APB’s Remains Remain Valuable, But Codemasters Isn’t Buying

“Nine months of hard work,” could salvage All Points Bulletin, the failed cops-and-robbers MMO, but don’t expect Codemasters to be the one doing the work, says the publisher’s online general manager. David Solari told Eurogamer that somebody will loot APB’s corpse, whether it’s to resurrect the game or – more likely – pick up and…

The PSP Phone That Plays Mario, Zelda

It says a lot about how hideous Sony’s rumoured PlayStation Phone prototype is that a Chinese knock-off using the PSPgo as a template is a more desirable piece of hardware. Unmei Q5 doesn’t just look like the PSPgo, its external case essentially is a PSPgo, down to the illegally-used logo, d-pad and face buttons. The…

Kinect Could Have Been On The Mac Instead Of The Xbox

Kinect is the Xbox 360’s Great Wavy Hope in the battle for the home entertainment market. Did you know, however, that the device could have easily gone to Apple instead? Inon Beracha, CEO of PrimeSense – the firm providing much of the magic behind Kinect – has revealed that back in 2008, when he was…

Who Went To The Call of Duty: Black Ops Launch?

Metallica did. Bobby Kotick too. So did I and a ton of military dudes, all of who came out to play Call of Duty: Black Ops and… OK, they were really there to see Metallica. Did you go? There wasn’t much that was newsworthy at last night’s Call of Duty: Black Ops launch party, outside…

Review: James Bond 007: Blood Stone

Ian Fleming’s British super spy returns in an all-new original adventure, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, that’s about as unoriginal as video games get. Blood Stone is an entertaining, just good enough shooter that borrows heavily from better games. The Daniel Craig version of Ian Fleming’s Bond is sent on an international manhunt to stop…

Infinity Blade’s Knight To Shine On iPhone 4

This launch trailer gives you a good look at Infinity Blade, the role-playing game for iPhone 4 (and iPad and iPod Touch) being built by Chair Entertainment and Epic Games, whose Unreal Engine makes the whole thing go. Chair has said they think they’ve got the potential “best looking handheld game ever made,” and it’s…

This Guy Beat Fallout: New Vegas With Zero Kills

NeoGAF user water_wendi started a couple of playthroughs in Fallout: New Vegas before deciding to try a complete pacifist run. Fifty-one hours later, he finished the game, with no humans nor animals harmed in the making of his story. He thinks it’s possible to go 70 hours in this game without killing anyone, too, calculating…

Hope Tomorrow’s Race Isn’t Delayed, Too

Just to screw with you, GameStop’s put Gran Turismo 5, which was originally planned to release on Tuesday, on the hood of Joey Logan’s No. 20 Toyota for tomorrow’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. Seen via GoJoeyLogano.com Logano has a 21-race sponsorship deal with the games retailer, and also drove with GameStop…

Two Important Questions About Playing Kinect Naked

Kotaku has already put Kinect through its paces, testing its voice and face recognition capabilities and how well it performs under imperfect lighting conditions. We haven’t tested it naked (as far as I know…) but other people have. IGN UK went there, asking “Can you play Kinect naked?” Yes, you can and it won’t detect…

Sunday Comics Deathmatch: The Winners

Last week we put our current Sunday Comics features and 13 new candidates up for a vote. The results are in and your new page arrives Sunday. Find out who stays, who goes, and who got invited! We picked the 10 top vote-getters overall. We didn’t assert any editorial prerogative, these are all your choices,…

Black Friday Ads Leak New PlayStation Bundles, DS Colors

Holiday shopping madness is just around the corner, with deals from post-Thanksgiving “Black Friday” sales heralding video game savings. In addition to temporary price cuts, it appears new PlayStation 3, PSP and Nintendo DS bundles are en route. Supposed scans from Sears’ Black Friday print ads point to a pretty good deal on the PlayStation…

PSPgo Price Drops Its Way Out Of Last Place In Japan

Sony’s recent slashing of the PSPgo’s price worldwide has had a noticeable effect on sales of the download-only device, at least in Japan. The regularly triple-digit selling PSPgo just had one of its best weeks ever overseas. The smaller, lighter version of Sony’s PlayStation Portable just moved another 3,000 units in Japan, managing to outsell…

NASCAR 2011 Screens Get Loose In Turn Three

The flaps go up to keep Jeff Gordon from going airborne in this new batch of screenshots for NASCAR 2011: The Game, due next year from Eutechnyx and Activision.

The Ice Tea

To: Owen From: Crecente True story. Earlier today Ice T tweeted that he was hoping to get Call of Duty: Black Ops early because he’s a fan. I bugged some Activision folks about it and they called Ice T to hook him up. That’s right, I did Ice T a solid. Now he owes me…

NASCAR: The Game 2011 Screens

Nintendo Keeps Super Mario’s 25th Anniversary Classy For America

When Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. collection comes stateside next month, it will come in a pretty little package for Wii owners. If you’re a fan of Mario, you’re probably going to want to grab this slick limited edition package. Included in the Super Mario All-Stars collection are Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost…

And Here’s NBA 2K11 In 3D

Those who dug out their 3D glasses for the last post, my attempt to show you Madden’s 3D mode fell flat. Here to save the day is Operation Sports’ MessenjahMatt, with a 3D presentation of Michael Jordan in NBA 2K11. This re-enacts Jordan’s no look, back-to-the-basket, over-the-head layup against the Knicks (in game, it’s not…

Madden’s 3D: A Bag Of Chips And Not All That

Last week, Madden NFL 11 slipped in a 3D presentation mode through a promotion with Doritos. It’s the old-school red-and-blue 3D, and if it’s not entirely free, it only costs a bag of chips. Is it worth even that? Short answer: Not really. The biggest problem isn’t anything in the mode, it’s what isn’t in…

Are These The Video Game Characters The Defined A Decade?

Master Chief, Nathan Drake, Alyx Vance, Niko Bellic, Kratos, The Boss, GlaDOS — just a small selection of the 30 video game stars that the newest issue of Game Informer names as the video game characters who “defined a decade.” The mag’s newest issue not only sports some impressive artwork by friend of Kotaku and…

Xbox Live Indie Clips: Radiangames Fluid

Developer Radiangames returns to Xbox Live Indie Clips with Fluid, a game that melds the gameplay of Pac-Man with the urgency of a timer and the terror that is hordes of jellyfish. I actually meant to get to Fluid back when it first hit Xbox Live Indie Games, but the timing was such that I…