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Bar Girl Game Getting Anime
Video game Dream C Club lets players down virtual booze with girls in maid outfits, have them sing songs and, in the sequel, feed them bananas. Sounds like perfect fodder for an anime. The game’s characters are going to be adapted into a 3D anime for a two volume DVD/CD collection of in-game songs and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bungie Glasses 15,000 Halo: Reach Cheaters
Shortly after Halo: Reach was released, users found a way to earn cheap, easy in-game credits via an exploit. Some people, though, had to take it too far. Now, the exploit itself, if you’ve got the patience for it, that’s fine. But 15,000 players have been found to have gone overboard on the exploit via…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedWii Party Is Super Effective Against Collar Popping D-bags
Nintendo’s Wii Party is more than just a collection of enjoyable mini-games. It’s also the ideal instrument to get you the girl of your dreams, even if she’s currently dating a total douchebag who just happens to have great hair. In the battle against the Johnny Lawrences, Stan Winstons and Chas Osbornes of the world,…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedR.I.P. Stephen J. Cannell, 1941-2010
Jan. 30, 1983 is one of the most important dates of my childhood. That day, the only man from my hometown to make the NFL won the Super Bowl with the Washington Redskins. Following the game, The A-Team came on. Though The A-Team actually premiered a week earlier (with a different guy playing Face), few…
By Owen Good Published October 1, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
The once-prolific Guitar Hero series sees just one major release this year. Once upon a time, we could expect publisher Activision to pump out five or more guitar-based games a year. In 2010, there is only Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock The follow-up to last year’s unusually diverse Guitar Hero 5 focuses more on guitar-driven…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Someone Claims To Have A Retail Disc Of NBA Elite 11
NBA Elite 11 was indefinitely postponed on Monday, a week before its commercial release. I didn’t receive any disc pre-release (for review), but conceivably they might exist somewhere in the wild. One allegedly just sold on eBay for $255. eBayer tgarreth is not a fly-by-nighter. He’s a top-rated seller on the online auction service (an…
By Owen Good Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get In The (R/C) Warthog!
Reader Dan S. noticed that the MacFarlane Toys’ Halo: Reach Warthog perfectly matched the chassis of one of his R/C vehicles. “The wheels started turning in my head,” Dan says, “pardon the pun.” “So I acquired said Warthog toy and promptly Frankensteined the two items together,” he told Kotaku, “added some hi-intensity LEDs and came…
By Owen Good Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Playable Taliban Jeopardized U.S. Army’s Support For Medal Of Honor
Electronic Arts’ military shooter set during the modern war in Afghanistan could have lost its official U.S. Army support over the inclusion of Taliban fighters as playable characters in the game’s online mode, military officials told Kotaku. The U.S. Army, which officially supported the development of Medal of Honor, didn’t find out about the inclusion…
By Brian Crecente Published October 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Sound Of The Fury Of NBA 2K11
This four-minute compilation of audio highlights withink NBA 2K11 doesn’t skimp on the video, either. You can catch Michael Jordan in action versus Dominique Wilkins – with signature dunk styles for both. Don’t overlook the contextualized commentary either – both for the Association mode and in NBA Today, where Kevin Harlan, Clark Kellogg and Doris…
By Owen Good Published October 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedFez Is Still Alive & Kicking In This New Trailer
Wow. Fez! It’s been a while since we’ve seen your dimension twisting gameplay in action. Thankfully, the oft-delayed game appears to be alive and well, as proven by a new gameplay trailer released by developer Phil Fish. It may not have a release date or much in the way of new concrete information, but at…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer Brings In The Law
A new class of gunfighter – the Marshals – has been unlocked in Red Dead Redemption’s multiplayer and is now available for everyone to use. To get ’em, go to the Outfitter in Online Multiplayer, browse down to the Marshals class (pictured) and fire away. The new characters were set to go live about four…
By Owen Good Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout: New Vegas Is Done, And It’s Time For Cake
Fallout: New Vegas is 100% complete, the PC specs are out, and the New Vegas designer Robert Lee gets a splendid cake. All is right with the world. As seen on the Bethesda Blog Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
In-Game Popup Ads Return To Madden
The latest patch for Madden NFL 11 returns the scorebar pop-up ads last seen Madden NFL 10, but they don’t display at the every-down frequency that annoyed so many when they rolled out midway through last year. Pasta Padre (the source of the screengrab) reports that their frequency seems to be greatly reduced. The last…
By Owen Good Published October 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedXbox Live Indie Clips: The Tribes Of Ursea
Centaurs and not-so-centaurs spill blood on the fields of battle in this week’s Xbox Live Indie Clip, the Tribes of Ursea. People often ask me how I chose which games to feature in the weekly Xbox Live Indie Clips article. Sometimes they are suggested to me through friends and co-workers. On occasion the developer themselves…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Kotaku Guide To Fall Video Game Hardware And Controllers
With the arrival of fall comes the arrival of expensive shopping decisions. You can shell out for games, but what about game hardware? Do you need the Kinect? The Move? One of the new video game guitars? Or even a new console? This companion to our Guide To Fall Video Games highlights the big hardware…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Metropolis And Gotham Are Nice, But You Wouldn’t Want To Live There
It’s like you can’t go five feet in DC Universe Online’s Gotham City or Metropolis without seeing superheroes and super villains duking it out. I bet property values are way down. This batch of screens for Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online show some over-the-top combat going on in the streets of Gotham and Metropolis.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pokemon Helps Keep The DS (Way) On Top In Japan
Another week of outstanding sales for Pokemon Black & White, another week of total Nintendo DS dominance in Japan. More than half of every console sold in Japan this past week, according to sales tracker Media Create, could play Nintendo DS games. The most popular version of Nintendo’s still wildly successful platform was the DSi,…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Man Wins (Ig)Nobel Prize For Swearing
Anyone who’s played a particularly frustrating video game can attest to the therapeutic effect of dropping the F-bomb. The phenomenon has now been scientifically proven, and the man behind the research awarded for his efforts, sort of. Annals of Improbable Research magazine held the 20th annual Ig Nobel awards last night at Harvard University, and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Will I actually be playing “The Sacrifice” in both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 before Tuesday? God, I hope so. But I’ve got a few back-up games on tap, just in case. I’ll continue to mess around with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock this weekend, despite my dislike for the vast majority…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 1, 2010
