Madden NFL 11 Screens: NFC East and NFC West

StarCraft II Has A $100 Million Price Tag

It’s taken more than a decade and over $100 million USD to get here, but StarCraft II will be hitting store shelves on July 27. And while that hefty development price tag may seem like a lot, well, it’s not. The Wall Street Journal puts StarCraft II’s development costs above the $100 million mark, but…

360-Exclusive Beta Planned for Spec Ops: The Line

Those wanting to get in on Spec Ops: The Line early, 2K is now taking signups through a beta site, but the test will run for the Xbox 360 only. And, it should be noted, signing up does not guarantee you a spot in the multiplayer beta, whenever that rolls out. It’s very mucha closed…

Named Rosters Now Available for Xbox 360 NCAA 11

The veteran roster editor Fairdale Kings has published the first fully named roster for the Xbox 360 version of NCAA Football 11. You can now play with real-life player names on all 120 teams on both platforms. Pasta Padre is hosting it through his 360 gamertag. To get it, in NCAA Football 11’s menu, go…

A Coming Storm

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I Did Not Burn Down The House Today Next week is going to be crazy. We’ve got the insanity of Comic-Con to cover, plus we’re going to be running our second annual Summer of Gaming theme week. There are some really great stories coming for that package. Remember when summer…

Alabama GameStops Spoofing NCAA 11 Tebow Cover?

An Alabama GameStop allegedly made a cover of a crying Tim Tebow – who (in)famously wept as Alabama beat Florida for last year’s SEC championship – and inserted it into the cases of NCAA Football 11 games on display. I say allegedly because, though they could have seen through my poor impersonation of a ‘Bama…

CellCraft Is One Intelligently Designed Cellular Biology Game

There’s fun to be had and lessons to be learned about cellular biology in CellCraft, as long as you can weather the argument over whether or not it’s a creationist take on the subject. CellCraft is a nifty little free Flash game that takes the complicated process of teaching cellular biology and turns it into…

A Play Through The Most Amazing Mario Kart Board Game Ever Made

Consider this your moment of zen for the day: A Mario Kart Wii Grand Prix board game. Seen at this year’s Tokyo Toy Show, so it probably isn’t out yet. But I think I know what I want for my birthday next year! [Japan Trends,Thanks Never Know Tech]

Questions And Answers About Blizzard’s Real ID Plans

You got questions about Blizzard’s Real ID system and privacy issues? We’ve got answers, in a Q&A issued by the company covering everything from Facebook integration to World of Warcraft plugins designed to steal your info. Now that the dust has settled over Blizzard’s discarded plans to use players’ real names in the World of…

Review Round Up: Lego Light Spank Danger Quest

Let’s list the games Kotaku reviewed this week in terms of positivity, starting with the game we liked least and ending with our most lavishly praised game of the past seven days. The Silver Lining: Episode 1 Micro-Review: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Colder “Yet all the enthusiasm and savings in the world can’t stop…

A Girl Gamer Is Not A Tomboy

As seen on Grace-elizabeth1’s excellent “Stereotypes” Flckr photo set

Old Lady Modern Warfare 2 Easter Egg Is Fake And Great

This is Modern Warfare 2, but this is not real. [via the blog of Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling]

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Two words. Limbo. And then Limbo again. Because that’s what I’ll be playing all weekend, a moody Xbox Live Arcade game so nice I’m forced to play it twice. When I’m not playing Limbo or sleeping, I’ll be playing Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. It’s long. That’s why I’m still playing it.…

If You Can’t Beat The Zombies, Eat The Zombies

Eating the undead isn’t just for Japan anymore. From the makers of Zombie Blood energy drink comes Zombie Jerky Dead Meat Chunks, “the first slimy, green, beef jerky packaged in a bright-orange biohazard specimen bag.” I feel sick. Harcos, the company that brought you Mana Energy Potion, Blood Energy Potion, and of course, Zombie Blood,…

EA To Bring Us More NERF Than We can Shake a Foam Sword At

EA will be shipping a NERF bundle pack this October. The NERF N-Strike Double Blast Bundle package will include two old Wii games NERF N-Strike, and sequel NERF N-Strike Elite. Also included is a custom Switch Shot EX-3 NERF gun with attachable red reveal decoder lens. The Switch shot allows players to insert a Wii…

Stare Down Red Dead Redemption’s Legends And Killers

Rockstar has released four screens of next month’s Legends and Killers downloadable content for Red Dead Redemption. Are you man enough to look Mr. Kelly in the eye? Mr. Kelly from Red Dead Revolver is just one of the new playable characters coming in next month’s new downloadable content, along with nine new multiplayer locations…

GoldenEye N64 To Wii Comparison, Dam Vs. Dam

This fall’s GoldenEye game on the Wii isn’t a shot-for-shot remake of the Nintendo 64 James Bond original. It doesn’t even use the same maps. But let’s compare overlapping locations. This is the Facility level in the N64 game. So is this. This is the Facility of the new game from a new screenshot released…

Is Apple’s Solution Better Than These Other Hardware Fixes?

Free cases for all iPhone 4 users! How does Apple’s fix compare to some of gaming’s more recent hardware problem solutions? Let’s take a look. Wii Remote Straps The Problem: The flimsy Wii remote straps that shipped with early versions of Nintendo’s console weren’t quite up to the task of securing the controllers to the…

Mega Man Gets Multiple New Looks, Including Some Familiar Faces

Click to viewMega Man Universe will bring an artful new look and homages to other Capcom classics when it hits the Playstation store and Xbox Live. “We are thrilled to finally be able to announce Mega Man Universe,” said Kenji Inafune, Head of Research and Development Management for Capcom Entertainment. “This game will break the…

Breach’s Delay To 2011 Makes Things Difficult For Players

While Atomic Games has missed the chance to get “Destruction 3.0” shooter Breach onto Xbox Live this summer, the new January 2011 release window gives the developer time to blur the line between military simulation and video game even further. Breach was so impressive at PAX East in March that one gamer tried to steal…