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Digital Storm’s Newest Gaming Rig Swaps Choice For Affordability
Why are custom gaming rigs so expensive? There’s no such thing as a bulk discount when a company has to order each part individually. For players not picky about parts, Digital Storm’s new line of affordable pre-built gaming PCs might be the answer to pricey PC gaming. When last I touched base with Digital Storm…
By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Help a Gamer Get Into Anime
Commenter SecretMoblin has yet to experience the joy of sitting in a darkened room at 3AM sobbing hysterically over a Japanese cartoon. He needs anime suggestions, so its time to Speak Up on Kotaku. I’ve never seriously watched any anime, and I’m looking to start. I’ve seen a couple episodes of Ranma and a couple…
By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2011 - Reviews
L.A. Noire: The Kotaku Review
The best trailer for the video game L.A. Noire that its creators never made would have featured a man’s face. The face would have been that of an unremarkable owner of a liquor store in 1947 Los Angeles, a hard-working type. His face would be creased, just a little, from the effects of encroaching middle…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
If You’ve Never Played Halo: Reach, Now’s Your Chance
There’s a new Halo: Reach single and multiplayer demo available on Xbox Live today, coinciding with a week-long $39.99 sale on the Games on Demand version. If you’ve been waiting eight months for a price drop, your time is now.
By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It was a dull, grey, no-good kind of Tuesday. The kind of Tuesday that could really put a man in the dumps. The kind of Tuesday that could push the wrong man over the edge. Oh, ahem, excuse me! I’m feeling a little, erm, pulpy today. Welcome to Talk Amongst Yourselves—a place to chat about…
By Drew Cohen Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Current Is Currently My Favorite Game
iOS games can be a crap shoot. There are some real diamonds, but a lot of crap. Then, every once in a while, you find a game, and you really get into it. For me, that game is Current According to the game’s developer TinkerHouse Games, Current is an “action match game”. That means the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Look How Far We’ve Come
TANK VS. FORTERESSE | PARIS, FRANCE: Gaming in 1930 looked like this. (Photo: Hulton Archive | Getty) The First Explosive Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Trailer Is Here Modern Warfare 3, is a globetrotting tale of destruction, taking the fight to America, England, Germany and France, bringing with it huge destruction and battles more ambitious than…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Would You Like Motion Controls with Your Sony Portable?
A recent Sony patent shows a camera-enable PSP dock that allows players to use PlayStation Move controls. The portable shown in the patent image is a PSPgo, Sony’s failed PSP iteration. However, the NGP already has a camera, so PlayStation Move could be possible. I’d rather that the NGP didn’t support Move controls at all.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is This The First Look at the Ace Attorney Movie?
Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) is in Cannes, prompting his latest film, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. His next film won’t be nearly as heavy. “It is a very light comedy that I am filming now, a court drama, based on a video game, the Nintendo game DS,” Miike told The Huffington Post. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hardcore Shooter Developer Selling Stuff to Foreigners!
Cave, the game developer best known for insane shmups like this, is holding an online version of its annual Cave Festival. Want to purchase Cave art books? Cave keychains? Tea cups? Umbrellas? Head on over. [Cave Game Shop via Wired.it]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Culture
The Man Who Creates Pokémon For a Living
Ken Sugimori may not be a household name, but the monsters that have flowed forth from his sketchbook certainly are. You see, Sugimori designs Pokémon He’s been involved with the mega-popular franchise from day one, having forged a friendship with Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri in the 1980s, when the pair both worked on a gaming…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedIt’s Time For Some Good Old-Fashioned Driving Fun
You know, if you asked me to pick my favourite driving game of the past few years, it wouldn’t have the words “Turismo” or “Forza” in the title. That’s because my favourite driving game of the past few years is DiRT 2, which is fast, slippery, gorgeous to watch and, if you’ve got surround sound,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Non-PSN Hacks Just Don’t Quit
The hacks just don’t stop. First there was the PSN hack. Then Sony Online Entertainment. Then in seemingly unrelated hacks, Sony Thailand’s site was being used for phishing exploit and Sony’s internet provider So-net was hacked. Now? Sony Music Indonesia and Sony Music Greece. Likewise, probably unrelated to the PSN hack, but it could be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedDreaming of the Perfect Adventure Time Video Game
Adventure Time, possibly the best cartoon on TV right now, is full of video game gags, from the opening credits to a faithful companion. In this clip, we get to see the show’s creators talk about this at length Sitting on this panel (which took place at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival) are Phil Rynda,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Geekiest Cars on Earth
For Japanese otaku, itasha—literally “painmobile”—are about as geeky as they come. This past weekend, diehard itasha gathered and gawked in Tokyo’s Odaiba. The fourth annual Ita G Festa was originally slated for March 20, but due to the earthquake, the event was moved. The whole thing seems to have finally gone off without a hitch.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Persona 2: Innocent Sin Coming to America
According to Atlus, rpg Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin is coming to North American PSPs this fall. This is the only Persona game never to receive a North American release. Atlus teased the game’s localization late last week.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Star Trek Game That Was Actually an Austrian Music Video
Captain Kirk rescuing the Queen of Space from the Klingons? It’s not the plot to a Star Trek movie. Nor a Star Trek game. It’s kind of both. Look, just watch the video. It’s by 90’s outfit Edelweiss and is, well. Very European. In a good way. How Video Gamey Music Videos Used To Be…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
New Dragon’s Dogma Screens Slither Out
Previously, Kotaku featured three different classes from Capcom’s open world role-playing game. Now here are three different monsters. They are a Griffin, Hydra and Goblin. Dragon’s Dogma is the next big gamble from the Devil May Cry team. It is rumored to be one of Capcom’s most expensive games. Ever.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2011
