Say Hi To The Best-Selling Games Of 2010 (So Far)

Courtesy of Nintendo, let’s take a look at the thirty top-selling games in the United States so far this year. As a bonus, we’ll look at the top 30 from Europe, too. These figures, covering January 1 to March 31, were part of Nintendo’s recent fiscal results report, and while they’re not as handy as…

Nintendo’s Lovable Code Names For Consoles

The 3DS isn’t the first Nintendo console to enter the public consciousness with a name that’s never actually used. Plenty of other machines have also been revealed with names never destined for a retail shelf. Yes, we know, Nintendo isn’t the only company to do this. Pretty much anyone and everyone involved in making anything…

Fallout: The Movie (With Hookers)

Desert Story is a fan-made short film set in the Fallout universe, in which a transaction over hookers goes a little pear-shaped. You may be wondering why there isn’t a dog or a blue jumpsuit in sight, or how nice the lighting is, or how weird the guy’s accent is. Me? I’m just wondering how…

Nintendo: It Is Not Game Over For the Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii sales are down 21 percent. 21 percent! That’s a lot. But Nintendo certainly hasn’t given up on the Nintendo Wii. In a recent financial briefing, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated that Nintendo is “always” developing new game hardware. So once a game console is finished, the company begins thinking about the next console.…

These Halo: Reach Problems Are Being Fixed

While the Halo: Reach beta is largely a blast, not everything is perfect. Thankfully Bungie knows this, and is letting us know the things that will be fixed by the time the final game rolls around. Things like FLAG TAKEN…FLAG DROPPED…FLAG TAKEN…etc etc. It’s annoying as hell, but has “already been fixed for fall”. So…

What Is The Nintendo 3DS’s Final Name?

The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo’s upcoming glasses-free 3D gaming handheld, does not yet have a finalized name. The “Nintendo 3DS” is a temporary moniker for the portable. So what will it ever be called? At a recent financial briefing, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was asked about the 3DS name — whether or not Nintendo will stick…

Han Will Always Shoot First With A Network Accelerator Card

Bigfoot Networks has unveiled a PC network card that it claims is “the fastest network card available for online games”. What does this mean for you? It means you may get an unfair advantage in online shootouts. Able to automatically detect which incoming traffic is related to an online game and which isn’t (and prioritise…

Uncharted Book

A Week In Comments

Yoshi: Behind The Dinosaur Comment by: p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. Nominated by: Erwin Oh! Yoshi’s Safari! *drives to parents house* *Rummages through boxes in garage* *Finds old snes games* *digs for still longer to find super scope* *sets up the system and puts in the game* *gets killed by hammer bro several times before giving up* *drives home*…

Why Are People Pirating A Charity Game?

Last week, a pack went on sale that let you name your own price for five great indie games, all in the name of charity. Know what a ton of people then went and did? Pirated the thing. Wonderful. To recap, this was a pack that let you pay what you want. With all proceeds…

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Has 4-Player Co-op

A few more details on Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops popped up today, answering a few of the more pointed questions arising from the game’s debut trailer Intrigued by the presence of an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft in the clip? According to this report there’ll be another “C-130” sequence in Black Ops, with a…

If This Video Game Thing Doesn’t Work Out For EA, It Can Still Clean Up

Mario receives a brief respite from the copyright infringing small businessman as EA Carpet Cleaning speeds presumably towards John Madden’s house to clean up another massive mustard spill. Thanks, Robby!

Kotaku Off Topic: Burbank

Back to the grindstone, back to the pleasure of Monday editions of Kotaku Off Topic. Let’s talk about our weekends, whether they were packed with gaming goodness or pleasures of another sort. I did, as previously posted, see Iron Man 2 this weekend. Yes, it drags and, yes, it packs in way too much into…

The Last Man to Play Halo 2 on Xbox Live

He is Apache N4SIR. Nearly a month after Microsoft shut down the original Xbox Live, he was one of the Noble 14 who kept their connections running. Their numbers slowly dwindled, and today, he was the last Spartan standing. At 4 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, Agent Windex and Apache N4SIR were the last ones left…

Immerse Yourself In Tron Legacy Concept Art

We’re still about six months away from the theatrical release of Disney’s Tron Legacy, so some new concept art of the sleeker, sexier video game world seems appropriate. But that doesn’t make the wait any easier. Feast your eyes on lightcycles and Recognizers from the past and present, architecture, and a dozen other things that…

BioShock 2‘s Latest DLC Hits PS3 and 360 Tomorrow

BioShock 2‘s “Rapture Metro” pack of downloadable content, abruptly delayed from its original release two weeks ago, was rescheduled just as abruptly today. 2K Games today said the DLC rolls out tomorrow. The DLC is 800 Microsoft Points/$9.99 and is available on PS3 and Xbox 360 tomorrow. The PC version of the DLC is on…

Designer Glasses Help Lower The 3D Dork Factor

Wide acceptance of 3D in the home, whether for movies, television shows or video games, has a few imposing barriers. Price, support, and—perhaps most limiting—looking like a tool while staring blankly at your television screen, wearing 3D specs. At least Nintendo is cognizant of this, readying a 3D handheld gaming machine that won’t require users…

Brit Modder Wiped Out, but Doesn’t Get Jail

A British programmer said to have reaped some £600,000 selling modchips that bypassed copy protection on four consoles avoided jail at his sentencing today, but only because the father of two was bankrupted by his conviction. Glen Cook (pictured, left) got home detention from a judge named Les Spittle, whose measured remarks at sentencing belied…

Is The Story of God Of War Worth… Reading?

Fortunately, you can determine that for yourself. Not by judging the cover of the novelization of the PlayStation video game, but by reading the first chapter of the God of War book, now online and freely available to read. Sony’s offering up the first 17 pages of Matthew Stover and Robert E. Vardeman’s text-based take…

Tron Legacy Concept Art