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So, How Much Does It Cost To Make A Nintendo 3DS?
Unless you’re reading this from the accounts section of Nintendo, we may never know. But experts in the field can estimate, and they estimate that the 3DS costs Nintendo $101 to manufacture. If that’s correct – and even if it’s not, it’s likely to be damn close – there’s a big gap between the handheld’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2011 - CultureTotal Recall
Nintendo’s First Console Is One You’ve Never Played
So Nintendo’s first home console was the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom, right? Nope. The company’s first foray into home video gaming actually dates back to 1977, six whole years before the Famicom was released in Japan. That “home console” was actually a series of machines called “Color TV”, which were living room versions of popular arcade…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Russian Devs Blame Antiseizure Requirements for Crummy Sturmovik
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, bravely carrying the flag for the decimated flight combat genre, has released in Russia where its devoted following is complaining of crippled gameplay and terrible framerate issues. One of the game’s developers says anti-seizure controls mandated by Ubisoft, the game’s Western publisher, is the culprit. Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover is…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Stay To The Right
Please, Kotaku readership, won’t you join us for some late night off topic conversation? This is the place to do it, even if you’d prefer to talk about video games. Have at it. Mr. Crecente’s out at his fundraiser, so feel free to raid the Kotaku liquor cabinet. He won’t notice. Please, take a moment…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedFanfare — and a Green Jacket — for the Common Man [Update]
One thing you can count on in the NCAA basketball tournament, playing now, are the CBS promo spots for The Masters, full of pomp and grandeur, with Jim Nantz invoking the Tradition Unlike Any Other. That’s what makes this spot for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters so fantastic. I don’t know if any…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fight Night Champion DLC to Include Bare Knuckle Fighting
Fight Night Champion notably included bare-knuckle fighting during the prison chapters of its narrative mode, but the fighters in the main roster didn’t participate in such bouts. Now some will. The game’s first DLC extension, due out next Tuesday, adds bare-knuckle “Old School Rules” to online and offline play. Bare-knuckle boxing will play out like…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedLet’s Play Left 4 Dead 2 ‘Cold Stream,’ The New, Outdoorsy Zombie Campaign
Earlier this week, Valve released the beta version of “Cold Stream,” the community-made campaign coming to the PC, Mac and Xbox 360 in the next big Left 4 Dead 2 update. Let’s see what it looks like, shall we? Cold Stream is a mix of things old and new. There’s no real story to speak…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhy Put a Cartridge in a Console When You Can Put a Console in a Cartridge
I get the feeling I’ve seen this before somewhere, and the creator, dany32412 on Instructables, himself says it was inspired by another source. That’s still a functioning Nintendo Entertainment System within a modified NES cartridge, which is a great novelty mod. The difference here is the original gamepads are supported. NES in a Cartridge [Instructables]
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
New Dead Island Screens Highlight Dead People, Islands
We’re not exactly swimming in new visuals of the hyped zombie getaway game Dead Island—and what we’re seeing here we feel like we’ve seen before—but another look at this undead curiosity is still interesting to us at Kotaku. Given the slow drip of new media for this horror adventure, we have a feeling we’re going…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s Who’ll Win Madden‘s Battle of the NFL Stars
The day before the Super Bowl, I handicapped the field of potential Madden NFL 12 cover stars, coming up with seven candidates and settling on Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback of the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. I buzzed Anthony Stevenson, Madden’s lead marketer, to ask if I any of my picks were on-target. “You’re close,”…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
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Fun Raiser | The van is unpacked. The stage set. Let’s party. (Photo: Brian Crecente) Bedtime Stories How BioShock Infinite’s Creators Are Crafting Adventure from Labor Strife, Dead Horses and the Energy of the Tea Party Some time ago, game designer Ken Levine commented wryly about the shallow pool from which video game creators get…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Critics Agree: Sucker Punch Is A Big Screen ‘Video Game’
Sucker Punch, the new movie from director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), opens this weekend. It’s a big budget, special effects-stuffed action adventure featuring four young girls doing battle against giant samurai, winged serpents and zombie soldiers. Critical consensus hasn’t been good. While the movie is being largely panned by critics—hovering around the 30% mark at…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Could Help Write The Assassin’s Creed Encyclopedia
For those of us who would like to read an Assassin’s Creed encyclopedia, please consider that the people who are making an official one are looking for contributors. Submission rules are detailed at the Ubisoft Workship
By Stephen Totilo Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedCops Called on the Only Man Camping Out for the 3DS Launch
This guy has been waiting outside a New York City Best Buy since Tuesday, a one-man campout line waiting for the Nintendo 3DS. That is, until store security called the cops to shoo him off. Look, I don’t mean to stir the pot, but we know what’s going on here: It’s because store security is…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Super Pierre Bros. Oui Comes From An Alternate Dimension
Jon Defreest gives us a hilarious look at how the Mario Brothers franchise would be if it were based on French stereotypes instead of Italian. Related Rampages: The King of Busts | Cocaine Bear Super Pierre Bros. Oui by Jon Defreest (Behance) (Flickr) (Twitter) Via:breakfastsafari Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dungeon Fighter Online Battles Its Way To Xbox Live Arcade
Online gaming company Nexon takes its first steps into the console world, teaming up with Microsoft Games Studio to bring 2D MMO Dungeon Fighter Online to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Can a console MapleStory be far behind?
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedNo Game Will Make You Look And Sound Quite As Ridiculous As Pah!
In a distant future where voice controls have completely replaced the need for physical buttons, a starship captain sits at his helm watching asteroids grow ever-larger on the view screen, desperately shouting “PAH!” Imagining that scenario really doesn’t help take the edge off Luck7 Labs voice-controlled iPhone game Pah!, which has players emitting a constant…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat we learned from 20 minutes of footage from J.J. Abrams’ Super 8
Last night, we got a sneak peek at 20 minutes of J.J. Abrams’ Super 8. So did the mysterious film live up to our expectations? And just how does Abrams’ movie pay tribute to Steven Spielberg? We asked, he answered. How J.J. Met Spielberg (At The Age Of 16) J.J. started off the night with…
By Meredith Woerner Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedBe Aggressive, Be Stealthy, Be Adaptive In Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Still hungry for more Deus Ex: Human Revolution gameplay? You just got, like, eight minutes worth of Eidos Montreal’s take on Deus Ex, but here’s a little more, illustrating the myriad ways augmented operative Adam Jensen can deal with his enemies. Our latest look at the Deus Ex prequel is familiar stuff—at least to me,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch The Latest Debate About The 10 Best Video Games Of All Time, Cheering And Booing Allowed
What are the 10 best video games ever made? We’ll never know, but damn it, we can try to find out. Our favored method for this is Canon Fodder, a game concocted by myself and video game consultant N’Gai Croal. All we do is take a list of the 10 best games and put it…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 24, 2011