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Indie Studio ‘Hates’ Its Name, Tries on a Size Five
“I’ve always hated the name Zombie Cow Studios,” says Zombie Cow Studios’ Dan Marshall. “It was a mistake from Day One.” So the maker of Privates and Time Gentlemen, Please! is putting in for some new letterhead and business cards with the name Size Five Games on them. “To me, it felt like the sort…
By Owen Good Published May 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Best Videos of the Week
Whether you’re looking to spend your final moments catching up with your favorite Gawker Media sites, or just interested in a last laugh or three before the world comes to an end, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the best videos we watched during the week that was. Watching 51 Airplanes Taking Off…
By Matt Cherette Published May 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Give the B’s an A for Effort
The Boston Bruins are a tough bunch, having come back from a two-game deficit to open the first round of the NHL playoffs, and currently leading Tampa Bay 2-1 after losing the conference finals opener at home. Feeling confident, one bigtime B’s fan decided to test their mettle online against a live opponent taking the…
By Owen Good Published May 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fatigue Ends Q*Bert World Record Bid
It was estimated that George Leutz would have to play Q*Bert for more than 70 hours -nearly three days straight- to break a 28-year-old all-time world record. If you, like me, wondered if there was some way to stick Q*Bert in the corner of the board and grab a nap during the record attempt, evidently…
By Owen Good Published May 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Judgment Day
May 21st, 2011, it’s gonna feel pretty fucking real to you too. Anybody not wearing 2 million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day. Get it? It figures PlayStation Network isn’t even back a week and the Earth is scheduled for destruction. Shit, I don’t even get to pick up my free copy of…
By Owen Good Published May 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dirt 3 Multiplayer Gets the Online Pass Treatment
Dirt 3 due out Tuesday, will also include a single-use code to enable online access – a growing trend, if not the new norm, in console games with heavy online components. The “VIP Pass” also comes with a set of five vehicles, and it’s free in retail copies. If you get a used copy of…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Ending of Conduit 2 is Worth At Least Twenty-Six Cents
Developer High Voltage Software is currently embroiled in some controversy over their reaction to Joystiq’s Conduit 2 review. How could a game that ends this brilliantly get such a low score? In case the title didn’t tip you off, spoilers.
By Mike Fahey Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Else Can We Talk About?
Folks, I am exhausted. Out-Raptured and out-wrestlered. But in our discussion group, the Earth’s prophesied demise and Randy Savage’s actual one blot out many other topics today. Let’s see what else we can yack about. • Writer Clive Thompson engages an IM chatbot trying to hustle him to a sex site, and realizes it has,…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Maker of PSN Game Being Offered for Free Worries About PlayStation Store’s Viability
When PlayStation Store returns (reports suggest that will be May 24), PS3 account holders may choose two free games from a list being offered by Sony. One of those is Dead Nation (pictured), and the studio behind it told Edge magazine it’s worried what the glut of free games might do to efforts to sell…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Week in Gaming Apps
Jet fighters, castle crushers, role-playing heroes, and a musical game for both functional and decorative eyes converge in this week’s hand-picked selection of mobile gaming apps. This week saw me doubling up on gaming apps, thanks to the triumphant return of my iPhone 4 after it was stolen from my home several weeks back. No…
By Mike Fahey Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Alice: Madness Returns Finds A Novel Use for the iPad and iPhone
With ten-year-plus gap between the new Alice: Madness Returns and its predecessor, American McGee’s Alice, maybe you could use a little refresher on what’s been going on in Wonderland and in Alice’s head. Good news? There’s an app for that. If you own an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, you can download a storybook that…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Online Entertainment Fully Online; Account Holders May Claim 45 Days of Free Time
Sony Online Entertainment this afternoon sent password reset emails to its account holders, notifying them that all SOE services are back online and that they may claim 45 days of free playing time for any game they had activated on their Station Account before the massive cyber attack of late April took SOE’s servers offline.…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedAre the Next Ratchet & Clank‘s Pre-Order Incentives Cool or are They Just Supposed to Piss Fans Off?
According to the people who want to sell us the next Ratchet & Clank game, “everyone’s favorite Ratchet & Clank weapon” is the Sheepinator, a gun that transforms bad guys into sheep. According to these same game-selling people, the only way for any series fan to get the “classic version” of that weapon in the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhy Does NBA All-Star Blake Griffin Want to be in Rage?
The tie-in between reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin and Rage, the forthcoming post-apocalyptic first person shooter from id Software and Bethesda Softworks, eludes me. Griffin’s last (and only) video game gig came on the cover of NCAA Basketball 10, canceled four months after release. Maybe he’s seeking redemption? Maybe he hung onto…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Will Modern Warfare 3 Skip The Wii?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be out this fall, but whether it’s coming out for the Wii is a shaky proposition. The early indication, if a listing by retail giant GameStop is accurate, is that it isn’t. The gaming chain’s web-page for MW3 lists three versions—Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Wii critics…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Forever a Champion
Forever a Champion | Randy “Macho Man” Savage, one of the greatest performers in the history of all professional wrestling, died today in a car accident in Florida. He was 58. (Photo: Frank Micelotta | Getty) It’s Our Last Day on Earth. What are you going to play? Tomorrow is the Rapture, according to a…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ll be catching up to my fellow Kotaku editors on their L.A. Noire progress this weekend, finally getting my feet wet with Rockstar’s detective thriller. I hope to be pleasantly surprised with the game as I was with last year’s Red Dead Redemption During breaks, I’ll squeeze in some Dungeon Raid, an addiction that only…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mortal Kombat‘s Multiplayer is Free to All While PlayStation Store Remains Offline
Until PlayStation Store returns, Warner Bros. has suspended the “Kombat Pass,” the one-use code (included free in retail copies) that enables online play for Mortal Kombat. That means anyone with a copy of the game, used or new, can play online for free. However, when PlayStation Store comes online, “users will be able to enter…
By Owen Good Published May 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Can We All Learn from the Xbox Live Banning of ‘Pound Her Stank’?
Xbox Live technical support will be extra busy over the course of this week and the next as a new software update rolls out, bringing sweeping bans to those with modified consoles. But one fresh account banning from this week is more educational than the rest. An Xbox Live member with the gamertag “pound her…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 20, 2011 - Culture
This Week in the Business: 200 Million
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “We know we owe a great deal.” – Sony’s statement to its “valued” PSN partners as the company began to restore the PlayStation Network in some countries. QUOTE | “Derivative, uninspired, narcissistic.” – Former Ubisoft developer and Splinter Cell and Far Cry…
James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com Published May 20, 2011