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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Celebrity MMO Winners
“Planet Michael” isn’t the first video game to star Michael Jackson. It is, however, the most ridiculous. Since they’re making any jackass idea into an MMO these days, we figured we’d help out with 20 concepts from the Kotaku community. Riggs submitted like 93 entries; “World of Skingraft” was his first and it held up…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Scott Pilgrim Gets DLC In November
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game will get its first downloadable content extension early next month, delivering two bonus game modes and a new playable character: Knives Chau. The pack will be 160 Microsoft Points, or $1.99 on PlayStation Network, IGN reports. The two bonus game modes are Battle Royal and Dodgeball. Dodgeball involves…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
All The Ranks Of Reach
Slowly but surely the Halo: Reach community has been filling in the ranks and credit requirements in the game’s single- and multiplayer progessions. They’ve all been uncovered now. Forum member DtownGamer has been supplying the ranks and screenshot confirmations of them; Halopedia just added the full roster to its page, where you may also see…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Shows A Mission Of No Mercy
Follow along an entire stealth mission in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood with this developer video Ubisoft just released. It gives a glimpse of some of Ezio’s new means of dispatching foes, and hints at other items you’ll unlock elsewhere in the game. Also, an email Ubisoft sent to fans this morning revealed a new playable character…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet 2 To Include 10-Level Move Demo
LittleBigPlanet 2 will have a multilevel PlayStation Move enabled demo, but full support won’t be added until after the game arrives in January, Eurogamer reports. James Spafford, the community manager for the game’s studio, Media Molecule, said an extra game – “possibly on another disc, maybe on the same disc” – will be included with…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Elite’s Meltdown May Get More Into A Jam — But Not On The Wii
Coming back from E3 in June, I decided I’d seen my excuse to go get a Wii. NBA Jam, which we’d given a best-of nomination, and which was absolutely thronged inside Electronic Arts’ booth, open to close. “Why?” Plunkett chided me. “You know they’re going to bring it to the PS3 and 360. It’s inevitable.”…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Plan Will Still Come Together
Monday Night Combat pays tribute to the creator of many action shows, Stephen J. Cannell, who died Thursday. This wallpaper (full size) mimics this publicity shot of The A-Team. Seen at Uber Entertainment’s official site
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedWait A Sec, Is That Jace Hall Kicking Tay Zonday’s Ass?
Jace Hall, who earlier this year brought us “I Play WoW,” returns with this love song to Street Fighter, featuring booty-shaking ring girls and cosplayers dressed like the game’s major characters. This is pretty loud, so earbuds might be advisable.
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Box Scores: Clemson, Interrupted
How awesome is it that Clemson’s game against Miami today had to wait 15 minutes on ESPN2 for a buncha dang foreigners to finish runnin’ around in a soccer game that ended with no goals. ESPN2’s new coverage of the English Premier League meant football trumped handegg as Sunderland and Manchester United played to a…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rock Band 3’s Keyboard Bundle, For PS3, Won’t Be Sold In North America
Folks noticed that Rock Band 3’s PS3 keyboard bundle had disappeared from U.S. retail sites, and asked Harmonix why. It seems contract terms in the region prohibit its sale. And now they must wangle a fix for those who preordered. “Unfortunately, this SKU will not be available in the U.S. (including Canada and Mexico) due…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver: A Few Good Deals
You don’t want the truth because deep down, you want me on those deals, you need me on those deals. We use words like value, coupon code and free shipping. You use them at checkout. Hardware A 10 percent off coupon through Dell yields a number of hardware values. • Xbox 360 Halo: Reach console…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week In Review: Opposing Forces
In sports, they say it’s not how you lose but when you lose. In that case, NBA Elite picked a great time, because its indefinite delay was blotted out by two doozies at week’s end. The revamp of EA Sports’ basketball title was postponed on Monday, a week before it was due on shelves. On…
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
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
