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UncategorizedA Quick Look at the Visual Evolution of Motorstorm, From Concept to Apocalypse
Since its origins as a PlayStation 3 concept video, Motorstorm has always been known as a series with great visuals. Six years and three console games later, the Motorstorm series still looks damn good. We put three of the PS3 games side-by-side to get a closer look at how the game’s graphics have changed over…
By Mike Epstein Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Fifth of Mayonnaise
Good evening, Kotaku. Are you taking advantage of this day of an excuse to drink? Or are you celebrating for other reasons? Let us know what’s on your mind by joining us in tonight’s open thread. It’s been a day of highs and lows here at Kotaku Towers, and I look forward to capping off…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Square Enix CEO’s 360 Just Shot Itself in the Foot
Remember 2008? Good Lord, was it nearly three years ago, at E3, that Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIII would have an Xbox 360 release, utterly horrifying fanboys of game, publisher and PS3 alike? Well, if one reading of the karmic law is “we all got it coming, kid,” then Yoichi Wada, the CEO of…
By Owen Good Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tetris Tampons
Feminine hygiene display in an Italian drugstore. The box reads: “It takes more to say than to do,” which idiomatically means, “It’s more trouble to do it than to talk about it.” Maybe the L-piece is pitching condoms and the squiggle’s flacking laxatives. Tampax Houdt Gamesters Droog
By Owen Good Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony CEO Apologizes To PlayStation Customers for ‘Inconvenience and Concern’ Over PSN Attack
Howard Stringer, the man at the very top of Sony, has released an open letter to customers today, joining PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai in officially apologizing for the “inconvenience and concern” caused by an attack on the company’s PlayStation Network. Stringer goes on to further detail the delay in notifying PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
iTunes Flash Game Ripoffs Get More Brazen with Canabalt Clone
Last week, the outright theft of a Flash game, republished for sale on the iTunes App Store with Apple’s approval, jarred the Flash development community. Though the app later was removed, anecdotal reports of similar ripoffs came trickling back. It was easy to sympathize with both the developers and with Apple. For developers, months of…
By Owen Good Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Network Restoration In ‘Final Stages’ of Testing; Sony Details Free Identity Theft Protection Plan
Expected to return sometime this week, Sony’s PlayStation Network is still offline. But a spokesman for the PlayStation maker says the team responsible for reviving online play and other network services to the PlayStation 3 and PSP has reached “an important step towards restoring” online functionality. “Today our global network and security teams at Sony…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
L.A. Noire Teams up with the L.A. Times
As L.A. Noire‘s release draws near, Rockstar has teamed with the Los Angeles Times for an informative little promotion that highlights the real-world inspirations of the cases the game will throw at you come May 17. L.A. Noire’s case file is based on actual crimes reported in the L.A. area in 1947, ranging from a…
By Owen Good Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rattled
BUZZ | YouGov tracks brand awareness. This graph shows positive buzz plummeting for Sony in the days following the breach. (YouGov) A New, Five-Minute Look at Id’s Baby They made Doom. They made Quake. And next from the makers of mono-syllabic first-person shooters that always, at least, look great, is Rage. We’ve got a new…
By Brian Crecente Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
New Catherine Screens Subtitle Sheep in English
No longer will sheep speak confuse fans of Catherine‘s brand of erotic horror puzzle platformer adventure, thanks to new media from the North American version of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game. So, to sum up, here are more images of the localized Catherine, coming to North American consoles on July 26. Get your…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rage for PC Lets You Mod Right Out of the Box
id Software’s next, Rage, will come with a handy feature for enterprising game modders when the game hits the PC later this year. id Studio, the tools id Software used to build the post-apocalyptic shooter, will be just a few keystrokes away on day one. id creative director Tim Willits told PC Gamer that id…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Madden‘s Voice Out of His Real-Life Job at CBS
Gus Johnson, who debuted as the play-by-play announcer on the Madden NFL series last year, is out as an NFL commentator at CBS, meaning the enthusiastic boothman will be working NFL games only virtually in the upcoming season. Asked about Johnson’s future with the Madden NFL series, an EA Sports spokesman said, “Gus Johnson is…
By Owen Good Published May 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedDuke Nukem Forever Explores All-New Dick Puns in ‘Shrinkage’
Shrink Ray technology, a Duke Nukem staple, will return in next month’s Duke Nukem Forever, providing ample opportunity for the action star to crack wise about his wang and make innuendo about things that are tiny. The wee-sized segments of Duke Nukem Forever look like they’ll offer a great break from the standard first-person shoot…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Jon Stewart on the Photos of Osama bin Laden
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By Joel Johnson Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Preposterous Plan to Destroy Our Planet with a Superman Video Game
[Warning! I’m about to spoil a Jimmy Olsen comic.] Some villains try to destroy the Earth with giant lasers; others prefer anti-matter. Not Sebastien Mallory. He’s going to use a Superman video game. And here’s the most unbelievable part of the plot revealed near the end of late March’s Jimmy Olsen one-shot from DC Comics:…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft Fans Raise $800,000 For Charity
The purchase of hordes of Moonkin Hatchling pets by players in World of Warcraft has resulted in a donation of $800,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Blizzard, the company behind the game, gave half of the money it made from the sale to the charity and granted the wishes of two of their fans by giving…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Guardian Heroes for Xbox Live Arcade Looks Awful, But Don’t Lose Hope!
Sega announced earlier today that it would bring Sega Saturn great Guardian Heroes to Xbox Live Arcade. Awesome, right? Everyone loves a Treasure game! Not awesome? First screen shots of the XBLA port of Guardian Heroes The game’s “all-new graphics and visual effects” are vicious on the eyes, probably explaining why the news went out…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat Is Japan’s Fetish This Week? Trains
“Who’s to say there is a difference?” said the baffled, balding customer in khaki pants and a green windbreaker. I had asked him what the difference between Japanese and Western rail fans was. Clutching a miniature train station and some extra track, the man wasn’t interested in discussing the topic further, but rather, making his…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedRussian Witcher 2 Calendar Bares All in the Name of Marketing
Poland celebrated the upcoming release of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with a virtual Triss Merigold Playboy shoot. The Russian publisher of the game takes the promotion a step further with a real-life naked Witcher 2 calendar. Be warned: The accompanying video contains naked lady parts. Ukrainian model known Klodi Monsoon lends her talents…
By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Smithsonian Has Picked the Games of Its Art of Video Games Exhibit
The Smithsonian American Art Museum revealed the winners of its public vote to decide what games will be featured in their exhibit, The Art of Video Games, today. The exhibit creates a visual history of the evolution of gaming from its humble beginnings through the present. The vote, which took place between February and April,…
By Mike Epstein Published May 5, 2011