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UncategorizedThe Last Hours Of One Of Video Games’ Greatest Developers
Mike Chrzanowski, who used to work for PC developers Looking Glass, sent us these videos over the weekend that show the final hours of one of the greatest studios this industry has ever seen. Looking Glass was a PC developer from the 1990s that was not only responsible for such classics as System Shock and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedGiant Gundam Nearly Completed
Back in 2009, a giant 1/1 scale Gundam was erected in Tokyo’s Odaiba. Then, it was taken down. It has now returned. This summer, the 1/1 scale mecha looms over Shizuoka, Japan, home of Bandai Namco’s Gundam plastic model factory. It has a Beam Saber. It is awesome. Gundam in Shizuoka [Japan Probe]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Rising 2 Delayed In Both North America & Europe
Capcom’s zombie paradise action title Dead Rising 2 was supposed to be out on August 31 in North America and September 3 in Europe. It’ll now miss both those dates. The Japanese publisher just let us know that the game will now be out on September 28 in the US and Canada, while Europeans have…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Exec “Mistaken” About Nintendo 3DS Release Date
On Friday, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime appeared on talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He said that the upcoming 3D-glasses-free handheld the Nintendo 3DS will be released “next year”. He, apparently, is “mistaken”. Says who? According to sources close to company’s Japanese headquarters, the Nintendo of America exec made an error when…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedAwww, Mom, Can We Keep This AT-AT?
Patrick Boivin only ever wanted two things when he was a kid: a puppy, and an AT-AT walker toy. In this video, he gets both, and we get smiles. I always wanted one of these too, but there was a Star Wars toy I wanted more: the Emperor’s shuttle. I never got it. I wonder…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedAl Gore, So Horny, So Angry
From the folks that brought the Wii molester “monk” and the Tiger Woods brouhaha to life with the magic of computer animation comes this: an Al Gore avatar trying to get some lady to grab his junk. Technology! A licensed massage therapist filed a police report in December 2006 after an alleged incident took place…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
This is the Only Post on Kotaku That Looks Normal
To: Luke From: Owen Re: AbNo That’s because the Weekend Note doesn’t usually get an image. I hope we get the image servers back soon. Not that yesterday and today were a party, but I don’t want to know what Monday would look like without them. Other stuff you missed: Kinect Marketer: We Don’t Want…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedYou Won’t Go It Alone in Singularity
Not sure what Singularity is all about? This trailer for its multiplayer – now there’s an irony – should clue you in. For starters, it’s got projectile-vomiting, time-traveling zombies, a real one-up of that conventional foe. That bug that possesses you and makes you shoot your teammates looks like a barrel of fun. Looks like…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Cars of Need For Speed World
The beta for the racing MMO Need For Speed World launches on Monday, and Electronic Arts has revealed its list of cars. The 1981 Renault 5 LeCar, 1977 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser and 1985 Pontiac Fiero did not make the cut. The cars are grouped by tiers according to performance. Here you go. Tier 1 Mazdaspeed3…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week in Games: APB is 10-8
That’s scanner-speak for “in service.” The arrival of the highly anticipated crime MMO headlines the week, joined by Singularity on PC, the 360 and PS3, and Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 doing a full Ginsberg. Today, June 27 Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii) Monday, June 28 thinkSMART (DS) Tuesday, June 29 APB (PC) –…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedKotaku’s Top Five List of Top Ten Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The 8 Most Annoying Types of Video Game Levels [Ranker] Here’s one: Boss battles that take you from the standard third-person control you’ve been fighting…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedOne of Games’ Greatest Songs, Defiled by the Vuvuzela
Best part? If you go to the YouTube page, you can click that soccer ball and get TWICE the vuvuzela crapping all over “The Song of Storms,” from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time [via GamesRadar, video by forum poster RetroDLC.]
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
‘Major Patch’ is on the Way for Backbreaker
Backbreaker the challenger to Madden NFL that got one very big thing right but a lot of little things wrong (or not at all), will get a “major patch” taking into account community suggestions, the studio said on Friday. “We’ve had to hold back on discussing this for the past couple of weeks but today…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Fickle Fortunes of Comic-Con
Though Hollywood has cozied up to Comic-Con, which is in San Diego on July 22, a film’s strong showing there does not necessarily portend success at the box office. Nor does a poor screening imply a bomb. In a look at Comic-Con The New York Times notes that a film industry dazzled by the faith…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kinect Marketer: We Don’t Want Shovelware — Nor Even Call of Duty
Microsoft’s director of platform marketing says he knows Kinect “will have fewer games than our competitors,” but that’s fine. “We don’t want shovelware, we don’t want ports, we don’t want stuff with motion controls tacked onto it.” “That’s not a slam to our competitors,” Chris Penello told Gamasutra in an interview Friday. “We wanted original…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedSix Minutes of Mafia II Gameplay
Many details of Mafia II get exposure in this video from the Slovakian site Sector – such as the ability to swap between a realistic driving mode (where your car takes damage), and arcade, where it doesn’t. Getting it legal is a little more involved than just wheeling into a pay-n-spray. In the shop, you…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Doodle Jump Hits Five Million
The creators of Doodle Jump, the addictive platformer for the iPhone, believe their app is the first to break five million downloads from the iTunes store. That means they’ve taken in more than $3 million. That’s if the developer/iTunes split of revenue is still 70/30; the app sells for 99 cents. The creation of brothers…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedKotaku Off-Topic: To Our Allies in England
I’ve invoked plenty of martial themes for the World Cup, not least being France’s characteristic surrender. Regardless of our defeat yesterday, I won’t stop now. Today, England must go it alone versus Germany, amidst the V-1 chorus of the vuvuzela. It won’t be a surprise to hear the Dambusters March (above), if not sung in…
By Owen Good Published June 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedWindows Phone 7 Coming In October?
According to this video of a Microsoft Live Labs presentation of Windows Phone 7 at Cannes Lions 2010, Windows Phone 7 will be coming this October. Listen yourself, the month slips out around the :16 mark. [Thanks, Gary!]
By Rosa Golijan Published June 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Day Without Pictures
Ordinarily I don’t like to belabor technical issues, but today’s daylong outage of our image server postpones one of our most popular features: The Kotaku ‘Shop Contest roundup. I swear this is just a postponement – not a cancellation. Unfortunately, it also potentially affects tomorrow’s Sunday Comics and other features. Trust us that we have,…
By Owen Good Published June 26, 2010