What The Hell Is A Pinger?

“The Pinger attacks E3 2010,” warns this trailer for Crytek’s Crysis 2. Again I ask, what the hell is a Pinger? Oh. That’s a Pinger. It looks like a Metal Gear and a Cylon had amazing robot sex. I suppose I can get behind that. After all, the only acceptable porn these days is robot…

The Chinese Transformer Is More Than Meets The Eye

China copies pretty much everything else out there, so it only stood to reason they’d eventually get around to doing their own Transformer. Unlike most other Chinese knock-offs, though, this one’s pretty damn impressive. Built by students at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and standing 32 feet tall (and weighing four tons), it’s…

Watch The Entire Red Dead Redemption “Short Film”

The half-hour “short film” for Red Dead Redemption, directed by Hollywood man John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road), screened on TV a few weeks back. Most of you missed that, though, so here it is. It’s…stylish, in a way, but no more stylish than the game’s regular cutscenes. And the speed at which is blows…

How Gadgets Are Rewiring Our Brains & How Games May Be Helping

Having access to the internet and its petabytes of easily available information is, for many of us, a good thing. Well, with the exception of our brains, which are being constantly distracted by e-mails, instant messages and video games. The New York Times explores the impact of a constant connection on the human brain’s ability…

LittleBigPlanet Meets Heavy Rain, Jam Is Spilled

The cuteness of Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet, with its adorable Sackboys, just waiting to be dressed, seems like an odd crossover for murder mystery and kidnapfest Heavy Rain. But cross the two PlayStation 3 games shall this week! Whether you prefer to dress your Sackboy in the leather jacket of Jayden or the facial hair of…

Twenty-Five Years Later, Goonies Still Never Say Die

With no sequel, no reboot, no spinoffs – just one movie and one video game – The Goonies is a rarity, a phenomenon supported by two decades of nearly unexploited nostalgia. The film’s 25th anniversary of its release is today. This weekend in Astoria, Ore., the real-life setting of the 1985 film saw a gala…

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Hoard, A Game About Dragons, Treasure & Kidnapping Princesses

The PlayStation 3 and PSP get twin stick shooting action and fire-breathing dragons with Hoard, coming this fall. We’ll see it at E3 in person, first details at the PlayStation.blog

There’s A Little Captain In Fable III

The makers of the Xbox 360 and PC role-playing game with an emphasis on “touch,” Fable III, introduce us to the mysterious Captain, “a pretty angry man with a fierce smoking habit and wet boots.” Why is his name a mystery? Will E3 reveal more?

Pissed-Off Parents Find Math Game Too Violent for School

An action-packed math game students enjoy playing is a little too fun for some parents of the Albuquerque schools, one of whom went as far as accusing it of fostering video games addiction. KOAT-TV of Albuquerque ran a piece earlier about DimensionM, an edutainment game produced by Tabula Digital, which promises “all the action and…

We’re Due For A *Lot* Of Sonic Adventure

Surprise! Looks like Sega is planning to reissue Dreamcast and GameCube Sonic the Hedgehog games Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Hey… you don’t look very surprised. Why not? Oh! Because the ports of both versions of Sonic Adventure have been slowly leaking from Sega via Xbox Live…

Transportation Strike Delays Battlefield Bad Company 2 Patch

A transportation strike in Romania, of all things, is being blamed for a delay in the next Battlefield: Bad Company 2 patch on the PC. In a thread on the EA UK forums, DICE producer Barrie Tingle confirmed the patch has been sent to EA Europe’s QA department in Romania, but it isn’t being worked…

Take Your Shot With These Xbox Live Arcade Deals

Xbox 360 owners and fans of shooting things at other things, best to take advantage of these fine Xbox Live Arcade deals before E3 rolls around next week, tempting you will all-new shiny video games to covet. The deals are none too shabby on must-have titles like Peggle and Battlefield 1943, as well as other…

Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing Outdoes The Previous Best Call of Duty Fan Film

How can this short action flick manage to knock out the previous title holder for best fan made Call of Duty movie? It’s bigger, bloodier and has a more substantial budget. And it’s from the same creative team. The second chapter of Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski’s Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing makes use of its…

Ozzy Makes Rock Band DLC Debut Next Week

Ozzy Osbourne makes his Rock Band debut next week, a before his next album releases. Three tracks from Osbourne’s Scream join three classics for a total of 6, because that’s 1/111th of the Number of the Beast. The songs from Scream will be exclusive to the Rock Band Store from June 15 through June 22.…

Shit, the Day’s Over Already???

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Man, It’s Monday I demand to know where my Monday went? Plan on hearing me ask you about my Tuesday through Friday too! What you missed: Kotaku’s Buyer’s Guide: An Introduction Should You Buy A Nintendo DS? The iPhone 4 Supports 3D Motion Gaming The Family That Plays Pokémon Together…

Buy These Three PSP Games First

God of War: Ghost of Sparta Taking the place of God of War: Chains of Olympus, this action adventure manages to improve upon its predecessor in many ways. We called the first game near perfection. This one is breathing down perfection’s neck. Read Kotaku’s God of War: Ghost of Sparta Lumines It’s more than a…

A Sampling Of The Best PSP Games

God of War: Chains of Olympus This game is no joke, an action-packed bloody-violent God of War game somehow made for the PSP but as satisfying as the bigger PS2 God of Wars. A showpiece for the system. Read Kotaku’s God of War: Chains of Olympus Review Loco Roco 2 The adorable Loco Roco series…

Ohio State faces Miami in NCAA 11 Demo [Updated]

Normally the demo for NCAA Football pairs participants from the national championship game, and the latest one, releasing next week, still does. It just features the combatants from the 2003 BCS championship game. Update: Plus six more teams. Pasta Padre is now reporting that there will be eight teams total, citing additional information from an…

Driver Is Back With An All-New… Teaser

Ubisoft is counting down to next Monday, when it will presumably unveil the new Driver video game it’s teasing in this brand new video that’s certainly heavy on driving but gameplay-barren. According to the site, “DRIVER is back!” This teaser for the still unannounced Driver sequel is a “live action remake of the tutorial mission…