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Deus Ex’s Cyborg Future Is Oh So Pretty
As part of the marketing campaign for the new Deus Ex title, publishers Square Enix have set up a “viral site” for some of the technology found in the game. And it’s gorgeous We normally couldn’t give a rat’s behind about this kind of thing (as they’re normally only slightly less tedious than developer diaries),…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Samurai Warriors Not Quite Ready For Battle
The upcoming Samurai Warriors 3Z won’t make its intended Japan January release. According to Koei Tecmo, the game was pushed back for added improvements. The delay is one month. The game will be released on February 10 in Japan. Samurai Warriors 3Z is a PS3 version of Wii exclusive Samurai Warriors 3 There is also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5 Gets A Damage Update (But There’s A Catch)
Car damage, a feature that has confused many of the game’s owners since Gran Turismo 5’s release a couple of weeks ago, has just gotten a lot less confusing, courtesy of a 149mb update released overnight. Once you’ve downloaded the update, car destruction options can be accessed from the game’s main menu, users able to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bikini Hug Pillows Make The Best T-Shirts
Japanese magazines are big on the “street snap” — pictures of fashion plates. Many of the street snaps are of regular people with “regular” being a relative term. Here’s a snap of a 21-year-old college student in super-swish Harajuku. As Kotaku Japan is quick to point out, the fellow isn’t wearing a Love Plus t-shirt.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
DJ Hero Parody Game Mashes Up Some Legal Action
That’s what a lawyer representing Universal Music Publishing Group told the creator of 8-Bit DJ Hero, which resulted in one of the year’s best parody games being yanked off the internet. 8-Bit DJ Hero, developed by Eric Ruth, took the premise (and name) of Activision’s mash-up music game and took it back in time to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japan Devours Monstrous Amounts Of PSPs
Sony’s PSP handheld has recorded its biggest weekly hardware sales in Japan since its 2005 launch, thanks to a monster title from Capcom. Going on sale in Japan on December 1, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd moved over 2.14 million copies in its first week on sale. So many people lined up But the game’s tear…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedVideo Game Cheats In The Real World
How would video game cheats work in a real gunfight? Let’s see! They work pretty well! Hopefully these guys can make a series out of this, because while staple cheats of action games are fun, some strategy game cheats in the real world would be more fun. The clip was made by visual FX studio…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Retro Neo Geo Games Beat Up The PlayStation Network [Update]
Osaka-based game company SNK Playmore, best known for its fighting games, is unleashing a whole slew of titles on the PlayStation Network. Titles include Fatal Fury, Alpha Mission II, The King of Fighters ’94, Samurai Shodown, Baseball Stars Professional, Magician Road, Metal Slug, League Bowling, Super Sidekicks and Art of Fighting. Downloads start on December…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Is Go
It’s after midnight Pacific time, and the Goblins and Worgen have begun flooding into Azeroth as World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion goes live. I’ve made my new characters, have you? It took a half hour longer than expected for the expansion to go live, but here we are, shiny new Goblin and Worgen characters ready…
By Mike Fahey Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Total War Series Still Flirting With Consoles
Creative Assembly’s Total War series is one of the few remaining blockbuster franchises on the PC that is, at heart, a truly PC game. That hasn’t stopped the developers from exploring how the game would work on a console. “We have actually solved the problem with controlling Total War games using a control pad anyway”,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedBig Ladies And Shooter Sweets Go Region Free
Arcade shooters Muchi Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets are being lumped together for an upcoming Xbox 360 release in Japan. But maybe you don’t live in Japan and maybe you have a soft spot for fat girls and saccharine. What to do? Good news! The Muchi-Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets Double Pack is region free,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Tribute To Video Games In Living Flesh
Yeah, we’ve seen amazing gaming tattoos before, but this guy’s full-sleeve piece – covering a wide array of platforms, genres and characters – must surely rank up there as one of the best. In the one piece, spanning his arm and parts of his shoulder, PerfectCr has included art from Super Mario Galaxy, Metal Gear…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is This The Man To “Clean Up” Manga And Video Games?
Shintaro Ishihara is one of Japan’s great writers. He’s also the Governor of Tokyo, and according to some, a racist. The Tokyo Government is attempting to re-introduce legislation regarding censorship in mass entertainment like manga and video games, and Ishihara is lending his support to the cause. But he isn’t only keen to stop the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
James Bond Now Has A License To…Sneak?
According to a major James Bond universe fan site, a “stealth” game starring Britain’s most famous secret agent is being worked on by Raven Software, the guys behind Singularity, Hexen and Jedi Knight II. The game was believed to have previously been put on ice, but with MGM Studios – owners of the Bond rights…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout: New Vegas Might be Fixed Real Soon!
After over a month of various technical woes, particularly on the PC version of the game, it seems as though Fallout: New Vegas may actually be fixed soon. Maybe. Publishers Bethesda have hit the game’s support page to let gamers know that a cross-platform patch for all three versions of the game – believed to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
PS3 Firmware Updated In The Fight Against Piracy
The PlayStation 3 just got updated, bringing the machine’s firmware to v3.55. Sony say “this is a minor update that adds a security patch”. What ever could they mean? They’re surely referring to a recent upsurge in “jailbreaks” for the console. A few months ago, devices went on sale that allowed the copying of PlayStation…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Windy Apple
Welcome back to weekdays, Kotaku readers. Let’s christen this work week with our nightly open thread, which is coming to you live from New York on a Monday night. I too have joined Mr. Brian Crecente in New York City, setting up shop at Gawker HQ where the Gawker Big Board looms. It’s a great…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 6, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Rage HD Is A Great Demo
id Software, the studio behind Doom and Quake, is bringing its upcoming first-person shooter Rage to Apple’s iOS with Rage HD. Rage is impressive looking, and so is Rage HD. But how does it play? Rage HD is an “on-rails” first-person shooter that is set in apocalyptic wastelands. Players are armed with three weapons (machine…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedEverything You Need To Know About World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Next week Tonight, the world of Warcraft will change forever with the release of Cataclysm. Here’s everything you need to know before Deathwing the Destroyer comes over and trashes the place. [Republished for the launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.] What Is Cataclysm? Cataclysm is the third expansion pack for World of Warcraft, which with…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Investigate Four New L.A. Noire Screens
Rockstar Games’ detective adventure, L.A. Noire is due to hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next spring after a very long wait. Four fresh shots of the 1940s investigative adventure are here to make that wait seem ever longer. For impressions of L.A. Noire in words, not so much pictures, read our most recent…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 6, 2010