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Sony Is Not Allowed To Ask Google For The PS3 Hacker’s Names
So, some guys cracked the PS3’s copy protection security wide open. One of them is a “celebrity”. The others are complete unknowns. So unknown that Sony can’t find them, meaning it can’t take them to court In an attempt to track them (“them” being the fail0verflow team) down, Sony earlier this week tried to get…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallRest In Peace, Guitar Hero
Today, publisher Activision put the Guitar Hero franchise on hold. Maybe forever. For a series that once threatened to become the biggest thing video games had ever seen, it was quite an inglorious end. The gallery above will take you, from left to right, on a journey looking at every Guitar Hero game ever released,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Halo 5 Is A Microsoft Joke
A segment on British TV shows Microsoft’s vision for the home of the future. That vision of a Microsoft Home, as demonstrated by a Microsoft official for England’s Channel 4, included an image of a TV displaying an icon for Halo 5. That’s what we call a joke and inevitably, but clearly not announcement of…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Spider-Man, Doctor Who, Fennel & More
Tonight’s open thread is brought to you by fennel. Let’s all thank the great bulb for hosting this semi-nightly post where off-topic conversation thrives. After a hard day of dealing with the death of Guitar Hero and the threat of even more Call of Duty, let’s all take a moment to share better, more enlightening…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Should You Buy A Nintendo DS?
The Nintendo DS is the most successful portable gaming machine on the planet. More than 100 million of them are out there. Should you get one, or wait for the Nintendo 3DS? [UPDATED for the pre-3DS shopping season.] This is our best advice — updated regularly — about whether or not you should buy a…
Team Kotaku Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Revives 30-Year-Old Handheld ‘Ball’ For Club Nintendo Members
Nintendo’s most loyal fans in the United States will be able to get their hands on the company’s Ball, the Club Nintendo exclusive re-release of the 1980 Game & Watch portable. It’s the latest Club Nintendo reward. Club Nintendo of Japan gave out Game & Watch Ball hardware way back in 2009, a recreation of…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedIs This The PlayStation 3’s Super Smash Bros.?
PlayStation Move Heroes, a game we played last year, is the first PlayStation game to bring lots of characters from Sony games together. Nintendo does this kind of thing all the time with Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart and various Mario sports games. Sony usually keeps its icons separate. They’re crossing their franchise lines with…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Alien Puppets in James Cameron’s The Abyss
We’ve got an video clip from FX legend Steve Johnson’s archives featuring the angelic underwater alien puppets of James Cameron’s The Abyss. Watch the footage now. [io9]
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Motion Control Master Shows The NES’s U-Force Wasn’t So Useless
We recently took issue with Brøderbund’s video game controller that required no physical contact, the U-Force. This forgettable, flaky Nintendo Entertainment System controller, almost universally despised, has been mastered by one man, who uses his U-Force with rare mastery. That man is Joe McKenna, maybe the best U-Force practitioner we’ve ever seen. His sister, Karen,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rare Love For Mortal Kombat’s Purple Rain
The underrated fighter Rain shows what he’s got in this excellent Mortal Kombat fan art illustration by Luciano Fleitas. Finish him! Bring it by Luciano Fleitas / demitrybelmont (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedFollicle Follies, Railing With Gears and I Played Duke Nukem
The DICE conference kicked off today, though I spent much of my morning in the room writing and working through design issues. I hope you had a chance to check out my hands-on impressions of Duke Nukem Forever. Despite the shallow nature of the game, I kinda want to play through the rest of it.…
By Brian Crecente Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Last Story Gives Up First For More Legal Drama In Japan
The Wii’s original role-playing game The Last Story has been knocked from its first place perch in Japan by the legal powers of Capcom’s Gyakuten Kenji 2, the latest game in the portable Ace Attorney series. The combined powers of Miles Edgeworth, Macross, White Knight Chronicles and Dragon Ball made for a top ten full…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Black Ops’ First Strike Hits PS3 In March, Coming To PC Too
The first map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, dubbed First Strike, will be released for the PlayStation 3 and PC on March 3. It hit the Xbox 360 on February 1 and includes four maps, one zombie level. [CORRECTION: There’s no PC date yet, only a confirmation that it’ll be on that platform…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedD.C. Universe Online MMO Log: Turning Heel
After three weeks of fighting crime, I decided to fight for crime in D.C. Universe Online, starting anew as a villain under the tutelage of one Lex Luthor. Kotaku’s MMO reviews are a multi-part process. Rather than deliver day one reviews based on beta gameplay, we play the game for four weeks before issuing our…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call Of Duty For China Is Free To Play
The people who publish Call of Duty have been talking about their plans to bring more players into the online multiplayer fold, specifically targeting Asian players. Today, Activision finally divulged some details on its Chinese Call of Duty plans. Activision plans to follow the model made successful by countless MMOs and first-person shooters targeted at…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Magic: The Gathering Taps Into PlayStation Home
What happens when the world’s most addictive collectible card game meets the world’s least addictive virtual world? Find out tomorrow, when Magic: The Gathering enters PlayStation Home. Wizards of the Coast teams up with Sony to bring the creatures and scenery of Magic: The Gathering to PlayStation Home. Fans will be able to explore a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tony Hawk, Music Games Get The Year Off At Activision
There will be no skateboarding games, no music games coming from Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero publisher Activision in 2011. That means no DJ Hero 3 to play and no Tony Hawk games to stand on this year. And, oh yeah, no Guitar Hero games
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mystery Game Studio Called Beachhead Will Improve Our Call Of Duty
What is Beachhead? It’s the name of a new game studio we just heard about today. Bobby Kotick, the man in charge of Call of Duty publisher Activision dropped it during a phone call today. All we know about Beachhead is that Kotick promises that the team is making an “innovative new digital platform” and…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Does This Mean Sony’s Kevin Butler Will Also Be Subpoenaed?
PlayStation executive mascot Kevin Butler unwittingly re-tweets the PlayStation 3’s private cryptography key, the key that opens the system up to piracy and homebrew programs, after Twitter user Travis “exiva” La Marr taunts the VP of PlayStation Stuff. Butler’s tweet was quickly scrubbed from his account, marking at least the second time the fictional exec…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Suicide Squad, An Assassin’s Creed Finale, And A Sonic Comic, Of Course
My weekly round-up of comics returns for the new-look Kotaku. There are new comics every Wednesday in American shops and — legally! — for download. Some are about video games. Some are good. (That’s a joke, sort of.) Comics You Should Consider Buying Suicide Squad Vol 1: Trial By Fire: Don’t you want to read…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2011