A Week of PC Gaming on Kotaku

One might think that Kotaku Tower is a place bereft of computers, or at least gaming on computers, judging by how infrequently we write about them. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. More than half of us actually love computer gaming. I myself grew up on PC gaming, skipping everything from the Nintendo…

Please Imagine This Photo!

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Busy busy nite. Wanted to get a photo up for this Night Note, but have a billion other things I need to get to first. Apologies! What you missed last night Blizzard Says Valve’s DOTA Trademark “Doesn’t Seem The Right Thing To Do” PSP2 Will Be Bigger, Out Fall 2011, Currently…

Valve Checking Out Blizzard

Gabe Newell from Valve gets in a few rounds of DOTA. As seen on HalfLife2.net. Thanks, lamba! Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

Dragon Ball, The Blue Jeans

There are Dragon Ball manga, Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball toys and Dragon Ball video games. How about jeans? Got them, too. Priced at ¥18,900 (US$234), the jeans are made in Fukuyama City, Japan and feature knowing nods to the Dragon Ball franchise. The jeans go on sale this December in Japan. Nothing quite says…

Red Dead’s Best Update Has Nothing To Do With Zombies

My first thirty seconds of Red Dead Redemption’s multiplayer went a little something like this: whistle for donkey, get on donkey, get shot in the face by somebody on a horse. That pattern continued for another few days I love the idea behind the game’s free-roam multiplayer, where random strangers are thrown together on the…

Blizzard Says Valve’s DOTA Trademark “Doesn’t Seem The Right Thing To Do”

Defence of the Ancients Allstars was a Warcraft III mod. Now, Valve is trying to trademark the name. That doesn’t sit very well with Blizzard, the developers of Warcraft III. “To us, that means that you’re really taking it away from the Blizzard and Warcraft III community and that just doesn’t seem the right thing…

Costume Quest

Super Mario Bros’ Controls Were Originally Different

In Super Mario Bros., the “A” button is jump, and the “B” button is run or shoot fireballs. It wasn’t always that way. The original plan for Super Mario Bros. was quite different. For example, it involved shooting. A booklet included in the Wii title “Super Mario Collection Special Pack” shows just how different. The…

The Art Of Dragon Age

While Dragon Age fans wait for a proper coffee table book outlining the story (and art) behind the creation of BioWare’s award-winning RPG, the next best thing is currently up over on Pixologic. The art team from the game has opened up and shared a ton of really interesting content, including character renders and even…

Don’t Bundle Dragon Quest, You’ll Go To Jail

During the 1980s and 1990s, Dragon Quest was a huge hit in Japan. Kids who were studying the piano, learned the Dragon Quest theme. People loved the series so much! One retailer took advantage of that and got arrested. In a recent issue of GamesTM, a product manager for an unnamed Japanese company recalls, “I…

PSP2 Hits Next Fall With Dual Analog Sticks, Touch Pad and Bigger Screen [Update]

Around the time of the Tokyo Game Show, Sony held a private meeting at its offices in Tokyo’s Aoyama. The purpose was to show off the PSP2. Several sources have confirmed to Kotaku that the PSP2 does have a previously rumored touch panel on the back of the hardware. The touch panel was described as…

Toys Of War

Toy Story’s Woody shows Marcus Fenix that you don’t need a giant neck to be a crazy, crazy killing machine. As seen on Gamefreaks

Spectator Mode: QUBE (Or, Portal With Power Gloves)

Welcome to Spectator Mode, a new feature on Kotaku where we give you a look at some of our favourite PC games that you may never have heard of. Kicking things off is QUBE, a small, short puzzle game built on the Unreal Engine 3.0. It falls somewhere between Portal homage and complete Portal rip-off,…

PSPgo’s Price Is Slashed In US And Japan [Update]

Western retailers have already been knocking $50 off the PSPgo’s $249 price tag. Today, Sony made the price-cut official in the U.S. official. The cut for Japan, however, is twice as big. According to Reuters, the PSPgo will be priced at $199 in the US instead of the previous $249 list price. After less than…

NSFW: Sonic Burlesque Show Doesn’t End With Werehogs

This Sonic doesn’t kiss a girl. Which for many of you may actually be a disappointment. Those realising that the ancient art form of burlesque is classier than that, though, should enjoy this little routine, which is about the most entertaining Sonic-related thing we’ve seen since the end of the 1990s. Unless you’re at work.…

Marine Firing Squad Shoots Up Xbox 360

A U.S. Marine in shades stands in front of the camera, holding an Xbox 360. “This is how you fix the Red Ring of Death for Xbox,” he says. A pistol protrudes from the screen’s bottom. “Thanks Microsoft for making such a brilliant machine.” The camera pans across a make-shift firing squad, five or six…

There Is A New Tribes Game Coming

Hi-Rez Studios, the team behind PC MMO Global Agenda, has bought the rights to the Tribes franchise. And, not screwing around with it, has promptly revealed that a new Tribes game is in development. Built on a modified version of the Unreal engine, this Tribes game is being built with massive online battles in mind,…

A Week In Comments

Minecraft Apparently Under Siege By Angry Addicts Demanding More Updates Comment by: custerc001 Wow. This brings the concept of “entitled” to a whole new level. Let’s count the ways in which this is very, very stupid: (1) Attacking the developer of your favorite game makes them both more busy (because they have to try to…

A Visual Guide To God of War: Ghost of Sparta

God of War: Ghost of Sparta Trailer A second God of War: Ghost of Sparta Trailer For comparison’s sake #1: God of War III (2010, PS3) For comparison’s sake #2: God of War: Chains of Olympus (2008, PSP)

StarJeweled Hands-On: The Competition Gets Casual

Building bases, managing resources, and fielding an army; these are things I cannot do. Matching three or more gems together? Welcome to my world, StarCraft players. StarJeweled is one of four new official game types coming from Blizzard to StarCraft II as a way to highlight the amazing flexibility of the game’s modding tools. Along…