Players will be able to climb high and dive deep in this summer’s open-world big-city Xbox 360 exclusive Crackdown 2. The tallest building? Over 500 meters. But that’s barely the half of it. [UPDATE: The developers shared a little more.] On this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, four of the men at Ruffian Games who…
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To: Crecente From: Bashcraft It’s Golden Week in Japan — a bunch of spring holidays clumped together. This morning, we went to the park and played catch. I really love baseball, really love playing it. I have two super nice Made in USA pro model Rawlings gloves, which I treasure. Mrs. Bashcraft and I played…
I spent a bit of time playing around on Halo Reach last night. I love the jetpack, though cloaking, running and invulnerability are pretty cool too. We’ve landed 25 or so codes to giveaway on the site and I’m just dumping them here. Good luck to everyone who gets one. Remember there are roughly 5…
Early this morning a site for Call of Duty: Black Ops went live, now Activision has officially confirmed the game, saying it hits stores on Nov. 9, 2010 and will be developed by Treyarch. In their press release Activision calls the game, the follow-up to the biggest entertainment launch in history, which can only be…
Looks like that earlier report wasn’t quite on the mark, as the next Call of Duty game from developers Treyarch now has a name, and it’s not Vietnam. It’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. The game’s website has accidentally gone live, and while no content of worth can be accessed aside from an empty blog,…
Just Cause 2 has an amazing grappling hook technique, but it’s got limits: you can only attach it to one thing (either two objects to each other or one to yourself). Lucky for us PC mods know no limits! This is Bolo’s Patch, for the PC version of the game, which gives you multiple grappling…
Yes, of course, there are gold farmers in China. But why? As stated in my review, Author Cory Doctorow’s upcoming book For the Win does a fantastic job of putting a human face on China’s online gaming gold farmers. Read the review for more. Obviously, the “gold” here is virtual in-game currency! And the “gold…
It never rains Valve merchandise, it pours. Hot on the heels of the news the company will be releasing statues and props based on its favourite franchises comes word a line of Left 4 Dead plushies are also on sale. There’ll be five in total, with the first available being everyone’s favourite undead fatty, the…
EA today released some new pieces of art for upcoming space thriller Dead Space 2. They’re not screens, I know, but I love Dead Space’s art style, so these are pretty to look at regardless. One shows that Isaac, understandably, isn’t in the best state of mental health at the moment. Another shows that his…
Finally, a reason to buy an iPad: there’s a version of classic (and highly addictive) board game Carcassonne on the way. The game, ported to the device by TheCodingMonkeys and the suitably Germanic Hans im Glück (publishers of the actual Carcassonne board game), will also be available on the iPhone, but it’s the iPad version…
The objective in Super Strip Fighter IV isn’t necessarily simply to beat your enemy. Sometimes, it’s something else entirely. Created by doujin circle Studio S, Super Strip Fighter IV is an 18-years-old-and-up “parody” fighting game that has 15 brawlers in skimpy outfits (and one big fat geek) duke it out. The game makes knowing nods…
I really liked the first Skate, but haven’t been keeping up with the series since because, well, it all looks the same. You skate, you fall off, you try again. I do love it when a series jumps the shark, however. Not like the Fonz. Or Sonic. But when a game literally challenges you to…
Film critic Roger Ebert sometimes uses his powers for evil. But this time he is not. In an editorial in Newsweek, Ebert explains why he hates 3D. Ebert being Ebert, his argument is directed at films, but with the PS3 getting 3D and Nintendo rolling out its own 3D portable game device, the Nintendo 3DS,…
So, Halo creators Bungie are working with Activision on a new piece of IP. For the next ten years. I hope for everyone’s sake it’s not a first-person shooter! For Bungie’s sake, this is because the team has already released a first-person shooter. Lots of them. In fact, between marathon and Halo it’s all the…
It’s Friday. Did you know that? I knew that. Go me. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know oodles about us…
When Nintendo first revealed the 3DS handheld, many people pointed out it wasn’t the company’s first foray into 3D. But while the Virtual Boy did indeed precede the 3DS, it wasn’t Nintendo’s first piece of 3D technology either. That honour goes to the Famicom 3D, an accessory released only for the Famicom system in Japan,…
This summer, like every summer in Japan, will see a new Pokémon movie. So let’s snuggle. The new movie is Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Phantom Ruler: Zoroark. This is expected to be the last feature film in the Diamond & Pearl series, and features Zoroark, a Pocket Monster evolved from pokémon Zorua.…
Flush with pride over the game’s 119th update, Valve today released another update for online shooter Team Fortress 2, designed to honour those that have been with the game since its launch all the way back in 2007. Along with a few minor tweaks to the mechanics of the game, it introduces three types of…
We’ve been complaining about the lack of Team Fortress 2 collectibles for months now. We even did it yesterday. That complaining stops today, however, with the reveal of a gorgeous statue based on the game’s “Heavy”. It’ll stand a whopping 12 inches tall, and come in both red and blue flavours (with exclusive variants with…
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