If Lady Gaga Were In Street Fighter IV

Hello, This Is My ArtBlog takes on Street Fighter IV and Lady Gaga. As seen by reader Al.

See Resident Evil 3DS In Action

Watch the debut trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations for the Nintendo 3DS, and in doing so you’ll see the same footage the press were treated to during the new handheld’s unveiling last week. There’s not much to go on, sadly, as a cinematic trailer with bad lighting is as poor a guide as to how…

Even Microsoft Says Kinect Costs $150

While Microsoft HQ has yet to confirm an official recommended retail price for Kinect, the company’s own online store has no problems tagging the device at, yes, $150. What you’re seeing here is Kinect’s listing on the Microsoft Store, the company’s very own internet shopfront. Now, when retailers like Walmart and Best Buy say Kinect…

This Is What Pac-Man’s New TV Show Might Look Like

If you’re wondering why this taste of the planned Pac-Man television show looks a little blurry, it’s because you’re supposed to be experiencing it in dazzling 3D, an effect hard to capture in internet video. Namco Bandai and ex-Marvel Studios producer Avi Arad unveiled their vision for the new Pac-Man TV series at an E3…

Your Xbox Live Arcade Games of the Week Are…

Risk: Factions, which adds kitties, robots and zombies to the classic strategy board game, and Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, 3D Realms’ third-person platforming action game, come to XBLA this Wednesday for 800 Microsoft Points each. Let’s play some Risk, kids!!

Kotaku Off Topic: …And His Man Servant Kato

Guess what? This Kotaku post is not about video games, if you want clear early warning so that you can either complain about it on your blog or join us for nighttime conversation about whatever. It’s doubly useful! This edition of the nightly Kotaku Off Topic series could be about the Green Hornet, a movie…

This Stop-Motion Animation Gets My Votive

Somehow this went to half-a-million YouTube views before I saw it. That’s what happens when you upload it the Sunday before E3. Seriously, stick with it until 0:50, the Tetris representation is worth the price of admission. Which is free. [Thanks to reader Bradford B.]

Transformice Is Pure Mayhem, Everyone Should Play It

What the hell is Transformice and why can’t I stop playing it? Well, it’s a multiplayer Flash-based game, in which you control a mouse and try to get cheese faster than any other mouse. And it’s total, hilarious chaos. The mad scramble for cheese across dozens of maps, most of which have some bottomless pit…

Your NHL 11 Cover Athlete is Confirmed

As suspected, It’s Jonathan Toews, captain of the newly crowned Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, and showcased here in a highlight roll that indicates some puck-juggling and -kicking enhancements for NHl 11 [via Operation Sports]

Report: Kinect Costs Microsoft $150 To Make

There may be a simple reason Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart and others are pricing Kinect for Xbox 360 at $149 USD. That’s how much it costs Microsoft to make the thing, according to a new report. Develop cites a “highly-positioned, trusted source” who considers the price of Kinect for the Xbox 360 “a topic…

Alabama is Your Pre-Preseason College Football No. 1

The AP’s annual accounting of which college football teams start the season born on third base isn’t due for another couple months, maybe, but EA Sports has already ranked them for NCAA Football 11 which releases in three weeks. Credit Pasta Padre, who took down all of the final build’s Top 25 from the floor…

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Keeps E3 Going With ‘Video Game Week’

Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night talk show gets all video gamey this week, showing off Kinect tonight, Call of Duty: Black Ops Tuesday, the new Need For Speed on Wednesday and Killzone 3 on Thursday. Friday? A “special surprise” is teased. Hmmm…

Fist Of The North Star Gushes More Gore, Retains Japanese Flavor

When Tecmo Koei brings Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (née Hokuto Musou) to North America this fall, it will be more gore-soaked than ever before. But it will keep one important aspect of its Japanese release. While we’d previously heard that the new Fist of the North Star built in the Dynasty Warriors…

iPhone OS4 Available Now

The new iPhone operating system, iOS4, is available now for iPhone owners, requiring a big new download of a bunch of applications and add-ons, including a new iTunes… so give yourself time, Apple owners. You get multi-tasking on your phone for your troubles.

Red Dead Redemption’s ‘Outlaws To The End’ Explained, Narrated

Have you “herd” about the new downloadable cooperative missions coming to Red Dead Redemption tomorrow? Let Rockstar Games walk you through the new add-on coming to the wild west shooter this week, which won’t cost you a single greenback. The “Outlaws to the End” cooperative mission pack is one of three downloadable expansions Rockstar has…

EA Sports MMA Hands-On: Making Sense of a New Science

Conventional wisdom holds that EA Sports saw UFC Undisputed‘s success, said wait a minute, we’re the Fight Night guys, and started hustling out a competitor. That’s crap, says Peter Moore, and EA Sports MMA‘s floor demo backs him up. At E3, Moore, the EA Sports president, told me this project was greenlit back in 2007.…

Real-Life Pilotwings

To: Brian From: Stephen Re: I’m (Not) Afraid of Americans You love L.A.? That’s weird. I don’t understand how anyone could love L.A. But that is just the thing a New Yorker would say, isn’t it? Is L.A. awesome enough to host a real-life version of Pilotwings? New York is! (That was from last week.)…

Warriors: Legends of Troy, For The Brad Pitt Loving Dynasty Warrior

Having a fondness for Brad Pitt is not required to enjoy the latest tactical hack and slash from the Koei side of Tecmo Koei. Liking the Dynasty Warriors series may be enough to enjoy. Warriors: Legends of Troy as well. Developed by Koei Canada, the team responsible for futuristic racing game Fatal Inertia and Warriors…

Warriors: Legends of Troy Screen Shots

Magic: The Gathering – Duels Of The Planeswalkers PC Review: I’d Tap That

After a highly-successful run on Xbox Live Arcade, the collectible card game craze visits Steam with the PC version of Magic: the Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers. We didn’t get a chance to squeeze in a review for the original release of Duels of the Planeswalkers on Xbox Live Arcade last year, and that’s…