-
UncategorizedCrazy Man Plays Street Fighter Against Himself
Watch, as Street Fighter player Desk grabs two arcade sticks, sits down and proceeds to kick his own ass at Street Fighter III: Third Strike Desk plays SF3 Third Strike against himself [Eventhubs]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Does Your Favourite Game Say About You? As a Person?
Sadly, it seems I missed Slacktory’s excellent “What Your Favorite Video Game (Series) Says About You” feature from a few weeks back. Sure, not every one of them is entirely accurate – or even remotely accurate – but the ones it gets right, it gets right. And even the ones it gets wrong can be…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Anti-Cheat Crusaders Blame Each Other for Battlefield 3 Hacks
Over the past week, a ton of innocent Battlefield 3 gamers have been wrongly banned from the game, the result of a hack movement protesting the use of (ahem) anti-cheat software. Of interest in the wake of the bans is who, or what, is to blame for the security lapse which allowed them to take…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Deus Ex’s Sexy Pin-Up Photo Shoot (What?)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution not sexy enough for you? It was for me, (I’ve always asked for cereal boxes and cigarette smoke, Adam) but not cosplay photographer chrisfkn, apparently. WARNING: This post may be considered NSFW. I know, that sounds weird, but if you’re at home, you’ll see what I mean. He snapped this photo…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Skyrim’s Quest Markers Can Now Lead You Around the Real World
Oh God. As if my Obsessive compulsive problems with Skyrim weren’t bad enough, there’s now the distinct possibility that the game’s quest markers could start turning up on the door to my garage and crapper. Etsy seller hollygreengeekcraft has turned the game’s quest icons into pixellated, real-world items, ready to be hung or slung from…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hey, Lucas, Hands Off the Goddam Merchandise
Hello team Kotaku, and welcome to your mid-week open thread! The open thread was telling me that it missed you the last couple nights, and that it’s so glad to be back with you. It’s been a cool week so far, both in San Francisco and at Kotaku. It rained some, which was desperately needed,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why an Xbox With Anti-Used Game Tech Makes Perfect Sense
So, we’ve heard from a source that the next Xbox may feature some kind of anti-used games technology. When you first read that, your first instinct was probably to think it’s either bullshit or the worst idea a video game company has ever had. It is, I believe, neither. In fact, if it ends up…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Tiny Tower Rips Off a Flash Game—and SimTower
Earlier today, the makers of mobile gaming blockbuster Tiny Tower published the kind of open letter loved by video gaming’s instantly and constantly angry fuck-the-man constituency, not least because it can be disseminated by imgur. It alleged that Zynga, the popularly despised maker of Facebook McGames, stole Tiny Tower‘s idea and was reaping a dishonest…
By Owen Good Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedCheck Out This Battlefield Case Mod. It Has a Freakin’ Chain Gun.
Earlier this year, Raptr ran a competition where famed case modder Brian Carter would produce a custom PC based on either Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or Battlefield 3. He eventually went with the latter. And it’s awesome The case features an airbrushed Battlefield image on one side, a massive crosshair intake fan, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Don’t Blame uDraw, Blame Yourselves, Rankled Staff Tells THQ Executives
Though THQ recently beat back rumors it was readying itself for sale, all is not happy within its house. Earlier today the company restated that it’s done with the kidstuff, blaming the commercial failure of its uDraw tablet, among other things, for its poor performance of late. The company’s stock closed at 70 cents today.…
By Owen Good Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
What ‘Calibur’ Is Your Soul?
A Stick and Six Buttons | One of the big honkin’ custom controllers at last night’s Soulcalibur V launch party in San Francisco. Sources: The Next Xbox Will Play Blu-Ray, May Not Play Used Games (And Will Introduce Kinect 2) Microsoft will upgrade its disc technology for its next Xbox from DVDs to Blu-Ray discs,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012 - Reviews
You Can Take This Wheel for More than One 3DS Game
We’re a little late reviewing Hori’s official Mario Kart 7 Wheel peripheral, but I’m somewhat glad we are, thanks to some of the non-racing games I played with it on a whim. If this was just a piece of plastic meant for one game, the wheel is a $13 novelty at best, a luxury at…
By Owen Good Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mojang Says Mobile Minecraft Is an Experiment, Xbox 360 Version Won’t Be as Buggy
When Mojang’s hit sandbox game debut in its iOS form late last year, lots of people thought the following: “It looks like Minecraft, sounds like Minecraft but it’s not…?” In a way that was true. The mobile version was only half of Minecraft, specifically the building part, and lacked the adventure elements that the PC…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Who Said Cheesy Full-Motion Video Computer Games Were Dead?
Remember back in the early 90s when the CD-Rom format made it possible for computer games like 1992’s Night Trap or The 7th Guest to feature extensive badly-acted full-motion video? Gamecade Production certainly does. They’ve just released Survival 2: Get Lucky, a FMV-style dating game starring Josh Knechtly of the band Rootbound. Who? It doesn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Namco Bandai Celebrates UK SoulCalibur V Launch With Fitness Classes
Every Tuesday evening in February London fight game fans can step away from their game console and grab a little fitness with Gymbox’s SoulCalibur V: Swordsman Workout class. No, seriously. While there is a possibility that I am just too ignorant about the London gaming scene to realize how physically fit the fighting game fans…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedRhythm Heaven Fever Makes Music Out of Sports, Fishing, and Samurai Demon-Fighting
Rhythm Heaven Fever is getting a Wii release, the better to bring out the groove in goofy, random situations. This trailer starts out subdued enough, with a boy kicking a basketball in time while sitting on a bench next to a girl. Cute! Next, it goes to a fishing excursion, which is fun enough, before…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Getting to Hear New Music Should be Easier in Lumines: Electronic Symphony
We think Lumines is one of the best games for the PSP. But damn was it ever hard to experience everything the game had to offer. In the first game, players had to grind through the entire game to hear all the music or see all the trippy synchronized visuals. Lumines II improved on that…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedMario Party 9 Sure Does Look Like a Party
Granted, it’s a party on the Wii, but hey, a ton of people own Wiis! And thanks to Skyward Sword, many of us have even figured out how to plug it in to our new TVs and updated our firmware. So, should we want to pull out enough batteries to power three more controllers, we’ll…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012