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Mass Effect 3 Coming To 3 Platforms Simultaneously
BioWare’s next big sci-fi role-playing game, Mass Effect 3, will come to the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 “simultaneously” in 2011, putting an end to the series’ former console exclusivity once and for all. That means PlayStation 3 owners will get double the Mass Effect next year, since Mass Effect 2 is due in…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedNew X-Men Game Sounds Mass Effect-y
This new trailer for fall 2011’s X-Men Destiny keeps hammering away at one point: as a virtual X-Man, we will be able to choose our destiny in Destiny. That sure makes it sound like this game’s a role-playing game. Maybe it has a morality system? We know it has a “branching storyline that features a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Family Games, At Last
The biggest surprise about this week’s new downloadable games for Nintendo’s Wii and DSi platforms is that no one had released a game called “Family Games” yet. Oversight overcome. Read on to see what you can download this week. WiiWare Family Games Publisher: Icon Games Entertainment Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedSome Mortal Kombat Fatalities Only Available In Certain Stores
Do you love Sub-Zero’s killing move from the original Mortal Kombat? Well, here’s hoping you love Best Buy, where you’ll have to pre-order the next Mortal Kombat to get it in your game. But what if you like Scorpion’s? Scorpion’s original fatality will only be available in copies of the game pre-ordered at GameStop. Amazon…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
When Sprites Explode (It’s Very Colorful)
Supersonyk created this mammoth sprite Photoshop more than four years ago. YES, FOUR! But I didn’t see it until this weekend thanks to reader Yan. Now, identify all of the game characters. And…. go! Sprites Explosion
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Celebrate Christmas With A Mass Effect 2 Demo
Next week, the PlayStation Store will be graced with something PS3 owners have been waiting quite a while for: a demo for sci-fi role-playing game Mass Effect 2. There’s no word on just which part of the game you’ll be playing – my money would be on the intro sequence where you meet your Cerberus…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedThese Are The Celebrations For Angry Birds Day
Saturday was Angry Birds Day, according to the people who make Angry Birds and welcomed a celebration of the game’s one-year anniversary. Around the world, people did celebrate. In New York, the Angry Birds car. [Yfrog] More of Angry Birds Day in New York [YouTube via DroidGamers.com] Angry Birds Day in London [YouTube via DroidGamers.com]…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe End Of Brotherhood And The Future Of Assassin’s Creed
The future of Assassin’s Creed series promises twists and “something really big,” the writer of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood tells Kotaku. But what about the new game’s cliffhanger ending? ” “We have a lot of twists waiting,” Jeffrey Yohalem told Kotaku during a recent telephone interview. “There’s a lot that’s going to happen that should be…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Cutest Way To Scratch Up A Television
Pugs are cute. They’re so…pugnacious. And it’s not just real pugs, Xbox 360 Avatar pugs are pretty cute, too. Know what’s cuter than all that? A real pug going bananas upon seeing its Xbox 360 counterpart. Sure, the scratches paw scratches might not be adorable, but c’mon, look at this and try not to tell…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Heroes Of The Second World War
Nintendo may have been around during the Second World War, but it wasn’t making video games. If it was, though, maybe some of its most beloved characters would have looked a little…different. A bunch of artists (two of them, Gavin Goulden and Jorge Lacera, from Irrational Games in Boston) are currently running a little showdown,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Indie Mega Hit Minecraft Gets Inevitable Merchandise
Minecraft just started down the road toward becoming a real live video game over the weekend, when it got a beta date, but it’s already raking in the cash and now it even has official t-shirts. ThinkGeek is now selling two officially-licensed Minecraft shirts. The Minecraft Union shirt, pictured below, reminds us of the tenants…
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
On Kotaku’s Compromised Commenting Accounts
Some time over the weekend a group compromised Gawker Media’s servers, resulting in a security breach at all of the Gawker sites, including this one. Editors and tech are here for all the Q&A you can handle about what happened. If you have not yet changed your account password, please stop here and click through…
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Waffle Game That Changed Their Lives
You’ve never heard of this game. It’s in only one cabinet, playable in one city and, generously estimating, maybe it makes a dollar a day. Nothing about this video game suggests it’s someone’s meal ticket, but it is. For life. Built over the past year, Off The Waffle the game, found in Off The Waffle…
By Owen Good Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Uh-Oh, Guillermo Del Toro’s Insane Is A ‘Trilogy’
Failing to learn one of the very important lessons of video game hype, Guillermo Del Toro and his pals at THQ revealed today that their collaboration will be for not one game but a trilogy. Don’t they know their history? Del Toro’s team said that their 2013 game, inSane, will be the first of a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Characters Covered In Plastic And Strung Out On Crack
That “on crack” bit isn’t me being rude. That’s what the guy who made these figures said — that they look like they’re on crack. Mario and Peach were made from ECW action figures while Toad was made from a Mini-Me action figure. Figure maker kodykoala acknowledges that they look weird, but says this is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Shatters All Previous Warcraft Records
The latest expansion pack for World of Warcraft crushed the last 24-hour sales record set by the massively popular, massively online computer game, selling 3.3 million copies in a single day. “We had to bring Azeroth to the brink of destruction in Cataclysm, but the result was our best expansion yet,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO…
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedLet’s Eat Anpanman’s FACE
What you missed last night Commenting Accounts Compromised – Change Your Passwords FAQ: Compromised Commenting Accounts on Gawker Media Oh Good, Elder Scrolls V Won’t Use That Broken Old Engine Why Do The Spike VGAs Even Bother With “Awards” Part? Please, Enough With The Tomb Raider Reboots Already! Nintendo Makes Mario’s Creator Drive To Work…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Former Sony Brass Not Hip To A Foreigner Running The Show
Howard Stringer is the bossman at Sony, running the show. He’s not Japanese, but a Welsh-born American. And according to one former Sony exec, a foreigner never should have run the company. Koichiro Tsujino, who headed up Sony’s Vaio division and was the president of Google Japan until earlier this year, gave a seminar in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Virtual Racing Is Better With A Race Queen Pit Crew
Codemasters shows off racing game F1 2010 in Tokyo, complete with racing wheel and “race queens”. As seen on Game Watch Impress Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2010