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UncategorizedDoes The World’s Best Race Track Look Better In GT5 Or Real Life?
This video shows a complete run of the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife course, widely rated as the best damn race track in the world. On the bottom screen, a real driver, in real life. On top? Gran Turismo 5. The real driver is Denis Malevanyi, a part-time veteran of the course. He’s driving the exact same car…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dress Like A Yakuza For Only $900!
Ever wonder why thugs turn to a life of crime? Maybe it’s because their threads cost so damn much. This outfit, based on the tracksuit protagonist Tatsuya Ukyo wears in PSP game Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther and its spin-off television drama. The outfit is from Japanese designer DressCamp and will set you back ¥42,000…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedHer Art Is A Symphony Of Evil
Kotaku featured the art — if you can call it that — of voice actress Yuu Kobayashi (Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Ar tonelico III) several times before. Kobayashi’s work is nightmarish and unique. And, yes, we’d say her phallic doodles are art and deserve a video send up. Thank you, Yuu Kobayashi for your…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Play This Game, Help Save Lives
Phylo looks like just another minimalist Flash game that has you moving blocks around, but under the hood, every time you click something, you’re helping save lives. How? Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz are tracking the game, because how players arrange the various coloured blocks helps them compare genome sequences in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360’s Borderlands GOTY Edition Won’t Cross The Border
The PS3 version of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition will be released in Japan. According to one report, the Xbox 360 version will not. The Xbox 360 version was originally intended to hit retail alongside the PS3 edition later this month, but according to an online report and retailers like HMV, the title is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Call Of Duty’s Publishers Couldn’t Give A Hoot About iPhones Or Facebook
While Activision remains committed to complete and utter domination of home consoles and the personal computer, it seems the mega-publisher couldn’t care less about emerging platforms like Facebook or the iPhone. “We don’t view the App Store as a really big opportunity for dedicated games,” Activision boss Bobby Kotick says. He may be in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is Pokemon Still Gaming’s Monster King?
From Godzilla to Gamera, Japan loves its monsters. Pokémon, or Pocket Monsters, is no exception. But Pokémon’s days as Japan’s reigning video game monster ruler could be over. This is anecdotal evidence at best, and in no way am I trying to imply that Pokémon is no longer popular in Japan (that would be insanity!),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Half Of Xbox Live’s Users Aren’t Paying Subscribers
It’s easy to assume that most people who connect their Xbox 360 consoles to the internet have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. But nope. Turns out a lot of you don’t “Of our 25 million members, about half of them are subscribers to the business and pay us about $60 a year for that,” Microsoft’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedGo Go (Away) Kamen Rider Girls!
This year marks the fortieth anniversary of masked, motorbike-riding super hero “Kamen Rider” (“Masked Rider”). How will this milestone be marked? Why, with hotpants. A Japanese record label is teaming up with the franchise’s production company to create “Kamen Rider Girls”, a Japanese pop unit with five girls ranging in ages 18-20 and representing different…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedNSFW: Can Trashtalking Rattle A Real Soldier?
Morons yammering away in your headset can be off-putting to the average gamer toiling through a round of Call of Duty online, but how does it affect the combat capacity of an actual, trained soldier in the field? Machinima specialist Rooster Teeth’s new series Immersion seeks to find out, having US Special Forces veteran “Shane”…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 -
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Here’s A Look at Iran’s First Big Time Video Game
Though the country earlier this year published a sci-fi MMO, Garshasp – a monster hunter of folklore – is billed is Iran’s first AAA-quality video game. It’s being made for the PC because trade sanctions prohibit selling dev kits there. Thus, Garshasp has been in development since 2006, and its makers are waiting on a…
By Owen Good Published December 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hell Yeah, This Lady Would Love To Be In The World Of Warcraft Movie
Of all the things she’s done in her life – like starring in sitcoms, animated series and big Hollywood movies – there’s nothing actor Mila Kunis would love more than to play a “kick-ass mage”. Kunis, who has scored gamer brownie points for her addiction to WoW then lost them with a starring role in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Auditorium HD Goes Chasing Waterfalls
Why should anyone in their right mind pay good money for a console port of a game you can play on a PC, right now, for free? Auditorium HD is a console port of Auditorium, a PC game put out in 2009 that was itself a bulked-up version of a Flash-based puzzle and music title…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedSuck On That, Tomahawk Kill
Three weeks post-Black Ops we’ve seen more lucky kills and wacky vids than you can shake an RC-XD at. This helicopter takedown reminds that Grand Theft Auto IV, even two years later, pulls its weight in WTF multiplayer kills, too. [seen via Hot Blooded Gaming]
By Owen Good Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
See You In New York
Kind Kotaku readers, won’t you come into this post and talk about the off-topic things we like to discuss when darkness falls over the video game news of the day? This is your opportunity. I’ll leave this open thread in your possession. I must prepare for a few days off and a trip to New…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5, Monster Hunter Are Very Kind To PlayStation Hardware
The release of Gran Turismo 5 in Japan and the build up to Monster Hunter Portable 3rd give the PlayStation family a week to completely dominate overseas. Just how helpful were GT5 and the latest Monster Hunter? Well, the PSP was actually down from its spectacular sales from the week prior, with the PlayStation 3…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 1, 2010