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Hey, Gimme That, You Big … Ape
At the San Francisco Zoo yesterday, photographer Christina Spicuzza captured five pictures of gorillas playing around with a DSi XL. They later touched a monolith and used the handheld to slay an eohippus. I kid! I kid! The story here goes that a kid dropped his DSi XL into the primates’ enclosure, and the larger…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Game Of A Lifetime
To prove a point to me about Madden at E3, Peter Moore overstepped the possible and tiptoed on the unbelievable. “When the license is over,” Moore, the EA Sports president, said regarding the much-discussed exclusive deal making Madden the only NFL video game, “chances are it’s going to be wide open, and whether it’s us…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
‘EverQuest Next’ Teased At Fan Faire
Appropriately enough, the next EverQuest installment is called – for now, anyway – “Everquest Next.” Sony Online Entertainment teased the new title, with two in-game images, at the publisher’s “Fan Faire” going on in Las Vegas this weekend. SOE President John Smedley gave several announcements regarding the EverQuest franchise, many of them already known, before…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Box Scores: Glory Days
Sometimes a 17-point win still represents a hell of a comeback, and it did for an alumnus of Indianapolis’ Roncalli High School. Kotaku reader Trevor W. graduated from Roncalli 15 years ago, in the middle of a stretch that saw the Rebels playing in 11 Indiana state championship games over a 22 year span. But…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
More Goodies Revealed For Halo: Reach Multiplayer
The three new multiplayer maps for Halo: Reach, which leaked previously, were confirmed by Bungie yesterday along with new vehicles and new Elite armor configurations. Everything’s inside in one huge gallery. First up, the maps: Zealot, Spire and Reflection are all out and proud now. Spire is an Invasion map that reverses the roles of…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach Update Gallery
Reflection. Reflection. Reflection. Reflection. Reflection. Spire. Spire. Spire. Spire. Spire. Spire. Zealot. Zealot. Zealot. The Falcon is a three-seat UNSC aerial vehicle. Two gunners, one pilot. The Falcon. The Revenant is a new two-seater Covenant ground vehicle. The Revenant. The Rocket Hog. Warthog with rocket launcher. The Rocket Hog. Elite armor configuration: The Minor. Elite…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver: Where Is Dent?
He’s the hero Logitech deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we’ll hunt him because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A forklift driver. Hardware • The Logitech Forklift Driver strikes again! The Logitech Flight System G940 with Force Feedback Joystick is…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week in Review: It’s Fair
Not many would consider a hole-in-the-wall shopfront in the middle of Chinatown, with missing letters on the sign out front and decades of grime pounded into the floor, as “welcoming.” But it is. This week Kotaku’s Aulistar Mark visited Chinatown Fair in New York, which holds two distinctions. The first, it’s the oldest arcade in…
By Owen Good Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Your Favorite Game Character Name Is…?
Friday? Yes. Friday. F-r-i-d-a-y. Time for Tell Us Dammit. Here we go! 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. You probably know oodles about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
See Halo: Reach’s Final Toy Warthog, Ghost (Figures Sold Separately)
McFarlane Toys ensures that no Halo fan will want for Halo: Reach action figures this fall. Nor will they starve for bad-ass plastic Halo vehicles in which to stuff the entire Noble Team. It’s gonna be all “Boooosh!!” and “Pew-pew-pew!!” Joining the Halo: Reach action figure line-up will be the famous UNSC Warthog—with Light Anti-Aircraft…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Boba Fett? Boba Fett?! Boba Fett Shoes?!?!
Screw it. It’s Friday. It’s late. Let’s dispense with the video game chatter and start talking about everything but. Join us, readers new and old, in this open thread. You know, for a minute there, I actually considered possibly owning some Boba Fett-themed Adidas. But I’m fairly positive I’m too old to pull those off.…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Machinarium Maker Offers Amnesty To The 85% Of People Who Pirated Their Game
The people who made the beautiful adventure game Machinarium estimate that only about 5-15% of the people who played their game actually paid for it. They don’t seem too pissed. In fact, they’re offering those thieves a sweet deal. Amanita Design is now selling Machinarium for the paltry sum of $5 USD to anyone and…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Victorian Mario Bros.
As seen on Zero Lives By Das Chupa.
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
NHL 11 Will Sell You 93 156 Different Powerups
Sharp-eyed DLC watchers today spotted the month-early upload of more than 90 player attribute enhancements for NHL 11, offering three tiers of created-player boosts ranging from 80 to 160 Microsoft points. Update: There are now 156 boosts on Xbox Live. It’s further evidence of EA Sports’ aggressive microtransaction strategy, in addition to the one-use “Online…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is This The Next Chapter of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair?
It looks like the recently released Castlevania: Harmony of Despair is set to expand (and soon) with a new downloadable chapter and at least one Belmont ready to join the team. A user on the GameFAQs forums posted what appear to be early details on the first add-on for Konami’s Xbox Live Arcade game, which…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden NFL 11 Arrives On iPad, iPhone The Same Day As Consoles
Last year, Madden hit the iPhone more than a month after the main title’s release. This year EA Sports’ mobile version will arrive the same day as the big boys drop for the console, which is Tuesday. The game, for both the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch, will also incorporate the Gameflow playcalling mechanic of the…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Splinter Cell’s Director Sneaks Into LucasArts
The man who made Splinter Cell and designed Far Cry 2, Clint Hocking, has found a new home after leaving Ubisoft earlier this year, one of two recent high profile departures from the developer. Looks like he’s now at LucasArts. Hocking’s landing at the house of Star Wars games comes via Ubisoft community developer Kimi…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Three New Peeks Into The Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Baseball star turned game developer Curt Schilling and his team at 38 Studios are hard at work on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, perhaps the strongest looking role-playing we’ve ever seen from a professional athlete. And while I’m sure some of you are thinking “What about Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rescue Iron Maiden’s Crap From Space In This Game
Oh, dammit. Iron Maiden was flying to its first ever intergalactic gig when space pirates ambushed them, blew up their gear ship, and sent everything flying into space. Now they expect you, space roadie, to get it back. That’s the goal of this frankly kinda surprisingly deep flash game called “The Final Frontier,” created and…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2010