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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Preorder Insecurity, Final Fantasy X-2, Aion Banning, And DSi Cases
Speak-up on Kotaku returns this week, with commentary on the greatness of Final Fantasy X-2, a question about DSi travel cases, Aion banning, and getting sick of preorder bonuses. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cheese, Last Names And, Oh Yeah, Singularity
The latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio is ready for you to download. Listen to an hour of conversation between me and the amiable Jeff Poffenbarger, senior producer of upcoming first-person shooter Singularity. Cheese was discussed. Other topics covered during my chat with Poffenbarger: -Where in the world does the last name of SIngularity hero…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Project Natal Prototype Looks Like It’s Ready For Retail
Last time we saw Microsoft’s Project Natal in the wild, the prototype version of its Xbox 360 camera-controller was a mix of cute and creepy. Now, it’s looking a hell of a lot more final. Engadget snapped a gallery’s worth of pics of the Natal accessory in use at All Things Digital, the Wall Street…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Science Figures Out Why Teenagers Are Stupid
While average blog readership is packed with the sort of hyper intelligent teenagers that have to be portrayed by 30-year-olds in TV dramas, many of the world’s teenagers are prone to doing stupid things for stupid reasons. New research explains why. Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and colleagues from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Pocket God Comic Book Has A Story, Somehow
One of the biggest games/apps/whatever-it-is on the iPhone and iPod Touch, Pocket God, will be turned into a comic soon. Here’s page three, the second page to be shown to the public (after this one). But what’s the story? Dave Castelnuovo of Pocket God studio Bolt Creative explained, over e-mail, what the comic is about:…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kevin Butler, VP of Endangering Agent’s PS3 Exclusivity
PlayStation pitchman/executive mascot Kevin Butler tweets some ill-advised trash-talking at an unnamed old west video game that might appear on the platform he favors. The Eye of Sauron in New York may not be amused. [Twitter]
By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Live Chat: With Crecente
It’s been a long time Kotaku. How are things? Have time for a chat? No, don’t worry this isn’t an intervention. You don’t drink too much, really! Why don’t you drop in and ask me a question, I’ll then answer and we’ll proceed. Before you know it: Conversation! It’s like magic, but without all of…
By Brian Crecente Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Video Game Movie Wouldn’t Be Like Those Other Ones
The pressure was enormous. Legions of fans worried. Prince of Persia, the movie, was more than a summer blockbuster. “Maybe I’m being melodramatic,” says movie scribe Doug Miro. Then again, maybe he’s not. This was a Hollywood video game adaptation. “The reality is that this movie has to do really well,” Miro adds from LA…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Michael Jordan is NBA 2K11‘s Cover Star
2K Sports just confirmed to CNBC that Michael Jordan, as rumored earlier, will be featured on the cover of NBA 2K11. Asked how Jordan would appear in the game, 2K said only that there will be “some really good surprises.” Jason Argent, 2K Sports’ vice-president of marketing, confirmed Jordan’s appearance and the game’s Oct. 5…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Man Accused Of Killing Kitten For Unplugging Game Console
A Virginia man faces charges of misdemeanor animal cruelty and disorderly conduct after allegedly hurling his girlfriend’s kitten against the wall after it disconnected the video game he was playing. Staunton, Virginia authorities were called to the apartment of 21-year-old Bruce Jamar Walston by his girlfriend around 9pm last night. The woman called 911 after…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get The Latest Armored Core PSP For Free
We’re going to be giving away five codes for Armored Core Last Raven Portable this Thursday on Kotaku’s Facebook Armored Core Last Raven Portable is the latest Armored Core port to make its way from the Playstation 2 to the Playstation Portable. The PSP version of the third-person mech shooter includes Ad Hoc mulitplayer for…
By Brian Crecente Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Blade Kitten Trades Delay For Multiplatform Release
Originally slated for a PlayStation Network release this spring, Krome Studios’ comic book-based platformer Blade Kitten gets a new publisher in Atari, Xbox Live Arcade and PC versions, a September release date, and new screens to help ease the wait. When we last checked in with Blade Kitten, based on the comic book by Steve…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Have Singularity Questions? We have Singularity Answers. LIVE!
Time-warping? Gunplay? Raven Software? Sounds like Singularity to me. Give us a call for a chance to talk to the producer behind the upcoming game. Jeff Poffenbarger, a producer at Singularity studio Raven Software, will be joining us live today on Kotaku Talk Radio to discuss the upcoming game and take your calls. Before working…
By Brian Crecente Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Batman: The Brave And The Bold Looks Like Colorful Campy Fun
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a colorful 2D beat-em up in a world where dark and gritty 3D action adventure reigns supreme. Can it possibly succeed where other Batman brawlers have failed? With comic book Batman busy dealing with his apparent death and time-traveling return, Wayforward’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold could…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
CIA Drone Killings Could Lead To A “PlayStation Mentality” Towards Killing
A United Nations investigator is warning that CIA-controlled remote drone assassinations of suspected Islamic terrorists could lead to a “PlayStation mentality” towards killing. Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, has issued a 29-page report calling for an end to the CIA’s use of unmanned Predator or Reaper drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan against…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Going on A Harry Potter Killing Spree
Harry Potter is on a rampage and I’m in control. Armed with a wand, I dispatch a gathering of witches and wizards as I maneuver Potter deftly through an abandoned factory. Swirling red lines spew from Potter’s wand as I watch over his shoulder, the dancing lights lance into an enemy wizard until he collapses…
By Brian Crecente Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Live With A Singularity Creator Today On Kotaku Talk Radio
Jeff Poffenbarger (not pictured above) is going to talk some Singularity live on Kotaku Talk Radio a little later today. Prepare your call-in questions. Poffenbarger is a producer at Singularity studio Raven Software. He worked on that team’s Wolverine game before that, which was pretty cool. Best movie game in a while, even. Singularity, the…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
GameStop Does The CEO Shuffle
After a two-year stint as chief executive officer of GameStop, Dan DeMatteo slides over into the executive chairman position, with new CEO J. Paul Raines stepping in to guide the company to new heights of marketplace dominance. GameStop has big plans. They’ve got a new rewards program to roll out, downloadable content to market, and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Year Later, Did These Wii and DS Promises Come True?
Nintendo cannot escape our promise-checking. Last year the world’s top video game game company promised some cool stuff for the next year or so in gaming. What came true? Was any of their hype wrong? We are one day removed from checking Microsoft’s Xbox promises from E3 2009. Since than I have re-lived the entire…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Say Apocalypse, I Say Retro Chic
Much like telling an erotic story within a Victorian backdrop seems ever so sexy, human depravity juxtaposed against a seemingly golden age of good, moral values is darkly comic and that much more disturbing. In the future, the ‘60s never happened. Or at least, that’s what we are led to believe in the alternate history…
By Lauren Orsini Published June 2, 2010