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UncategorizedThe New Fullmetal Alchemist Game Won’t Cost You an Arm and a Leg
There’s good news and bad news, Fullmetal Alchemist fans. The good news? There’s a new game coming based on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The bad news? It looks to be some sort of turn-based card battling game for iOS, Android, and Facebook. Developed by Good Game Productions, Fullmetal Battle allows fans of the anime and manga…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Monster Hunter Dynamic Fighting Hits iPhones Everywhere Next Month
Yesterday we reported that the first iPhone installment of Monster Hunter was hitting in Japan in June. Today Capcom reveals that Monster Hunter Dynamic Fighting is releasing worldwide next month. Finger-swiping monster hunting for everybody!
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Look Out Naughty Bear, Here Comes Chucky
A2M’s Naughty Bear, a video game about a deranged child’s toy with murder in its heart, wasn’t the blockbuster success I hoped it would be. Perhaps the concept just needed to be powered by a familiar face. After that it’s all Child’s Play As far as children’s toys go, they don’t come much more frighteningly…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedIf You Took Drugs and Played Minecraft It Would Look Like This
The unpoetically named “GLSL Shader Mod” doesn’t sound like the sort of thing that would create such lysergic effects, but watching the Minecraft world bend and warp back so that the horizon touches its own toes is enough to make my spine crawl with sympathetic memory. [via Rock Blotter Shotgun]
By Joel Johnson Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
There you are, LEGO Portal Turret!
Here’s a lovely little Instructable that shows how to make a Portal turret out of our favorite plastic building bricks suitable for desk or headboard. Now you’re thinking with elements. LEGO Portal Turret Instructions [Instructables.com (Thanks, Kyle!)]
By Joel Johnson Published May 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedEnlarge Your Johnson with Shadows of the Damned
In Grasshopper Manufacture’s Shadows of the Damned, hero Garcia Hotspur has a demonic pal named Johnson that can transform into various weapons, tools, and even vehicles. Why? So they could release an ‘Enlarge your Johnson’ video. Part of me wants to believe this entire game was developed and funded specifically to make this video. It…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Stay In School, Buy a Windows PC, and Get a Free Xbox 360
Microsoft wants U.S. high school, college, and university students to be productive, but not too productive. That’s why they’re giving away a free 4GB Xbox 360 to students purchasing a Windows 7 PC priced at $699 or higher. Play is just as important as work when it comes to your education. Some might even say…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Hellgate Reopens over North America in June
Korean publisher HanbitSoft is finally ready to reopen Hellgate, Flagship Studios’ online multiplayer tale of demonic invasion, in North America. Closed beta for the free-to-play game launches in early June, with a full release coming later this year.
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Plea For Scene Selection in Video Games
You can skip to your favorite scene in a movie, flip to an exciting chapter in a book you’ve read, but you can’t just drop into a video game you’ve finished at any given point. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Smorlock wonders why. So you’re sitting at home, and you’ve got maybe 20…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Guns, Gadgets, and Gear Define Guild Wars 2‘s Engineer
In some fantasy role-playing games, engineering bombs, guns, and useful gadgets is nothing more than a novel crafting skill. In Guild Wars 2, it’s a way of life. Let’s meet the game’s newly-revealed Engineer. While other classes rely on their magic or physical prowess to survive the harsh environs of Tyria some 250 years after…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Lego Harry Potter Sequel is Official, Ends List of Obvious Lego Video Games
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7, the expected series-closing sequel to last year’s delightful Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4, will be out late this year, according to a Warner Bros. press release this morning. The company has their Lego specialists Travellers Tales on the case again and will be putting the game out on a ton…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2011 -
Uncategorizedengineer gallery
Engineer Skills in Action The Bomb Pack is a backpack filled with bombs. Yum. The Flame Pack gives the Engineer access to a flamethrower, which is all anyone really ever needs. The most elaborate Health Pack we’ve ever seen. A Health Turret, which kills you with health. Mine Pack is not Your Pack. A Rifle…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to the Kotaku water cooler. If you’ve got something to say, don’t keep it to yourselfā€”share it here! My special thanks to Hisilarn for selecting one of my favorite games for today’s choice TAYpic. Think you’ve got a flare for good ol’ Photoshop splicing? Please deliver the fruit of your labors here:#TAYpics (Read this…
By Drew Cohen Published May 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedMetalStorm Online Brings Exhilarating Two-Minute Bathroom Dogfights to Life
I’ve almost got target lock when the enemy banks sharply to the left. “Sonofabitch!” I shout, pouring on the speed and rolling my plane, leaning hard to the side, as if my body movements will make the craft more responsive. The toilet seat creaks in protest. Its protests go unheard. There’s 30 seconds left on…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Famous Japanese Comedians Uncaged (How Many Can You Name?)
All Systems Go | TOKYO, JAPAN: Fighters Uncaged launches in Japan. (Photo: Game Impress Watch) Japan’s Oldest (And Most Famous) Hardcore Dragon Quest Player Actress Keiko Awaji is proof of two things: video games have no age limit and even pretty ladies get old. Guild Wars 2 , Your Art is Simply Beautiful I usually…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 PayPal Shopping Starts Now!
Today’s Xbox Live update includes expanded PayPal shopping options. The functionality is being rolled out today and “throughout the next couple of weeks”, depending on where in the world you live. The update also includes a power consumption auto-standby feature for consoles that are idle for an hour plus. [Major Nelson]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kill Time at the Bank with the Nintendo DS
Throughout Japan, fastfood chain McDonald’s and multimedia shop Tsutaya have Nintendo DS zones that allow DS owners to connect and get original content. Now, a bank does, too. Staring today, the Bank of Kyoto is establishing a Nintendo zone at ten branches in Kyoto. The original content available includes “Notices from the Bank of Kyoto”,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is L.A. Noire Locking Up Xbox 360s?
The PS3 is apparently overheating while playing L.A. Noire because of firmware. That’s according to a retracted statement from Rockstar, the studio behind L.A. Noire, adding that the issue persists mostly with older PS3 consoles. But the PS3 isn’t alone. There are reports online that the Xbox 360 version of the game is locking up.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Armored Core’s Finest, From Unboxing to Badass Completion
This month, famed Japanese model maker Kotobukiya is releasing an Aspina White-Glint Armored Core 4 model, based on a design from the popular mech game. Kotaku often features amazing finished models, but here’s a look at the box and parts it contains, culminating in a completed kit. Developed by From Software, Armored Core 4 was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 19, 2011
