- Uncategorized
Former PS3 Owner Trolls Customer With Letter?
For those who don’t have an original PS3, there’s a lid covering the slots on the console’s front. Slots that are perfect for mini SD cards or — better yet — letters. That’s exactly what was found in one PS3. Recently, a Japanese gamer bought a used 60GB PS3. Apparently, the guy found a folded…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Borrows Blizzard’s Biggest Blunder
Earlier this year, Blizzard attempted to introduce a “real ID” system, whereby users on the company’s forums would have their real names shown. It, uh, didn’t go down very well. So why has Apple now done exactly the same thing? It may not have done it in quite so public a fashion as Blizzard, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedNew Super Street Fighter IV Trailer Has New Characters
It was already known that Yun and Yang were heading to the arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV. That’s not who I’m talking about. The end of the latest trailer shows “Evil Ryu” and “Oni Akuma”, confirming rumors that both would be appearing in the arcade edition, to the chagrin of fans. Super Street…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Farmville Can Ruin Words With Friends
Zynga, the social games powerhouse behind games like Farmville, made a significant purchase today, scooping up Newtoy, the developers of super-popular iPhone game Words With Friends. This has us concerned. And not just because Zynga has — and this is serious — renamed the Dallas studio “Zynga with Friends”. No, we are concerned at what…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s The Most You’ve Paid For A Game?
It’s late. You know who reads Kotaku late at night? You. So let’s talk. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Back To The Future’s Trailer Will Have Your Emotions Running at 88mph
This is our first look at Telltale’s upcoming Back to the Future series of adventure games. If you enjoyed any of the three films, even in the slightest, you must watch this clip. Not for how Telltale have seemingly captured the spirit of the films or the time. Or for how the super-stylised versions of…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedDecide If This Boy Band Ripped Off A Digital Tune
The music might sound familiar. That’s because it is. Kat-Tun is a popular Japanese boy band. But when popular boy bands steal, the internet knows it. Released in mid-November, the group’s newest single features a track called “Never X Over”, which sounds exactly like a popular Vocaloid tune. Vocaloid is synthesizer software that was developed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedTwisted Pixel’s Ms. Splosion Man Coming Fall 2011
The next game from the makers of indie hits The Maw and ‘Splosion Man is pink and wears a bow in her… hair? Twisted Pixel Games doesn’t have much to add to the news that their next game will apparently be Ms. Splosion Man. Here’s their tongue-in-cheek press release in all of its silly glory.…
By Brian Crecente Published December 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Patch 1.5 Years In The Making
Enthusiasm for Ghostbusters plateaued soon after its 2009 release, but the game’s solid multiplayer variety made it a cult hit for many. That’s why, 18 months later, the developer’s finally patched a bug that kept players from collecting four achievements. The studio, Terminal Reality, told fans today that the patch for the Xbox 360 is…
By Owen Good Published December 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Starcraft II’s Cheats Are For The Movie Lovers Out There
Perhaps in an effort to dissuade people from using outlawed (at least for this game) game trainers, Starcraft II developers Blizzard have publicly revealed every single singleplayer cheat for the game. And they’re good for a chuckle. The team’s fascination with Conan continues through to the game’s cheat codes, with “WhatIsBestInLife” bringing the player instant…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
The New Mrs. Cleaver
A day ago a really good friend of mine quit her job of the past five years – for perfectly good reasons, too. Not in the heat of the moment. She’s going home to be a full-time mom for her two daughters. Her husband – despite the fact I gave him a copy of NBA…
By Owen Good Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sail The Burning Sea For Free
After two years of plundering the pockets of players, Sony Online Entertainment makes subscription fees walk the plank, making MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea free-to-play. Pirates of the Burning Sea is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game in which players sail the seas of the 18th century New World, fighting on the side of the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Creepiest Rebirth Of Post-Cataclysm Azeroth
Over the past six years in World of Warcraft, countless low-level Horde players have met their death at the hands of the people of Hillsbrad Town, but nothing they did was bad enough to deserve what happened to them post-Cataclysm. Music: Kevin MacLeod’s “The House of Leaves“
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
2K’s Big Boss Badmouths Baseball Again
The chairman of Take-Two Interactive – the parent company of 2K Sports – called his company’s exclusive pact with Major League Baseball a “losing proposition” and suggested they would walk away when the deal expires in 2012. Strauss Zelnick told Reuters that annualizing a video game risks producing one of lower quality and burning out…
By Owen Good Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Virtual Pitchers And Catchers Report March 8
Earlier today 2K Sports, on its Facebook page, confirmed March 8 as the release date for MLB 2K11. While we’re pinging Sony to verify MLB 11 The Show comes out the same day, traditionally multiple league-licensed products all come out on the same day. An exception would be NHL 2K11, which was a Wii-only release.…
By Owen Good Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Safer Way To Throw Darts At Your Television Screen
Wagering the staggering power of the PlayStation 3 combined with the innovative motion control of the PlayStation Move, Devil’s Details’ Top Darts transforms your television into the world’s fanciest dart receptacle. As a teen I fell in love with darts, but I never quite got over the fear that I’d turn around one day and…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fading Wii Speak Faces Phase Out
Wii Speak’s retail availability is being curtailed and, if demand for it doesn’t improve – which doesn’t appear at all likely – Nintendo will phase out the microphone peripheral completely. In a statement, Nintendo has confirmed Wii Speak’s limited retail availability as part of a phasing out of it altogether. However, the company that it’ll…
By Owen Good Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Enters Public Beta
Valve is throwing on ongoing public beta test for Team Fortress 2, and everybody that owns the game is invited! Valve loves adding new items and features to Team Fortress 2, but doing so takes testing, and testing takes people. Where are they going to find a large group of people with a vested interest…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Xbox 360 Controller Mod Concept Has Cash Written All Over It
Shades of the Nintendo 64 pipe, this Xbox controller pipe loses points for being nothing more than a nut placed over the guide button, but gains points for the non-smoker’s uncanny resemblance to a young George W. Found on Flickr Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fight Night’s Card Carries Real Champions, Too
Though the star of its cover, and of the darker, rawer story told through its singleplayer mode, is fictitious boxer Andre Bishop, Fight Night Champion will still deliver real-life boxing legends in their prime, as fans expect of the series. Four new screens went out today over the game’s Facebook page. All of these boxers…
By Owen Good Published December 2, 2010