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An Old Xbox Reveals the Secret Lives of a Good Friend
All my friend wanted was a simple, get-rid-of-it-on-Craigslist estimate for an original Xbox, two controllers, and about a dozen games. He knew that what he had was too common in its time, too obsolete in the present, to qualify as some latter-day Antiques Roadshow jackpot. Still, I couldn’t bring myself to appraise it at $25.…
By Owen Good Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe First MLB 12 The Show Trailer Swings for the Fences, Teases Vita Integration
Sony’s in-house baseball title steps into the batter’s box with this video showing off gameplay and presentation from this year’s installment. That’s not just realism, folks. It’s Enhanced Realism. The game’s out on March 6th.
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Special Message From the Resident Evil 6 Dev Team
By now you’ve seen the jaw-dropping trailer for Capcom’s Resident Evil 6, but have you seen the special version of the trailer with introductions by three members of the game’s development team? In this special version of the Resident Evil 6 trailer, shown last week during the special Fright Club event last week, executive producer…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Breaking a World Record Seems Like a Fine Reason to Get a Virtual Marriage
Marriage, ladies and gentlemen. Marriage is a game mechanic, or at least it will be early next month when update 1.7 goes live for Trion Worlds’ MMO Rift. They’ll be celebrating the new feature on February 14 by attempting to establish the World Record for most in-game marriages in a 24-hour period. Where’s that Divorce…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
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, catching up to rival Sony, games industry sources tell Kotaku Sony’s PlayStation 3 currently supports Blu-Ray, which can contain 25 or 50GB of data compared to DVD’s 9GB. But that disc detail could be far less impactful to the next…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis is What A Video Game Played In a Planetarium Looks Like
Check out this test run of Space Cruiser, a video game that will be played by some 200 people on Thursday evening at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History. (Event details here. But it’s now sold out.) Video by Ida Benedetto.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nine-Month Modern Warfare 3 DLC Calendar Revealed
We knew there would be nine months of downloadable content coming out for Modern Warfare 3. Now we can see which months will get maps, co-op missions and new modes. Right here. (So much for new campaign missions!)
By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
How Tales of Symphonia Created a Rabid Fighting Game Fan
Has one genre ever made you change your opinion of another? Commenter File2ish explains how Namco’s Tales of Symphonia made him a fighting game fan in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. What game genre did you not like when you first played it, but you now like (after an extended period of time of not…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Lord of the Rings Online’s Riders of Rohan Expansion Coming Later This Year
Lord of the Rings Online will be debuting a new expansion year that raises the level cap to 85, and rolls out new encounters based on key events in the Tolkien epic’s fiction. Warner Brothers Interactive says that Riders of Rohan will be twice as big as the MMO’s Rise of Isengard add-on. True to…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Don’t let the lurking assassins fool you, it’s perfectly safe to discuss video games in today’s installment of Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Thank you, dabeezkneez84, for putting out a contract hit on the cheetah guard in today’s TAYpic. Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your best—or your worst—and…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThere’s a Lot More to Do in Final Fantasy XIII-2 Than Save the World
While Final Fantasy XIII was all about getting the job done in a timely fashion, Final Fantasy XIII-2 gives the player plenty of time to relax between tasks. Check out some of the more entertaining diversions tucked away in next week’s sequel. Gambling, trivia contests, side missions, mini-games; these were the things I missed the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Another Classy Video Game Port Succumbs to Assy Touch-Screen Controls
There’s this thing about fighting games—you really have to play them. They’re like a musical instrument, like a drum set; there’s this whole physical level of interaction you have with them that goes beyond the input required in the average video game. There’s a reason that games like Street Fighter IV encourage humongous arcade-style joysticks;…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
THQ Sheds the Kid Gloves to Focus on Hardcore Games
Following the failure of its uDraw tablet for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and December’s shutdown of it’s children’s game division, THQ has officially announced today that it’s focusing on its core franchises. So Spongebob is out, UFC, Darksiders, Company of Heroes, inSANE, Saints Row and Warhammer 40,000 are in.
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Get Ready to Build Some Gears of War Toys
You can already play with, erm, collect action figures from Epic Games’ hit sci-fi shooters. But if you’ve wanted to set up any vehicular battles with transports from that universe, you’ve been out of luck. That’s about to change. According to Pocket Lint, toy company Mecanno (better known in the U.S. as by its Erector…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012 - Esports
BlizzCon Skips 2012 as Blizzard Focuses on Kicking eButt and Making Games
BlizzCon, the annual fan celebration of all things Blizzard-related gets a little less annual this year. The company has decided to hold the next convention in 2013 to focus on finishing Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and the 2012 Battle.net World Championship. A great deal…
By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sorry, I Keep Seeing “Crap”. Or “Carp”.
Cap Bar | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sister site Kotaku Japan checked out Capcom’s new bar. More pics here. (Photo: Kotaku Japan) Men and Women Shrink-wrapped as Japanese Art Games and game hardware came packaged. They’re sealed shut, some of them completely shrink-wrapped. and covered in clear plastic. They are sealed off from the outside world. More »…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedIt’s a Giant Kinect-Powered Theme Park
Live Park, South Korea’s interactive theme park, allows visitors to experience the virtual world with interactive games and instillations. It’s video games brought to life or a Minority Report you can experience, minus the pre-crime arrests. The brainchild of start-up d’strict, the US$13 million theme park boasts 65 attractions and was over two-years in the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Goodbye Pervert Woody Face!
It seemed so innocuous at first. Legendary Japanese figure maker Kaiyodo released a Woody from Toy Story figure. It included an alternate face that would become a party of internet infamy: Pervert Woody The face spawned its own online fandom in Japan—and abroad. Japanese game and anime figures were constantly assaulted and harassed by pervert…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe PS3’s Next Big Japanese Role-Playing Game Is…
Revealed today, the unannounced role-playing game Namco Bandai teased in Famitsu is Tokitowa The game combines JRPG elements (big eyes, blue hair) with, wait for it, third-person shooter play (think action rpg). Parts of the game will have a fixed point-of-view, while other parts won’t. The theme here is “time”, but the concept of “marriage”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012