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The Death Rumors That Plague Pokémon
During the 1960s, rumors circulated that Beatle Paul McCartney was dead. He wasn’t, and even today, is still very much alive. These days, it’s not just rock stars who are plagued with death rumors, but oddly, those connected to Pokémon. Over the weekend, a rumor surfaced that Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon died during…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedBaseball, PAX and an Artsy-Fartsy Video
Spring does not arrive until a week from tomorrow, but for me, it gets here when daylight saving time arrives, which was this morning. Here is my college sophomore video editing project attempting to capture the seasons changing here, in the beautifully verdant setting of my dumpy apartment. And here are the headline highlights from…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 -
ReviewsMLB 11 The Show is Still The Finest in the Field
I’ve seen the big leagues, son. I’ve squinted at the lights at Fenway as the sun makes a cotton candy sky behind the Citgo sign in left. But I ain’t there right now. I’m down here chewing on grass, pitching in my third game in as many days, deep in the well of the low…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedRed Faction Armageddon‘s Ruin Mode Is A Laboratory Of Destruction
How many buildings on Mars can you destroy in a minute? What if you were armed with a gun that shoots black holes and another that causes the first thing you shoot to fly into the second thing you shoot? The upcoming Red Faction Armageddon’s newly-revealed Ruin Mode lets you destroy all of buildings and…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Longtime Holdout Joins Madden This Year
Soldier Field, one of the more storied venues of the National Football League, has never appeared in the Madden NFL series, or any other NFL series. It’s always been a generic venue under the name “Chicago Stadium,” or “Chicago Field.” That’s because the Chicago Park District has never licensed the name for use. Apparently they…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
The War Comes Home
Retail shelves welcome our new Korean leaders with Homefront, the much-discussed urban guerrilla shooter starring irregular American troops. Plenty of other big drops this Tuesday also, including Okamiden and Yakuza 4’s North American debuts. Tuesday (March 1) Homefront (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) – THQ’s long-awaited shooter pits a ragtag American resistance against a Korean occupational…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Top 5 of 10: Cheerleader Bayonetta
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Most Stylin’ Alternate Costumes [UGO] Twenty-five of the best alternate outfits, from Dairy Bastard Kratos to Tuxedo Snake to Haggar Zangief, who’s number one.…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedHere’s an iPad Game Running on a 50-inch HDTV
Infinity Blade, for the iPhone and iPad, has won strong praise as an uncommonly good mobile title with impressive visuals and console-style gameplay. To really gain an appreciation of it, you should see it on a 50-inch HDTV. An iPad 2 will let you do that, outputting to an HDTV with an HDMI adapter for…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Chinatown Fair’s Spiritual Descendant Will be a Different Type of Arcade
The beloved New York City arcade Chinatown Fair closed last month after three decades; its owner, Henry Cen, will open a new arcade, but it will be in a different location, with a different focus, and evidently with fewer games. The New York Times, in a profile in today’s edition, says Cen will open “Next…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gears of War Board Game Still In The Works
The people who have turned the video game Civilization into a board game are continuing their improbable quest to make a Gears of War board game. They don’t have anything to show of the game here at Boston’s PAX East other than a banner. No boards. No pieces. No gameplay details. A company rep said…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Milo Edition
This week’s challenge is another no-brainer. Develop unearthed some storyboards for Milo, the presumed-dead game by Lionhead Studios that was one of the first proofs of concept for what is now known as Kinect. Now, we value good games development and are very respectful of others’ property, always. But not when we’ve got our mitts…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Power Concerns After Japan Quake Take Down Multiplayer Servers [Updated]
At 6 p.m. EST/3 p.m. PST, servers for Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI will be taken offline for at least one week as Square-Enix cooperates with a Japanese power company’s request to conserve power while it restores services severely damaged by Thursday’s monster earthquake. [Update] Servers for Metal Gear Online also have been…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
The iPad 2: Gizmodo‘s Complete Coverage
The iPad 2 is here. And yeah, it’s pretty great. Despite the early looks, we’re still finding surprises. Like? The screen is definitely better than the original iPad’s. That’s just the beginning. Here’s Gizmodo‘s ongoing iPad 2 coverage, from speedtests and graphics battles versus the original iPad to essential apps (and app deals), a possible…
By Joel Johnson Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Company Squashes Twitter Rumor of Creator’s Death [Update]
A spokesman for the Pokémon Company said all employees, including Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri, are alive and safe following Thursday’s tremendous earthquake in Japan, specifically rebutting a widespread rumor that Tajiri had died in the disaster. “False. Everyone at the Pokemon Company and Gamefreak is fine,” spokesman J.C. Smith told Kotaku. He said that power…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome back to Kotaku’s Official Forum. Feel free to talk about anything on your minds, but make it fast. We’ve got one less hour in the day thanks to daylight saving time today. Today’s image is by pistelho. Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published March 7 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published March 11 – Read more of Nerf…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedLet’s Learn How To Play The Wonderfully Complex Civilization Board Game
Civilization: The Board Game from Fantasy Flight Games is no mere global Monopoly, no svelte Catan. It is a complicated affair and one that’s not so easy to capture on video. The game came out in November, but I’d not seen it played until this weekend at PAX East. One of Fantasy Flight’s employees was…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
PAX East Cosplay Day 2: The Castle Crasher, The Little Sister, And A Lego Master Sword
On the first day of PAX East, we got some good video game cosplay, but day two trumped the day one efforts. A Zelda sword made of Lego pieces? A Team Fortress 2 / BioShock mash-up? Professor Layton teaming up with Uncle Sam? Congratulations, all around PAX East day 2 cosplayers. You did some fine…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedToy Soldiers: Cold War Adds Co-Op And… Is That Rambo?
We here at Kotaku loved the first Toy Soldiers, a downloadable Xbox 360 tower defense game set during World War I. The new one, Toy Soldiers: Cold War, is debuting at PAX East in Boston, where I saw it on Saturday. It looks like a fantastic upgrade. The game’s creators at Signal Studios have added…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: History’s Greatest Villains Winners
Last week, we asked you to take some of the most revered, most admired and least threatening figures of history and swap them out for the most dreadful and frightening adversaries in video games – as if John Adams were, for example, a Triceratops. Here’s what we got. Krakenstein (12), who inspired our contest, added…
By Owen Good Published March 12, 2011