An eBay seller says this is a kiosk was used in stores to sell Nintendo Entertainment System games back in the day. We were young then. Our memories are fuzzy. Anyone want to verify? This item’s for sale on eBay. Thanks, Jon!
WiiWare had been hurting for games about killing. But the originators of de Blob have released a cartoon-violent battle between Vikings, Aztecs and ninja monkeys to more than compensate. As an interruption from a WiiWare line-up of bonsai barbering, beanbag-tossing and goo-fueled bridge-building we now can download Ronimo Games’ Swords & Soldiers, a side-scrolling real-time…
The cliffhanger at the end of yesterday’s Chain Interview had Xbox exec John Schappert wanting to know what a Sony exec thinks of Xbox Live. Let’s get past the halfway point with an answer. [This post is the third in a series that recounts the chain of questions and answers I solicited from the people…
Remember the possible gaming revolution that will or could be OnLive? We recently connected some dots and asked Microsoft if they could be a part of it. We received an answer and a compliment. Despite what appears to be a converging of technological capabilities, Microsoft has told Kotaku that it’s too early to talk about…
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Here’s a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. on Wednesday. Via publisher Dark Horse Comics: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #42... Written by John Jackson Miller; Art by Ron Chan; Cover by Benjamin Carre.. When an argument between ex-Padawan Zayne Carrick and the…
PSP, DSi, and Xbox 360 owners can expect their consoles to gain some new abilities over the next month — many for no added cost. We’ve broken down the big changes coming. [NOTE: The following reflects the plans for the U.S. market] Spring In June, during E3, Sony enabled the PSP Video Store, which allows…
You’ve heard the theme to Bowser’s castle from Super Mario Bros. But have you heard it remixed in kind of a hip-hop way and officially commissioned by Nintendo as part of the Pictobits soundtrack? A reader rightly chided me for omitting mention of YMCK in my Pictobits review last month. That’s YMCK, the Japanese chiptunes…
When last we left off, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto was asking me to ask Metroid designer Yoshio Sakamoto when he wants Miyamoto to retire… [This post is the second in a series that recounts the chain of questions I solicited from the people I interviewed during E3. I asked each of my interviewees to ask a…
This fall, an Xbox 360 game will have the word “gay” in its title. But will 360 gamers be able to call themselves gay by then? During an E3 interview with Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Xbox Live software and services, John Schappert, I posed a question that I’d been sent by a reader: How…
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When last I checked, just over a month ago, nearly 4,500 people had jumped through the hoops to finish Rockstar’s portable GTA. The increase has been steady. I’ve now checked the completion stats online for Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars three times: in mid-April, mid-May and mid-June. These stats are listed on the Rockstar Social…
Take-Two’s lawsuit against Duke Nukem Forever maker Apogee/3DRealms has finally seen the light of day, with some Xbox 360-port and offshore-money twists. May brought news that the long road of the 1997-announced Duke Nukem Forever might finally have finally run out, as development studio Apogee ceased making the game and publisher Take-Two filed a lawsuit…
The selection of Scribblenauts as best game of E3 2009 by three major gaming outlets is a milestone for which we can find no precedent in gaming history. During the final day of E3 2009 I shared a quick cab ride with 5th Cell game designer Jeremiah Slaczka, and I asked him what was getting…
Over the course of three days in Los Angeles earlier this month, one Kotaku reporter spoke to nine top industry figures and had each of them ask one question for the next guy. Shigeru Miyamoto started. I had tried a chain interview once before. It was March. I still worked for MTV. I traipsed through…
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One of the first full games released for download on the DSi, Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again isn’t the slight diversion it first appears to be. One could look at Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again as a fun third iteration of Nintendo’s take on the Lemmings series. But you could also…
No game at E3 may have had a longer list of unexpected features than APB, Real Time Worlds’ so-called crossing of Grand Theft Auto and an MMO. APB, which comes from the creators of Crackdown, has been in development for a few years and has bounced publishers to land at EA for its expected early…
Despite some signs of trouble earlier this year, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku why third-parties have a bright future on Wii and DS. The company that’s been riding high on its own Wii and DS successes has recently had some trouble convincing people that marquee games from publishers other than Nintendo can…
Two of the men leading the new Metroid Wii game told Kotaku about their narrative ambitions for the 2010 sequel Metroid Other M and explained why the Metroid Prime team isn’t involved. Yoshio Sakamoto, Nintendo’s long-time developer of 2D Metroids, and Yousuke Hayashi, head of Tecmo’s Team Ninja, wouldn’t tell me and Brian Crecente how…
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