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Very Important Work Has Commenced
The most important building project of this year has gotten underway in Shizuoka, Japan. Construction on the life-sized Gundam statue is underway, reports Japan Today. The 18-meter mecha will carry a Beam Saber and be erected near JR Higashishizuoka Station. It will mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Gundam plastic models. It will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Company Of Heroes Is Back! (Sort Of)
Company of Heroes Online – the free-to-play version of the classic PC real-time strategy game that’s previously only been available in Asia – is going to be released in the West, publisher THQ said today. Having tinkered with the game in overseas markets, first with a Shanda-developed title in China and then an in-house THQ…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Average PC Gamer’s Computer Looks Like…This
It’s time to check in and see, courtesy of Valve’s hardware surveys, what the average PC gamer’s rig looks like. Hmm. Uh huh, uh huh. Yeah, I’m still average. Great? There have been some changes in critical categories since the last time we took a good look at the results (I know, they’re published every…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Total War Coming, Has A Taste For The Orient
Deciding that E3 was simply too far away to wait, Creative Assembly today took the wraps off the latest game in the Total War series: Shogun 2: Total War. Or, going by this video, Okami: Total War. Returning to the setting that got the series its start, Shogun 2 is just like the recent-ish Medieval…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Sonic Free Riders Is Sega’s Natal Mascot Racer
Sonic the Hedgehog will be a busy mascot in 2010, with Sonic Colors and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 coming to consoles. Sega may have another Sonic-starring game in store, Sonic Free Riders for Microsoft’s Project Natal. Joystiq cites an anonymous source in naming Sonic Free Riders as an Xbox Live Arcade game that’s played with…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Thundercats Are Ho!
Along with today’s announcement that Warner Bros. is bringing back Thundercats, we’d like to announce that we’re bringing back Kotaku Off Topic, the open thread post that you fondly remember from Tuesday. Ho!!! I watched quite a bit of Thundercats in my day, along with He-Man, Silverhawks, C.O.P.S. and Robotech, but it didn’t have a…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Oh, BTW, EA Sports Confirms NBA Live’s Name Change
EA Sports picked one hell of a day to confirm its NBA title’s name change. Not like anyone will remember today for Michael Jordan returning to video games, Ken Griffey Jr. retiring, or the worst umpiring mistake in baseball history. Anyway, it’s official: NBA Live is no more, it will be replaced by NBA Elite…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Two Fake Bands From ‘Lost’ Wound Up In Rock Band
Lost is over. But Lost devotees can still experience the drug-addled, pop rock thrills of its fictional band Drive Shaft and the show’s in-joke act Geronimo Jackson, thanks to Rock Band and the efforts of a dedicated Harmonix employee. G4 chronicles the efforts of Harmonix manager of communications John Drake to bring Drive Shaft’s “You…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brits Get Their Free Dr. Who Adventures Early
The first episode of BBC’s Dr. Who adventure games is out and already being enjoyed by our British sci-fi-loving nerd brethren overseas. Apparently “it rocks,” or so says Kotaku tipster Dan2593. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games kicks off with “City Of The Daleks” today, a few days earlier than expected, a free download for PC…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
NBA 2K Was Trying to Get Jordan In-Game ‘For Years’
The greatest NBA basketball player ever hasn’t appeared in a video game since 2003. But over the years since, 2K Sports’ NBA 2K team built a contingency plan to bring back Michael Jordan, and will see it realized in October. “With our development team, the reality is Michael Jordan has been a part of the…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Look At The Captain America Coming To Theaters, Consoles Near You
We’re still more than a year away from the big screen adaptation of Captain America, but today we get our first look at how the first Avenger will look on celluloid and, eventually, in the Sega-published video game. Ain’t It Cool News gives us our first glimpse at Steve Rogers in full Cap gear, a…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pre-Game Pageantry Returns to NCAA 11
Seven new screens from EA Sports show pregame animations, similar to those last seen in last-gen versions of NCAA Football, returning to this year’s game. Team-specific presentations, like Ohio State and Florida charging onto the field here, will be a part of the game. I’m wondering, though, if you’re 5-6 midway through a 10-year contract…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Quincy
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: The Shortest Night Note Ever? Man, I forgot how wonderful Quincy was. It was a pretty fucking deep, pretty amazing show back in its day. I spent the day watching old shows and answering a surprising number of questions from readers about my hair What you missed: You Say Apocalypse,…
By Brian Crecente Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Move Gets Another Supporter
The number of games compatible with Sony’s new motion controller for the PlayStation 3 increases by one today, thanks to John Daly’s ProStroke Golf, the latest title to join the PlayStation Move line-up. While the number of games that will be playable on Move will surely expand at E3 2010, O-Games is showing its hand…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Reviews
Backbreaker Review: The Challenger Crashes
Twenty-five years ago saw the last game of the USFL – a league given no shot against the NFL’s monopoly, but beloved to this day for the rebellious challenge it posed. Today, similarly pitted against the Madden monolith, comes Backbreaker Video game or sport, no amount of nostalgia or John Facenda verbiage will by itself…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 Should Be All Giggles
BioWare’s sci-fi role-playing game trilogy Mass Effect looks like it will end on a lighter note than previous entries, a Return of the Jedi to Mass Effect 2’s Empire Strikes Back, instilled with more fun, lightness and humor. Or, as OXM calls it, “humour.” BioWare’s Casey Hudson tells the publication that Mass Effect 3 is…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010