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What Do A Wookiee, A Dead Or Alive Fighter and Scarlett Johansson Have in Common?
First it was planking, now it’s… ScarlettJohanssonning? Yes, that’s a thing. Apparently people are posting pictures of their bare bottoms (and sometimes tops) on the Internet in solidarity with Scarlett Johnansson in the wake of her surprise Birthday Suit image popping up on the Internet, sexblog Fleshbot points out. (NSFW link) Among those posing over…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Quick Guide to the Battlefield 3 Beta
Have you heard the news? Battlefield 3 Beta drops on Sept. 29 and will run through to Oct. 10. But what system specs do I need on a computer? How do I install the beta? Do I need Origin? We’ve got the answers to these questions and more right here, thanks to DICE’s handy-dandy FAQ.…
By Nick Partyka Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gears of War 3: The Kotaku Review
Gears of War has always felt as though it was built with metaphor in mind. The slam of a clip locking into place; the thudding, oversized boots of a COG soldier. The pinwheeling spokes of combat, lines of engagement moving in two opposing semicircles; the rev of a chainsaw’s motor. These are games filled with…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
PC Arkham City Slips to November, Still Looks Gorgeous
Bad news for PC gamers, as Warner Bros. and Rocksteady push the non-console version of the eagerly anticipated Batman: Arkham City to an unspecified date in November. Perhaps some sexy screens will help ease the pain? While console owners will be playing Arkham City on October 18 in North America, the version they’re playing won’t…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Your Most Terrifying Video Game Nightmares
Any activity you perform often enough has a tendency to invade your nightmares, even video games. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter GiantBoyDetective shares his Zelda-fueled nightmare, and you share your own. I had a dream I was in a Zelda game last night, but it was some terrible survival horror version 🙁 I…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedMafia Wars 2 Coming to Facebook, with 3D Graphics and… a Grand Theft Auto Edge?
Forget the farms, the adventures, the empires and the allies. Love them or hate them, Zynga will soon release what they’re calling their “most bad-ass game to date,” Mafia Wars 2 How bad-ass can a Facebook game be? How Grand Theft Auto can they go? The debut teaser trailer here shows no gameplay but does…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Verizon On Xbox 360 Cable Box Rumor: “Stay Tuned For the Future”
Yesterday we noted that there was a rumor making the rounds that deals between Microsoft and Comcast and Verizon to turn the Xbox 360 into a cable box were imminent. Now Verizon seems to be hinting that someone along those lines could indeed be in the works. In a story titled “A Borderless Entertainment Future”,…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Zen Pinball 3D Coming to 3DS via Nintendo eShop This Fall
The makers of the popular Zen Pinball series on PlayStation Network and the Pinball FX 2 series on Xbox Live Arcade will bring the silver ball to the 3DS with Zen Pinball 3D, a downloadable title releasing this fall on the Nintendo eShop. Zen’s news release mentioned four original tables will be available at launch—Earth…
By Owen Good Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
From Cosplay to Vita, Boats to Gree, Here’s All of Our Tokyo Game Show Coverage
The Tokyo Game Show is wrapped, and for the most part so is our coverage. And what a lot of stories, pictures, hands-ons and videos there were. Here, in a neat little package for you, is the entirety of Brian Ashcraft and Luke Plunkett’s coverage from the biggest game show in Japan. The newest stories…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
New York City’s Gears of War 3 Launch Party in Six Pictures
The lines were long, the whole venue is underground and glowing motorcycles were parked outside. Inside the Best Buy Theater in Times Square at last night’s Gears of War 3 launch party, they were giving out plenty of swag and people could take photos of themselves holding a chainsaw gun. It’s hard to ask for…
By Chris Carolan Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
What are you guys (and gals) playing? The new Gears? Driver (Did you see our writeup about it, it’s really fun)? Or are you saving that gaming budget for a couple of the upcoming fall releases? Let the world know what you think, because it’s talk amongst yourselves time. Thanks a bunch to NotTheOtherBob for…
By Nick Partyka Published September 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedMy Horse is Nintenhorse In all but Name
NaturalMotion, best known for its Euphoria engine (GTAIV, Red Dead Redemption) and its own titles like football game Backbreaker, has recently released something a little tamer. It’s called My Horse. In which you look after a horse. Think of it as Nintendogs, only with…well, horses. Oh, and microtransactions. The first thing you notice is that,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 3 Open Beta Starts Next Week
Battlefield 3’s much-anticipated open beta starts on Thursday, Sept. 29, the publisher said this morning. The beta will run until Oct. 10 and will give players a chance to check out the game and the social platform Battlelog, according to the post on the official website for the game. The beta is set in Paris…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Sure Looks Dreamy
Upcoming 3DS title Kingdom Hearts 3D got a new trailer at the Tokyo Game Show. It’s beautiful. The game is a new KH entry, and it will be compatible with the new 3DS Expansion Slide Pad. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will be released next spring. Kingdom Hearts 3D [YouTube] You can contact Brian…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Honcho at the Electronics Store
Kaaaaaaaaaaz | TOKYO, JAPAN – Sony’s Kaz Hirai showed up at the Akihabara Yodobashi Camera for the recent Sony Tablet launch. (Photo: PC Watch) A New Homefront is Coming and the People Who Made Far Cry Are Making It The folks behind Crysis and Far Cry have teamed up with THQ to work on the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
A New Homefront is Coming and the People Who Made Far Cry Are Making It
The folks behind Crysis and Far Cry have teamed up with THQ to work on the next Homefront, the publisher said this morning. The game isn’t due out for another 1 1/2 to 2 years, the company said in a press release. “We see Homefront as a really strong universe that has a lot of…
By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Short Name. Big Booth. Mystery to Westerners.
This booth was one of the biggest booths at the Tokyo Game Show. It took up one tenth of the entire show floor. It wasn’t Sony’s. It wasn’t Square Enix’s. It wasn’t Capcom’s. The booth belonged to Gree. So what the hell is Gree? Gree is a Japanese mobile social networking service, with over 26…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedNine Minutes of Pure Shooting Insanity
Here, superplayer MON tears through the PS2 version of the notoriously tricky shmup DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou In a recently released video, MON plays the game’s “Death Level Mode”. Shit gets pretty crazy pretty quick. DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou‘s “Watch out” warnings are about as understated as they come. DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou was first…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2011 -
CultureThe Beautiful Blizzard Paintings of Mathias Verhasselt
Mathias Verhasselt works at Blizzard. As a concept artist, yes, but he also does one of my favourite things in both cinema and games: Matte paintings. These are the exquisitely-detailed images that movies use for static, artificial backdrops and scenery, but you may not know that game trailers and cinematics use them as well (though…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2011