple. Stand in front of a camera, see a projection of yourself on a TV, use your body to agitate blotches of green and avoid agitating blotches of red. See it played here from…
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Wii Sports led to Wii Play. Wii Play brought us to Wii Fit, then Wii Music. The next major Wii-branded game from Nintendo is also a Mario Party successor. Ready for Wii Party? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed the new game in a presentation to investors this week as part of a show of confidence…
The second map pack for the blockbuster Modern Warfare 2 will be released in the second half of 2010, an Activision executive confirmed today. That will be the first fresh dose of Modern Warfare since the recently-issued Stimulus Pack. During a company financial earnings call, Activision’s Thomas Tippl said that the back half of the…
Remember those nice trailers of the live-action Street Fighter Legacy movie? Now you can watch the whole movie. Right here.
The new expansion to Dante’s Inferno was partially developed by me. And one of you — one of you how can’t appreciate sublime game design — gave my contribution one out of five stars. Dante’s Inferno: The Trials of St. Lucia is a downloadable expansion of the EA Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Dante’s Inferno…
Metal Gear Solid creative mastermind Hideo Kojima is now also a video game character. The PSP’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker lets us recruit virtual Kojima and put him to work. Hideo Kojima is the God of Peace Walker [Andriasang]
There are two ways that video games might corrupt the people who play them. There are two popular elements that two crowds of people detest, two elements that games usually have more of with each passing year. Violence is the first. Collecting is the second. The former — virtual killing and maiming and blowing things…
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Civilization creator Sid Meier was our guest for Kotaku Talk Radio this week. You can listen to the full episode now or download it for posterity. So many topics. Did you know Meier wishes he made Tetris and Guitar Hero? The legendary game designer, who is still hard at work at Civ studio Firaxis, fielded…
Many video games have had a “big head mode.” But who calls it “big head mode”? Not Harry Potter. In his next game, he inflates craniums with a spell called “Engorgio Skullus!” Other spells appearing in the DS version of Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 include Vomitare Viridis (which makes the average Hogwarts student upchuck…
Yes, you read the headlline right. Jennifer and Jeff Hays are having twins. No, I don’t know who they are or if they play video games. After you watch this, you’ll know why that’s irrelevant. [Thanks, Morris!]
YouTube user GoldenJellyBean dropped me a line to show that she’s now teaching folks how to crochet their own LittleBigPlanet dolls, dressed in the style of PlayStation 2 classic Ico. Looks good! If you don’t have a handmade Sackboy to start with, then take lessons from these clips first:
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It is true that betas are allowed to have glitches. That doesn’t make them any less entertaining to watch. And, hey, who can complain if Halo Reach still has bugs? What people are playing now is just a beta. Up top is the best glitch I’ve been about to find on YouTube so far from…
In a heartfelt letter on his blog, Clint Hocking, the main man behind Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Far Cry 2, explained yesterday why he’s leaving the studio he’s worked at for a decade, Ubisoft Montreal. The full letter to fans and peers is a must-read, but if you’re short on time, here is part…
Video games have given the world joy, joysticks and Super Mario. They’ve been accused of worse. Let us hope they have not inspired TV series, like Lost, to end simplistically (thus, badly!), the way so many video games do. In the interest of not spoiling ABC’s Lost for those who are not caught up —…
Kotaku Talk Radio will be recording live from CBS Radio on Wednesday. 11am Kotaku Time. 1pm ET. 10am PT. Hosts: Crecente and me. Guest: Sid Meier. Call-in and live-streaming details will be on Kotaku at showtime. Join us!
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