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Then Why We Still Got Ewoks?
Kotaku readers, join us in this nightly post where your off-topic ramblings and insights are welcome, where we might just discuss the odd Star Wars-related development that isn’t related to a studio named LucasArts. For example, we might discuss the news that the Star Wars saga—which it turns out spans six films!—will be the latest…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Death Visits The Resurrection Of NBA Elite
The most fateful day for NBA Elite 11 was not Monday, Sept. 27, the day it was postponed indefinitely. It’s Sept. 21, the day it was crucified. As a metaphor for withering criticism, the kind hardcore gamers dispense every day, “crucified” is an especially apt word covering both the substance of and response to a…
By Owen Good Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I: A Release Date
Sega will release the first episode of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 starting on October 11 for WiiWare, October 12 for PlayStation Network and October 13 for Xbox Live Arcade in North America. Price is $15 in U.S. dollars. [IGN]
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UncategorizedWhat A Horrible Night For A Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Trailer
Remember that 7-minute-plus trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow from Tokyo Game Show? Konami’s got more where that came from, issuing a new, gameplay-filled preview of Mercury Steam’s take on Castlevania that can go all night OK, so it really goes for about 11 minutes and change. But it’s narrated by Jason “Lucius Malfoy” Isaacs…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fable III Kingmaker Lets You Earn Gold On The Go
Fable fans will be able to amass a small fortune in the kingdom of Albion well before the next Xbox 360 entry launches next month. And they’ll do it on their smartphones with the soon-to-be-released app Fable III Kingmaker. The smartphone app was spotted by CVG in the latest issue of Xbox World magazine. Similar…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Am Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty… Jedi Apprentice?!
LucasArts has revealed a somewhat unexpected addition to the cast of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the star of comedic adventure game series Monkey Island. Either some cloning procedure has gone horribly wrong or Guybrush really is that mighty. “Yes, this is real,” reads the official Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Facebook page,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Lara Croft & The Thongs of Virtue
PlayStation 3 owners can take part in Lara Croft’s latest adventure, as the cooperative game without the Tomb Raider name makes its way to the North American PlayStation Store. What else can PS3 and PSP owners spend hard earned money on? The new DeathSpank, Swords & Soldiers and the latest expansion for Borderlands, for starters.…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead Loves Dead Rising 2
Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 team gives Capcom a little love today with this image, hidden inside a blog post on the release of part three of The Sacrifice digi-comic. Then Chuck Greene shows up. Valve has no qualms about broadcasting its love for other games, especially when it comes to the Dead Rising series.…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pitgirl Pornstar [corrected]
Adult film actress Bobbi Starr – E3 2009’s DiRT girl, remember her? – does her impersonation of Monday Night Combat’s Pitgirl. Seen on her Twitter. A second NSFW pic also is available. Correction: On further review, we mistook Ms. Starr’s caption to be specific to Monday Night Combat. it is in fact a common moniker…
By Owen Good Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lies, Damn Lies and… Minecraft?
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I Think The Child Has Become Attached Stupid Minecraft. I’ve been trying to play it both online and off for the past week with no luck. Looks like I’m going to have to break out a laptop to give it a try. The thing is, I’m sort of worried that…
By Brian Crecente Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedMan Builds Computer Inside Computer Game
Minecraft is a game about building things that runs on your computer. One man is building a working computer inside the game that runs on his computer. At this point it’s okay if your head explodes. YouTube user TheInternetFTW is well on his way to creating a gigantic working 16-bit computer inside the confines of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Anyone In The Market For A Metroid Prime Gunship?
First 4 Figures follows-up its Metroid Prime 2: Echoes gunship with a gorgeous 12 inch replica of Samus’ gunship from the original Metroid Prime, and it can be yours for only $300. The Echoes gunship was nice, but I feel it lacked a certain something compared to the new Metroid Prime gunship. That something is…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedNothing Says I Love You Like An Arrow In The Face
Meet Ivy. She’s my love interest in the Xbox 360 demo for Arcania: Gothic 4. I’m shooting her in the face with arrows, because I love her. We’re gonna get married! Keep in mind this is a work in progress demo. Hopefully in the full version the chickens will be impervious to arrows as well.
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 -
ReviewsPlayed: DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
DeathSpank: Thongs Of Virtue is video game deja vu if deja vu involved feeling like you’ve done the thing you’re doing before — but maybe not ever before in a boat. Style: You are DeathSpank one of the intentionally more dimwitted video game action heroes, and you are in a cartoon parody world in which…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
ModNation Racers Joins The Line-up Of Cheaper PS3 Games
Earlier today, Sony welcomed a new batch of value priced Greatest Hits games for the PlayStation 3. Turns out MAG, Demon’s Souls and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift aren’t the only PS3 exclusives having their prices slashed. Add ModNation Racers to the list of cheaper PS3 games, starting right now. The “Play. Create. Share.” kart racing game…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
WiiWare Gets Its Wipeout On With FAST
There can never be too much high-velocity antigrav racing, so we welcome the addition of FAST Racing League, coming to WiiWare courtesy of Shin’en Multimedia. What does it take to create a successful futurist antigrav racer? First comes style, which, judging from these initial screens, FAST has covered. We’re going to have to wait for…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Do You Say “Kill It With Fire” In German?
Sackboy and Buzz appear larger-than-life at this weekend’s Game City in Vienna, Austria. Check out more photos from the event at the German PlayStation Blog Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games. And Google translate says it’s “Kill sie mit dem Feuer.”
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Kotaku Guide To Fall Video Games
Fall is supposed to be the best time of the video game year, the entree and the dessert after the first nine month’s meager salad and interactive appetizer. But in 2010, the winter and spring were bountiful and fall is at risk of seeming pathetic. Could it be? These are your fall games of 2010.…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Coffee Table that Loves to Bump and Grind
Having sufficiently mourned the passing of that pinball machine you’ve nurtured over the years, until it finally, irrevocably gave up its blinking ghosts, it’s now time to move on and celebrate the good times. And how better to celebrate the life of such a wondrous off-spring of clock works and diodes then by ripping out…
By Brian Crecente Published September 28, 2010
