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God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta Makes The PSP Sing
The latest God of War title, Ghost of Sparta for the PSP, had some gameplay footage shown during E3 that’s only now made its way online. What Mike saw during his time with the game, you can now see free from the glaring lights, pounding music and sweaty men of the Electronic Entertainment Expo’s showroom…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pac-Man Cartoon Coming In 2012
In the early 1980s, there was a Pac-Man cartoon. In 2012, Namco Bandai now says, there will be a new one. Set in Pac-Land, the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon was more of a Pac-Man sitcom with Pac-Man, his wife Pepper and their baby Pac-Baby. The show lasted two years, going off the air as Pac-Man fever…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is It That Bad Using Your Real Name On The Internet?
Blizzard’s decision to force posters on its forums to use their real name isn’t exactly going down too well. But is posting on the internet as, well, yourself really all that bad? I don’t think it is. And I should know! I mean, this is my real name. I’ve been using it here since I…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
If Pokemon Were Real
Hate to break it to you, but they are not. That hasn’t stopped art student Alysia from drawing realistic Pocket Monsters. Besides breathing life in to Pokémon like Chatot, Gengar and more, she also has created realistic battle scenes. Check out more of her work in the link below. Leashe’s Gallery [DeviantArt]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Has Nothing To Do With Cars
Yeah, that’s right. For once, the cars take a back seat in a Gran Turismo 5 trailer, the focus here on the little touches that go on inside and outside the game’s vehicles. Dust, dusk, lights, glow, debris…these are the visual effects of Gran Turismo 5, and if you’ve got a big-screen, HD TV, then…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Is The Pixar Of The Video Game World
Pixar is the…Pixar of the animation world. But who’s the Pixar of the video game business? Well, according to Pixar, two companies share that honour. “We’ve met quite a few of the Blizzard people actually – some of the cinematics team,” Pixar’s Andrew Payton tells GI.biz. “Blizzard and Pixar almost seem like mirror images of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sucks to be in Cleveland
The Rust Belt got another karate kick in the jimmy when native Ohioan LeBron James, who never went to college, saw everyone who never made it out of that dead-ass town and said “That’s not going to be me.” So ends the greatest orgy of narcissism in American sports history, and since this is both…
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Games Did We Forget To Review This Year?
We’re officially more than half way through the year, basking now in the glow of a sweltering summer and a look back at a surprising long trail of games we never reviewed. We’re taking this little break in the constant onslaught of new games, great games to look back over the previous six months for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
And It’s Official: LeBron Picks Miami
LeBron James just announced that he will leave Cleveland to join Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the NBA’s Miami Heat, ending the greatest free agency courtship U.S. sports have seen. Here he is in his new threads, via NBA 2K10.
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Vanquish Dated For North America With Preorder Arsenal
Japan’s getting Shinji MIkami’s sci-fi third-person shooter Vanquish on October 21? So what! In North America we’re getting it a couple of days earlier, with a trio of deadly new weapons available to those who preorder from the right store. October 19 is the date that Vanquish hits the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
TF2 Engineer Update Delivers Fun Size Sentries
Behold, the 100th Golden Wrench has been collected in the revelry that is this week’s Team Fortress 2Engineer mania, revealing a new weapon – the Gunslinger, which places new Mini-Sentries – and the Thunder Mountain map. From the Team Fortress 2 update page, the Gunslinger looks like Doctor Detroit’s glove, bestow’s +25 health to its…
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Study Says Kids Likely to Play Video Game Sports in Real Life
Duh, you say. Well, the usefulness of the report suggests that playing video games ain’t entirely sedentary, and aren’t a threat to actual exercise. Ah, now do you see? Sports games are our friends The UK industry group TIGA touted the research, done a by a French business school’s sports marketing department. The study found…
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedGuitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock, Act One
Activision’s compiled a nifty clip showing off some previous revealed music from the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, so let’s let the bodies hit the floor, get our money for nothing, and pour some sugar on this rock montage. It’s official: I am no longer excited by videos for the band games. It used…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Meeting With the Board
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft We launched our Kotaku Reader Editorial Board today and I think it went over swingingly. The idea was to provide a place for Kotaku regulars to discuss Kotaku without having them clog up the comments in unrelated stories. It’s also a great place for readers to ask the writers questions they…
By Brian Crecente Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Flaming Basketball Gets the Cover of NBA Jam
En Fuego the Flaming Basketball, widely considered the greatest performer in the history of combustible sporting goods, was revealed today as the cover pitchman for EA Sports’ upcoming NBA Jam for the Wii. An in-game appearance is also confirmed. “En Fuego is proud to be associated with the mystique of NBA Jam going back nearly…
By Owen Good Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Curt Schilling’s All-Star RPG Debuts At Comic-Con
Curt Schillings’ 38 Studios outs Project Mercury at the San Diego Comic-Con this month, giving con-goers the first look at the mysterious role-playing game that features the talents of R.A. Salvatore, Todd McFarlane, and Ken Rolston. All we know about Project Mercury so far is that it’s got amazing talent working on it, and a…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
In Japan, Soccer Role-Playing Games Are A Hit (Again!)
The people who make Professor Layton games and the sharp-looking Studio Ghibli game Ni no Kuni have another hit on their hands, the latest sports-themed RPG, Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!!, Japan’s bestselling game. Both versions of Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! for the Nintendo DS toppled last week’s champ, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo Reach Comic Exploring Some Of Novel’s ‘Off-Screen’ Moments
The Halo Fall of Reach novel set up the fiction for this September’s Halo Reach game. The writer of the new Halo Reach comic teased some new insights into the making of a Master Chief. Here is Halo Fall of Reach: Boot Camp writer Brian Reed talking to Newsarama about the first issue of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Naughtiest Red Dead Redemption Glitch Of Them All
Apparently the quality control on Red Dead Redemption was so bad that lesser-quality games have begun bleeding into it. It might only be a teaser for machinima group Project Rooster’s new series Naughty Bear Adventures, but it’s definitely got a creepy vibe going on. If done right, it could be the best thing to come…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Etrian Odyssey III Preorder Art Book Is So Pretty
If Atlus’ Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City for the Nintendo DS isn’t pretty enough for you, check out Forests of Eternity, the preorder exclusive art book spanning the history of the series. It’s much prettier than the game. I suppose it’s not hard for the concept art for a Nintendo DS role-playing series to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2010