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Kotaku Off Topic: headline headghgh
For those of you unable to attend this year’s Kotaku pre-E3 party because of your location, age or crippling shyness, let’s turn this Kotaku Off Topic into a virtual party replacement. Who wants pizza?! Hell, I do. That’s why I am about to order a Chicago deep dish from down the street. Hopefully it will…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
360 Guide
Halo: Reach – After honing its skills over the course of Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and ODST, Bungie brings us the definitive Halo experience. Dead Rising – One man, three days, 55,000 zombies. Can you survive and make it out of the mall? Grand Theft Auto IV – It may drag in…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010 -
UncategorizedParalyzed Gamer Soldiers On in Modern Warfare 2
Iain Hanson, a 19-year-old from Scotland, broke his neck in a bouncy castle amusement four years ago, losing all function in his fingers. Still he plays Modern Warfare2 on the PS3 – better than I can, for sure. Iain (his account on Twitter) writes that he broke his neck when he was 15, but the…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Pre-E3 Party – It’s On Broadway
Aperture Science may have canceled its E3 party plans, but Kotaku’s are officially locked in. As we tend to do the Sunday before E3, Kotaku is having a party. This one will be bigger than ever… and you’re invited. We’re changing locations this year, hopefully leaving the long lines of the Golden Gopher behind and…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Raiders Maintain Commitment to Crapulence in Madden Ratings
The at-launch team ratings for Madden NFL 11 were revealed earlier today and the Raida Organization, despite shoveling 260 pounds of No. 2 from its roster, improved not one whit from last year’s game to this. Oakland’s 71 represents zero improvement over last year’s rating, which must make Jason Campbell, the Raidas’ new quarterback, feel…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Review Round Up: Street Racin’, X-Scapin’ & Back Breakin’
Wondering whether Blur is worth taking for a spin? Does Alpha Protocol feel like a game still in beta? What the hell is X-Scape? Let a week’s worth of Kotaku video game reviews answer those questions and more. Round up!! Alpha Protocol Review: Not Quite The Omega “The espionage RPG” stumbles its way into our…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Porn Empire Can’t Penetrate the PS3
Back in September, porn behemoth Vivid Entertainment approached Sony about streaming its porn all over the PS3 (snicker). Vivid’s boss says that thrust (haha) is over, and they’re now fantasizing about Microsoft. Speaking to CVG, Steve Hirsch, Vivid’s founder, said conversations with Sony “didn’t lead anywhere.” However, “If we could get further than we did…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Space 2 Box Art More About Isaac, Less About Dismembered Hands
EA lifted the veil on the box art for Dead Space 2 today, well in advance of the game’s release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Gone is the sci-fi space gore in favor of Isaac Clarke face time. Like it?
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Your Project Natal, Justin Bieber Fixes Simultaneously
Attention, Xbox 360 fans with an incurable case of Bieber Fever! The Tiger Beat coverboy and teenage pop star is buddying up with his friends at Microsoft to bring you hands-on time with Project Natal this fall. Xbox 360 is underwriting the Bieb’s “My World” tour this fall, which will be schlepping Project Natal playable…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Arsenal vs. Chelsea Highlight New FIFA Online Screens
EA Sports’ free-to-play, pay-to-upgrade FIFA Online is into the second week of its open beta, for which you may sign up here. While you’re waiting on the 1.12GB download, check out these six screens EA released today.
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Butterflies
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Thanks Japanese TV For Making Me Feel Old Why do they call them butterflies in your stomach? That’s crazy, wouldn’t butterflies feel like little kisses, not a sack of squirming worms? I’m slightly, every so slightly nervous about Tristan’s upcoming summer camp adventures. He leaves on Sunday to fly to…
By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Many Winners, One Loser In Japan’s Weekly Console Battle
The Japanese video game enthusiast went shopping this week, buying more hardware than last week. There were no major shake-ups, but at least the PSPgo is selling back in the thousands. Well, the thousand. After dipping below the 1K mark for a couple weeks, the PlayStation Portable is selling almost as well as the PlayStation…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
UFC Undisputed Hits a Sophomore Slump?
The breakout hit of 2009, both in sales and acclaim, UFC Undisputed 2010 followed up with plenty of strong reviews but nowhere near the cash register performance of its predecessor, according to an analyst. Gamasutra notes that Lazard Capital Markets says UFC Undisputed 2010 is “tracking below our expectations at retail,” and mentioned that Amazon…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Games Bid Adieu to World War II
Sixty five years after the end of World War II, the second world war seems to have lost its attraction for video game developers. Storied video game franchises like Medal of Honor, Battlefield and Brothers in Arms seem to have either died off or turned to modern settings after producing more than 20 games set…
By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
To Do In Atlanta: Pokémon Southeast Regional Championship
Tomorrow the Gwinnett Center in Atlanta will be transformed into a battleground, as the southeast regional Pokémon video game championship pits Pokémon against Pokémon, brother against brother. It’ll be like the Civil War, only cuter, and without the city burning down. Why attend the southeast regional Pokémon championship? Why, to be the very best, of…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010 - Reviews
X-Scape Review: The Beauty Of The Old Ugly
Can you love shapes and straight lines? Crimson spider robots casting maroon shadows? Pink stripes painted beside tan in tunnels of sky-blue enemies? Fly to an era when game graphics were ugly and the best of that ugliness was beautiful. Your method of time-warp transportation is X-Scape, another downloadable DSi game with a questionable name,…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Xbox 360’s Joy Ride Is Now A Project Natal Game
Microsoft’s free-to-play Avatar racing game Joy Ride is reportedly getting a major motion-controlled tune-up. The BigPark-developed racer is now planned as a Project Natal launch title, CVG reports, and may no longer be free. CVG cites a “senior retail source” in its report, who says Joy Ride will “no longer be free to play, but…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010