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Join Kotaku in New York City for Drinks and 3D Gaming Tonight!
We’re having a Meet Up here in New York City at the Gizmodo Gallery and we’d like for you to come! Unless you are terrible. Don’t come if you are terrible. Or at least bring a gift for me. I like whisky. We’ve had a few slots open up for access tonight, so if you…
By Joel Johnson Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dear Square Enix, Please Make Final Fantasy XV More Like Final Fantasy IX
In today’s fully Fahey-approved edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me makes an argument for the greatness of Final Fantasy IX that’s more than just saying the name Vivi over and over again. Why is this game so amazing? These characters, world, music, etc. Shmowzow! That’s what XIII was missing. Characters and a…
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Shameless Foreign Battlefield 3 Rip-Off
There have been many obvious copies of big-budget games over the years, though some hide their “borrowing” better than others. This movie, submitted by a user on Reddit, was found in a foreign supermarket. It’s titled “ShadowChaser 3“, and shares more than a few similarities to Battlefield 3‘s box art, up to and including Battlefield…
By Matthew Buzzi Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wave Hello: Microsoft’s Requiring Kinect Functionality for All Future Apps Built for Xbox 360
So, the future of the Xbox 360 is upon us. It’ll have lots of TV and video content. It’ll have UFC on-demand and FiOS set-top box functionality. (It won’t have Party Mode for video viewing, though.) In short, Microsoft’s looking to turn their dedicated game machine into yet another app repository. With a worldwide install…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Can Minecraft‘s Creator Make a Game in 48 Hours?
What’s next for Markus “Notch” Persson now that he’s stepped away from Minecraft? Find out during the 22nd Ludum Dare game development event next weekend, where Notch will stream creating a game in just 48 hours. [Twitter]
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
What’s going on with Miyamoto? Will the world as you know it be turned upside down? If he ever stops making games, would all the color drain from your world, leaving you to see only black and white? These are questions we cannot answer. A question you can answer, however, is what have you been…
By Matthew Buzzi Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Day Mario’s Creator Didn’t Retire (And What It Says About His Future)
The internet was rocked. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda, reportedly said he was stepping down. Nobody seemed prepared for this. It was so sudden. So surprising. The end of an era. After the original report hit, Nintendo repeatedly denied that Miyamoto is “retiring” and stepping down from his current position. The official…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Say Goodbye to Netflix’s Party Mode on the Xbox 360
Even as it brings waves of new TV and video content to the Xbox 360, the console’s latest firmware update appears to have killed the most popular feature of its Netflix app. When Netflix brought its Instant Watch catalog, Party Mode became unexpectedly popular. It let you talk to your Xbox Live friends while you…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedBatman’s Return to Arkham City is Triumphant, But Short
Batman Arkham City: Lockdown is an entertaining, graphically lush chance to beat your way through four of Arkham’s most notorious villains and their henchmen on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. It’s a visually rich, combat intense brawler that has you swiping and poking your way through hand-to-hand combat with Two-Face, Deathstroke, Solomon Grundy, the…
By Brian Crecente Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kinect Is Going to Tokyo Disneyland
Mickey | CHIBA, JAPAN: Disney’s Kinect game on sale at Tokyo Disneyland. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Nintendo Denies That Mario‘s Creator Is “Retiring” Late last night, a Wired.com report stated that Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda, had said he was “retiring”. Today, Nintendo denied that report. According to the original Wired report,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Try Playing a Video Game in Crazy High Heels, Buster
This is Rola. Born of mixed Japanese, Russian, and Bengali heritage, Rola is one of Japan’s most popular fashion models. It isn’t only on the runway that Rola straps on dangerously high heels. It’s also when she plays Need for Speed: The Run Sister site Kotaku Japan covered a recent EA Japan event at Lamborghini’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Do These Dead or Alive 5 Screens Live Up to Your Expectations?
Tecmo Koei is working on the latest entry in its fighting game series Dead or Alive, DoA 5. This latest batch of screenshots shows Hitomi and Ayane duking it out. Fans of the series will notice that Ayane’s character design is tweaked. Dead or Alive 5, the first developed without DoA creator Tomonobu Itagaki, is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2011 - Culture
This Assassin’s Creed Art is a Revelation
Gilles Beloeil is a concept artist and digital matte painter at Ubisoft’s flagship Montreal studio. Know what that means? Yup. More awesome Assassin’s Creed art. While right now he’s working on an “unannonced (sic) AAA game”, he’s been involved in the Assassin’s Creed series, most recently on Revelations We looked at some art from this…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Now That’s a Baroness, GI Joe
Anastasia Cisarovna. The Baroness. She’s just one of the many memorable villains that make up the GI Joe universe, but for many young men, she’s the most memorable. The suit and glasses, you know. While the 2009 movie didn’t really do her justice, this statue from Sideshow Collectibles certainly does. Capturing her sexy swagger (if…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why Epic Isn’t Making a Vita Game (Yet)
Mike Capps, president of Gears of War and Unreal Engine powerhouse Epic, gives one reason why his company isn’t yet developing a game for the PlayStation Vita. Considering he also told GI.biz in an interview, “I’m not sure how well it’s going to be accepted in our Western market which is primarily where our games…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Denies That Mario‘s Creator Is “Retiring”
Late last night, a Wired.com report stated that Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda, had said he was “retiring”. Today, Nintendo denied that report. According to the original Wired report, Miyamoto apparently said he was stepping down from his current management position so he could work on smaller projects with younger developers. “What…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedSee How the Little Guys Make Games
We get to see behind the scenes at big game development studios all the time. Independent studios working on the sequel to a mod that was made for someone else’s game? That’s a side of game development we don’t normally get to see. So it’s great to see it in this clip from Unknown Worlds,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedBrant Bjork: Defender of the Oleander
How is this news? It’s not. It’s music. It’s Soundtrack. Time to kick back and relax. So relax! Tonight, we feature the sweet, sweet sounds of Brant Bjork, who didn’t just used to be in Fu Manchu, he used to be in Kyuss This track, off his landmark 1999 album Jalamanta, sums up everything the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2011
