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Behold The Single-Player Fighting Game
Did you know people made single-player fighting games? I played one last week. The Kotaku editorial database indicates that before Kamen Rider is released for the DS this year, Yie Ar Kung Fu may have been the only single-player fighting game ever made. After all, why would anyone make a single-player fighting game? Isn’t that…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 -
Reviews
WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 Review: A Game For Smart People
You can read here a wrestling game review, written by a lapsed wrestling fan (me!). But first, I challenge Flower fans and Ico lovers to find a better gaming subject for their college thesis than Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010. It was my reputation among team Kotaku that got me assigned to reviewing what has proven…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
November brings some new art to TAY. We’ve got Gustave Caillebotte’s “Paris Street; Rainy Day.” Thanks for suggestions, readers, but I pulled rank and went with this one, which I recently saw in a museum. Oh, and a warning.. We’ve had some tech hiccups with the comments. They’re still being worked on. You can comment…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 -
Notebook Dump: My First DSi-Only Cartridge, Gears And More
There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? Weird week this week for me, with reporting mixed in with new-house stuff and some exciting non-work stuff. But still there are these extra things I need to share. Gears…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2009 -
But PlayStation Home Is A Priority Now, Says SCEA Exec
A recent report from Europe indicated that PlayStation Home was no longer a Sony priority. I checked with the U.S. office where a different tune is being sung. In the grand, Kotaku-Sony-Home tradition, let’s reprint their e-mail response in full. This is from Jack Buser, director of PlayStation Home in the U.S. in response to…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2009 -
Capcom Bullish On More Paid Downloadable Content
During the early part of 2009 Capcom received mixed reactions from readers of sites like this one regarding the release of downloadable content for Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter. The company is moving ahead with more. Capcom offered the following as one of its strategies for the second half of its fiscal year, which…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2009 -
New Super Mario Bros. Nearing 20 Million In Sales
Shigeru Miyamoto once said that the people on Nintendo’s financial side would love to see a New Super Mario Bros. 2. His company just showed another reason today why that might be a good idea. As part of Nintendo’s release of its financial results for the first half of its current fiscal year, the company…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2009 -
Our Tour Of Halo Waypoint, Including Surprise Avatar Awards
The hub for all things Halo is live on my Xbox 360 (and yours if you have the dashboard update preview). I’m a Level 19 Halo user, it seems. Check out my video tour, which starts with… Avatar Awards. Avatar item unlocks…. Awards given for people who get Achievements pulled from a series of related…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2009 -
Capcom Hopes To Sell 300K Copies Of Motion-Controlled Resident Evil 5
The company also expects to sell more than 10 times that for Lost Planet 2. In a report of the company’s performance for the first half of its fiscal year, Capcom provided sales projections for some of its biggest console games on the horizon. The chart below, shows blockbuster expectations for Lost Planet 2 and…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2009 -
Old News ’01: “Star Fox Adventures… Should Keep Adventure Enthusiasts More Than Happy”
Inspired by Crecente’s posts about Epic Mickey I went digging for some older Disney stories. That brought me to E3 2001 stories. That brought me to paragraphs about how awesome the GameCube debut line-up was at that show. You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (sort of) journey back to yesteryear. So, yes, E3 2001 was the…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2009 -
Boy Charged With Bad Behavior Will Surrender Wii
A Canadian judge permitted the release of a 12-year-old boy on bail on the contingency that the child behaves. To get his release, the boy gave the court his Wii. The Winnipeg Sun reports that Canadian judge Marvin Garfinkle accepted the unusual arrangement as a way to induce good behavior from a child who has…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2009 -
On America’s Copies Of Zelda, Link’s A Fighter
Game characters look different in different parts of the world, and sharp-eyed blogger Matthew Green noticed that Zelda’s Link is showing more attitude for his release in the U.S. than in Europe. Aggression sells better in America? Green told me that this is part of a trend, one I’d not been privy to. It goes…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2009 -
Polite People Can’t Say Name Of Matt Hazard’s New Difficulty Level
The profane, not-for-children-to-see-or-your-boss-to-read name of the hardest difficulty mode in the next Matt Hazard video game can by abbreviated as FTS. That stands for “Fuck This Shit!” One-hit kills (except for grenade splash damage). No continues. The middle level of difficulty is called “Dame This Is Hard.” The easy level is called “Wussy.” The early…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2009 -
Batman Arkham Asylum Defaced With Lego (Wait A Minute…)
Not interested in promoting vandalism we must nevertheless provide evidence of what, following that Resident Evil deed, must be a spree of Lego-based game-ad defacement. (Two is a “spree,” yes?) Odd choice. Batman has already had a Lego head. Thanks to reader Davis who spotted this in Brooklyn’s High Street station. Lego Batman [Flickr]
By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2009 -
Podcast Ready: Condemning The “Release Now, Patch Later” Attitude, Plus MW2 And GTA
The best Kotaku podcasts are the ones where you guys and girls do most of the talking. Download the latest episode to hear some provocative calls about the year’s biggest games and who deserves the heat for bug-ridden games. Co-hosts Brian Crecente and I take your calls every Wednesday at 11am Mountain Time, 1pm Eastern.…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2009 -
This Week In Video Game Comics
Just a pair of gaming-based comics hit comics shops in the U.S. this week. A pair based on some major games. Click the thumbnails for more details. Halo: Helljumper #4 Written by Peter David. Drawn by Eric Nguyen. Summary Via Publisher Marvel Comics: With an entire Covenant regiment hot on the trail of their comrades,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2009
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