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Madden‘s Cover Competition has 32 Candidates, and the Fans are One
Here is the 32-player field of candidates for the cover of Madden NFL 12. Well, 31 players and “The 12th Man,” a salute to the diehard fans of the Seattle Seahawks (10th seed, versus Patrick Willis of the San Francisco 49ers). EA Sports is holding this vote-off competition at www.ESPN.com/MaddenVote from now to April 27.…
By Owen Good Published March 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedCan Serena Williams’ Ass Interest You In Some Top Spin 4?
Before we go any further, we’re going to wager that, due to the jiggling booty on display, the repeated grunts of satisfaction, the dripping bodily fluids and the attire inappropriate for most tennis courts, this ad for Top Spin 4 could be categorized as NSFW It could also be argued that this commercial, featuring Serena…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Captain America For Every Console
When Captain America: Super Soldier hits on July 19, he’s hitting hard, carrying America’s flag to five different game consoles. Here’s a look at four of them. Only the Nintendo 3DS is unrepresented in this gallery of shots of the Captain America movie tie-in, coming in July from Sega and Next Level Games. In each…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Our Favorite Gaming Reads
It’s been a long time since we’ve pointed you to some of our favorite gaming reads on the Internet, and there are so many deserving sites. Here’s a quick look at twenty of the sites we think are the bee’s knees and worth your time and eyeballs. We contacted each site and asked their grandhooha…
By Brian Crecente Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Doesn’t Want ‘Garage Developers,’ Drawing A Line That Puts Apple On The Other Side
Sharpening a divide between the version of the games industry they like and the version in which they don’t want to participate, Nintendo has stated that it doesn’t want to work with “garage” developers. The very people responsible for many of the good and many more of the godawful games on the iPhone and other…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Game That Will Terrify Your Kids Into Never Going Outside Again
Spring has returned, a time when children across the country turn off their video game consoles and venture out into the woods, building tree forts and rolling about in the underbrush. That is, until they play Tick Tackler. Then they’re never going outside again. Did you know there are tiny bugs lurking outside, waiting to…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedThere Are Many Ways To Play Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Adam Jensen doesn’t have to be a cold-blooded killer. Using a combination of stealth, technology, and social skills, Jensen can go through the entire game only killing bosses. Narrative game designer Mary DeMarle shows us how. There aren’t many games that give you the freedom to play as you want to…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
No Silent Hill Multiplayer, Says Studio
The producer of Silent Hill: Downpour shot down a rumor that a separate multiplayer version for the game would be published over Xbox Live. The rumor appeared in an Italian-language magazine’s interview with the game’s art director. Devin Shatsky told Hell Descent the remarks were either out of context or lost in translation. [Hell Descent]
By Owen Good Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Do You Get When You Cross An Xbox 360 With An Atari 2600?
Modder supreme Ben Heck marries Microsoft’s current-generation console with an Atari 2600 to create the lovable monstrosity known as the Xbox 360 1977 Edition, making us wonder why faux wood paneling ever went out of style. Ben Heck (AKA Benjamin J. Heckendorn) is an expert at taking existing consoles and giving them the sort of…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Live Programming Returns to The Xbox 360 With Full House Poker
I wasn’t very interested in the Xbox 360’s 1 Vs. 100 until it was almost dead. The online console game used real players signed in to the Xbox 360’s Live network to replicate a television game show on a video game console. But the first time I saw it, it seemed just like any other…
By Brian Crecente Published March 21, 2011 -
ReviewsOkamiden, An Unintended Tribute To A Wounded Nation
It is no catharsis to use a Nintendo DS stylus to restore beauty to the ravaged mythical Japan of Okamiden, not while the real Japan stands bruised by natural disaster. Recent events, however, have transformed the simple video game adventures of Okamiden’s spirited wolf cub into an unintentional tribute to a nation’s magnificence. It is…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedCheck Out Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy‘s Super Moves
Tomorrow marks the release of the second game in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy-flavored fighting series for the PSP. Check out the special EX Burst moves FF’s finest will be pulling off when the game drops. EX Bursts are Dissidia’s equivalents of Street Fighter’s super moves, spectacular character-specific powers pulled from the very games the characters…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Space Games Don’t Have To Be Cold And Lifeless
Kotaku commenter Jezuz feels that games set in outer space have become too cold and sterile. He shares his idea on how to liven up the airless void in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. I have recently become active on EVE Online, which is most certainly not my first foray into space simulators, but it did…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wrestling With This Week’s Nintendo Download
With less than a week before the Nintendo 3DS hits north America, Nintendo keeps things low-key for this week’s Nintendo Download, with a Super Nintendo game from 1994 topping a short list of downloadable titles. When Natsume Championship Wrestling for the Super Nintendo is the most exciting title in the lineup, you know it’s a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why 3D Isn’t the 3DS’ Greatest Achievement
The window into a world where I am a submarine commander, a street fighter, a pilot, a Jedi, pops outs at me in stunning 3D. The diminutive animated submarine seems to float in front of the colorful screen of the Nintendo 3DS as I play Steel Diver. In LEGO Star Wars III, pieces of toy…
By Brian Crecente Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Brighten your day by gathering with friends, here at our official gaming forum. Today’s topic: video games. Thanks to reader Prof.Gast for today’s image. Submit your image to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Folding Pokémon Makes Little Kids Better
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Paper Pocket Monsters, created at a children’s hospital in North Osaka. (Photo by Brian Ashcraft) Wake Up, Kotaku Admitted Dogfighter Michael Vick a Candidate for Madden NFL 12 Cover EA Sports will put the cover of Madden NFL 12 up to a vote of fans for a second year, this time…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 21, 2011