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Counter Strike: Source Hits Mac, On Sale
The rollout of Valve classics to Mac OS continues this week with oldie-but-goodie Counter Strike: Source, which in addition to getting a “major update” is on sale the next two days for $6.80. That’s two-thirds off the normal price. The update delivers new stats and game summary screens, plus more than 140 achievements. The game…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Game’s Biggest Circus, In 10 Photos
Last week gaming had its biggest party of the year and it certainly has a lot to show for it. From stormtroopers raiding the bathroom to whatever was going on at Activision’s event, E3 2010 is definitely one to remember. LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 16: A Star Wars storm trooper character takes a break…
By Amber Nichols Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Russian President Tweets, Is One Step Closer To Playing FarmVille
Russian President Dimitri Medvedev joined Twitter today. Why? Maybe because, according to his Twitter feed, he visited Twitter HQ. And then went to Apple, Tweeting this image. Naturally, Barack Obama has already Tweeted at him. Medvedev is now following Obama. How soon until he is playing FarmVille?
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
All Units: BOL for APB in KTR
That’s police-scanner speak for “Be on the lookout” for Realtime Worlds’ E.J. Moreland and Chris Collins, discussing their cops-and-robbers epic APB on Kotaku Talk Radio, available now for download. Did we mention APB’s also an MMO? E.J. and Chris were excited to talk about next week’s release of the law-and-disorder role-playing game, even teased some…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead PC
To: Ash From: Crecente I woke up this morning to a computer frozen on the bios boot screen, which is weird since it was humming along nicely when I went to sleep last night. I’ve tried getting it to start several times today and it never gets past that start-up screen. I suspect it’s either…
By Brian Crecente Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Swiss and the Swedes Get Their Own NHL 11
Chicago’s Jonathan Toews is the global cover athlete for NHL 11 but EA Sports shows some love for other nations, putting Henrik and Daniel Sedin on the cover for the game sold in Sweden, and Mark Streit for Switzerland’s version.
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
NBA 2K11 Eyes-On Impressions: Looks Are Everything — For Now
The same day Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers would repeat as NBA champions just a block away from E3, 2K Sports made its case for why NBA 2K will continue its dominance of pro basketball on consoles. At E3, we were given an eyes-only demonstration of NBA 2K11 that was long on visuals…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2010 -
UncategorizedSpeak-Up On Kotaku: F-Zero, Argentina Woes, Mushroom Art, And The Good Old 60GB
The post E3 2010 episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku is here, with Linfosoma, Dracosummoner, Richardsim7, and Mayonaisetim sounding off on dead 60GB PlayStation 3 consoles, mushroom art, the F-Zero series, and the trouble with games in Argentina. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Are Kotaku’s Favorites For Best of E3
This is a first for Kotaku. While we’ve been judges for oodles of other people’s best of E3 awards, we’ve never actually done our own. And there’s a reason for that: They’re really hard work. Just ask Geoff Keighley. But we figured that it was probably a good idea for us to start. Take a…
By Brian Crecente Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Create Your Own Scott Pilgrim Avatar
Ever wonder what you’d look like as a character from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series? Probably much better than you do in real life, if my picture from the Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator is any indication. The video game reference riddled Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie is coming in August, and the official…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Steel Diver Is Nintendo’s Secret Recommendation
I threw a verbal elbow at some Nintendo people this past E3 and asked them to tell me which game I needed to play among the ones I might have easily missed. Two of them said right away: Steel Diver. The submarine game on the 3DS? The one I messed with for 10 seconds before…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
New World Of Warcraft Patch Enables Cross-Game Chat
Blizzard’s 3.3.5 patch for World of Warcraft went live yesterday, enabling the new Battle.net Real ID feature, allowing for cross-faction, cross-server, and when StarCraft II comes out, cross-game chat. Real ID is a layer of friends list on top of the one World of Warcraft players are used to. Instead of tagging another character name…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Beware The Commenter Foreign Legion
Are you up on your commenting etiquette? I sure hope you are, because we just brought in an army of ban hammers. While I can’t guarantee all of them are wearing leather aprons, white gloves and sport waist-long beards, I can guarantee that they’re all a bunch of no-nonsense comment moderators, men and women just…
By Brian Crecente Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Science Finds Courage In The Human Brain
General George Patton said that “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” Now scientists may have found a way to stimulate courage, pinpointing the portion of the brain that helps humans conquer their fears. Snakes – why is it always snakes? A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2010 -
UncategorizedEpic Mickey Is, In Theory, The Game of the Year
Warren Spector, who knows more about Mickey Mouse’s ears and video game creation than I do, thinks Epic Mickey has a shot. “My goal is always to make the best game ever made,” he told me last week in Los Angeles. He was sitting backstage at Disney’s massive E3 booth, proud of the Mickey Mouse…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2010 -
UncategorizedEl Shaddai’s Lucifel Is Headed For A Fall
The second part of Ignition’s epic trailer for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron gets up close and personal with Lucifel, a suave archangel destined to become the foremost fallen. Oh, and porklings. Lucifel is of course Lucifer, God’s favorite angel who eventually falls from grace and becomes the ruler of hell. The eternal damnation…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
White iPhones Are a Hassle to Make
“White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they will not be available until the second half of July. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.” —- Apple
By Brian Crecente Published June 23, 2010