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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 -
UncategorizedSetting Up Kinect Is Like Preparing For A Date
Vacuum your floors. Reduce background noise. Make sure you have adequate lighting. Are we playing video games here or hoping to score? This Xbox Live video shows the steps needed to ensure a pleasurable Kinect Experience. Kinect will never work in my apartment. I do have six feet of room between my television and my…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 -
CultureFeatureAn Interview With Blur Studio
A chat with the folks behind many of video gaming's best trailers
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedGuitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Visual Guide
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock’s debut trailer. The girls of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock can transform into far less attractive cobra women, so don’t get too attached. If you’re looking for lurid camera angles, watch this teaser trailer. Megadeth’s “Sudden Death” on Expert difficulty proves that developer Neversoft isn’t letting up on the challenge…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Resistance 3 Screens Paint A Grim Picture
A collection of screenshots and concept art for Resistance 3 have surfaced, painting a wonderfully dark picture of the United States in the grip of the Chimeran forces. Can Joseph Capelli save the day? Kotakuite Darkos87 pointed us towards these fresh Resistance 3 screenshots and concept art pieces on Flickr, giving us our first look…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 2 Gets A Well-Deserved Game Of The Year Edition
We can think of no better recipient of a Game of the Year Edition than Kotaku’s 2009 Game of the Year Uncharted 2. What will $50 net fans come October 12? The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition hits retailers on October 12. Celebrating the myriad awards given Naughty Dog’s masterpiece including…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
ZQ Fall Edition Makes Dead Rising 2’s Zombies Chic
The fall issue of Zombie Quarterly is here, packed with zombie dating advice, Fortune City’s latest haute fashions, some neat DIY for affordable mayhem and an exclusive interview with the new guy in town: Chuck Greene. As always, the big draw to ZQ’s chunky 40-plus page special fall preview is as much the photos as…
By Brian Crecente Published September 28, 2010
