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Can Screenshots Also Be Art?
Dead End Thrills is a site about the art of video game screenshots. Not in the way marketing teams use art to lie via bullshot; in the way actual screenshots can use real world photography rules to look amazing “Dead End Thrills is a website dedicated to videogame photography”, the site’s mission statement reads, “an…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Would You Buy This Arcade Cabinet?
Chrome-plated dash. Aluminum and rubber wheels. Painted racing strips. This isn’t a sports car, but a luxury arcade cabinet. French luggage and leather-goods maker Pinel & Pinel has created this “Arcade 80’s Trunk”. There are 51 colors of calfskin to choose from, and even the option of either crocodile and shagreen skins. Sporting a 1080p…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
There’s A Seventh Member Of Halo: Reach’s Noble Team
Noble Team, the squad you’ll be joining in Halo: Reach, only has six members. For the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, however, Bungie has drawn up a seventh member, available only in action figure form. Yes, designed by Bungie’s artists solely for the purposes of selling a toy at a comic convention, Noble Seven has…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fighting Real Street Fighters
As seen at EVO 2010 by slash5150’s SmugMug.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Like Pilotwings, But For The Xbox 360
You know what the Xbox 360 needs? More homages to classic Nintendo titles. Yeah, there’s Perfect Dark, and Banjo Kazooie, but…look, they have a fanbase, but I wouldn’t call them classics. Not classic like Pilotwings, which is what Haiku Interactive’s AvaGlide basically is, only on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel. For a game that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Zelda Coming In “Early 2011”
Last we heard from Nintendo, the next Zelda game was going to be out in 2011. That’s fine, but when in 2011? Producer Eiji Aonuma has a rough answer. “The basis we have now is very, very solid,” Aonuma told Official Nintendo Magazine, in response to a question on how the game was coming along.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Your Fourth Spider-Man From Shattered Dimensions Is…
…well, it could be a few things. What appears to be the final box art for Activision’s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is here, thanks to Gamefly, apparently revealing the fourth, still unofficially revealed incarnation of Spidey. And he’s black. That black suit version of Spider-man could be a throwback to the post-Secret Wars webslinger, when Peter…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Mighty Thor, The Meager Loki & Odin
Lessons learned. That’s what we’re going to talk about in this post powered by the gods of Asgard. If we’re setting expectations in this openly conversational post, it’s that expectations can be way, way off. So let’s not worry too much about how corny Sir Anthony Hopkins looks as Odin in Marvel’s Thor film, with…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010 -
ReviewsArt Style: light trax Review: We’re Just Dots In The Stream
Racing games are often judged by their ability to provide more realistic driving experiences, to throw increasingly massive collections of cars at the player or to offer infinite replayability online. Judged normally, Art Style: light trax would be a disappointment. In this Skip-developed WiiWare game—a remake of sorts of “bit Generations” title Dotstream, released only…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden 11 Bundles Up with the PS3
Loyal reader [redacted], a Best Buy employee, passes along not only this SKU-mor, but how new products on double-secret probation work for one major retailer. BB’s listing a Madden NFL 11 250GB PS3 bundle with the same street date as the main game, Aug. 10. Right now, it’s listed in a dead category in Best…
By Owen Good Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Rockstar Lays Off 40 From Red Dead Redemption Studio [Update]
Red Dead Redemption is a commercial and critical success, moving more than 1.5 million copies in its first month while wrangling rock-solid reviews. Despite that, Rockstar has axed about 40 employees from the San Diego studio, according to sources close to the developer. Kotaku has heard from multiple sources who say that a “significant” chunk…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
How the Free Agency Turnover Affects NBA Jam
The NBA’s tumultuous offseason involved far more than LeBron James jumping ship to Miami, and basketball video games, which release Oct. 5, will have to react to that on short notice. NBA Jam seems the most affected by the rosters remade by free agency, as only two players are on the floor in the arcade-style…
By Owen Good Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dress Your Family Room In Asteroids And Centipedes
Kitchen not Asteroids-referencing enough? Have a Centipede problem in your foyer, as in not enough Centipede stickers slathered upon your walls? Wall experts Blik and retro-game rights holders Atari can fix that right up. Two of Atari’s most recognizable classic games join the long list of Blik wall graphics that can express your personal nerd-style…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get DeathSpanked With Our Latest, Lisa Foiles-iest Podcast
This week’s very very special episode of our weekly Kotaku Talk Radio podcast is here! Actually, it’s there, on servers across the internet, waiting for your download. This week, our hosts Stephen Totilo and Brian Crecente talk about video games. The video games being discussed include titles like the recently released DeathSpank and LEGO Harry…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The First Named Roster is Out for NCAA Football 11
PS3 gamers with NCAA Football 11 only had to wait one day after release for the first custom, fully-named roster to become available. Xbox 360 rosters are still being written, and we’re told they’ll be available shortly. To get rid of those unsightly HB #3 and SS #21s, or those autonamed rosters that cause you…
By Owen Good Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Over the Hump
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: This Photo Brought Memories Flooding Back Hump day is done. That is all. What you missed: The Changing Nature of Gaming Interfaces Microsoft Brings Halo: Reach, Gears Of War 3, Fable III, And Kinect To Comic-Con The Ranger Brings Pets To Guild Wars 2 Theft and Recreation ‘I Just Don’t…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Activision Responds To Accusations That Its CEO Is A Total Prick
Brutal Legend and Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer labeled Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick a “dick,” “total prick” and, most damning, a ball bearing enthusiast. Fair enough. Just don’t accuse Mr. Kotick of not liking video games, Activision says. Activision has responded from the video game industry’s playground today, firing back at Schafer (sort of)…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
MLB 2K10 Resolves Server Problems; All-Star Achievement Still Available for Today
2K Sports says it’s resolved freezes and server outages in MLB 2K10, which came as gamers went to collect a rare Achievement/Trophy timed to the All-Star Game. Users still have until the end of today to pick that up. The publisher says the server outage beginning the mess was not related to any rush caused…
By Owen Good Published July 14, 2010