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CTA Digital Showing Off Assault Rifles, Inflatable Kart, Bowling Ball at CES
Our favorite Brooklyn-based wacky video game peripheral maker, CTA Digital, will be showing off their latest collection of plastic and rubber add-ons for the Wii, Playstation 3 Move and Xbox 360 Kinect at CES next week. Among the peripherals being showcased at CTA Digital booth is the PS3 and PS3 Move Assault Rifle Controller, Playstation…
By Brian Crecente Published January 1, 2011 - Uncategorized
Monster Hunter Has A Merry Christmas In Japan
The PlayStation Portable represented well in Japan’s Christmastime hardware contest thanks to the continued sales rampage of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and idol worship game AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara… and maybe even The 3rd Birthday The latest Monster Hunter game for the PSP has racked up more than 3.5 million sales in Japan, something the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 1, 2011 -
UncategorizedBox Scores: Skill Beats Speed Down The Stretch
From Gran Turismo 5 comes our latest game of the week, a race pitting Kotaku reader Icegoat in a roadster overmatched by nearly 150 hp against the rest of the field, “I like a challenge,” writes Icegoat, who ran a BMW Z4 tuned up to 397 horsepower against a field of racers ranging in power…
By Owen Good Published January 1, 2011 -
ReviewsTactic 3D Sigma Headphones Do 2D Just Fine
Headsets claiming to offer “surround sound” have been on the market for a while now, but I’m yet to find one that really works as advertised. Let’s see if the Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Sigma can change that. Specs Price: US$89.99 Platform: PC/Mac What’s in the box: Headphones, THX adapter, detachable microphone. After a week…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 1, 2011 - Uncategorized
If Only Tron: Legacy Was This Great
It’s not. As seen on Buzzfeed via Make and Technabob
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 1, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
This is the January image for Talk Amongst Yourself. Allow it to put the fear of quiet discourse into your soul and inspire you to instead talk it out in the comments below. This 15th century painting by Domenico di Michelino is called La commedia illumina Firenza and is meant to depict a scene from…
By Brian Crecente Published January 1, 2011 - Uncategorized
Ten Years of PopCap Games
The makers of massive hits Bejeweled, Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies are eying 2011 as the year for aggressive expansion, PopCap Games head Dave Roberts tells Forbes. The casual game maker pulled in $100 million in revenue in 2010 and has 400 employees, but 2011 could see the company going public, more international expansion and,…
By Brian Crecente Published January 1, 2011 -
UncategorizedQWOP For iPhone Is An Olympic Challenge For Thumbs
Learn to walk, learn to run all over again with QWOP, the iPhone port of the highly entertaining and/or maddening track and field Flash game of 2008. Using a touchscreen to independently control calves and thighs sounds fun, right? Well, QWOP may not be fun in the traditional sense. It’s wacky. It’s challenging. But one…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 1, 2011 -
UncategorizedFight Night Champion Serves a Standing Eight in the Joint
Anyone old enough to remember Marv Albert on NBC calling a James Scott bout live from Rahway State Prison will want to pay attention to this, the bareknuckle jailhouse fight within the “Champion Mode” of Fight Night Champion. Promised by EA Sports when Champion Mode was first revealed last month, this fight pits protagonist Andre…
By Owen Good Published December 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedDid You Keep Your 2010 Resolutions? I Almost did
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Tell Me About Your 2010 Looks like you had a great 2010. I did far too much to include it in a mere day note! :p What you missed I’ve Got Sand In My Arcade Eyes Five New Year’s Resolutions For Gamers The Year In Sports Video Games Report: Ubisoft…
By Brian Crecente Published December 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Ubisoft Antipiracy Measure No Longer Requires Always-On Net Connection
Beginning with this summer’s release of RUSE, Ubisoft curbed the use of its atrociously executed antipiracy safeguards, which required a constant Internet connection for the game to function. Apparently, an online connection is now only required at startup. PC Gamer reports that the constant DRM checks on games like Assassin’s Creed 2 and Splinter Cell:…
By Owen Good Published December 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedFallout 3 Tribute Available on Rock Band Store
“Vault 101,” the Fallout 3 ballad by nerd rockers Kirby Krackle, is now available on the Rock Band Store. The download is $1 or 80 Microsoft Points. You can see it performed in-game on the jump. Fallout 3 Tribute Track Rocks Rock Band
By Owen Good Published December 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Year In Sports Video Games
Every year in sports has its winners and losers, but in sports video games, the results aren’t about pennants and trophies. And they’re not always clear-cut, either. We expect the routine with sports video games, the only genre consistently delivering sequels on an annual basis. And 2010 was like most years before it, with its…
By Owen Good Published December 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
That’s right. Bejeweled 3. PopCap Games’ match-three puzzle game has sunk its casual claws into my mind and now I can’t stop playing this thing. I should have never doubted Stephen’s review of this great timesink. My weekend will likely be full of primary colors, for I also intend to dig into the Super Mario…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedMaking Movie Magic In Star Wars: The Old Republic
If I were other massively multiplayer online role-playing games, my New Year’s resolution would be to come up with dialogue and quests half as dynamic as those of BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. Making The Old Republic’s missions as dynamic and cinematic as possible is the job of the cinematic designer. In a blog…
By Mike Fahey Published December 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Five New Year’s Resolutions For Gamers
As most of us prepare for some holiday rest, we reflect on the year ahead and the year to come – while you’re doing that, here’s some resolutions you could make to be a better gamer in 2011. Stop Making Fun Of People Who Play FarmVille When you found out there was a book coming…
Leigh Alexander Published December 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedI’ve Got Sand In My Arcade Eyes
While New Year’s in the northern hemisphere means cold weather, down here in Australia, it’s summer time. So instead of huddling in front of a fire, I’m on the beach with a beer, listening to this. To me, summer means three things: Outrun, Coronas with lime and the sweet, sweet sounds of former Kyuss and…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Spend New Year’s Eve With This Man
This is Shinya Arino, comedian, television personality and all around bad gamer. Back in 2007, I hung out on the set of Arino’s show Game Center CX and interviewed the jumpsuit-wearing gamer. Arino is truly a funny guy — and not a very good gamer! But he’s so persistent and has such a likable personality,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedTell Me About Your 2010
To: Crecente From: Ash RE: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow No snow here in Texas. But it snowed in Osaka, apparently! I always love when people in Colorado blow off six inches of snow as no big whoop. This is a look a my 2010. What did you do this year?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 31, 2010