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The Golden Sun Family Tree May Come In Handy
If you found Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for the Nintendo DS under the Christmas tree this weekend and found your familiarity of the previous two Game Boy Advance games and their characters a bit rusty, this family tree may help. Nintendo breaks down the relationships between Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age and the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
High Praise For The Fiction Of Assassin’s Creed
In our first post-Christmas Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter TheolaRegulus keeps the mood festive by giving thanks to Ubisoft for keeping the plot of the Assassin’s Creed series together across many mediums. I gotta hand it to Ubisoft with the Assassin’s Creed series. For years I’ve been following games that are supposed to have a big,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedImportant Twisted Metal Questions Answered
While you were busy opening presents, David Jaffe and the crew at Eat Sleep Play were crunching like mad on the new Twisted Metal, yet he still had time to answer fans’ pressing questions about the next generation of vehicular combat. The outspoken creator plumbed the minds of IGN and GameSpot readers, NeoGAF posters, and…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedTekken Trivia Can Come In Handy When Being Tortured
Turns out the story of a fighting game can be worth something, as illustrated by Israeli television series “Hasamba 3 G.” In this snippet from the show, spotted by SDTekken, the Mishima clan from Tekken get name-dropped for laughs. Remember kids, when you need to bluff your way out of electroshock torture, knowledge of a…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Local News Scares Parents With Kinect Sex Game
Microsoft has already taken action to block developer ThriXXX’s adults-only girl-groping Kinect game from PC release, but that hasn’t stopped the El Paso, Texas Fox affiliate from terrifying parents with the thought of their young children touching virtual breasts. ThriXXX began showing off technical demos for a Kinect-enabled girl fondling simulator earlier this month, with…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
An Interactive Interpretation of WikiLeaks’ Theory of Conspiracy by Governance
Leaky World attempts to turn Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange’s essay on conspiracy into a computer game. Assange’s wacky essay “Conspiracy as Governance” seems to argue for complete transparency as a way to construct a new social order and achieve truth, love and self-realization. When these theories make the leap to interactive computer game, they become…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bring A Motion Sickness Bag To The 3D Revolution
Motion picture companies want you to watch movies in 3D. Sony wants you to play games in 3D. Soon 3D entertainment will be everywhere, and so will the vomit. Are you susceptible to cybersickness? Between five and ten percent of people cannot see 3D properly, and they may be the lucky ones. According to Marc…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Charity Computer Game Pack Rakes in $1.8 Million
Despite tough times and a nasty U.S. recession gamers continue to come through, this time for a collection of games discounted in the name of charity. The second Humble Indie Bundle managed to pull in $1,823,301.66, topping the first Humble Indie Bundle which brought in about $1.2 million. That works out to 232,849 purchases of…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lost In Shadow Demo Can Be Found At Best Buy
Lost in Shadow’s innovative shadow play gameplay must be played to be fully appreciated. Luckily Best Buy is hosting demos of the game this week, in plenty of time to get a taste before its January 4 release. I had almost forgotten that Hudson’s Lost in Shadow had won Best Gameplay Mechanic at our 2010…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Old Republic’s Trooper Is One Hell Of A Woman
BioWare fleshed out the Republic Trooper class for Star Wars: The Old Republic over the holiday weekend, detailing the classes advancement options, companions and starships, while giving us a glimpse of a feisty female Trooper bringing out the heavy artillery. In more recent Star Wars developers the Troopers are all male, mainly because they’re all…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Is Where inFamous 2 Is Made
It’s Sucker Punch Day on the PlayStation Blog, with an inFamous 2 update, a selection of the devs’ favorite superheroes, and a look at the developers’ posh new digs, where the animation team is hard at work making Cole fabulous. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Luckiest Non-Gaming Moments Ever
We’ve posted our share of absurd Call of Duty: Black Ops tomahawk throws, Halo: Reach grenade sticks, and physics-bending mishaps. But lets not forget insanely lucky things happen in real life too. For every crazy trick you pull in a game of Skate, for every car wreck you can’t believe happened in Gran Turismo, there…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Toppers: Doodle Jump is Back… BE WARNED
There was a time when Doodle Jump was the Angry Birds of the iPhone, but then the game disappeared… until this week when it bounced back to the top ten. Surprise! Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 31 2 2…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Game Did Wolverine Get For Christmas?
With new company Stark Resilient suffering super villain-related growing pains, Tony Stark has cut back on his Christmas spending, but that doesn’t mean Wolverine isn’t getting a gift any claw-carrying mutant should love. As seen in Deadpool MAX #3
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Last Nintendo Download Of 2010
It’s the final Monday of 2010, and Nintendo’s first chance to wow Christmas Wii and DSi giftees with a selection of the finest downloadable games available. Do they make the most of the opportunity? You decide! There isn’t really any one game that stands out in this final Nintendo Download of the year. Multiplayer flinging…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Year In Motion Control Video Games: The Hype, The Horror, The Happiness
Motion control neither revitalized nor ruined video games in 2010, the year when finally everyone was doing it. You could find motion control games everywhere, joysticks and buttons be damned. It wasn’t all bad. But much of it was wild. How much arm-waving did we all do to control video games this year? How many…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Like Gamer Achievements For Your Car
To motivate gamers, Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network give players achievement points and trophies. How does one motivate drivers? With achievement points and trophies, of course! Upcoming electric car the Nissan Leaf is outfitted with “Regional Ranking” software that ranks drivers’ driving efficiency and ranks it against other drivers. Rankings include Bronze, Silver, Gold…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Download Gallery
chick chick BOOM Publisher: tons of bits Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Cartoon Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: In chick chick BOOM, you throw pianos, pink elephants and sumo chicks or summon slimy giant jellyfish and real UFOs. Draw lines in the arena to defend against your opponent’s…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hope you had a fun break, welcome back to a short week of happy discussions. Start one now! Verno77 created this wonderful TAY Holiday Card. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured on Kotaku. Just shop up this image and submit it to the #taypics hashtag. Confused about commenting on Kotaku?…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010