Kinect’s Star Wars Game Will Have You Force-Waving Your Arms In 2011

The Star Wars Kinect game, which so enthralled us before so quickly disappointing us when first revealed earlier this year, has around twelve months to get things right, with a release pencilled in for late 2011. “We have a Kinect Star Wars game coming out for next holiday”, Kinect’s creative director, Kudo Tsunoda, told the…

All The Kinect Accidents You Can Handle

With Kinect, Microsoft is getting gamers up off the sofa and getting them injured. Cue the highlight reel! As when the Wii launched, there are reports of accidents caused while playing. Some might be real, some might be faked, but most look painful. “Kinect Fail” appears to be the go to title on YouTube for…

Black Ops And The History Of Violence

The Call of Duty series’ military advisor may spend most of his time informing developers on how to best portray acts of violence, but that doesn’t mean he always agrees with what ends up in the games. Compared to the developers we’re used to interviewing, Hank Keirsey is a little different. He’s wiry and athletic…

A Week In Comments

New Member Of Kong Family Will Help Donkey Kong And Struggling Wii Gamers Comment by: NoelVeiga Nominated by: diedan I’m having this conversation all over the place, recently, but… why am I the only one who remembers that games used punishing difficulty only to mask repetition and lack of content? Being a kid of the…

What If Star Wars Was A…Classic PC Adventure Game

We’ve seen what Star Wars would look like as a classic Lucasarts adventure game, but artist Andy Rash’s glorious pixel art looks so much like a classic Sierra adventure game that it’s tough not to wonder what could have been. Imagine, instead of reliving the original Star Wars trilogy through fast-paced action games like X-Wing,…

A Visual Guide To Kinect Fail

How To Turn A Great Cartoon Into A Video Game

Adventure Time is the best new cartoon I’ve seen in years. So it’s nice to see that the first person putting down sketches on how a game adaptation would work is Pendleton Ward, the man who created the show. Don’t know what Adventure Time is? Come on, grab your friends. It’s not an official project,…

Gran Turismo 5’s Fake Prototype Is Now A Gutless Reality

The whole point of Gran Turismo 5’s Red Bull Racing X1 Prototype was that it was a car that was so fast it couldn’t actually exist. So what do we do with it now that one actually exists? We relax, that’s what, as this version of the prototype car won’t be setting any land speed…

Nerd Dating Event Becomes (Surprise!) A Sausage Fest

At the end of this month, a match-making event is being held just outside Tokyo. But this get-together is a little different. It’s for otaku. And not just otaku, but otaku looking to settle down with a wife and their plastic figures. In Japan, female otaku are often referred to as “fujoshi” or “rotten girl”.…

Black Ops On PC Suffering From Mysterious “Lag” [UPDATE]

I’m playing Black Ops on PC, and have been having some problems. Random performance issues, even stuttering during cutscenes. Turns out I’m far from the only one. Many PC players are reporting issues with the game related to poor performance that has nothing to do with their own hardware. For example, Black Ops will slow…

LEGO Universe MMO Log Two: Excitement Builds?

Having exhausted a majority of the questing content during my first week playing LEGO Universe, I dedicated my second week to that most basic of LEGO activities: Building. 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…

Review: Cut The Rope Is A Quick Slice Of Fun

My green monster is hungry for candy. He’s telling me so, gesturing. I need to cut the rope with a finger swipe, sending the sugary treat into his mouth. But how do I clear the spikes? Ah… the whoopee cushion! Cut The Rope is a puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod touch that tasks…

Microsoft Suing Motorola Over Xbox 360 Tech

Not everything inside the Xbox 360 was designed by Microsoft; the console’s wi-fi capabilities (hold the jokes) and some its video codecs are licensed from Motorola. And are now the subject of a court battle between the two companies. A suit has been filed in a Federal Court in Seattle by Microsoft, alleging Motorola “broke…

Digitized Hammer Time

Folks, let’s turn off this Tuesday with a little off-topic conversation that could be about the new copy of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World you bought on DVD and/or Blu-ray today. Hint! HINT! While I’m still waiting for my copy from Amazon to arrive—like I’m going to leave the house, c’mon!—maybe you can whet the…

GoldenEye 007 Then Vs. Now: How Far Bond Has Come

GoldenEye 007 for the Wii may feature a new James Bond and all-new graphics, but as this comparison video shows, Activision’s remake of the 1997 Nintendo 64 game stays impressively true to its source material. RewindReplay TV’s side-by-side comparison clip of the new and old GoldenEye 007 games is also a great illustration of just…

Keep Your World of Warcraft Account Safe With One Simple Phone Call

Blizzard is offering one more way to keep your World of Warcraft and StarCraft II account safe, this time by making a standard, toll-free phone call to authorize any weird login attempts. The creators of Warcraft and Diablo have already given paranoid players the physical Battle.net Authenticator and Mobile Authenticator app to keep their accounts…

The Tester 2: Episode 2: “Step It Up” Liveblog: Military Precision

Insomniac’s Ted Price guest stars as the cast of the Tester 2 take on a task that will truly put their game testing skills to task: Air Force drills. They say it’s in order to test precision and accuracy, but I think they just want to make Big Fazeek cry, and judging by the next…

PlayStation Store Update: A Rush Of Air, Mist & Music

This week’s North American PlayStation Store update is stuffed with new musical selections for Rock Band 3, Def Jam Rapstar and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, new jams that far outweigh the number of new playable games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. PS3 owners can pay to play Crescent Pale Mist, a stylish side-scrolling…

‘100 Yen’ Explores The Japanese Arcade Experience, Needs Your Help

Filmmaker Brad Crawford wants to chronicle the past, present and future of the Japanese arcade game scene with a project dubbed 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience, a lovely looking documentary that needs some financial assistance. Got a few bucks? If so, you can help fund the rest of 100 Yen, which for now exists…

Shopping Season Is Almost Here

To: Ash From: Crecente Hey, hey. It’s time for us to start prepping our shopping guide. Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away, which means we need to start looking for gifts, gifts for gamers. We’ve got guides coming for everything from the iPhone and iPad to the consoles, handhelds and PC. FUN! What you…