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Witness The Wild StarCraft II Collector’s Edition
From CVG comes video of the lavish collector’s edition of StarCraft II, pawed at breathlessly but an eager fan, three weeks ahead of the game’s official release date. Revealed in April, the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition contains everything a StarCraft II fan needs to truly enjoy the game. It also has an…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Real or Faking?
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees played games with a fan in Times Square yesterday as part of a Madden NFL 11 commercial shoot. Real gaming emotion here? Or acting for the commercial? PIC: Natalie Behring/AP Images for EA SPORTS
By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Americans Turn To Their Phones For Gaming And Internet
A report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project shows an increasing number of Americans using their mobile phones as personal computers, with substantial leaps in gaming, internet use, and other non-voice applications over the past year. Playing a video game on your mobile phone might seem silly to a hardcore PC…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: High-Speed Cell Service Could Come to Nintendo, Sony Devices
Sony and Nintendo are in talks to add 3G network connections to their next line of handheld game machines, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reports that Ryuji Yamada, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s biggest wireless carrier by subscribers, is in talks with video game hardware makers to allow…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Penny Arcade Expo East Inks Deal For Three Years in Boston
The organizers of Penny Arcade Expo have signed a three year agreement with the Massachusetts Convention Center to bring PAX East back to Boston for at least three more years, the Boston Herald reports. The show’s first year on the East Coast brought nearly 60,000 fans and developers to the three-day event in Boston. The…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Blizzard’s Real Name Forum Policy Has Fans In An Uproar
Blizzard’s decision to use players’ real first and last names in the StarCraft II and World of Warcraft forums draws strong negative reactions from fans. Why are they so upset? Let’s take a look. Blizzard posted the news yesterday in its official forums that, come the launch of StarCraft II’s new community site prior to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Was Kinect-Enabled Dance Central Really One of the Best Games of E3?
Why! Why, you keep asking, did Kotaku heap so many awards on Dance Central? And what about the Game Critics? They did too? Has the world gone crazy? Now’s your chance to find out. We’ve got the project leader of Kotaku’s best new game of E3 2010 on the phone live to take your calls…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Split/Second’s Reality Show Destruction Spreads To The PSP
After a successful debut on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, Disney’s destruction-driver racer Split/Second gets down-sized and down-to-business on the PSP this holiday season. The PSP version of Split/Second features the same hyper-competitive reality television show premise and explosive action of its big brothers, only smaller and less-detailed. While it lacks the online…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedBlood Gulch Returns In Halo: Reach
It’s Bungie Day, and the developer celebrates with a new video featuring Rooster Teeth’s Red Vs. Blue crew coming home to a new and improved Halo: Reach version of the Blood Gulch map. The Rooster Teeth boys are in fine form as they help Bungie celebrate the seventh day of the seventh month, also known…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Sony Working on New Gaming Machine
Is Sony working on a new handheld gaming machine? That’s what the Wall Street Journal seems to think. Buried in their story about the possibility of high-speed cell connections coming to gaming platforms is this juicy little nugget: Meanwhile, Sony is developing a portable device that shares characteristics of handheld game machines, e-book readers and…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
APB Transforms A Regular Guy Into A Pierced And Tatted Criminal
Cops and robbers MMO APB is world filled with grungy-looking criminals covered with tattoos and riddled with piercings. Now Realtime Worlds is letting fans vote on how they permanently disfigure a real human being with the Human Avatar Project. The Human Avatar Project is a reality television take on video game marketing. Over the period…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe 25 Least-Loved Wii Games, Maybe
We toil each month to show you which Wii games get played the most by Wii owners. But which games do people buy or rent and then… ignore? We’ve got some winners (losers) for you here. We may need to qualify this list with a few asterisks, but based on stats reported on Nintendo’s official…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bombastic Developer Details New Twisted Metal
Now that the cat is out of the bag, developer David Jaffe has gone from denying the existence of a new Twisted Metal game to spilling beans about it. In a series of Twitter posts and replies to questions, the famously bombastic developer detailed some of the upcoming vehicle combat game. While Twisted Metal will…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves 3
Are you waiting for your favorite gaming franchise to reach its third installment? We can’t help. But we can release Talk Amongst Yourselves 3 today, if that’s any consolation. Now, please talk about video games here. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
StarCraft II Beta Patching, Phase Two Imminent
A new patch for the StarCraft II beta test has hit Europe, raising hopes that the promised phase two of the test will be starting shortly. It’s been a month since Blizzard shut down phase one of the StarCraft II, and fans around the world have been patiently waiting for the second phase of the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Some Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Packs Here
Activision hooked us up with some codes for the PC and Playstation 3 versions of the latest Modern Warfare 2 pack. Grab a code for the Resurgence Pack below for your system of choice and plug it in, but do it quickly, these bad boys are going to disappear. Be nice and make sure to…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rarely Use A/C
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Hanging Out Yeah, and it’s kinda hot here! But whenever we flip on the A/C, one of the kids gets sick or a sore throat. So we just…sweat. What you missed last night It’s Like Where’s Waldo, Only With Team Fortress 2 When Instant Death Was Only A Step Away…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
When Arcades Die
This is the famed Osaka arcade U.F.O. Nagase. So full of life and drink machines. This is the arcade now. As website Versus City noted this past spring, U.F.O. Nagase was going out of business and had been scheduled to be torn down. The arcade was visited by top players in Osaka and by top…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010