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What’s Your Favorite Gaming Desktop?
It looks like I am now officially in the market for a new gaming desktop and what better way to figure out what to get then to ask the gamers of Kotaku? First a couple of rules: I’ve built every desktop I’ve owned, besides my current one, which I heavily modified. This time I want…
By Brian Crecente Published January 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedTeamwork Is Key In Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Flashpoints
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Flashpoint system will give players of BioWare’s upcoming MMO the chance to team up and take on epic group adventures, like rescuing an important Jedi Master from the Imperial planet of Taral V. We’ve seen plenty of solo gameplay for Star Wars: The Old Republic, but not much in the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Doodle Jump Gets A Visit From Russell Brand’s Easter Bunny
The star of Universal’s upcoming live-action-meets CGI movie Hop is making a side trip to the iPhone next month, when the Russell Brand-voiced Easter Bunny bounces in for a cameo on the iPhone’s all-time top paid U.S. iPhone app Doodle Jump. The Easter Bunny (or E.B., as he’s called in the film) seems like the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Sony Can Make Their Next Gen Portable A Must Buy
Today, Sony is on the handheld gaming campaign trail, preparing for us to vote with our dollars this fall. Should you buy an NGP — the successor to the PSP — in late 2011? It depends on whether Sony finally gets its PSP line right, if Sony’s prose matches its poetry. The Promise This past…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe New Wii Kirby Loses The Yarn But Keeps The Epic
Revealed during yesterday’s Nintendo investor meeting in Japan, there’s a new Kirby game headed to the Nintendo Wii, and this time around the pink puffball is a bit more substantial than he was in Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Another Kirby game due out in Japan a little over a year since the last? The strong critical…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Did The Next Generation Portable Steal 3DS Thunder?
Kotaku commenter Truthtellah was really excited about the 3DS. Now that Sony has outed it’s Next Generation Portable, he’s a bit less excited. Did Sony steal some wind from Nintendo’s sails? That’s your topic for today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. So… to be completely honest, this new NGP announcement has taken a bit of steam out…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnarchy Reigns Teaser Is All Sexy Sound And Fury
The first teaser trailer for PlatinumGames online multiplayer brawler Anarchy Reigns might not tell us much about the game, but with pulse-pounding music and the flash of deadly weapons it’s sure giving off a sexy vibe. Yesterday Sega and PlatinumGames gave the online multiplayer brawler previously known as Max Anarchy a proper name: Anarchy Reigns.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Gamey Noun Beat Out Crotchal “Junk” As 2010’s Best Word
Terror baby, gate rape, fauxhemian, skyaking: 2010 was a wonderful year for words. Even more delightful, then, that a term that can sometimes be applied to games won. Beating out the onomatopoeic (nom), the crotchal (junk), the controversial (Wikileaks) and even the buzz-worthy (trend), the word “app” was selected earlier this month as 2010’s word…
By Brian Crecente Published January 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedBreakfast with CheapyD
Had breakfast with CheapyD from CheapAssGamer this morning, which was a lot of fun. I believe this was the first meal I had in Tokyo this week that didn’t involve me hunched over a computer, stuffing food in my mouth. Very much looking forward to this weekend. Need to decompress. Missed an event at my…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Watch This Shower Scene, And Somebody Else Might Find Out
Survival horror game The 3rd Birthday is heavy on fan service (tentacle anyone?). For example, there’s an unlockable shower scene. And if you watch that, Square Enix just might know it. The Tokyo-based game is using the game’s data logs and Square Enix Members connectivity to track how many times players have viewed the shower…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why Nintendo Won’t Give Its Sony NGP Impressions
The game industry is buzzing about Sony’s upcoming portable game device. Everybody is talking about it. Everybody except Nintendo. There is a very important reason for this, and it involves Apple. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is not providing his impressions, publicly at least, about the NGP. The reason is that because when the Apple iPad…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s New Wii Game Has Classy Music And A Large Back Tattoo
Nintendo is making a new Wii game, and it’s called Pandora’s Tower. This is it. As hinted at earlier today, Pandora’s Tower is one of the new games revealed at today’s Nintendo investors meeting in Tokyo. The game features the subtitle of “Until I return to your side.” The teaser site features classy piano music…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Best Thing About The NGP Isn’t New Technology
Sony’s Next Generation Portable has a lot of fancy, no doubt expensive new equipment inside it. And you know what? None of it matters. Why? Because the thing has two thumbsticks. People — and we are among those people — have been crying out for a portable with two thumbsticks ever since the release of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Scribblenauts Has Changed
Scribblenauts is now out in Japan, and to make up for the delay, some extra characters have been added to the game. Like who? Well, the fact it’s been published by Konami might give you an idea or two… Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has shown off the inclusion of his beloved Snake (from Metal…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Won’t Nintendo And Sony Think Of The Children?
Sony’s new gaming handheld, the NGP, is teched out and glossy. Nintendo’s new gaming hardware is expensive and the 3D function is not recommended for kids under six years old. So what the hell are children supposed to do, play outside? Well, yes. That’s exactly what they are supposed to do. By pitching at an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
The NGP Won’t Drive Like Your Old PSP
Ever since the release of the PSP in 2004, Sony has made the “XMB” its trademark user interface, not just for PlayStation products, but many of its other devices as well. With the NGP, the XMB is out the window. What you see here is the new handheld’s user interface (or UI). It looks…well, awful.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2011