A Look At Predators

With Aliens vs. Predator already out (and reviewed!), it time to get excited about the next project with Predator in it, the upcoming feature film Predators. Starring Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne, Predators is a sequel to the 1987 film Predator — producer Robert Rodriguez wanted the reboot to be like sci-fi film Aliens was…

Eight Minutes of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gameplay

Not exactly eight minutes, but close enough. This spring, Stealth series Metal Gear Solid is coming to the PSP. It will look like this. Series creator Hideo Kojima has called Peace Walker a “MGS5-class game”, and it was later revealed that Peace Walker was going to be called Metal Gear Solid 5. Watch this gameplay…

How Video Games Taught Me Everything About Capitalism

You collect coins. You then use those coins to get extra lives or buy things. Get used to it, because that’s the way the world works. Money has appeared in games for decades now with seminal games like Super Mario Bros. having players collect coins. Players must collect coins to get more lives — meaning,…

Uncharted 2’s Art Book Is Something Else

As someone who snuggles up to his copy of Raising The Bar every night, I’m one to appreciate a good video game art book. And Uncharted 2’s looks damn good. Published by Ballistic, the book comes in three versions, ranging from USD$65 all the way up to an incredible USD$300. At the lower end of…

Guess This Person Is A Fan

No, a superfan. If you know this game, feel free to say it out loud and pat yourself on the back. Good job! If not, read on. Originally released on the PC in 2005, fantasy sci-fi visual novel Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na was turned into a manga and an anime as well as being…

A Real Xbox 360 Coffin

When Xbox 360 conked out in the past, folks would send their Xbox 360s to Microsoft in cardboard boxes affectionately called “coffins”. Here is a real honest-to-goodness Xbox coffin. Designed by designer Alexis Vanamois, this Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death coffin is a final resting place for a dearly departed console. There’s even a…

This Dreamcast Made The Kessel Run In Less Than 12 Parsecs

As seen on Ben Heck

Standing Up To Proposed Virtual Child Porn Legislation

The Tokyo Metropolitan government is moving forward on legislation that sets out to ban provocative “visual depictions” of characters who appear to be 18 years-old and younger. And some of Japan’s most famous manga creators are fighting it. Manga artists Go Nagai, Tetsuya Chiba and Machiko Satonaka appeared at the Tokyo Government Office on March…

Gran Turismo 5 On The Move?

The initial lineup of PS3 games compatible with Sony’s new Move controller was, SOCOM aside, geared heavily towards the casual user. The list of compatible games on the Move’s website, however, is a little more promising. Because amidst the Wii Sports knock-offs and proof-of-concept pieces is, surprisingly, a listing for Gran Turismo 5. Not the…

Hey Activision, GDC Is For Developers, Not Strippers

Activision, the company that publishes Guitar Hero and Call of Duty, did not get the memo. The recent Game Developers Conference is not the venue for half-naked pole dancers. Thing is, GDC is for game developers. Not silly PR stunts. To promote triad crime game True Crime, Activision turned part of the San Francisco W…

War Machine Toy Captures The Essence Of Don Cheadle

In the upcoming Iron Man movie sequel, Tony Stark won’t be going it alone. He’s got James Rhodes, aka War Machine, to help him out. And you know what that means: yes, Don Cheadle action figures. This 1/6 scale figure is by Hot Toys, the same people who brought you the amazing Iron Man Mk…

Direct Sequel For Final Fantasy XIII?

For the uninitiated, Final Fantasy XIII might seem like the sequel to Final Fantasy XII. It’s not. Each game is its own title, so if there was a FFXIII sequel, it would be FFXIII-2. When asked about the chances of a direct FFXIII sequel, the game’s producer Yoshinori Kitase replied, “In the past three years…

Rumor: DS Successor Has Nifty Screen, GameCube Power

RPAD spent the entire Game Developers Conference trying to dig up information on Nintendo’s successor to the wildly-successful DS handheld. His findings? Of interest. According to several third-party developers writer Raymond Padilla spoke with, the next Nintendo handheld sounds a lot like the current Nintendo handheld, only with better screens and better performance. Just like…

Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack Also Features Ridiculous Price

Capping off a fairly terrible fortnight of news surrounding Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward comes word this morning that Modern Warfare 2’s map pack is one of the most over-priced pieces of downloadable content we’ve ever seen. Popping onto Xbox Live spokesman Larry Hryb’s podcast to promote Modern Warfare 2’s upcoming “Stimulus Package” map…

Back stage with the winners of the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards

Flower Creators: No New Games This Year, Intrigued By PlayStation Move

That Game Company’s Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago, saw their team’s game Flower nominated for several Game Developer’s Choice Awards, winning for Best Downloadable. We talked about their future, Pokemon, and, since they made motion-games for the PS3, PlayStation Move. This is one of a series of Kotaku video interviews with many of the award-winners…

Stupid Sim

To: Luke From: Owen Anyone who’s played NCAA Basketball knows what a pain in the ass it is setting up a full 64-team custom bracket. I’ve spent the past 90 minutes inputting this year’s field into the game for a full bracket simulation – literally beginning after Greg Gumbel called Notre Dame as the final…

Uncharted 2 Creators Tip Hats To Killzone 2, Celebrate Lots Of Wins

Two of Naughty Dog’s top people collected five Game Developers Choice Awards lat week for Uncharted 2. Short on material for my backstage interviews, I asked them which awards they deserved most and least. They answered and offered Pokemon tips. This is one of a series of Kotaku video interviews with many of the award-winners…

Brilliant Five-Word Reviews of 94 Video Games

Haiku is so overdone, and would be verbose compared to these spot-on assessments of nearly 100 video games, done in just five words by Games Radar. Some rate a spoiler alert. “Max Payne: Dead family means bullet time.” “Bomberman: Trapped in a corner. F**k.” “Assassin’s Creed: Eavesdropping on conversations gets boring.” And, right after that,…

John Carmack Has Three Lifetime Achievement Awards, No Early iPad

Doom co-creator John Carmack earned a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Game Developer’s Choice Awards, but he’s not done. Oddly, he wasn’t sent an early iPad despite being a big iPhone games booster. We discussed that, plus, naturally, Pokemon. Note that the iPad is set for release early next month. Carmack’s id Software has…