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Nintendo Frowns On (Most) Cheap iPhone Games
Nintendo would love for us to keep paying $40 or so for portable games. Never mind that 99-cent stuff on iPhone. Those games are a threat to Nintendo? Well, they’re a “risk,” Nintendo says. “I actually think one of the biggest risks today in our gaming industry are these inexpensive games that are, candidly, disposable…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedRidge Racer Is Taking A Sharp Left Turn With ‘Unbounded’
Namco’s Ridge Racer series is turning 18 years old this year. What will it do with its new adult freedoms? Get a new developer and what appears to be plenty of destruction, as seen in the new Ridge Racer Unbounded. Put your seatbelts on, Ridge Racer fans, for developer Bugbear Entertainment is taking the wheel…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedGymkhana Makes Sense For A Racing Game, But Zombies?
The new racing video game, Dirt 3, includes its version of Gymkhana, the wild stunt-driving that’s been called “drifting-cum-LSD-fueled-acrobatics.” Makes sense. The inclusion of some sort of undead multiplayer racing? Well, that’s a surprise. Dirt 3, scheduled for a spring release, is another mostly-serious racing game from Codemasters. It’s got 50 cars (1980s Audio Quattro…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend, I’ll be both running and gunning as I work my way through Konami’s new Contra spin-off, Hard Corps: Uprising. You know, the one from Guilty Gear makers Arc System Works? I’ll also spend some time doing a hard drive transfer, making the “slim” Xbox 360 that’s been sitting in my office the full-time…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Of Angry Birds and MineCraft Clones
This week in Gaming Apps we looked at a MineCraft program that allows you to explore the game’s pixelated island without fear of Creepers. We also saw an Angry Bird clone perhaps better than the original, and more! Here’s your look at this week’s Gaming Apps of the Day. Legendary Wars Could Be The Next…
By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Stephen Colbert Tries To Understand The Power Of Video Games
Game designer Jane McGonigal tried to convince Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert yesterday that playing video games helps people to be more confident. He’s got his unique way of interpreting things. McGonigal argued that controlling an avatar even if just for 90 seconds can give someone a confidence boost for a full day. Stephen Colbert needs…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011 -
ReviewsThe Intercooler STS Is One Sleek And Sexy Cooling Solution
Last year Microsoft introduced the Xbox 360 Slim, a darker, skinnier, and prettier version of the Xbox 360. A body that sexy needs a cooling solution to match. Here comes the Nyko Intercooler STS. Specs Price: US$19.99 Platform: Xbox 360 What’s in the box: The Intercooler, and that’s all. There was a time when the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Scientists Working On Alien Communication Standards
After 37 years of broadcasting assorted human garbage to the universe at large, scientists are working on a protocol to insure future messages to extraterrestrial intelligences are more efficient and well-received. Can’t we just use Twitter? The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico broadcast its first messages into space in 1974, beaming a stream of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Most Convoluted Easter Egg I’ve Ever Seen
I’m sure there are more complex video game Easter Eggs out there, but this is the most complex one I’ve ever laid eyes on. Beyond the joy of killing an endlessly reanimating army of zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops latest zombie map, is a bit of a story and a single challenge. When…
By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Japanese Homefront Might Make A Villain Out Of Canada
In THQ’s Homefront the United States of 2027 faces an invasion by North Korea. For the Japanese release North Korea has been replaced with “A Certain Country to the North.” Damn you, Canada! In order to comply with Japanese rating board CERO’s guidelines regarding the portrayal of existing people and countries, Homefront’s Japanese publisher Spike…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Man With The Double Chainsaw Arm
If nothing else, PlatinumGames’ multiplayer brawler Anarchy Reigns is another chance to get up close and personal with Jack Cayman, the chainsaw-limbed hero from the Wii-exclusive Madworld. What’s black and white and red all over and might keep your arm after a vigorous high-five? Not Madworld’s Jack, at least not anymore. He’s traded his monochrome…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Argument For Angry Birds As The Game Of The Year
Everyone is playing Angry Birds, but was it Game of the Year? While many video game pundits have given that accolade to Mass Effect 2 or Red Dead Redemption, one awards show has Angry Birds nominated. A voter defends: “I think it’s one of the best games of the year, hands down,” David Jaffe tells…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Creating Death Star-Level Crises In Star Wars: The Old Republic
The Old Republic world designer Jesse Sky and his team are responsible for creating Flashpoints, moments of group-based galactic crisis in the game on the same level as the Death Star battle. No pressure. We got our first look at Flashpoints last week in a video highlighting the team-based instanced adventures that punctuate key moments…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
And Now A Spooky Kinect Ghost Story
In today’s spooktacular edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter HeyCarl relays the twisted tale of the Kinect player that wasn’t there. Okay, my sister was telling me about her friend who has a Kinect. One night recently she was playing it (not sure what game though) with her son and after some time the son…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe 3DS Will Probably Not Make You Bleed Out Of Your Eyes
Despite Nintendo’s various warnings, I very much doubt the 3DS will cause spontaneous bleeding from the player’s eye sockets. Impassioned Nintendo loyalty speeches, on the other hand, are a sure thing. If the Nintendo 3DS did wind up damaging a player’s eyes irreparably, I would hope it did so with Ark of the Covenant-level eye…
By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Three More Fallout: New Vegas Expansions On The Way
Fallout: New Vegas expansion Dead Money will be released for PS3 and PC on Feb 22, according to the game’s publisher Bethesda. That Xbox exclusivity was temporary. Three more expansions will hit all three platforms simultaneously “in the coming months.”
By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011
