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Snorlax Makes A Great Dress
This isn’t a cosplay per se. It is a Snorlax dress. Different! Over on website Deviant Art, ~bethanyagogo made this Snorlax pocket monster dress because her friend had a Pokémon-themed party. “I made the dress out of fabric from two XXXL t-shirts [one in dark teal and one in tan],” she writes. “I screenprinted eyes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rock Band 3 Teaches You To Rock With Real Guitars & Keyboards
Rock Band 3 will, as expected, let you do something you’ve never been able to do in a Rock Band (or Guitar Hero) game before: play the keyboard. Yes, the fifth wheel of the rock world makes its long-overdue debut in Harmonix’s Rock Band 3, a report on USA Today showcasing not only the new…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Gets Dirt Cheap For A Lucky Few
When role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII went on sale in Japan in December 2009, it was priced at ¥9,240 (US$101). Now, one retailer is offering the game for a discount. A huge one. This flier shows a new copy of the game priced at ¥500 ($5.48). That’s about what lunch at McDonalds costs! This is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
How The Mortal Kombat Short Was Made (And What Happens Next?)
Did you know Kevin Tancharoen, the man behind yesterday’s amazing Mortal Kombat short, shot it in just two days? And that much of the work was done for free? You do now. Tancharoen say down for an interview with Collider earlier today, and spoke about how the short film was made, and what he hopes…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Online Video Game Lands a Rare League License — the NFL’s
Quick Hit Football, the free-to-play online football game, will bring NFL teams to its MMO-style team management simulation under one of the very few licenses the league’s given to a video game of any type other than Madden The deal, made public first through Kotaku, will deliver all of the logos, color schemes, uniforms, emblems…
By Owen Good Published June 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Merry Wednesday
I’m so excited, I think I’ll barely sleep a wink tonight, fellow off topic contributors. Tomorrow should be like Christmas Day, what with all the Team Fortress 2 games that shall be played and the embargoes that shall expire! I’d prefer not to overhype, but do make sure to turn on your internets tomorrow evening…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony Shows Its Faith In 3D
The people behind the PlayStation have been proudly promoting their 3D wares throughout the year, but today at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, Sony brought some of its biggest guns, as executives presented its new technology push. Top Sony executives Sir Howard Stringer (CEO and President), Stan Glasgow, (Chief Operating Officer), Michael Fasulo,…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Your Third NCAA 11 Demo Pairing is Kinda Redundant
Tigers vs. Tigers. EA Sports told us the third matchup for the multi-team demo of NCAA 11 wasn’t going to be traditional and they’re right. Clemson and Missouri have played just four times. But hey, I suppose after Friday, once Nebraska pulls out of the tottering Jenga tower that is the Big XII, who knows…
By Owen Good Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rookie Sensation Strasburg Debuts in MLB 2K10 with an 87 Rating
Stephen Strasburg could be appearing on your video game console as soon as midnight, and when he does, he’ll be the 15th-best starting pitcher in all of MLB 2K10 – just seven innings into his career. 2K Sports told Kotaku this afternoon that Strasburg, the Washington Nationals phenom who fanned 14 Pittsburgh Pirates in an…
By Owen Good Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s a Prime Time to Talk Transformers
The latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio is ready for you to download. Matt Tieger, a producer on the forthcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron, talked about that game with Stephen Totilo. Matt mentioned the game’s multiplayer “Prime Mode,” and also detailed what we can expect from the game’s demo, which releases tomorrow. Enjoy a full…
By Owen Good Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Second Life Maker Laying Off 30%
Virtual world creator Linden Labs is restructuring in an effort to “generate efficiencies and support investment in new platforms.” The quick translation on that into English is that the Second Life maker is canning 30% of its workers. According to the company, that restructuring will mean a consolidation of some internal divisions and a Second…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 Going 3D on the PS3?
A second video trumpeting the “PS4” also drops a half second hint that we may be seeing Modern Warfare 2 in 3D in the near future. Like the first one, this viral ad takes place in a lab, with a consumer/gamer acting the guinea pig while presumably evil Sony scientists test out 3D gaming on…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fly Fly Away
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Drummer Dead At 40 🙁 I flew out to LA for the day yesterday for a couple of meetings and then flew back to Denver last night. Friday I fly out to St. Louis and then Trish and I are driving to pick Tristan up for camp Saturday and flying…
By Brian Crecente Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Nation, When Left 4 Dead Goes Super Stardust
Click to viewSuper Stardust HD developers Housemarque know twin-stick shooters. And there isn’t a target more ideal than walking rotting flesh. Hence, Dead Nation, a PlayStation 3 exclusive that had better be at E3 2010. Dead Nation was originally unearthed at last summer’s Gamescom, but Housemarque and Sony have been a bit quiet on its…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Finally, Team Fortress 2 For The Mac (Tomorrow)
Portal 2 isn’t the only game being affected by the curious properties of Valve Time. While promised Wednesday updates to Steam for Mac have been late (or nonexistent), Valve is about to make up for it with Team Fortress 2. Faithful followers of Team Fortress 2 won’t be surprised by Valve’s next choice. TF2 has…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Two Year Anniversary Of Akihabara Killings
June 8, 2008 was a dark day in Japan. A temp worker drove a rented truck into a group of pedestrians in Tokyo’s geek mecca, Akihabara. He got out and began randomly stabbing bystanders. Seven were left dead, 10 injured. This week, a memorial to mark the terrible event was set up at the intersection…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pop Gods and Light Show Geniuses, Phoenix, Part of The Creators Project
You know Phoenix as one of the bands on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. But did you know that their lighting guy is a member of the band, they nearly come to fisticuffs when deciding the set list, and that they are particularly inspired by martinis? Phoenix, the sharp dressed, smooth-tongued Frenchmen who have resurrected…
By Gawkercreative Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guild Wars 2 Warrior: Fueled By Adrenalin
The latest Guild Wars 2 class in the spotlight is the warrior, a master of weapons powered by adrenalin and suited for any situation, thanks to the game’s newly-revealed traits system. At first the Guild Wars 2 warrior sounds a lot like the World of Warcraft warrior, only instead of building rage to fuel offensive…
By Mike Fahey Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded Debuts In America Next Week
The Nintendo DS re-make of a Japanese Kingdom Hearts cell-phone game will be at video game mega-show E3 next week. Cool, but is that the Kingdom Hearts E3 mystery game? This is what we know: Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded is not Kingdom Hearts 3. No way. It’s one of two Kingdom Hearts games Square Enix confirmed…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Goes 3D Tomorrow, Four Games At Launch
Some of the biggest PlayStation 3 games will be available to play in 3D this year. The first 3D games hit as early as tomorrow. At an event in Los Angeles, Sony PlayStation boss Jack Tretton is just rattling off games coming in 3D this year for the PS3. These games will be rendered in…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 9, 2010