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Rocksmith‘s Preorder Bonus is a Guitar Center Coupon
Ubisoft’s real music gameRocksmith will require a real guitar to play this fall. GameStop doesn’t carry real guitars, so every Rocksmith preorder comes with a $25 voucher good towards the purchase of your dream axe at Guitar Center. Rock on.
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Life-Sized Portal Turret Replica Has Its Laser Eye on You
Complete with a red laser eye and motion-sensing sound bytes, video game replica prop master Ryan Palser’s latest creation is only one assload of bullets away from being a really bad idea. Palser has spent month’s putting together this replica of my favorite characters from the first Portal game, and all of his hard work…
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Obsidian is Sorry that Fallout: New Vegas Was So Buggy
[NowGamer]
By Mike Epstein Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Happy Cloud Speeds Up Video Game Downloads, But is Faster Better?
Within a minute of logging into my trial account at games-on-demand service The Happy Cloud I was playing the full PC version of LEGO Batman. “Instant gratification” is a phrase the company likes to toss about, and it certainly fits the bill. “Happy Cloud brings gamers instant gratification,” says Eric Gastfriend, Vice President and General…
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
PS3 Brink Release Won’t Be Affected by Hack
Brink will still hit the Playstation 3 as planned despite the ongoing Playstation Network outage, the developer tells Eurogamer. While the game mostly lives online, it does have the ability to be played with bots and in single-player mode. [Eurogamer]
By Brian Crecente Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Extraordinary, Underground Museum of Soviet Arcade Games
Back in 2007 I read an article on BoingBoing about a small “museum” of Soviet-era video games that had been opened by a couple of students in the basement of a small technical university about 30 minutes outside the center of Moscow. The article was accompanied by awesome pictures of hulking consoles that looked like…
Connal Hughes, A Dangerous Business Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Do You Crave Sequels or Something Entirely New?
Commenter Monsieur Froid returns to Speak Up on Kotaku once more to ask readers whether they want daring new intellectual property or games that build upon the tried and true. Alrighty, Speak-Up, here’s a question to tickle your brains. Which do you prefer: continuations of your favourite series or new and original IPs? I’m looking…
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
BioWare’s First Third-Person Shooter Comes to WiiWare
While BioWare may be known for its epic role-playing games, back in 2000 the developer was responsible for crafting the sequel to one of the greatest third-person shooters of all time, MDK, and today that sequel comes to WiiWare. The original MDK, developed by Shiny Entertainment of Earthworm Jim fame, followed the adventures of Kurt…
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat Game of Thrones‘ Intro Looks Like in StarCraft 2
David Zhou noticed the resemblance between the open titles of HBO’s Game of Thrones and the maps of an RTS. And what do you know? A StarCraft 2 movie (created by Zhou) set to the GoT intro music looks pretty great. StarCraft: A Game of Thrones [Wellplayed.org]
By Joel Johnson Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Like most Final Fantasy games, Talk Amongst Yourselves is turn-based. Like most FFs, TAY is full of lots of text dialogue. Dare I say this, but like most Final Fantasy games, Talk Amongst Yourselves seldom has an awesome plot. So cast Blizzaga and comment here about video games. Thanks to reader Goldfuzzy for today’s image.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is the bin Laden Kill Game Cathartic, Educational, or Just Ghoulish?
Osama bin Laden hunches quietly in the darkness of an Abbottabad basement, rifle clutched in his hands. He swivels smoothly left. Stops. Then swivels smoothly right. His face is frozen in a thousand mile stare, eyes unblinking. “We found him.” The game developer sounds relieved. The virtual bin Laden, created over a rush of all-nighters…
By Brian Crecente Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
First Touch Football is Full-Featured Footy
Typically, upon hearing that a sports game is unlicensed, I expect completely generic teams populated by bland rosters. First Touch Soccer is hardly gimped in such a way. Yes, the team names themselves are altered. But draw up a match with “Manchester Red,” and sure enough, there is “Rooney” at forward. You can expect this…
By Owen Good Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Those Are Some Nice Sleeves
KEY MOMENT | TOKYO, JAPAN: A festival for visual novel Rewrite kicks off in Akihabara. (Photo: Akiba Blog) PlayStation Network Return “Uncertain”, May Not be 100% Back Until May 31 The PlayStation Network has been down for a while now. We’ve been warned that it may be down for a little while longer. Now Sony…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hawaiian Shirts Covered with Anime Girls
Understated Aloha shirts are for classy island residents. Gaudy ones for the tourists. But Hawaiian shirts covered in anime girls? Those are for Japanese otaku. Japan’s Cospa, seller of otaku costumes and threads, is ready to dress you in K-On!, My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute, Angel Beats! and Twin Angel 2 Ahola shirts.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Will They Ever Run Out of Pokémon?
There are 650 Pocket Monsters. That’s a lot. So Game Freak, the studio behind Pokémon, should be running out of ideas for new Pocket Monsters any day now, right? Wrong. Pokémon: Black and White art director Ken Sugimori told the Official Nintendo Magazine that there are still new Pokémon ideas. “It’s not only myself designing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sleep with This Voice Actress (Again)
When voice actress Rie Tanaka isn’t capturing the hearts of otaku, she’s snuggling up next to them vicariously through her hug pillow. One Rie Tanaka hug pillow has been available for purchase. Until now. Hug pillows are called “dakimakura” with “daki” referring to “hug” and “makura” meaning “pillow”. Dakimakura covers typically show anime-type characters. Like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cosplay is All About Beautiful Teamwork
In this week’s showcase of the best in cosplay, teamwork is the key word of the day, with two of the better shots involving not one or two fans in costume, but entire video game casts. Those casts are from BioShock and Final Fantasy XIII, the former showing a motley crew of splicers, the latter…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Network Return “Uncertain”, May Not be 100% Back Until May 31
The PlayStation Network has been down for a while now. We’ve been warned that it may be down for a little while longer. Now Sony says it could be weeks still before the PSN is fully operational. Sony’s Shigenori Yoshida has told Bloomberg that his company’s deadline for the full return of all PlayStation Network…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2011
