Modern Warfare 2 Shot To Pieces, Then Set On Fire

This video begins slowly, tricking you into thinking it’s the inconsequential ramblings of a fanboy, but as soon as you hear a Russian accent drawl “I’m going to shoot it with a few guns”, things get interesting. True to his word, the lad (who dearly loves his firearms) lays down a PC copy of Activision’s…

Review: Kinect Adventures

Kinect Adventures is the game that every Kinect owner will soon be playing. That’s because it’s the one that comes with the hardware. So it should give players a taste of what they can expect from Xbox 360 motion gaming. As with a bulk of this first round of Kinect games, Kinect Adventures looks an…

Kinect From All The Angles, Plus Beans

Kinect, like you’ve never seen it before, on one of our roofs, compared in size to everything from a Wii sensor bar to a can of beans. Plus! Cord length!

Review: Kinect

Microsoft says that Kinect is the next big thing for video games, a way to control both games and TV without touching a thing. This expensive future is now. It’s amazing, but you can wait for it. The Kinect sensor is a device that plugs into an Xbox 360 and uses a combination of cameras…

What We Loved, What We Hated About the Xbox 360 Kinect

Microsoft calls it a new console, but the Kinect is really a fresh coat of paint for the Xbox 360, promising to deliver not just motion gaming, but controller-free gaming to the masses. We’ve had the peripheral add-on in our offices for a little more than a week now, time enough for us to play…

A Visual Guide To Kinect For Xbox 360

“You are the controller,” Microsoft says in its Kinect ads. Kinect’s coming out party at E3 2009. Some of these experiences wound up in Kinect Adventures, some may never be released at all. Microsoft’s original vision for Kinect, when it was still known as “Project Natal.” Kinect delivered on some of these promises, but we’re…

Hot Pursuit Reboots Need For Speed’s Home Turf

So, here’s Seacrest County in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. It’s got every challenge a street racer could want, but man, this place feels familiar. Tri-City in Undercover or Rockport in Most Wanted didn’t feature night driving nor snow-capped mountains, but the rest of this – the freeways, coast and back roads – have struck…

A Visual Guide to Dance Central

Crank That By Soulka Boy Jungle Boogie By Kool and the Gang Funkytown By Lipps Inc. The Dance Central Trailer

Sucker Punched Again!

I don’t know why I’m bothering to even write this off-topic open thread. You guys and gals are probably waiting in line to buy your Kinects or naming your pet tiger cub Skittles by now. Right? If you’re not out there buying into the latest motion control scheme, please, join us for some lovely conversation…

NBAer Asserts Dunk Champion’s Prerogative, Gets His NBA Jam Rating Maxed

Dwight Howard believes his dunk rating of 8 in NBA Jam doesn’t reflect reality. Neither does jumping from the three point line to eye-level with the shot clock to throw down a 720-degree behind-the-back slam, but who’s counting? Howard’s 8 DNK in the Wii version of the arcade classic got the Orlando Magic center (and…

Did The House of Fallout Just Buy *Another* Studio?

Bethesda (and parent company ZeniMax) has gone on a major shopping spree over the past few years, expanding far beyond Oblivion and Fallout, swallowing up the creators of Doom and Resident Evil. And it doesn’t look like they’re stopping there. ZeniMax Media, the people who already own Bethesda Software, id Software, Arkane Studios and, most…

Poker Night TF2 Items

NBA 2K11 Ships A 3D Version In Two Weeks

NBA 2K11 will ship a 3D-enabled version for PS3 beginning Nov. 16, and a free patch enabling 3D presentation for all versions will go live in January, 2K Sports said yesterday. As with any HD-3D product, you’ll need both a television capable of displaying it and the special specs to see the effect. If you…

How Valve Will Bribe Team Fortress 2 Players Into Playing Poker [Update]

Later this month, Telltale Games—makers of Sam & Max and Penny Arcade video games—will release a new poker title featuring, among others, Team Fortress 2‘s Heavy. That’s not the only incentive luring TF2 fans to do some gambling. To help promote Telltale’s Poker Night at the Inventory, Valve is adding a few more items to…

Get A Look At NBA Jam’s Pols In Hi-Def

Election Day was yesterday, but so what, none of these politicians in NBA Jam were candidates. When the game hits the Xbox 360 and PS3, it will have the same roster – and unlockables – as the Wii version. That means President Obama and Vice President Biden, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Dubya and Cheney and…

Sackboys Love A Parade

LittleBigPlanet Sackboys (and Sackgirl!) still in the making await their eventual appearance in Toronto’s 2010 Santa Claus parade. Sony’s a sponsor, so expect LittleBigPlanet 2 promotion in this year’s festivities. Seen at Torontoist, thanks to Zack.

EA Boss Perfectly Happy If His ‘Pretty Good’ Games Sell Too

John Riccitiello, the man at the top of publisher EA, has long stressed that “quality” is paramount under his reign at the company. But the CEO who normally loves to promote high Metacritic scores is also fine with “pretty good.” Asked yesterday about the review scores of the recently launched Medal of Honor—which is enjoying…

Review: Bit.Trip Fate

Gaijin Games compromises my ability to deliver a concise game description with Bit.Trip Fate, a rhythm-based on-rails twin stick bullet hell shooter. I guess that wasn’t too bad. Bit.Trip Fate is the fifth installment of Gaijin and Aksys’ Bit.Trip series, which combines ’80s graphics with modern game design to create unique experiences. In the case…

Kinect Flood Incoming

To: Ash From: Crecente We’ve seen it before, back when the Playstation Move launched, and tonight we’ll see it again: Story Flood!!! At 10:01 p.m. Kotaku time (that’s midnight 01 Eastern) we are opening the floodgates on our Xbox 360 Kinect coverage. That means oodles of game reviews, hardware reviews, videos, explainers, thoughts. If you’re…

This Man Would Prefer It If You’d Stop Hating On Pokemon

If you’re currently hating on Pokemon Black and White, this man would ask you to reconsider your position. Not only is the newest entry off the goddamn chain, he argues, but Pokemon is straight up “gangsta.” In this fiery, extremely NSFW video (via Reddit), “Black man loves Pokemon,” its creator believes Pokemon’s gangsta qualities are…