Kotaku Off Topic: Happy America

Man, who could use a little independence? Good thing this pre-Fourth of July edition of Kotaku Off Topic is now serving up all you can eat American pride! Let’s fatten up on some patriotism! Hey, when did Captain America start carrying a gun? Nevermind. That’s kind of a silly question. A better question is: what…

Super Mario Bros. Finally, Faithfully Ported To Sega Genesis

With Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario enjoying a comfortable friendship these days, a port of Super Mario Bros. to its 16-bit rival console doesn’t seem that strange anymore. What’s somewhat more surprising is how solid of a port it is. It looks and almost sounds exactly like the NES original Super Mario Bros., a game…

Madden NFL Shows Us Eight from the AFC

The annual screenshotapalooza for the upcoming Madden commenced today with 42 images of the eight teams in the AFC East and West. That’s the Jets, Patriots, Dolphins, Bills, Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs and, of course, the Raida Organization. The overall team ratings for each division are: AFC East New York Jets – 89 (4th overall) New…

Madden NFL 11: AFC East and West

Dead Rising 2 Gets Hassle-Free Australian Certification

Last time a zombie game put in for classification down under, it was refused, appealed and, finally, spitefully whitewashed of violence just to be approved for sale. Dead Rising 2 faced no such difficulties this year. Gamespot reports that Capcom’s zombie chop-shop got an MA15+ from the country’s Classification Board. It’s the toughest handed out…

Ratchet & Clank Creators Won’t Work On HD Update Of PS2 Games, But…

The Ratchet & Clank and Resistance developer is moving on to greener, multiplatform pastures, perhaps the reason Insomniac Games doesn’t appear too interested in developing an HD remake of its PlayStation 2 games for the PS3. But that doesn’t mean it’s not interested in seeing it happen. The Burbank-based dev said on its Twitter account…

Gears of War 2, Now With Octuple The XP

Still not sure what to play this weekend? Epic might make it easier on you, making Gears of War 2 multiplayer into an experience orgy this weekend. Yep, eight times the normal XP until Tuesday, July 6.

Unintentional Immortality for the NBA’s Gentle Giant

Manute Bol may have had an NBA career remembered more out of curiosity or as a trivia answer, but the man lived an honorable life that, sadly, is now getting recognition mostly because he died on June 19. Bol’s inclusion in NBA Jam for the Wii probably isn’t intentional to his untimely passing. The folks…

Team Fortress 2’s Engineer Goes Golden, May Build Not-Dyin’ Machine

Brace yourself for the long awaited, sure to be slowly deployed Engineer update for Team Fortress 2. Valve’s kicking anticipation off for the final (for now) class update by giving the sentry-buildin’ Engie a golden wrench and… something else. What clues await us in the newest TF2 comic? More information about the long running BLU…

Transformers: Cybertron Adventures Review: Robots In Disgrace

Remember that really great Transformers: War for Cybertron game we reviewed last week? This isn’t it. This is Transformers: Cybertron Adventures, and it is not the Wii version of War for Cybertron. While the story may cover similar ground and contain many of the same characters, Next Level Games’ Cybertron Adventures trades the third-person shooting…

Rollin Rollin Rollin

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Would I Like This Voltron USB Drive? Yes, I Would We’re heading down to El Paso, Texas for the long weekend to hang out by the pool with my mom and step-dad and our combined five dogs. FIVE! This should be fun. What you missed: Apple Engineers “Totally Wrong”, Nintendo…

FIFA’s U.S. Date Confirmed for Sept. 28

Yesterday we mentioned that two major retailers listed FIFA 11 releasing on Sept. 28 in the U.S., roughly two weeks ahead of its annual slot. EA Canada today confirmed that release date for North America. A release date for Europe will be announced after the World Cup.

New Infamous 2 Gameplay Is Over Over The Top

Sucker Punch will apparently not be supporting subtlety in inFamous 2, the PlayStation 3 sequel to its lightning charged superhero/anti-hero game. Instead, inFamous 2 makes way for more explosions, more limo chases and even more in-powerline-skating. Enjoy.

Red Dead Redemption, By The Bloody Numbers

Red Dead Redemption players, you’ve done some very bad things. Just pretending, of course! GameSpy has been collecting data from players of Rockstar Games’ hit Western and the results are amazing. 12.6 million characters trampled by horses. 5,600 cumulative years spent in virtual jail. And that’s just in two weeks! Earlier this week, we posted…

iPhone Zombie Price Drop

Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies I and II for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available for a limited time for only $7.99. Additionally, Zombies HD for the iPad is now available for $9.99.

Pro Evolution Soccer Intends to Win Back Hardcore Fans

Acknowledging that they’ve rested on their laurels as EA Sports’ FIFA siphoned off their fans, Konami’s gunning “to win back the hardcore,” with Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, a senior executive vows. Jon Murphy, the PR and marketing boss for Konami in the United Kingdom, told CVG the series – which was top dog not too…

The Eye of Judgment Is Closing (Its Online Servers)

Sony’s card-based, PlayStation Eye-powered strategy game The Eye of Judgment is going offline forever this September, losing its online multiplayer component, arguably its best feature. A moderator writes on the official Eye of Judgment forums “The online battle service for this product will terminate on 30 September 2010. Offline play will remain available even after…

BP Oil Spill Seeps Into PlayStation 3 Game

This is a user-created race car in ModNation Racers. Its paint job comes with a twist. Covered in oil splatters and BP logos this kart proves no matter how cuddly the medium, the BP oil spill is serious business. For the environmentalists, and angry American Kotakuites, the paint job is listed as “BP Spill Awareness”…

Vuvuzela Hero In Action, In Our Nightmares

I’ve seen Vuvzela Hero jokes for a while. Yes, the World Cup’s most annoying musical instrument could be merged with Guitar Hero. The results would be slightly more annoying to my neighbors. Let’s finally watch this fakery together and chortle.

This Is The More Diablo-like Version Of The Grinder

The Conduit developer High Voltage Software is making two games that share the same name. The Grinder is both a first-person shooter (on the Wii) and a top-down shooter (on everything else). This is The Grinder in motion. This version of High Voltage’s horrific shoot ’em up is more Diablo-like in its perspective, but plays…