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UncategorizedMolester “Monk” Lured Boys With His Wii
A 46-year-old Taiwanese man has been arrested for raping four young boys. The perpetrator would invite young boys to his house on the pretext of playing his Nintendo Wii. Apparently, he would then sexually assault the children. One of the boys’ mothers noticed that something was bothering her son, and he told what had happened…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Long Would A Final Fantasy VII Remake Take?
Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama wants to remake role-playing game Final Fantasy VII. FFVII character designer Tetsuya Nomura doesn’t think it’ll happen any time soon. What about the company’s president? According to Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada, they are often asked about a Final Fantasy VII remake. It took Square Enix between three and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Prince Of Persia’s Box Office Debut Was…Pretty Good [Update]
Prince of Persia had a big budget and some big names behind it, but all the sand (and marketing) in the world couldn’t ensure its opening weekend was the biggest in American video game movie history. The film’s opening weekend take in the US was just over $30 million. That’s a respectable figure, but it…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
PS3 Games Go 3D On June 10
Having previously revealed a launch date of “June”, Sony Japan got specific overnight and said that the PlayStation 3’s 3D era will begin on June 10. That’ll be the day a number of downloadable titles for the Japanese PlayStation Network are updated to support 3D technology. Those games are Super Stardust, WipeOut and Pain, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japanese Hackers Blackmail Sex Gamers
Two men have been charged with creating an adult video game virus that leaks personal information onto the internet, reports Japan’s Daily Yomiuri. The catch? Blackmail. According to the Yomiuri, those same two men apparently defrauded people out of money to recover the data. Kenzo Oka (27), a Tokyo company employee, and another 20 year-old…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Roll Up, Get Your Replica Red Dead Dynamite And Playing Cards
Just in time to take advantage of people’s obsession with Red Dead Redemption before they move onto the next shiny thing that catches their gaze, Rockstar is releasing some “period” merchandise based on their Western adventure. Alongside some ho-hum t-shirts are a few more interesting trinkets, like playing cards, dice, TNT and even some patented…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Voltron Cartoon Producer Dead at 57
Voltron was an 1980s American reworking of Japanese anime series Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV and Go Lion into a single, seemingly seamless program. The mastermind behind Voltron, Peter Keefe, passed away on May 27. Voltron was a smash hit, becoming the number 1 ranked kids program during the 1984 and 85 seasons. There have been…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Iron Man Sneakers Will Light Up Your Life
These incredible Iron Man and War Machine sneakers aren’t some fanciful Photoshop mock-ups. They exist, are going on sale, and actually light up Custom sneaker builders Diversitile will be selling a limited run of these, both Nike SB Dunk Highs, pretty soon. Both feature authentic paintjobs, some texture work and stitching to match the respective…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Whose Car Is This?
Fancy sports car. Spotted at a Target. North Carolina plates that read “GRSOFWAR”. Gears of War is developed in North Carolina by Epic Games. Could it be the car that Cliff Bleszinski, Gears’ lead designer, tools around in? Kotaku asked Bleszinski, who replied that it wasn’t his car. This is his car: A LP560 Gallardo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lol, N00b
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Remember! I know everyone else on the site’s done this a dozen times over, but I’m really excited for my first E3. Got my badge in the mail this week. Travel plans were arranged last week. Already writing out questions in case I meet Reggie! Do you think I’ll meet…
By Owen Good Published May 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week in Games: Breakin’ Too
A challenger appears in American football this week;Backbreaker from 505 Games proceeds without any league licensing – or even announcers – but hopes to catch your eye with hard-hitting action. Alpha Protocol from Sega is your other major release. Monday, May 31 Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (DSiWare) Tropico 3: Absolute Power (PC) X-Scape (DSiWare) Tuesday,…
By Owen Good Published May 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedKotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Seven Nintendo DS games we’d love to see on the iPhone [Gamezebo] As a new DSi owner myself, my range of experience on this is…
By Owen Good Published May 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Brings NHL Slapshot, Mini-Hockey Sticks, to Wii
The Toronto Sun reported today that EA Sports’ upcoming NHL game for the Wii will be called NHL Slapshot, and it will be completely different from the main game. It will also ship with a mini-hockey stick peripheral. NHL Slapshot will get a huge marketing assist from hockey great Wayne Gretzky, who will appear on…
By Owen Good Published May 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: NASCAR Edition
Been awhile since we heard from our friend Joey Logano, whose No. 20 Toyota routinely sports some kind of GameStop hood ornament touting a current or upcoming game. Let’s fix that. Logano has a 21-race sponsorship deal and in the past has sported Split/Second, Mario Kart Wii, BioShock 2 and Modern Warfare 2 front and…
By Owen Good Published May 30, 2010 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published May 26. PvPonline published May 28. ActionTrip published May 24. Digital Unrest published May 28. EXTRALIFE published May 24. GU Comics published May 28. Dotgif published May 28. Ctrl+Alt+Del published May 26. Dueling Analogs published May 27. Nerf NOW published May 29. Rooster Teeth published May 27 Monday Night Crew published May…
By Owen Good Published May 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off-Topic: Free the Indianapolis 500
There are only two state anthems I know. “My Old Kentucky Home,” sung on the first Saturday of May, and “Back Home Again in Indiana,” sung on the last Sunday. I’ve lived in neither of those states. Edit: A reader points out that “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away” is actually Indiana’s state…
By Owen Good Published May 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
Twisted Metal PS3 Accidentally Confirmed?
During the latest episode of Bonus Round, analyst supreme Michael Pachter may have accidentally let the cat out of the bag about Playstation 3 car combat racer Twisted Metal PS3. The analyst mentioned the game while talking about solid games coming to the PS3 that don’t have Move support. David Jaffe says via Twitter it…
By Brian Crecente Published May 30, 2010 -
UncategorizedKotaku ‘Shop Contest: Google Tributes of the Future Edition Winners
Google’s playable Pac-Man anniversary logo provided the grist for last week’s ‘Shop Contest, which returned a staggering number of excellent submissions – including an actual playable logo. Whittling this down to 20 was difficult; if you felt like you should have made the final gallery, you’re probably right. We had tons of tributes to Zelda…
By Owen Good Published May 29, 2010