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UncategorizedLegendary Wars Could Be The Next Plants Vs. Zombies
No game on the iPad or iPhone captured my attention near as much as the touch-friendly versions of PopCap’s immensely popular Plants Vs. Zombies. Then came Legendary Wars. Legendary Wars is a tower defense game in the same vein as Plants Vs. Zombies. You gather resources, build up a defending army, and do your best…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Triple The Splinter Cell Heading To PS3 In HD And 3D
A triple dose of Sam Fisher comes to the PlayStation 3 this March with the long-rumored release of the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell HD trilogy. He’ll be joined by three times the Prince of Persia on a Blu-ray disc. Ubisoft will pack three classic Sam Fisher stealth games—Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Revivals On NGP That We’d Like To See
Many of the games being made for Sony’s PSP successor, the NGP, appear to be build upon past PlayStation greatness. If that’s how it goes, might we suggest a few more? The following are not real games — at least not as far as we know here at Kotaku. They are flights of fancy, each…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedOur First Look At Anarchy Reigns (and The Lovely Sasha) In Action
Bayonetta and Madworld makers PlatinumGames are giving us Anarchy Reigns (aka Max Anarchy) next, an online beat ’em up full of curious characters. Meet the first confirmed combatant—besides Madworld’s Jack—the tightly-dressed ice queen Sasha. Looks like Anarchy Reigns will feature more of the great fast-paced, timing-based combat PlatinumGames does so well, giving us a little…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dracula Doesn’t Mind The Whipping So Much Anymore
After centuries of the Belmont clan whipping him into submission, Dracula found himself looking forward to the slayer family’s regular visits. What does Dracula have to do besides being whipped? He’s either trapped in another dimension for hundreds of years between video games or worse, dead, waiting to be resurrected and killed all over again.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedHaloCraft II Mixes Zerg With Master Chief
HaloCraft II: Arrays of Liberty is not a real video game. But the fantasy mash-up of Halo and StarCraft II does have a trailer. Odds of this occurring in real life are low, but, hey, at least the people who invented Halo are now a little more closely affiliated with the people who make StarCraft…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Video Games Teach Us How To Be Better Bad Drivers
A new study conducted by Continental Tyres has found that players of driving video games are better at passing their drivers test than non-gaming drivers. Unfortunately they suck at everything else. You know that feeling you get while you’re playing a racing game like Burnout Paradise or Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit when you blaze…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Intel Partial Recall Impacts Fancy New “Sandy Bridge” Chip
Chipmaker Intel this morning halted some shipments of a support chip for their much ballyhooed Sandy Bridge microprocessor and is ordering a partial recall. The company has stopped shipping the Cougar Point support chip for the Intel 6 Series from their factories and is contacting customers about replacing the bad chip by late February. The…
By Brian Crecente Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Never Underestimate the Power of Video Game Wingmen
What if we didn’t have to rely on our own bad judgment to make clinch decisions about what to do on a date? Click to view Tags: Atom.com | Funny Videos | Tournament | Upload Life as Stan Fox means you’ve got four voices people riding shotgun on your date, thanks to “new technology”, telling…
By Brian Crecente Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
There Are Changes Hiding In The Next Pokémon Game
The average person might look at this year’s Pokémon game and believe he or she is looking at last year’s Pokémon game. The series evolves at the speed of continental drift, but this time, Nintendo says, the changes are big. Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, released for the Nintendo DS in September in Japan and…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download In 3D: Dolphins, Diaries, And Destiny
Nintendo fans don’t have to wait for the 3DS for a little 3D gaming. This week’s Nintendo download’s got dolphin pets, an interactive diary, and Magical Destiny, with no special glasses required. WiiWare gets the short end of the magic wand in this week’s Nintendo Download, with just one title: Shanblue Interactive’s Magic Destiny, an…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Download Gallery
All-Star Air Hockey Publisher: Skyworks Interactive Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Remember the days of hanging around the local arcade and playing air hockey until the wee hours? Grab your paddle and enjoy some classic arcade action with All-Star Air Hockey from Skyworks, creators of some of the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Time To Confess Our Video Game Lies
Games are about social achievements, right? About goals, fulfillment, and making us feel powerful and happy? And yet video game lies are a part of the culture. I’ve done it; you’ve done it, and even game designers have done it. Today, it’s time to come clean. So I’m on this replay of Final Fantasy VII,…
Leigh Alexander Published January 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedWitness The World-Ending Final Boss Of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
What menace could be so great that the combined might of Marvel and Capcom’s top heroes and villains are needed to contain it? Find out in the video below, if you can handle the spoiler. I’m guessing many of you already knew or at least suspected which character would wind up being the major bad…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Are Achievements Your Personal Video Game Ratings System?
In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, KillerIri5h notices a strong correlation between how much a player enjoys a game and the amount of achievements unlocked. Can you use achievements and trophies to rate your games? During a lazy moment today I decided to look through my past achievements on my X360. As I scrolled through 100+…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Toughest Game Cartridges Survive Fire, Flood, Ice, And Jell-O
Which video game console had the most resilient cartridges, the Super Nintendo or the Sega Genesis? Blistered Thumbs’ Rinry lets her sadistic side shine as she boils, burns, freezes, and drops a pair of games to determine the toughest. NHL Stanley Cup for the Super Nintendo faces off against Joe Montana Sports Talk Football for…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
This is the end of our January Talk Amongst Yourselves. That means two things. 1) You can continue to talk here about video games, since TAY is your official Kotaku forum. 2) We need a new TAY image. Submit your favorite public domain painting, one that would be suitable for a discussion about video games,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
A PlayStation 3 In Your Pocket, And Maybe A Game Store Too
Sony’s Next Generation Portable sounds like a portable gaming machine powerful enough to replace the Playstation 3 home console, but it’s actually meant to augment the experience, Sony Entertainment of America president Jack Tretton says. Unveiled at a press event in Tokyo last week, the NGP offers controls that feel surprisingly similar to the Playstation…
By Brian Crecente Published January 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedAirplanes Suck, Let’s Ride The Bullet Train
I hate flying. Hate it, hate it, hate it. I love taking trains. Love it, love it, love it. Which do you prefer? What you missed last night Is Everyone Going To Go Back-Touching Bananas? Two Words Helping Overthrow A Government This Minecraft Video Will Make You A God-Damned Sexual Tyrannosaurus When It Comes To…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy Studio Invites Creepy Leering
Square Enix, the Tokyo-based game company behind Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, is launching a pink web promotion for its massively multiplayer online game Fantasy Earth: Zero, complete with suggestive YouTube clips of ladies eating corn flakes and exercising in a low-cut dress. This is part of a stunt campaign for new players, sure, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2011