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Quantum Communication Isn’t Just For Illusive Men Anymore
In Mass Effect 2, the mysterious Illusive Man was able to stay in touch with the Normandy at any point in the universe using quantum entanglement. Chinese scientists have used similar technology to “teleport” data nearly 10 miles. Calling the process teleportation is a bit of a stretch, but quantum entanglement is just as fantastic…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Prepare Your Questions About Autobots and Decepticons
Start rehearsing your nerdiest Transformer questions, because we’ve got a bona fide Transformers game developer sitting in the guest chair live on Wednesday’s Kotaku Talk Radio. Call in and ask them. I’ll have mine ready, for sure. Matt Tieger, High Moon Studio’s game director on this month’s Transformers: War For Cybertron game, just might be…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Origins Gets The Anime Treatment
EA, BioWare, and Japanese animation distributor FUNimation have teamed up to create an animated movie based on the award-winning role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins. Production began last month, with a direct-to-video release slated for 2011.
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
iPhone 4’s New Motion Controls: Will It Mean Better Games?
The new iPhone 4 is also a new type of game controller, with a built-in gyroscope giving the phone (and sometimes games device) better sensitivity for more motion gestures. Apple says the addition will offer “an even better gaming experience.” That’s debatable, but it will, also according to Apple, detect user acceleration, angular velocity, and…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
E3 2010 Preview: These Are the Big Music Games, We Think
You might not be ready to rock, but the E3 gaming expo is ready to rock you. Last year, music games headlined E3 in a major way with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison taking the stage at Microsoft’s press conference. It’s hard to top the Beatles. This isn’t about topping the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Family That Plays Pokémon Together
Nine-year-old Grace Arnold took home the first place trophy for the Junior Division at the 2010 Southeast Regional Pokémon Video Game Championships. Her 13-year-old brother David won the Senior Division. Their father came in second. If just one of the Arnolds place in the Nationals, it would mean the family’s third trip to the World…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The iPhone 4 Supports 3D Motion Gaming
The newly-announced iPhone 4 adds a 3-axis gyroscope to the motion-sensing mix, tied together with the accelerometer and built-in GPS to provide 6-axis motion sensing gaming. In these pictures from gdgt, Steve Jobs introduces an all-new method of motion controlling iPhone games live on stage at Apple’s WDCC 2010 event. Previous iterations of the iPhone…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Introduces The iPhone 4
Steve Jobs has confirmed at WWDC 2010 that what Gizmodo got their hands on in April was the next iPhone – the iPhone 4. At 9.3mm wide it’s the world’s thinnest smartphone, with a front-facing camera and a 326 pixel per inch “retina display,” a resolution never-before-seen on a phone, delivering 940×640 pixels and a…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero? There’s An App For That Too
Activision is bringing its multi-billion dollar Guitar Hero series to the iPhone and iPod touch. Today. Activision SVP Karthik Bala unveiled the latest Guitar Hero game at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference today, slapping a $2.99 sticker price on the app.
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
FarmVille Comes To The iPhone
During this morning’s keynote speech at Apple’s WWDC 2010 event, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus took the stage to introduce FarmVille for the iPhone. It’s all the fun of FarmVille, now with push notifications. Now you can be even more obsessive about your farm, as the iPhone app will send you little reminders when your crops…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: A Mixed Bag With Meerkats
With no one game in particular standing out in this week’s Nintendo Download other than the one with the meerkats in it, perhaps it’s one of those weeks laced with hidden gems? Yes, we’ll go with that. And don’t take my singling out of Lapland’s Lead the Meerkats for WiiWare as any sort of endorsement.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Obsidian Takes On Dungeon Siege 3
Obsidian Entertainment takes on yet another action role-playing game sequel in Dungeon Siege 3, with series creator Chris Taylor on board as an advisor, helping oversee the franchise’s console debut. Obsidian Entertainment is the go-to development studio for big-name role-playing game sequels. While the company’s attempts at creating a first-party title hasn’t gone so well,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
“You Gonna Read This, Fisher?” The Art of Enemy Taunts
I can’t think of another game so destroyed by its dialogue as Splinter Cell: Conviction; not by bad lines alone (which are nothing novel in gaming) but by the way Ubisoft’s designers and programmers used them. It could live on, maybe, as a cautionary tale in design meetings: “your idea would poison our game, sure…
By Lauren Orsini Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Super Scribblenauts’ Surfer Werewolves and Balloonist Zombies
Sure upcoming DS title Super Scribblenauts will include 120 levels and 800 updated objects, but that’s nothing. It will also bring with it adjectives. Adjectives like surfer and balloonist!
By Brian Crecente Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Toppers: Zombies Eye Some Angry Birds
Angry Birds manages to maintain its top spot, holding out against a brand new zombie onslaught. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 7…
By Brian Crecente Published June 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Buyer’s Guide: An Introduction
To buy or not to buy, that is the question we’re most commonly asked. And it makes sense. After all, here at Kotaku we spend our days writing about, talking about and playing video games. So who better to ask about whether now’s the time to pick up a Playstation 3, grab an Xbox 360…
By Brian Crecente Published June 7, 2010