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Microsoft has Rights to Make Another South Park XBLA Game
Microsoft has a two-game deal with Comedy Central for its South Park license, which implies that another Xbox Live Arcade game could be on the way, following 2009’s South Park: Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! Joystiq uncovered that nugget in a discussion with Prithvi Virasinghe of 345 Games, which is the games production arm of…
By Owen Good Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Big Games and the Can’t Miss Events of Comic-Con 2011
Are you going to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con? Then you must love video games, a medium that has a stronger presence than ever at the annual gathering of people passionate about comic books, toys, superheroes, sci-fi and everything nerdy enough to pack a convention center. Video games are big—really big—at this year’s show. Top…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
NBA Jam Creator Leaves EA Sports for Zynga
Mark Turmell, the creator of the NBA Jam series that saw a revival last year on modern consoles, has left EA Sports for the social games developer Zynga, Kotaku has learned. Turmell’s is the latest in a string of notable departures from EA Tiburon, one of two EA Sports studios and the production site of…
By Owen Good Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
All Mass Effect Comics are Free Until Tomorrow Afternoon
Dark Horse is offering all of its Mass Effect comics for free, over the web, for the next 24 hours, a promotional move for both an upcoming Dark Horse Mass Effect series and surely tied to a panel at next week’s San Diego Comic-Con. The promotion ends tomorrow at 3 p.m. EDT. The problem is,…
By Owen Good Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Computer Learns to Play Civilization by Reading the Instruction Manual
Starting from nothing, a computer taught itself to read the instruction manual for Civilization and saw its rate of victory jump from 46 percent to 79 percent. That is according to researchers at University College London, who developed “meaning-inferring algorithms” that, when applied to the computer, took it from zero understanding of its task to…
By Owen Good Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
See More of Hard Reset, the PC Exclusive with Shades of Blade Runner and Painkiller
The people who teased their PC exclusive shooter with a single screen shot last month have finally unveiled the mysterious sci-fi project they’re working on. This is Hard Reset, the cyberpunk first-person shooter from people who worked on Painkiller, Bulletstorm and The Witcher 2 PC Gamer has exclusive details on this “dark sci-fi” shoot ’em…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Maker Says It’s Worth More than PopCap
Whatever Electronic Arts is spending to acquire PopCap, its casual gaming rival Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, would cost more. That’s according to … well, Rovio. “The valuation from our point of view is somewhere, I dunno, maybe north of PopCap,” Ville Heijari, the vice president of franchise development, told Eurogamer. Let’s remember that…
By Owen Good Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cubano
Cuban Delicacies – Went to a neat Latin American restaurant around the corner and grabbed a bit to eat. They had quite a selection. Best part, though, atmosphere. (Photo by Brian Crecente) Continuity 2 Would Make Super Mario One Paranoid Plumber What if Super Mario was locked in a room and the walls kept moving…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe 10 Best Moments in Pro-Gaming History
Competitive gaming and eSports are not a new phenomenon. The act of playing games for sport has been growing in popularity since the mid 90’s. From Doom 2 deathmatch, NetQuake and Descent, to Warcraft 2 on Kali, Diablo and Ultima Online PvP—to say nothing of going down to the local arcade to spend your quarters…
Rod 'Slasher' Breslau Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Named Rosters Already Available for NCAA Football 12
At more than 6,000 names, all of which must be manually entered, custom rosters for NCAA Football is annually one of the biggest community projects in sports gaming. Accurately named files were available yesterday—the day of release—for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. The files are accessible by going to the Team Management menu…
By Owen Good Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
L.A. Noire Is Japan’s Bestselling Game, Just One of Many Western Successes
Japan’s hottest game right now is not made in Japan, which doesn’t happen often. Maybe more surprising is that four of the top 10 games on the country’s bestseller list weren’t made in Japan either. Rockstar Games and Team Bondi’s L.A. Noire enjoyed first place distinction in this week’s software chart, with more than 70,000…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tribes: Ascend Makes Its Playable Debut at QuakeCon 2011
Fans eager to see what Atlanta-based Hi-Rez Studios is doing to the Tribes franchise should head for QuakeCon in Dallas August 4 through 7, where Tribes: Ascend will be available in playable form, with closed beta keys up for grabs.
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mega Man Vs. Fireman
It’s a mega heated battle in Marcus Penna’s rockin’ UDON Mega Man Tribute Contest piece! More submissions can be found HERE! The Mega Man Tribute Paperback is now on pre-order at Amazon! MOERO! Fiery Retro Futuristic Battle by Marcus Penna (Flickr) (Twitter) Via: gamefreaksnz Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Come Talk About the End of Shadows of the Damned Tomorrow!
We’re talking about Shadows of the Damned for the last time tomorrow. Come to Kotaku at 4pm eastern to discuss the game’s ending. Also, I want to know to what game you guys think we should talk about next!
By Mike Epstein Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
When One Heart Isn’t Enough to Signify Your Love for Gaming
First artist Fabian Gonzalez taught us the video game ABCs. Now he delivers the ultimate expression of retro gaming love, three full hearts and a handful of classic game references. Visit his Society6 store page to plaster this banner everywhere.
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Not So Fast: The New PS3 Won’t Need HDMI for HD Gameplay
Good news, good news: Turns out that leaked GameStop memo about the new PS3 was real, but it was also wrong. While Sony is indeed quietly rolling out a new PS3 model (it’s called the CECH-3000 series), that model won’t force you to use HDMI out to play video games in HD. HDMI will only…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mario Robs Banks, Waves the Union Jack for Proper English
I thought I knew Mario, but I was wrong. Apparently Mario robs banks, dresses up like a cowboy and crushes koopas while waving the Union Jack. But why would Mario do such things? To teach English of course. Super Mario: Super Englisch is an officially licensed Mario themed German to English dictionary published in 1993…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
GameStop’s Online Store Becomes One with Impulse
GameStop’s purchase of Steam rival Impulse comes to a head today, as the video game retail giant fully integrates the PC game digital download service into its online store. Now, instead of purchasing a downloadable PC game through GameStop.com, you can go to Steam instead, like you were doing already anyway. Let’s face it, the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedCall Of Juarez: The Cartel Multiplayer Has Plenty of Drug Dealers and Cops, but Not One Horse
I’m still trying to absorb the fact that after making my favorite of the Call of Juarez games, developer Techland decided to shift the entire franchise from the old west to modern times and make it about drug dealing. But I adjusted. At least it will deal with a very real modern problem in a…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2011
