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What Else Is There To Say?
Greetings, Kotaku readers from around the world. Let’s put this Friday to bed with some off-topic conversation. That is, if you’re feeling up to it after today’s roller coaster day. Reading news reports of the latest developments in northern Japan, it’s hard to feel too upbeat going into this weekend. At least I’ve got some…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedYeah, Pretty Sure This Cheat Code Doesn’t Work
I’ve tried it repeatedly and can’t get the damn thing to work. Maybe this is only for the PAL version of the game? For those who want an NES controller wallet like that one, let me Google that for you. Or make one for yourself. The Nintendo Wallet Secret [DtotheAimo, YouTube]
By Owen Good Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Just Fine, Thanks for Asking
Nintendo’s Japanese headquarters are in Kyoto, some 300 miles from the devastation of yesterday’s tsunami. Still, many have asked if the 8.9 magnitude earthquake caused any damage. Nintendo tweets: “Thanks for your concern! During the earthquake no one at Nintendo in Japan was injured and there was no apparent structural damage.”
By Owen Good Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnother Look At The Perspective Changing Fez, Just In Time For PAX
The lovely looking Fez is (we really, really hope) coming to Xbox Live Arcade some time in 2011, according to its creators at Polytron. The fact that it’s playable at PAX East this weekend is hopefully a good sign. Regardless of Fez’s release plans, the Polytron folks released one more trailer for the perspective swapping…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedLEGO Wizards Don’t Stop the Motion in Their Third Games Tribute
Ninja Moped, the Swedish artists behind a series of eye-popping stop-motion LEGO animations depicting classic video games, have released another stunning video, following up these and 2009’s seminal “8-Bit Trip” The Top Gun sequence probably gets my vote for most awesome; appearances by Jeopardy, Castlevania and a really old school stumper, the last one at…
By Owen Good Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedWii Modchip Case Goes All The Way To… The People’s Court
A daytime television legal precedent was set earlier this year in a landmark case involving Wii mod chip shenanigans. More interesting than plaintiff Joseff Ben David suing defendant Eyal Levinshtein for gouging him on mod chip installation fees are the blatant displays of piracy and ignorance broadcast on syndicated TV. In the episode, which originally…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can Contribute to the First Major Study of Sports Video Gamers
The games development research lab GAMBIT, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has launched a study of sports video gamers, one a researcher believes will be the first comprehensive, independent examination of a very large video game segment, but one often seen as an outlier to the wider culture. The researchers are seeking respondents to…
By Owen Good Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Next Game From Bethesda Softworks Is… Prey 2?
Looks like Bethesda Softworks is set to officially reveal Prey 2, sequel to the 2006 first-person shooter that was heavy on gravity-flipping gameplay, Native American lore and alien killin’. French gaming magazine Joystick may give our first look at the Bethesda-published game. The existence of another Prey game is certainly no secret. Developer Human Head…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Is BioShock Infinite, How It Used To Look, And How Impressively It Should Play
At PAX East today, the makers of BioShock Infinite, the big 2012 sequel from Irrational Games, shared what they said would be their cutting-room-floor material. They showed what won’t go into BioShock Infinite, but that will help shape the game. Of course, their cutting room floor material is fascinating. So stop looking at this already-released…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Live from the Penny Arcade Expo
The Penny Arcade Expo East is shaping up to be the everyman’s E3: An enormous expo dedicated to all things video game. This year sees the likes of Duke Nukem, Gears of War 3, Portal 2, Bioshock Infinite, L.A. Noire and many others, all with their own booths, many playable. Of course there’s also endless…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
This SportsCenter Anchor is Dedicated to The Show
Some ESPN personalities are known, and chided, for making product endorsements. Steve Berthiaume isn’t in that crowd. Writing a 2,500-word guide on how to create, in MLB The Show, painstakingly accurate journeymen players from the 1970s is not being a lip-service pitchman. That is a bona fide roster editor. Berthiaume, 45, a SportsCenter anchor and…
By Owen Good Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Player Banned From Dragon Age II Over Calling EA ‘The Devil’ Was A ‘Glitch,’ Says BioWare
One Dragon Age II player recently found himself unable to play the game he’d purchased from EA for an unusual reason. He’d called publisher Electronic Arts “the devil” on the game’s official forum, leading to a ban from that message board and his copy of Dragon Age II. BioWare says that was an “error.” Responding…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedSpeed Is Most Definitely A Necessity In Crysis 2
Stealth and strength are great when it comes to plowing through difficult situations, but with speed and agility you can avoid them altogether. Crysis 2’s “Be Fast” trailer demonstrates the benefits of speedy delivery. Streaking and leaping through the damaged wilds of New York City, Alcatraz’s moves are so impressive I can almost ignore the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedFour Minutes That Prove Child Of Eden Is The Prettiest Kinect Game
Child of Eden, spiritual successor to Dreamcast classic Rez is the most colorful, trippy Xbox 360 Kinect game I’ve ever seen. It’ll be out on June 14. Coming to PS3 too. Here it is, played live, at PAX East.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D Is ‘Crammed’ With New And Interesting Things
Why is Nintendo reviving one of the best Nintendo 64 games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time for the Nintendo 3DS? Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he wanted get a better sense of “really ‘being there’ in 3D” and to give new players a chance to play the Legend of Zelda game he was…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Valve Plans To Bridge Portal And Portal 2 With A Surprise, Keep Gordon Freeman Out Of It
Portal 2 takes place after Portal, long after enough for Aperture Science to be wrecked and covered with plant-life. What happened? Valve plans to explain some of that gap in the coming weeks, before we can play Portal 2 on April 18. “We’re actually going to release something that we’re not talking about yet that…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend feels like a hack and slash kind of weekend, a chance to play some Torchlight on Xbox Live Arcadeā€”even though I’ve already played the Mac version. Personally, I don’t have a great deal of interest in some of this week’s new releases, like Dragon Age II or Pokemon Black / White. That’s a…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Major Comic Talent Brings Rage To The Page
Crack open a case of ammo and take to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of id Software’s Rage, you’ll be able to crack open a comic book to uncover a dark secret of the game setting with Dark Horse Comics’ Rage miniseries. The three-issue Rage comic book series tells the story of one woman’s struggle to uncover…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Brief Moment with Firefall, The Free Game That Wants To Be World of Warcraft with Guns
Orange County, California might be bland, confesses one developer of Red 5’s team-based shooter Firefall, but the game certainly is not. Armor-bound medics squirt now de rigueur healing ribbons that glow a pale green to extrude life back into teammates wearing primary yellow or red that’s too busy for G or B. I stood for…
By Joel Johnson Published March 11, 2011