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UncategorizedFirefall is Making Bug-Killing Look Like a Blast
Firefall is an upcoming co-op shooter for the PC, made by Red 5 Studios, which is helmed by the guy who was team lead on World of Warcraft. So it should know what it’s doing when it comes to online gaming. It certainly looks like it does, as this gameplay trailer is a blast. If…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis The King of Fighters XIII Trailer Is Ready to Rumble
This fall, arcade fighter The King of Fighters XIII is making its way to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. According to the game’s publisher, KOFXIII features “hugely improved features”. Check out the trailer for more info. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bomberman Will Eat Your Dust and Lick…Your Crack? What?
When I think Bomberman, I think good, clean, wholesome fun. I don’t think of a game where people tell me they’ll “break my fucking head with a ratchet”. Yet with a little digging around the files of 1997 PC game Atomic Bomberman, you’ll find vocal samples like that and many more of a totally not…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is China a Little Less Joyous This Year?
ChinaJoy, the country’s biggest online game convention, is less for video games and more for something else: ladies in skimpy outfits. They’re called “spicy girls”, and that’s exactly what they’re supposed to add to the show—spice. This year, that is changing. Earlier this year, there were reports that ChinaJoy was getting hard on spicy girl…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Thinks its PC DRM is a “Success” (it is Wrong)
Ubisoft has about the worst digital rights management system in all of PC gaming, forcing users to stay connected to the internet at all times to play a game, even if it’s singleplayer. Yet despite almost universal loathing for it, the company thinks it’s a “success”. An Ubisoft representative told PC Gamer earlier today that…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Former President Just Lost Half a Billion Dollars
A disastrous last quarter in terms of sales has sent Nintendo’s share prices through the floor. If you own Nintendo shares, sorry! But hey, even if you do, it could be worse; spare a thought for former president Hiroshi Yamauchi. He just lost $500,000,000 in one day It’s not like he’ll be out on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Half of All Netflix Users Watch Movies on a Games Console
In May, we learned that Netflix’s console traffic—just movies streaming to consoles now—accounted for 20 percent of Internet bandwidth usage in the United States. We have more data backing up the phenomenon: Half of all the service’s users watch movies on a games console, says Nielsen. What’s more, 42 percent of Netflix users watch directly…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Expert Says Blaming Massacres on Video Games Smacks of Racism
When tragedies such as the recent massacre in Oslo, Norway occur, the first place many look to lay blame is in the video games the perpetrators played. According to clinical psychologist Christopher Ferguson, when white males kill and games are blamed, there may be racism at play. While there is concrete evidence that accused Oslo…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Lexicon Like Donkey Kong
Having nothing better to do, evidently, Denver’s Westword set out to chart the comprehensive history of “It’s On Like Donkey Kong,” and found that Ice Cube has much to do with the social currency of the phrase, whether a call to celebrate or a challenge to fight. It was copyrighted by Nintendo last year. The…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
D.C. Universe Online Should See ‘Subtle’ Tie-Ins with Comics’ Relaunch, says Jim Lee
In September, D.C. Comics’ lineup of monthly titles all will restart at issue No. 1, some delivering major changes to their continuities, all of them rebooting—or relaunching, as Jim Lee gently insists it be called. None of this will affect the video game bearing the D.C. name, nor should it. “It’s the platonic ideal,” Lee,…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Help Me Think of a Title For This
A buddy is writing a book and enlisted me and a bunch of other friends in a quest to find the perfect title for it. (I can tell you what it’s about but then I’d have to kill you.) This is a hard freaking job, much harder than coming up with superhero names when we…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhen Two Fighting Game Producers Go To War, Asses Get Punctured
Yesterday Owen teased us with tales of the series of bizarre challenges that led up to the epic Street Fighter X Tekken battle between Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada at Comic-Con 2011. Turns out it’s even stranger than he made it sound. Remember, this may seem odd to video game…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rooney Again Anchors FIFA Cover in UK, Australia
Wayne Rooney is again on the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA series, joining Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere on FIFA 12 for release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Middle East. In Australia, he will be partnered with Tim Cahill, the Australian star who plays for Everton in the English Premier League. No word yet…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedRetro Game Master Episode 6: Mighty Bomb Jack
In this sixth episode of Retro Game Master, our game-testing everyman, Shinya Arino, faces off against Mighty Bomb Jack Mighty Bomb Jackwas released in 1986 for the arcade and the following year for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In the game, Jack makes his way through a 16-level pyramid on his way to defeat the demon…
By Brian Crecente Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Would Consider Publishing an Indie Game
As the genre’s undisputed 1,000 pound gorilla, EA Sports knows that independent games developers are not looking to build sports games if it means taking on that kind of label. That’s why Andrew Wilson, EA Sports’ top development executive, says they would be open to publishing an indie sports game, although probably on mobile platforms…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Will the Seventh One Make You Cry?
AERIS GETS HIT WITH A GREEN SHELL – A fake logo for a late 2011 3DS game. (Hand-crafted by Kotaku reader NoGood56er) 3DS In Crisis, Nintendo Must Execute a Drastic Plan B The historic price drop of the 3DS announced overnight by Nintendo is a transparent acknowledgement by the most successful company to ever make…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Debt Halo Cosplayer Takes His Armor to Pawn Stars
How much would you say a used suit of MJOLNIR assault armor, from Halo, is worth? This guy thinks about $2,000. The History Channel’s Pawn Stars thinks it’s a bit less. Maybe if it was actual functioning armor could Chumlee here come up to that kind of asking price, which the guy already figured was…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why I’m No Fan of Stripgamer
The Date-a-Gamer website GameCrush is supposed to be about friendly gaming with sexy singles. However, it’s new companion site Stripgamer doesn’t bother even trying for innocence. Stripgamer is a new service created by Whamspot, the same people who created and own the GameCrush site. We’ve written about GameCrush before, but here’s a brief recap: you…
By Jen Schiller Published July 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedLose Hope for Wesley Snipes’ iPhone Game in Two Lines of Dialog
“I live in the shadows. Shadows are dark places.” I’ve only seen one minute of footage from Wesley Snipes’ Julius Styles: The International, and already I’ve learned an important lesson about darkness. Thanks, Blade. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Unusual Was The 3DS Price Cut?
Many people in the gaming community were taken aback by Nintendo’s announcement last night that the 3DS would be dropping price from $250 to $170 only five months after its initial launch in America and after fewer than 900,000 units have sold in the U.S. But that cut wasn’t completely without precedent. Nintendo’s cut seemed…
By Max Abrams Published July 28, 2011