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UncategorizedPC Gaming Week Confessional, Totilo Edition
We are all over PC gaming this week, but what do we know about PC gaming? Each day, one Kotaku editor will reveal their PC gaming knowledge (Uh-oh!) and share some memories. First up is me, your deputy editor. Are you a PC gamer? Sure. But if a game is also on consoles, I play…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Here Are Your GoldenEye Winners
Last week we kicked off a contest to give away classic editions of the North American version of James Bond 007: GoldenEye, which come with a copy of the Wii game and the snazzy golden classic controller, to four readers. The four lucky readers also get a Cheater shirt, appropriately enough. This afternoon I drew…
By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Homefront Brings North Korean Invasion To Book Platform
THQ’s grim view of the future, in which North Korea somehow has the wherewithal to invade the United States, is being ported to books. Homefront is getting a novelization from people who know how to make game stories readable. John Milius, the man who wrote and directed Red Dawn and Conan the Barbarian, is working…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: $8 Artsy Game vs. $2 Flashlight
Bit.Trip Fate might be another game in a musically and graphically inventive series. Flashlight is a flashlight. Bit.Trip Fate might be fun. Flashlight might save your life (according to the official product description). Decision time, NIntendo download consumers! Our Mike Fahey usually chronicles the Monday releases brought to Nintendo systems by the ever-unusual collection of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
John Lennon’s Imagine Album Coming To Rock Band
John Lennon’s most popular solo album, Imagine, will be “among the first albums” available for download following this week’s launch of Rock Band 3, according to the game’s developers. Hyping this week’s release of Rock Band 3, MTV Games and Harmonix revealed that the legendary Beatles’ full 10-song Imagine album will be paid downloadable content,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Show Us Your Gaming Laptop
Here’s a shot of just a few of the laptops I currently have in the house. I even use some to play games on. What’s not shown? The laptop so worn down that you can see the circuitry through the top of the case, the laptop with the “I Rock, I’m a Rocker” sticker on…
By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
3D And Gyro Sensor Might Make Racing Difficult
The Nintendo 3DS has 3D and a gyro sensor. That doesn’t the 3D gaming and motion sensing gaming go together on the 3DS like peanut butter and jelly. The 3DS has a sweet spot for viewing 3D. Tilt the console to the side, and the 3D effect vanishes. Gyro sensing is based on tilt controls!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Toppers: An Angry Bird Sandwich
Angry Birds didn’t just regain the number one spot on the iPhone and iPad, it’s also got a second top ten spot on both platforms. Halloween magic! Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Angry Birds Halloween (Rovio Mobile) $0.99 1 — 2 Cut the…
By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2010 -
UncategorizedDigital Storm’s New High-End Gaming PCs Light Up BlizzCon
At BlizzCon 2010, high-end gaming PC builder Digital Storm showed us a pair of machines powerful and attractive enough to make any PC gamer’s heart sing…and their wallet cry for mercy. One of the big differences between console and PC gaming is that you can’t spend thousands of dollars for a more powerful Xbox 360…
By Mike Fahey Published October 25, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: God of War: Ghost of Sparta
To the people on buses and benches, necks bent and eyes locked on their Angry Birds, make way for one of the best 2010 portable games that you need buttons to play, the one starring an angry Greek god who rips wings from birds. God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a palm-sized epic video…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Here are 25 Codes for the Killzone 3 Beta, Get Em While They Last!
No warning (unless you follow us on Facebook or Twitter), no contest, no rules. Just grab one of these 25 codes for the Killzone 3 beta and have fun. Update: They’re all gone. It would be nice if you came back after redeeming one and let people know which you took. That is all: J5HT-QJN5-R5AL…
By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2010 -
UncategorizedLet’s Check Out the New Maps of Halo: Reach
Why don’t we! Seen in this video is a look at the new maps of the upcoming Nobel Map downloadable content pack coming to Halo: Reach. That means Anchor 9, Tempest, and Breakpoint. The 800 Microsoft Point map pack hits Nov. 30.
By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Microsoft: We Are Doubling Down on PC Games
Exactly a year after rolling out Windows 7 with much fanfare, Microsoft seems to be finally remembering the gamers who help make their platform so popular. The Oct. 22, 2009 launch of Windows 7 happened with almost no reference to gaming, or the people who use the system so prevalently to game. It was a…
By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s time to talk more about video games and to wonder where all the TAYpics have gone. With a week of October to go, the #TAYpics supply is running low. Reader MrMrScott gets us out of a jam today, but Kotaku needs you, dear readers, to submit your best images for Talk Amongst Yourselves to…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Week of PC Gaming on Kotaku
One might think that Kotaku Tower is a place bereft of computers, or at least gaming on computers, judging by how infrequently we write about them. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. More than half of us actually love computer gaming. I myself grew up on PC gaming, skipping everything from the Nintendo…
By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Please Imagine This Photo!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Busy busy nite. Wanted to get a photo up for this Night Note, but have a billion other things I need to get to first. Apologies! What you missed last night Blizzard Says Valve’s DOTA Trademark “Doesn’t Seem The Right Thing To Do” PSP2 Will Be Bigger, Out Fall 2011, Currently…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dragon Ball, The Blue Jeans
There are Dragon Ball manga, Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball toys and Dragon Ball video games. How about jeans? Got them, too. Priced at ¥18,900 (US$234), the jeans are made in Fukuyama City, Japan and feature knowing nods to the Dragon Ball franchise. The jeans go on sale this December in Japan. Nothing quite says…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2010