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The Most WTF Box Art Of 2010?
It may belong to the Nintendo DS game based on Japanese science program “Tobidase! Kagaku-kun,” starring the skinless Mr. Science, famous geek spokesperson Shoko Nakagawa and comedian Naoki Tanaka, who hunt animals for scientific purposes and make amazing box art.
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s 2010 Video Game Gift Guide Round-Up
What video games should you give this year? What 2010 highlights should you bring to Santa’s attention in your harshly worded letter to him this year? Let Kotaku help you choose the best of the best video game gifts. Whether you’re a console gamer, a PC enthusiast or the type that prefers to game on…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedGo Out Of Bounds With Halo: Reach’s Noble Map Pack
Halo: Reach got a fresh injection of new maps earlier today courtesy of the Noble Map Pack. Why many of us are content to play within the confines of Bungie’s three new maps, others would prefer to explore. YouTube user and Halo: Reach superfan TheMightyPnut takes us on a trip beyond the bounds of normal…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Are Kotaku Readers’ Least Desirable, Most Fruitcake-y Game Gifts
Yesterday, we asked you, the Kotaku readership, to name the video games that might make the least thrilling gifts to find under the Christmas tree this season, metaphorically, the fruitcake or the Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge of gaming gifts. And while we couldn’t come to a consensus—nor could we agree whether fruitcake was a delicious…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Drinking Game
To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Guess I Shouldn’t Drink This… By all means, drink that North Korean booze you’ve got. May I suggest you partake in a drinking game? Maybe a Kotaku Drinking Game! I’m sure the readers can suggest some rules (responsible rules). Stories you may have missed since you were last working unless…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Inception Video Game Is (Still) Happening
Just a few months ago, the director of The Dark Knight and Memento, Christopher Nolan, said he was “looking at” developing a video game based in the world of blockbuster hit Inception. Now he sounds more serious about it. Nolan tells Entertainment Weekly that the layered universe of Inception is “a world where a lot…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Tester 2: Episode 5: “Life’s A Pitch” Liveblog: McWhertor Brings The Hurt
Kotaku’s reviews editor Michael McWhertor is the guest panelist on this week’s episode of The Tester 2. Surely he will get rid of Big Fazeek for us, won’t he? McWhertor’s appearance on Sony’s The Tester as a guest panelist is the reason I’m here today, liveblogging this damn television show instead of heading out to…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Dead Nation Is Live
The North American PlayStation Store is the one thing lighter this week after the Thanksgiving holiday, with Dead Nation leading the short pack of newly playable and downloadable games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. Joining Housemarque’s excellent top-down zombie shooter is Funky Lab Rat and a pair of PlayStation One imports. But the biggest…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mega Bloks Feels The Need For Speed
After successfully moving into the video game space with a line of Mega Blok Halo construction sets, Mega Brands sets its sights on a racier video game license: EA’s Need for Speed. How’s that going to work? The Halo franchise is full of iconic imagery, from the strong and silent Master Chief to the Covenant’s…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Man’s One-Word Dead Space 2 Review
John Riccitiello runs EA, the company that makes the Dead Space sci-fi horror games, so he’s biased. Nevertheless, he just finished playing through Dead Space 2. I don’t even have it yet. As Riccitiello wrapped up an interview with me this morning, he couldn’t suppress his excitement as he mentioned he’d recently completed a playthrough…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Excuse Me, Do You Have the Time?
Take the short survey below, email the your answer to [email protected], and you’ll be entered to win an Oberon LED watch. Now, the next time a girl asks you the time you won’t have to pull out your cell phone full of text messages from your mom. Standard contest rules apply. Only open to US…
By Gawkercreative Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Monday Night Combat’s New ‘Spunky Cola’ Refreshes In December
Xbox Live Arcade hit Monday Night Combat quenches your thirst for new ways to play—without having to pay—tomorrow, December 1, when the “Spunky Cola” add-on comes to the team-based shooter with a little tower defense flavor. What does one get with the Spunky Cola downloadable content? The new Survivitol Arena and Spunky Cola Arenas, for…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Little Dirty Dancing For Epic Mickey
That’s So Raven’s Kyle Massey and Jennifer Grey of Dancing with the Stars and Dirty Dancing fame show off their moves at the New York launch of Disney’s Epic Mickey. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
True Dead Rising Fans Know Why This Boring Screenshot Is Exciting
A man is taking a photo in a video game. Yay. But, no! This is Frank West in the new Dead Rising 2 downloadable expansion. This is the return of photography. The beloved photography system from man-vs.-zombies game Dead Rising didn’t make it into this fall’s Dead Rising 2. But it it is back, as…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedBattlefield: Bad Company 2 Goes To Vietnam For Christmas
December will be very generous to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 players, as EA and developer DICE will release all-new ways to play the excellent first-person shooter, including the promised tour of duty in Vietnam. Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s “VIP Map Pack 7” will kick off December (tomorrow!) with the release of four new maps: Oasis,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedMeet The Champion Of Fight Night Champion
There are plenty of fighters in the world, but Fight Night Champion’s Andre Bishop has one thing most others don’t: The ability to stare intensely into the camera while delivering a motivational monologue. Andre Bishop grew up in a gym. His pops was a fighter; a top ranked middleweight contender. He learned it from him.…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Music Games Will Make A Comeback, But How Is A Mystery
Rock Band and Guitar Hero aren’t the sensations they used to be. That doesn’t mean they’re bad. Not Rock Band 3. But they’re not the cultural phenomenons they once were. That’s temporary, according to a man who should know. “I think the music genre is going to recover,” John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts, the…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Has NASA Discovered Life On Saturn’s Moon?
This Thursday NASA is holding a press conference to discuss an astrobiology finding that will “impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life”. Have we discovered alien life within our own solar system? The opening sentence of the NASA media advisory that went out today regarding Thursday’s press conference was enough to set the internet…
By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
3… 2… 1… FIRE!
Shooting a gun. An experience loved by some, hated by others. During development of Bulletstorm we went to a shooting range and tried out plenty of weaponry. And you know what? WORST. SPECIAL. EFFECTS. EVER. Ok, so I’m a special effects artist [on upcoming first-person-shooter Bulletstorm] and my opinion of this is highly biased. But…
Jose Teixeira, People Can Fly Studios Published November 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedThese Xbox Indies Look Very Good
Did you ever look at the Xbox Live Indie Games channel and think that the games all suck? If so, you didn’t look closely enough. This week starts the Winter Games Uprising, a week of new indie games that aren’t supposed to be stinkers or cash-ins. That’s the official trailer for the games up top.…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2010