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ReviewsReview: Epic Mickey Reveals The Price Of Mischief, But With Camera Obscured
Mickey Mouse is no Super Mario. He’s the star of a more unusual kind of game on the Nintendo Wii, a game that starts poorly but finishes as one of the best hero stories of the year. Mickey’s newest starring opportunity is Disney Epic Mickey. It is a Wii exclusive that sends Mickey into a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Visual Guide To Epic Mickey
Your reviewer shows off Epic Mickey’s great Mickey Mouse character model An Epic Mickey Trailer For comparison: Super Mario Sunshine For comparison: The game for which Epic Mickey creative director Warren Spector is most famous, Deus Ex
By Stephen Totilo Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedOn German TV, They’ve Unveiled A New Dreamcast Game
The Spike Video Game Awards have Neil Patrick Harris hosting and some 13 world premieres? Big deal. German broadcast 3Sat just showed a new game for the long-dead (guess not!) Sega Dreamcast. The game is called Sturmwind. It’s a an arcade shoot-em-up, a genre that people keep stubbornly supporting for the Dreamcast, even though Sega…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Is Your Host For The 2010 Spike Video Game Awards
Last year’s installment of Spike’s Video Game Awards didn’t have a specific host. That’s okay, because this year’s are being hosted by a man with enough talent for two award shows. Whether you call him Doogie Howser, Dr. Horrible, Barney Stinson, Spider-Man, or Carl Jenkins, I’ll just stick to calling Neil Patrick Harris by his…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedAnd Then I Punched Deathwing Right In The Face
In the Cataclysm-scarred desolation of World of Warcraft’s Badlands, three old adventures tell spectacular tall tales about the day Deathwing came. Check out one of the finest examples of traditional storytelling I’ve seen in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. If you’re a current World of Warcraft player, don’t look at the videos below. Just…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Rewards Sends PS3 Owners On Quests
Sony continues to tweak its PlayStation Rewards program, giving beta participants a new way to claw their way towards legendary status with the introduction of Quests. How many kobolds does a brother have to slay for a little customer appreciation? Launching in April of 2011, the PlayStation Rewards program is a loyalty program in which…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
K Monthly – November 2010
Welcome to the November 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original video game coverage, including reviews, previews, features, and weekly columns, from Kotaku. November was full of new releases, from Kinect for Xbox 360 to big blockbuster games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Gran…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
The World’s Coziest Video Game Launch
Foregoing a lavish, star-studded party, PopCap’s Bejeweled 3 launch party was held in a North London living room, with only a secretary, a grandmother, a librarian, a banker, and a father in attendance, representing the series’ diverse fanbase. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Hot And Cold Running Fluidity
Nintendo celebrates water in all its form and splendor in Fluidity, a WiiWare platformer and the star of this week’s Nintendo Download. Fluidity puts the player in control of a heroic pool of water, navigating the ancient and mystical Aquaticus encyclopedia to rid it of corruption. Twisting the Wii remote rotates the world, allowing your…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedNintendo Download Gallery
Fluidity Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief Price: 1,200 Wii Points; demo version available for 0 Wii Points Description: A magical illustrated encyclopedia called Aquaticus has been tainted by a vial of evil ink called the Influence. As a pool of water that can take on alternate forms of ice…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedHalf Way to Three Free Hot Pursuit Cars
Gamers have just six days left to earn three new free cars for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. Late last month Criterion challenged players to get the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit trailer to 1 million views by Dec. 12. As of this morning it’s hovering at roughly 510,000 views. If the video can make…
By Brian Crecente Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysm Unboxed In The Snow
The World of Warcraft Cataclysm collector’s edition made it to the roof of our New York offices today, as part of our series of rooftop unboxings. Is the $80 special Cataclysm worth it? Take a look. Bizarre twist ending included. Fans of rooftop unboxing can relive the thrills of our previous episodes here, here and…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hey, It’s Somebody’s Head
To: Crecente From: Bash It’s Monday! Cleaned the kids’ room this morning and found LEGO hands and this guy’s head. Not sure whose head it is…Maybe it’s from an Indiana Jones figure? Could not, for the life of me, find his body. Will check the rose garden. Not sure what it is about little kids…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Tomb Raider To Trace the Origin of Lara Croft
Developer Crystal Dynamics is working on a new Tomb Raider meant to be an origin story for Lara Croft, the studio said today. “Forget everything you knew about TOMB RAIDER,” said Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio, Crystal Dynamics. “This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey…
By Brian Crecente Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Politics Aren’t Keeping Up Japan’s Prime Minister, Gaming Is
Elite Japanese politicians might have different politics, but they’re joined by one thing: their love of “Go“. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is no exception. Kan is an avid Go player as well as a Mahjong and Shogi (Japanese chess) player. Before entering political office, Kan even developed and patented a machine to crunch numbers for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Burger King Generous On Food, Xbox Japan Cheap On Kinects
For those who bought Whopper meals, Burger King and Microsoft gave away a Kinect every fifteen minutes in America until the motion sensor launched late last month. That’s over 1,500 Kinects! In Japan, twenty Kinects will be given out. Twenty. That low number isn’t too surprising considering that there are only 36 Burger King restaurants…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedNSFW: Rap Makes Call Of Duty Better
This may not be to everyone’s tastes, but it’s certainly to mine, as a man freestyle raps his way through an entire round of Call of Duty: Black Ops’ multiplayer. It shows you all it’s going to show you by around 1:30, so if it’s grating you don’t feel required to sit around and watch…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedKillzone 3’s Singleplayer Footage Is Worth Taking Cover For
I’ve been playing, and enjoying, Killzone 3’s multiplayer beta for a few weeks now. But singleplayer? Hadn’t seen so much. Until this video showed up! It’s ten unedited minutes of raw gameplay from Killzone 3’s singleplayer campaign, taking in a boss fight and lots of trudging through corridors shooting bad guys. It says a lot…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010
