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Remember, Rampage Monsters Are Naked People Too
What happens to the gigantic monsters from arcade classic Rampage after they’ve transformed back into their unclothed human selves? That all depends on what sort of naked human you revert into. I remember playing Rampage in the arcades as a young man and feeling just the briefest wave of titillation as Lizzie reverted to her…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s New Console ‘Playable By Everyone’ At E3
Nintendo’s confirmation this morning that they’ll be showing their new console at E3 left many unanswered questions, but also raised a note of skepticism. The company’s statement on the Wii successor promises “a playable model” of the machine at E3 in June. But would Nintendo just play it on stage and leave attendees to gawk?…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft Is The Future Of Online Dating
Dating sites are always looking for a method of matching people up with dates they’ll actually like in real life. But World of Warcraft may already have found it. Stephanie Rosenbloom of the Times profiles couples who met in the game, and her piece reveals a number of reasons why playing WoW might be even…
By Anna North Published April 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedOur First Look At Phantasy Star Online 2 In Action
Sega’s reveal of Phantasy Star Online 2 at last year’s Tokyo Game Show was nothing more than a logo. It’s about time we got some game play footage and screenshots, isn’t it? Sega delivered the goods this weekend at the Infinity Gran Prix event in Japan with an extended look at the game in action.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Section 8: Prejudice Brings Dedicated Servers To The Xbox 360
TimeGate Studios’ downloadable first-person shooter Section 8: Prejudice becomes the first Xbox 360 game to allow players to rent dedicated PC-hosted game servers. Fully configurable ranked and unranked servers for up to 32 players are now available through GameServers.com
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Despite Reports, No Arrest Yet in Playstation Network Outage
No arrests have been made connected to the Playstation outage, Kotaku has confirmed, despite a story making the rounds that claims FBI and others have issues warrants and made arrests. Speaking to the FBI this morning, Kotaku confirmed there have been no arrests in the U.S. The story, which seemed to first pop up on…
By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat’s Wrong With The Mortal Kombat Strategy Guide?
To go along with last week’s release of Mortal Kombat, Prima Games released a lovely hardbound collector’s edition strategy guide to teach new players with an extra $35 how to play the game in style. Why is this man so angry about it? A fighting game fan from the United Kingdom, Scott picked up a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Valve ‘Probably’ Done With Single-Player Games
The makers of such acclaimed single-player video games as Portal and Half-Life 2 want all of their future games to support connected, non-solo gaming, in some way, at all levels. That assertion first appeared in the Final Hours of Portal 2, journalist Geoff Keighley’s recent behind-the-scenes chronicle about Valve’s newest game. It’s an assertion he…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Play The Dream Video Game Sequel List Game
It’s Monday morning, and Speak-Up on Kotaku is feeling a little playful, so we’re going to play commenter Wocalax‘s little dream video game sequel game. If you could have a sequel come out in 1 year, one in 6 months, one in a month, and one in a day, what would you want? (all of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Doesn’t Know Yet If Your Credit Card Number Was Stolen
Sony has not yet determined if the personal information or credit card numbers of users on the still-offline Playstation Network have been stolen, according to a Sony spokesman. Sony Computer Entertainment is conducting “thorough investigation” into the outage, Satoshi Fukuoka, a spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment in Tokyo, told PC World. Sony Computer Entertainment of…
By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Best Nintendo Downloadable This Week Isn’t A Game At All
Riding on a wave of WiiWare demos, word searchers, and puzzle games, this week’s most intriguing downloadable offering comes from Flat Black Studios, the animation and software company behind the films Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. You might not know Flat Black Studios, but chances are you’ve seen their work, whether it be the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Play A Game For Social Change
America may not be headed toward a future of citizens tracked with implanted chips, pacified by drugs and tightly segregated, but creating that Orwellian future now could be the best way to prevent it, one activist group thinks. Rolling into its fourth week, Facebook game America 2049 is activism as entertainment, education as political thriller.…
By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Café Amongst Yourselves
Welcome back to Talk Amongst Yourselves, where we talk about video games. We are pleased to announce, by the way, that the next generation of Talk Amongst Yourselves will be playable at E3. It will support inputs of at least eight buttons and present a new paradigm for talking amongst yourselves. Thanks to veteran TAY…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Supermarket Gets A Little Sexier With Evangelion
NEON GENESIS SUPERMARKET | OSAKA, JAPAN: The toy aisle is looking more fetching than usual. (Photo by Brian Ashcraft) Nintendo Confirms Wii Successor. It’s On Sale In 2012. Today in Japan, Nintendo confirmed the upcoming release of the Wii’s successor. The still-unnamed console will be revealed at this year’s E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is This A Wii 2 (Project Cafe) Prototype? Or Yet Another Photoshop?
And if it is a Photoshop, it’s starting to seem like the phonies are copying images that could very well be phony. Fantasy feeding fantasy! [Thanks everyone who sent this in!] [Update: Added a second image. Then fixed my post, because I screwed it up. –Joel]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Yes, People Still Buy This Game Boy Advance Game
Japanese website Geimin.net has a list of the top thousand selling games during 2010, based on Media Create data. On the the list, there was one game that stands out. It’s an oddity of sorts. There were 291 Nintendo DS games that made the top thousand, 288 PSP games, 176 PS3 games, 108 Wii games,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Wants “New Approach” With Wii Successor
With the Wii successor, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said, “We would like to propose a new approach to home video game consoles.” However, don’t count on a 3D home console like Nintendo’s newly released 3D-glasses free portable, the Nintendo 3DS. According to Bloomberg, Iwata said, “It’s difficult to make 3-D images a key feature, because…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedLet’s Watch The Zelda: Ocarina of Time‘s 3DS Opening Right Now
Let’s! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won’t be out on the 3DS until the June, but let’s go ahead and watch the game’s opening movie. June’s so far away. It really is. 『ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ3D』オープニングムービー公開 [インサイド]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gravity Guy‘s A Fast Call — Up or Down
Melding the core distinctions of two of my favorite iPhone titles – Hoggy and Canabalt – is Gravity Guy by Miniclip, which released in December and was updated last week to introduce multiplayer. Like Hoggy, Gravity Guy is a platformer where you invert gravity to navigate obstacles, rather than jump. Like Canabalt, it’s a one-touch…
By Owen Good Published April 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
James Cameron Says Video Games Are Powering 3D
3D. Had enough? Tough crap, it sounds like there will be more. And according to movie director James Cameron (pictured, with George Lucas), the future of 3D is being fueled by video games. “Video games are going to help propel the autostereoscopic (glasses-free) play because that’s going to be the entry level for most people,”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2011