F.E.A.R. The Almaverse

We saw brief, horrifying glimpses of the nightmarish landscape of Alma’s psyche in F.E.A.R. and F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. In F.E.A.R. 3 players will stare directly into its depths. The terror lurking inside Alma’s mind is normally her tool. She uses it to frighten her foes, allowing horrible things to pass into the real world…

Does A Programmable Wireless Xbox 360 Controller Count As Cheating?

Datel’s completely unauthorized TurboFire2 wireless Xbox 360 controller not only directly connects to the Xbox 360 without a dongle, you can connect it to your PC to apply “custom controller enhancements.” Microsoft should sue! Oh wait Microsoft filed a lawsuit against British peripheral manufacturer Datel back in April of this year, claiming the company “illegally…

Tall And Tan and Young and Lovely, The Kotaku From Ipanema Is Coming

Fact: Many of the most important moments in my life have been marked by Antonio Carlos Jobim’s wonderful song, The Girl from Ipanema. That song seems to drift through my best moments. So I was especially delighted to learn this month that like one of my favorite songs, Kotaku too will soon be in Portuguese.…

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Will We Get More Monkey Island From Monkey Island’s Creators?

When news hit that Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer were working together again at the same studio, all thoughts seemed to shift to Monkey Island. And that makes sense. After all, the first two games in the Monkey Island series includes the first game the humorous development duo worked on together. It also includes the…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

We bid farewell to September’s AY image with this Lara Croft riff by reader MrMrScott. Celebrate by talking about games here. And please nominate an October painting over at #TAYpics (old paintings, please; include name of painter and art.)

Amazon Pegs World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Release For Early 2011

While the public still does not know what the official release date will be for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, online retailer Amazon indicated overnight a belief that the anticipated game expansion will be released in January. We’ve collected several e-mail tips from readers who report receiving e-mails from the online retailer in the last several…

But Our Princess Is Frozen In Carbonite…

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Zerg Rush? Nope, It’s A Terran Rush

Remember those sweet Terran Marine costumes from Starcraft II’s worldwide launch? They weren’t just conjured. They had to be made. Atelier Fantastic’ Art were the team responsible, the French costume and special effects studio commissioned by Blizzard to build not one, not two, but a ton of the suits for the various launches (and subsequent…

The 3DS Was Supposed To Be Out This Year

The one big surprise from yesterday’s 3DS reveals from Nintendo was the fact that, even in Japan, the handheld would be missing the 2010 holiday season. Turns out it wasn’t supposed to be that way. During a briefing session for industry analysts, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told those in attendance that his company had originally…

Now That’s A Classy Assassin’s Creed Figure

NECA make some nice Assassin’s Creed action figures, yeah, but Square Enix’s ones are nicer This is the Japanese company’s take on Ezio, the hero of Assassin’s Creed II, part of its Play Arts line of deluxe action figures. Due for release in November – just in time for Ezio’s second game, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood…

Beyond Good & Evil Getting HD Re-Release

Beyond Good & Evil, one of the best (and yet under-appreciated) games of the previous hardware generation, is to receive a well-deserved re-release in high definition, Ubisoft has revealed. It won’t just be a quick and dirty cash-in, though; level textures and character models are being improved, it’ll run at 1080p and the game’s score…

It’s Fall, Which Means Your 360 Is About To Be Updated

The Xbox 360’s Fall Update will be with us soon, but for some, a preview went live earlier today, bringing with it a whole range of new additions and features. Those in the preview will already be testing all this stuff out, but for those who aren’t – and are only now joining us –…

Pumpkin Season Kicks Off With This Amazing Red Dead Vegetable Art

Halloween is right around the corner, and while for some it means costumes and candy, for us, it means a few weeks of pumpkins with video game characters carved into them. That top shot of Red Dead hero John Marston looks pretty good. The shot below, of what the thing looks like lit up in…

Whatever You Do, Don’t Mention The Game About The Berlin Wall

Jens Stober thought making a game about the Berlin Wall would be a good way to help teach kids about one of the less pleasant aspects of modern German history. Other Germans disagree. Stober’s game, 1378km (named after the length of the border between East and West Germany), has ticked off a wide variety of…

What Would Happen If Nintendo’s President And Mario’s Creator Had A Kid?

The Nintendo 3DS has a cute little party trick, where it can take pictures of two people’s faces and combine them into a single image. A hybrid. Which would be cute were the first example not two Nintendo big-wigs. President Satoru Iwata and Mario designer Shigeru Miyamoto are the proud parents in this case, the…

Zelda: Skyward Sword Is Looking A Little Different

Nintendo has released some new screenshots for upcoming Zelda title Skyward Sword. And is it just us, or are things looking a little…altered? The original screenshots released during E3 showed a game with bright blue skies and an even brighter green tunic on our hero. These screens, from what look like the same areas, are…

The Nintendo 3DS Web Browser & Activity Log Sound Great

Last night, Nintendo of Japan assaulted us with details on the Nintendo 3DS, which we won’t get our hands on until early next year. Amidst the new games and new features were buried some lower-key but still impressive details. Sure, Tag Mode, automatic Mii creation and Augmented Reality features get all the glory, but the…

All Will Be Explained

This open thread is all yours, a world of discovery and sharing that might focus on world discovery. War, Justin Bieber, quicksand, denim… what will we talk about tonight? All of that. Ladies and gentlemen, please make with the off-topic conversation or make with the video game conversation, if you so desire. Or simply catch…

Pricetag On NBA Elite’s Delay: $60 Million And Counting

Yesterday, we reported that a delay of NBA Elite 11’s release lasting past the end of the year jeopardizes the sale of as many as 1.1 million copies. Today, the analyst offering that estimate put a dollar figure on it. In a note to investors today, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter said to expect Electronic…