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UncategorizedRebooted Voltron Force gets horrific rap theme song “Let’s Voltron”
We usually enjoy the latest SwizzBeats track as much as the next pop rap follower. However, the brand new Voltron Force theme song, which turns our favorite kitty robot into some sort of horrible buzz verb, has us worried. It just sounds like all those other horrible commercials where the marketing team tries to turn…
By Meredith Woerner Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 Thrusts Its Way into Early 2012
Remember the first trailer for Mass Effect 3? The one that teased us with a “Holiday 2011” release date? Consider it invalidated, as the game’s executive producer scootches its release into early 2012. When a trailer comes out more than a year in advance of a game’s release, you can generally assume that the date…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Darkness 2 Will Get the Blood Flowing on October 4th
The Darkness 2, sequel to the cult-hit, will be available in the US and Canada on October 4th, with a global release coming on October 7th. I never played the original Darkness but I saw this game back at PAX East and was impressed by the game’s surprisingly intuitive Quad-Wielding system, which lets players quickly…
By Mike Epstein Published May 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch Someone Play Child of Eden Without Clapping
There are two control schemes for upcoming trippy space shooter Child of Eden: Both involve the Xbox 360 Kinect’s ability to track movement in real time, this is how you play without clapping. In the clap-free way of playing, a gamer uses their left hand to control the tracer rapid-fire shot, and their right hand…
By Brian Crecente Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Konami Preps For Giant Gaming Show with Its Own Pre-E3 Global Screening
The developer behind Castlevania, Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid plans to hold a global online screen event the week before this year’s E3 to help “build buzz” before the big show, Konami said today. “The annual E3 show is the world’s marquee video game conference and trade show event that draws a critical mass…
By Brian Crecente Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Next Week’s Rift Update Opens a Rift to the Plane of Facebook
If you’ve lost friends to Trion Worlds’ massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Rift, prepare to get them back in an annoying fashion next week, when the 1.2 update hooks its claws into Facebook. Now that the rifts from the Plane of Death have been sorted out, it’s time for Earth and Fire to have their go…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Back When All of the Games Were Multiplayer and Came with Boards
Put down the controller and dig through the closet for the dusty remains of childhood memories courtesy of commenter Vlyke615, reminiscing about his favorite board games in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. I have a lot of fond memories as a kid growing up, and some of those moments were playing games…Board Games. I’m sure I’m…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
They Knew For Six Days: The PlayStation Network Hack Timeline
According to details from Sony themselves in a letter to congressional subcommittee, Sony was aware that data had been removed from their systems six days before warning customers that accounts had been compromised. All dates and times from Sony’s missive to Congress April 19, 2011. 4:15PM PDT – Sony Network Entertainment America (SNEA) network team…
By Joel Johnson Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Explains Playstation Hack to Congress, Calls Anonymous “Cyberterrorists”
The cyber attack that knocked the Playstation Network and Sony Online Entertainment offline for more than a week was a “very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated criminal cyber attack designed to steal personal and credit card information,” according to a letter from Sony to members of Congress obtained by Kotaku today from government sources.…
By Brian Crecente Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Accused Xbox Pedophile Indicted on 19 Sexual Abuse Charges
Richard Kretovic, accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy he met through Xbox Live, has been indicted on nine counts each of first-degree criminal sexual act and second-degree sexual abuse, plus one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
How to Hack Your Kinect
When the Kinect first launched last November, gamers were (to put it charitably) a bit skeptical. Here was a device with incredible technological potential, and the most impressive game that came out with it was a dance simulator. Since then, though, the software problem has been solved. Not by Microsoft, whose Kinect releases have been…
Alex Castle - MaximumPC Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
There’s One Furry Good Reason to Buy Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover
You’re all grown up now; I get that. You’ve aged beyond the need for some silly Sesame Street themed game for the Nintendo Wii. I understand and accept your reluctance. It just means there’ll be more soft and fuzzy Grover Wii remote covers for me. Due out this summer for the Wii and DS, Sesame…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Don’t Blame Sony, You Can’t Trust ANY Networks
The hack attack that forced Sony to take the Playstation Network and Sony Online Entertainment offline and resulted in the theft of personal information from tens of millions of people around the world wasn’t really Sony’s fault, it was an inevitability, a security expert tells Kotaku Bruce Shneier, internationally renowned security technologist and author of…
By Brian Crecente Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome once again to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we get together to talk about games. Thanks to Snake56 for the image. Wanna get your TAYpic on Kotaku? Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Mike Epstein Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Watch The U.S. Government Discuss Sony’s Playstation Network Hack and Network Security
Planned prior to hacker’s breach of the Playstation Network, a hearing just kicked off in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade to discuss the threat of data theft. This is the hearing Sony declined to testify during. You can watch it live here right now.
By Brian Crecente Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Devilish Marriage of Pac-Man and Bejeweled is a Must Play
As match three games go, Pac-Chomp is a doozie, especially for those among us who happen to love the aesthetics and memories of Pac-Man and his glowing ghost pals. In 99-cent iPhone game Pac-Chomp, players tap on the neon ghosts lined up in an eight-by-eight grid to get slide them into matching rows or columns…
By Brian Crecente Published May 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Damn Right, Ultraman with a Plastic Gun
COLOR TIMER | OSAKA, JAPAN: Ultraman is packing heat—plastic heat. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) These Are The People Hired To Hunt The PlayStation Network Hackers To catch those responsible for the attacks on the PlayStation Network, which has brought the service down for over a week and exposed the private details of millions, Sony has hired…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2011
