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Raider Receiver’s Madden Rating Is Sucking Wind, Too
Last week, Oakland white elephant wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey was revealed to have missed at least four straight practices because of “fatigue.” His Madden NFL 11 rating has suffered accordingly – a 9-point stamina drop in the latest update. Most of the adjustments in the latest update, free for download, range between 2 and 3…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Would You Really Call This A Screw Job?
To read the common rhetoric, it’s hard to escape a feeling that annualized sports games represent some kind of zero-sum relationship, with either the publisher or the consumer screwing the other side out of something it righteously deserves each year. This sentiment flared up again about a week ago when THQ, publisher of UFC Undisputed,…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hit The Campaign Trail With Halo: Reach
Earlier this week, Stephen Totilo spent a day with Halo: Reach‘s singleplayer and brought back loads of impressions and details. But no video. That was for Gametrailers, which made the game’s campaign the centerpiece of its latest episode. We’ve embedded the entire episode because the Halo-specific chapters haven’t been broken out. There’s a bunch of…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Danes Won’t Get EA Sports MMA Thanks To Energy Drink Ban
Denmark bans energy drinks, I guess because they provide gratuitous amounts of energy or something. What’s that got to do with video games? Well, EA Sports MMA is shot through with energy drink ads. So Denmark was like “slooooooowwwww dowwwwwnnnnn,” and EA was like “Fuck you!” and kicked her in the face with its energy…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Box Scores: They Did The Mash
Ah, the NCAA Football Mascot Mashup. It’s like Capital One handed you some blotter acid and asked “What’s in your subconscious?” Kotaku reader Alex H. teed up the game’s fan fave goof-off mode with a buddy, picking Colorado State’s Cam the Ram, at home against his pal playing Knightro from Central Florida, alma mater of…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Supreme Court Hears Violent Video Game Case Nov. 2
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 2 in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, regarding a California law against selling or renting violent games to kids. Court watcher SCOTUSblog posted the schedule on Monday. The games case is one of seven from which new Justice Elena Kagan has not recused herself; her…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Moneysaver: Here’s The Juice
Now, I know you think you’re the A-number one hotshot, but here’s the juice: If I take you out, ten more coupons will take your place tomorrow. They just won’t come on the bus, that’s all. Hardware • The Nintendo Wii black bundle is still $179.99 from Dell. [Dealzon] • Dell is offering the Nintendo…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week In Review: The First Kinect-ion
This past week delivered major Microsoft news: The Kinect Beta began with updated dashboard software and new hardware shipping. Pirated versions of Halo: Reach leaked, with attendant banhammer threats, but Stephen Totilo spent a full day with it, legitimately. That, plus the rest of the week in Kotaku’s original reporting: Kotaku’s Gamescom 2010 Coverage Kotaku…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedMonty Python: The Life Of Team Fortress 2
The Knights of the Round Table song is one of the highlights of the film The Holy Grail. It’s now also the highlight of your weekend, Team Fortress 2 fans. In the same week that Python’s Holy Hand Grenades turned up in the game, Unlimited Productions have released this homage to Grail’s medieval ditty, replicating…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sam & Max, Team Fortress 2, Penny Arcade and Strong Bad, Together At Last
Telltale, the team behind the new Sam & Max and Monkey Island series, have a new game on the way. One that’s teasing a crossover of epic proportions. What could it all mean? We’ll find out this Thursday, according to the trailer. Feel free to sound off with your wildest dreams and wishes below!
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Was Your First Game?
Oh, hello there! Would you like to talk? Let’s talk. It’s Friday. Time for Tell Us Dammit. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Starcraft II Updates Next Month
Having been out in the wild for almost a month now, Blizzard has decided that changes are in order for Starcraft II, and will soon be making a number of balance tweaks for the game’s first major update. Patch 1.1, due sometime next month, will make a number of alterations to the game’s balance, including:…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
LA Noire Slips Again?
LA Noire, a crime thriller to be published by Rockstar, was first revealed in 2005. It’s now 2010, and despite an early glimmer of hope, it’s still not out. So when will it be out? Try late 2011, at the earliest. Evan Wilson, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, has said that following chats with…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Florida Man Accused Of Using Xbox 360 To Solicit Child Porn
A 22-year-old Florida man faces 16 counts of possession of child pornography, after allegedly soliciting a 10-year-old boy for pictures via Xbox Live. Police say Polk City resident Timothy Hammerstone confessed to receiving naked pictures of a 10-year-old boy from California after asking him to join his online gaming group on the Xbox 360. According…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
TGIF
Don’t give me that look. You know you watched Family Matters – more than once – on the wasted Friday nights of your youth. Not a lot to say tonight. I’ve spent most of today inside chained to this monitor preparing for the weekend so – sorry! No witty anecdotes about real life because I…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Not 2001, It’s Halo: Reach
Reader Sean was strolling down the street in his native Toronto when he spotted this monolithic hulk, which is one of the more unique game advertisements we’ve ever seen. It’s a 2001-esque cylinder that seems to exist solely to pulse a red light and point people towards Halo: Reach’s web portals. It might succeed at…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Videos Showcase Gameplay Of “The Jordan Challenge”
GameSpot today posted the first two videos featuring gameplay from NBA 2K11’s upcoming "Jordan Challenge," featuring Michael Jordan versus the Portland Trail Blazers in the first game of the 1992 NBA Finals. What’s intriguing to me – beyond Horace Grant’s and Buck Williams’ rec specs – is the commentary. Kevin Harlan, Clark Kellogg and Doris…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
OK, This Gaming Tattoo Is Pretty Amazing Too
Earlier this week I posted a video of a mind-blowing gaming sleeve that a tipster sent us, saying it was the best gaming tattoo I had ever seen. Reader Adam disagreed: “I’m sorry to say but I think mine is more awesome. You can compare the tattoos yourself.” Thoughts?
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hump A Robot In New Vegas
Ho’in ain’t new to Fallout: New Vegas. Hell, boffing Nova in Moriarity’s upstairs was one of the first things I did in Fallout 3. The ESRB certificate for the sequel shows Bethesda’s upping the ante with hot-n-heavy man-on-machine action. There is also an extended sequence suggesting (no depiction) sexual activity with a robot (e.g., “Fisto…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010