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Resident Evil Creator Grew Up In An Evil Residence
Shinji Mikami is responsible for one of the most successful game franchises ever, horror series Resident Evil. It’s not just the games that are scary. Mikami’s own abusive childhood sounds horrific. The game designer tells game magazine Famitsu about how his father would hit him “pretty much daily”. Mikami does have respect for his father…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Minute’s Silence For Cannon Fodder And The Great War Dead
Is it sad that the closest video games are able to come to commemorating Veteran’s/Armistice/Remembrance Day is the poppy flower featured in the intro to 1993’s Amiga classic Cannon Fodder? It is a little, yeah. Especially when you consider one of the only other games to evoke a feeling of loss and respect for those…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Moment You Know You Ain’t Popular
Popularity is a fickle thing. Some people are loved, adored. Some are not. Most never become accurately aware of what the masses think of us. Shizuka Oya did earlier this month. AKB48 is not only Japan’s biggest girl group, but one of the biggest groups in Japan. The outfit’s most recent single, released on October…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Developer Changes Name Because The Old Name Was Dirty
Wet developers Behaviour used to be known as Artificial Mind & Movement. Then they shortened that to A2M (which has an alternate, rather NSFW meaning). And that’s why they’re now known as Behaviour. Behaviour CEO Rémi Racine tells Eurogamer that initially, the team was unaware of any other meanings for the studio name, until the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe iPhone’s Best Free Games Right Now
Apple’s App Store is flooded with short burst games to play… but what if you don’t feel like paying for the privilege? Here’s a selection of some of the best free gaming the iPhone and iPod touch have to offer. There’s no lack of free things to play, but why waste your time with iPhone…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kinect Is A Blessing For This Family
With a (mostly) disappointing launch lineup and some niggling problems, it’s easy to get down on Microsoft’s Kinect. Try sparing a thought, though, for the parents of a four year-old autistic boy, for which it’s been a revelation. Gaming Nexus writer John Yan has penned an account of his experiences playing with Kinect with his…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe PlayStation 3 Is For Giant Babies
At least, that’s what these new commercials for the console in Latin America are saying. The Move one below is…OK, but boy that top one is something special. It’s great to see some quality PlayStation ads again that don’t involve Kevin Butler. It’s not that I don’t like Kevin, it’s just…he’s very brash, and Sony’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sega Promotes Awareness Of Endangered Hedgehogs By Being Cruel To Them
Britain’s hedgehog population is in crisis, with many falling victim to roadkill. Sega staged a “hedgehog road crossing” to raise awareness of the creatures, and, of course, Sonic Colors. Here one’s fitted with red booties. Seen via Daily Mail.
By Owen Good Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Travel Time
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, let’s put this Wednesday to rest with a little off topic conversation as we enter… Kotaku After Dark! My day was busy writing about video games, buying video games, playing video games and making travel arrangements for the holidays. If you’re in the New York City or Orlando areas…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Victor Declared In Hack-Kinect Bounty Hunt
Adafruit, which laid a $3,000 bounty for the first open source driver for the Kinect, has declared a winner. “Hector” delivered the goods, verified as workable by a third party in the hacking community. He’s putting the $3,000 toward “hacking tools and devices for a group of people he works with closely,” on projects such…
By Owen Good Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Has Warp, Gatling Gears & Fancy Pants Adventures On Tap For 2011
Electronic Arts will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC users hard next year with a trio of newly unveiled games, sci-fi stealth action game Warp, twin-stick shooter Gatling Gears and Flash-based platforming game The Fancy Pants Adventures. Warp comes to us from the newly signed EA Partners member Trapdoor. The XBLA, PSN…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Website Names Tip Plans For SSX Sequel
SSX, the snowboard supercross game, was one of the most acclaimed series on the defunct EA Sports Big nameplate, but hasn’t seen a new release since a poorly received Wii title in 2007. That might change with “SSX Deadly Descent.” Superannuation, cataloger of all prospective video game paperwork, noticed five sites all have been registered…
By Owen Good Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Which Version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Comes Out On Top?
If you care deeply about pixel counts and frame rate—or are simply still on the fence about which console version of Call of Duty: Black Ops to buy—don’t miss Digital Foundry‘s deep technical tear down of the Xbox 360 and PS3 releases. Eurogamer’s techy side examines the two console versions of Treyarch’s latest Call of…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Night Vision Cake Makes For A Prestigious Birthday
Was it really a year ago that Modern Warfare 2 was the it-release, and its night vision goggles were the opulent special edition premium. This cake doesn’t celebrate that anniversary, it’s for “stepTOF,” from his girlfriend. Sent in by TEAMCHINA.
By Owen Good Published November 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedFan-made New Super Mario Bros. 3 Looks Super Insane
What if you took New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS and hacked a complete recreation of Super Mario 3 into the thing? Well, why stop there? Why not put some Metroid and Legend of Zelda in there too? Well, someone did that, creating the hacked New Super Mario Bros. 3, which not only…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
The ‘Marvel Brothel’ Sex RPG Makes A Pimp Out Of Prof. X
Gross worlds collide when horny comic book fans get their hands on RPG Maker 2003. Not a dream! Not a hoax! Marvel Brothel is a fan-made role-playing game that turns Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters into a mutant whorehouse. Yes, in Marvel Brothel, the leader of the X-Men, Charles Xavier, decides that the best…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
NHL Games Now Streaming Onto PS3
Much like its MLB TV application that launched earlier this year, the PS3 now features the NHL GameCenter application, so hockey nuts with a subscription can follow games live on their console instead of their PC. NHL GameCenter lets viewers see live regular season games (through the away team’s broadcast feed), with some playoff games…
By Owen Good Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why We Don’t Do Review Events
To: Ash From: Crecente Another story about Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops review event has kicked off a new round of navel staring on Twitter. Something similar happened late last year when we wrote about these events. And I’m sure many times before when they’ve been written about. For the record, we declined to…
By Brian Crecente Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
A New Breed Of Survival Horror Comes To The Forest
Sony’s Tokyo Jungle has some competition in video gaming’s survival of the fittest. Wildlife: Forest Survival from Electronic Arts lets you play as an alligator, hawk, rabbit, fox and more in its downloadable wildlife game due next year. Coming to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in spring 2011, Wildlife: Forest Survival lets players…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Black Ops Dev: Glitchers Are “Douche-Bags,” Who Want To Be “Internet Nerd Famous”
David Vonderhaar is not a happy guy. The design director for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ multiplayer is busy dealing with the baffling lag problem in the PC version, so please stop “Twit-bombing” him with video of glitches and exploits. “I’m not going to talk about it publicly,” an obviously pissed Vonderhaar said in the…
By Owen Good Published November 10, 2010