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PlayStation 4 to Feature AMD Graphics?
For the PlayStation 3, when it came to the console’s graphics, Sony partnered with Nvidia to produce the RSX ‘Reality Synthesizer’ GPU. According to a report on Forbes, though, for the PlayStation 4, Sony is partnering with Nvidia’s arch-rival AMD instead. Citing “former AMD employees”, the Forbes report says “the processor designer may play a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Best Video Games of 2011, Turned Into an Awesome LEGO Movie
This actually aired at the beginning of the recent Interactive Achievement Awards, but since you probably weren’t there, and probably didn’t stream the entire event either, here it is. It was put together by Kooberz, who we’ve featured before. Amazing stuff.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
There is a Video Game Dating Site. Sigh.
A site called Date a Gamer has just gone live in the UK, with a “particular slant for helping Gamers hook up”. “Whether you want to date an online player, meet up with fellow geeks, or get some nookie just before you get into another Call of Duty session – this is your site!”, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedMeet Admiral Ackbar, Who Still Hasn’t Seen the Original Star Wars
Everyone knows Frank Oz, of The Muppets fame, voiced Yoda in the Star Wars movies. Ditto for James Earl Jones and Darth Vader. But do you know who did the voice for Admiral Akbar, uttering one of the most widely-used lines from the original trilogy (IT’S A TRAP!)? Or the voice of Mr. Head Tentacles…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedAir Guitar Hero Works, Lets Amputees Rock Out
A pair of bright sparks from Johns Hopkins University have taken the Wii version of Guitar Hero and turned it into a rehab tool for amputees. Specifically, people missing their hands/fingers. Normally, such an injury (or by-product of surgery) would rule out the playing of games like Guitar Hero, which require, well, fingers, but biomechanical…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Want to Play the New Counter-Strike? Answer Some Questions.
Valve is ramping up participation in the Counter-Stike: Global Offensive beta, promising a whole round of keys will be handed out to people who complete a survey on the game. All you’ve got to do is head here and answer some questions, and “over the coming months [Valve] will make selections from the survey participants”.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallWho Needs The Wizard When You’ve Got Surf Ninjas?
The Wizard, a 1989 movie starring Fred Savage, was little more than a 100-minute commercial for Nintendo. Surf Ninjas, a 1993 movie starring Ernie Reyes, Jr., Rob Schneider, Leslie Nielsen (doing his best M. Bison impersonation) and Tone Loc, was much the same for Sega’s Game Gear handheld. Only it was way better. The film…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 22, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallSega Lost the Handheld Race Long Before it Lost the Console Race
People are still, a decade on, shedding tears over Sega’s last home console. We get it, it’s sad, but let’s not forget that other Sega gaming machine that was killed off by stronger competition. The Sega Game Gear. When Nintendo released the Game Boy in 1989, arch-rivals Sega decided it had to have a dog…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Will Smith in High-Tops Playing an NES
Hello, Kotaku, and welcome to the mid-week evening open thread! Hope your wednesdays went splendidly. It was a beautiful day in San Francisco. Here, from all around the web, are things for you to check out and maybe talk about. TV sports announcer falls off a stool – It’s hard to be cool. This kid…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why the Hell is Justin Bieber Giving a Shout-Out to 2K Sports?
From the Beeb’s official Twitter: “shoutout to @Ronnie2K – everyone follow him. good people. thanks for the good time. the eye will heal. ha.” That’s a name-check from Bieber—at 17 million followers, the second-most in all of Twitter—of 2K Sports’ Ronnie Singh, the label’s digital marketing manager. It immediately followed a tweet from Singh that…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s All of Today’s Nintendo News in One Place
Mario’s corporate owners dropped a bunch of news today via their two Nintendo Direct broadcasts and Kotaku was all over it. Whether it’s details about a new, more demonic Brain Age or the longed-for NorthAm release of a great Wii RPG, the links below have the knowledge you seek: • Nintendo Teases 3DS Owners With…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect Publisher Wants You to Make the UK Government ‘Fess Up That Aliens Exist
In the far future of Mass Effect, the existence of alien life is a given, with Turian, Hanar and Asari intermingling with humans for decades. EA thinks that there’s Life Out There and it also thinks that the British government is covering up knowledge of the little grey men who’ve visited our little mudball. Or…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
More New Vita Content, Starhawk and SSX Demos New This Week on the PlayStation Store
The PS Vita rollout continues with another stacked week of new digital content at the PlayStation store. Vita owners get access to all manner of stuff, from a few free augmented reality games to apps for Netflix, Flickr and Twitter, demos for a few more titles, and several new digital-only games including Plants vs. Zombies,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 22, 2012