We’re One Step Closer to a Wall-E Society with This Kinect Powered Chair

The best part about this Kinect-powered armchair? Microsoft’s going to release the source code for it. Shown off today at the company’s MIX11 coder symposium, the Kinect-powered La-Z-Boy is a proof of concept for the Kinect PC software development kit, which will open up development over Visual Basic and C++. The recliner code will be…

Infamous, The Dark Phoenix Saga And A Guy Named Spencer

New comic books are released every Wednesday in comics shops across North America, as well as on the iPad (though those aren’t always so new). Every Wednesday, I recommend a bunch that are worth your dollars. There aren’t many video game comics of note this week, but there are a few Nick Spencer comics of…

What Kind Of Cruel Joke Is This?

THIS IS NOT FAIR | ATLANTA, GA : What kind of cruel toy manufacturer creates plush versions of festive treats that you cannot technically digest? (Photo by Michael Fahey) The Best New Idea In Zombie Video Games Lurches Through Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City That moment I knew Resident Evil: Raccoon City could be a multiplayer…

Portal 2‘s Steam Connection To The PS3 Explained

Developer Valve calls the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2 “the best console version of the game,” for various reasons. For one, buying that version gets you a copy of the game for Steam too. But more important, to Valve at least, is that it brings the Steam platform to Sony’s console. Valve marketing man…

Madden Moves Its Release Date to the End of August

Traditionally arriving by the first or second Tuesday of August, Madden NFL 12 will be released three weeks later, Aug. 30, in a move EA Sports says will carry into future releases, too. Rob Semsey, a spokesman for EA Sports, said the change was not influenced by the current NFL lockout, which threatens the opening…

Tread The Dangerous Waters Of Resistance 3‘s Flooded City

This is the boat level from Resistance 3, a level we at Kotaku have seen and played before. But maybe you haven’t and maybe you have eight minutes to spare to see what Resistance 3 is doing new in terms of weapons, enemies and presentation. Watch as new Resistance star Joseph Capelli takes on Grims,…

Guitar Hero Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Resting

You can’t keep a good franchise down, and you can’t keep Guitar Hero down either. Activision may have killed off this year’s Guitar Hero game, but as Activision’s Dan Winters explains to GameIndustry.biz, there’s always next year. Last year Guitar Hero got the axe with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the sixth major installment of…

How Thick Should Chun-Li’s Thighs Be?

Last week, in Miami, Yoshinori Ono, the cheerful, jokey lead producer of the Street Fighter series had just shown off his team’s new game, Street Fighter X Tekken. He and I were just about done talking about it I had time for one more question. I need only one more answered: “How thick are Chun-Li’s…

The Breathtaking Concept Art of Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One

While the next Ratchet & Clank game looks handsome enough in those new bright and cheery screen shots, the PlayStation 3 exclusive had a gorgeous base on which to build. This is a sampling of that concept art from Insomniac Games’ Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One. Cute, menacing, atmospheric, it’s all here. Some of…

Dead Or Alive Dimensions Kicks Off On May 24

Punching, kicking, throwing and jiggling, Dead or Alive style, comes to the Nintendo 3DS on May 24 in North America, Tecmo Koei announced today, nailing down the previously vague release date for Dead or Alive: Dimensions. This is the Dead or Alive that features every character to ever appear in the series, telling a story…

The Proper Difficulty For A Dead Rising Game

Dead Rising games have always been difficult, but gamers haven’t always been happy about that. What’s a fair way to make a game tough, and what isn’t? With each new Dead Rising release, the game creators at Capcom have been tweaking their answer and reconsidering what players want. With Dead Rising 2: Off The Record,…

The Disgaea 4 Premium Package Totally Gives A Fuka

Players willing to spend the hundreds of hours it takes to fully experience a Disgaea title deserve a little extra, and NIS brings that something extra this September with the Premium Edition of Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten for the PlayStation 3. I’m slowly collecting a stack of oddly-sized PlayStation 3 boxes, and it’s all…

The Chimera Have Won The War In Resistance 3 (And, Great, Now They Have Invisible Snipers)

Joseph Capelli’s trip across the war torn, alien occupied America in Resistance 3 will make a stop in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania where Chimeran forces will hunt him down. Here, Capelli will be pursued by the spotlights and the near-invisible snipers of that alien force. The Chimera have deployed a new threat in the third Resistance…

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Building Your Own Rogue In Rift

In Trion Worlds’ massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Rift, eight different souls come together three-at-a-time to create many different flavors of rogue. Here are just a few. Due to various obligations and complications I’ve not had nearly the time to talk about Rift as I planned when the game first came out, and with its deep…

Why Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D Is No Mere Mini-Game

Brisk and violent, played better with a friend and fueled by a gamer’s zeal to achieve a higher score, Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D is as fun as it is barely a Resident Evil game. The new 3DS title, shown to reporters last week at a showcase by publisher Capcom in Miami, is a barely scary…

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Gives Me Warm Feelings Of Toobin’, Gauntlet And Pixar

Yesterday, we got a new look at Insomniac Games’ Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, a sneak peek that started with series heroes Ratchet and Clank speaking with a plucky little munchkin, the kind one might see chubby cheeked and adorably voiced in a Pixar movie. Our heroes, Ratchet and Clank, along with the far…

SSX‘s Elise Gears Up For A January Release

The hottest thing about the new look for SSX snowboarding queen Elise Riggs’ redesign is the fact that she actually looks like she’s going snowboarding. Four screens of the new Elise Riggs popped up today, following an event yesterday in which EA Sports nailed down a January 2012 release date for the next entry in…

Meet Doctor Lautrec, Konami’s 3DS Answer To Professor Layton

With an older, learned gentleman in a silly hat determined to solve mysteries alongside his young assistant, Konami’s Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights for the Nintendo 3DS could easily be confused with Nintendo’s Professor Layton at first glance. Let’s look a little deeper. It’s impossible not to compare Konami’s upcoming 3DS game with Level-5’s…

Pokémon Global Link Is Open For Business

As promised, the Global Link service for Pokémon Black and White is now live. Head over to the Global Link website and register your copy of Pokémon to unlock new features in your copy of the games.