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  EA: Medal Of Honor Won’t “Wave The Flag”

  When Modern Warfare took off towards a nuclear-tipped fantasy land, it left a hole in the market for a realistic take on, well, modern warfare. Something EA is keen to take advantage of with its upcoming Medal Of Honor reboot. Speaking with IncGamers, EA’s Sean Decker says that the game is more Hurt Locker than…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010
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  Hungry Stores Gobble Up Half A Million Copies of God Eater

  Namco Bandai’s God Eater might look like a Monster Hunter knock-off, but it’s a very successful Monster Hunter knock-off. Besides custom clothing, GOD EATER allows players to customize their bullets with a “Bullet Edit” feature that allows for five different “Modules” with settings like Type, Elemental, Distance, Path, etc. The GOD EATER demo has been…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2010
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  NSFW: Kirsten Dunst Is Your Magical Nerd Princess

  When Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst showed up in Tokyo’s Akihabara wearing a frilly sailor suit, there were those who thought the actress was turning Japanese. She was. Dunst’s cosplaying was part of a collaboration between McG, the director behind Terminator Salvation and Charlie’s Angles, and Takashi Murakami, Japan’s most famous living artist. The result is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2010
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  Bungie May Return To Halo, One Day

  Having developed four Halo titles to date, Halo Reach will be Bungie’s last game in the series for the foreseeable future. But is it their last game ever in the series? Never say never. “You know, it might be premature to say we’ll never ever, ever make a Halo game again” Bungie’s Brian Jarrard told…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010
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  New Fable III Screenshot Is Not Big On Customer Service

  Lionhead quietly released a single new screenshot for Fable III, showing the “cranky” version of the game’s hero dragging some poor sod off to the dungeon. Where he’ll no doubt be spat at in the face. The lucky, lucky bastard. What wouldn’t I give to be spat at in the face. You can catch the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010
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  Supreme Commander 2 Gets Steam Achievements, DRM

  The PC version of Gas Powered Games’ Supreme Commander 2 will run on Valve’s Steamworks and come with online achievements, auto-updates and, yes, Steam’s DRM. Both the retail and electronic versions of Supreme Commander 2 for the PC will be powered by the service. Valve also announced that the demo for the game is available…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2010
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  Sega, You Are Once Again Making A Giant Mistake

  Yakuza 3, the crime drama from SEGA, is finally coming to the West after being released in Japan almost a year ago. The game will have subtitles. That’s not what SEGA is screwing up. This is. “The content between Yakuza 3 US/UK and Yakuza JP is a little different in that we took out certain…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2010
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  Just Cause 2 Won’t Support Windows XP

  It had to happen eventually. Having wowed people ceaselessly since E3 with a a succession of explosive trailers, Just Cause 2 has finally put a foot wrong. And as far as the PC crowd is concerned, it’s a big foot. It’s been revealed that the game won’t run on Windows XP. Why? Because it’s DirectX10…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010
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  Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Was Originally MGS5

  Last May, Kojima Productions launched a teaser site with either a “S” or a “5”. It was a number “5”. And it belongs to Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. According to Konami spokesperson Jirou Oishi, Peace Walker was named Metal Gear Solid 5 during the planning stages. These are concept logos for the game. Peace…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2010
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  Take A Tour Of The New, Improved Steam

  So, Steam finally has a new style. And it’s a good one. Very clean, nice and modern. Let’s take a closer look. You’ll see that outside of an improved friends feature most of the updates at this stage are visual ones, with most of Steam’s core functionality remaining the same, meaning you can jump in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010
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  Who’s Honoring Miyamoto Now?

  BAFTA! That’s the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to the rest of you not on an acronym basis with the academy. And they’re giving the creator of Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. fellowship props. The BAFTA’s fellowship award is “the highest accolade the Academy can bestow on an individual for their creative…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2010
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  Mario Galaxy 2 & Metroid Coming “Mid Year”

  All week long, Nintendo will be holding media conferences around the world, outlining some of the company’s plans for 2010. The first of these went down in Australia today, and Kotaku Australia was there. The biggest news coming out of the event was that Nintendo’s two biggest “core” releases of the year – Super Mario…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2010
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  Kotaku Off-Topic: Space Station

  Kotaku Off Topic readers and commenters, I have a largely off topic question for you. Should I watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine? Not trying to up my nerd cred any further, but as a long time fan of The Next Generation and the unfortunate follower of Voyager, my interest in finding more enjoyable Trek…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010
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  This Video Isn’t as Awesome as Its Title

  Here’s the latest Just Cause 2 “Anatomy of a Stunt” trailer: “Fire Truck versus Jet.” Whoa, rad!!!! right? Well …. A fire truck playing chicken with a passenger aircraft – there’s got to be like, Rico grappling the fire engine to the jet and then like grabbing on the landing gear and parachuting to safety…

  By Owen Good Published February 23, 2010
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  PopCap Just Handing Out Peggle Nights Like It Grows On Trees

  PopCap Games is practically giving away Peggle Nights, offering the PC and Mac nighttime sequel to the amazing Peggle for little more than signing up for a PopCap Passport account. That’s just a few keystrokes and checkbox clicks! Yes, if you would like to save $19.95 USD off the regular price of Peggle Nights, the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010
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  What’s the Last Thing a Splicer Sees?

  BioShock cosplay at aquariums is all the rage. Here’s a Little Sister at one in Australia. Seen via PlayStation Universe (more at the link.)

  By Owen Good Published February 23, 2010
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  PSone Classics Get A Little More “Classic” This Week On PSN

  The North American PlayStation Store is getting one new addition that can bear the PSone Classic moniker with a straight face this week, the excellent role-playing game from developer Game Arts, Grandia. Look, no offense to the makers of Dirt Jockey, Sorcerer’s Maze and Hi-Octane: The Track Fights Back, but the addition of Grandia is…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010
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  2K9 vs. 2K10: There May Be No Comparison, but This One Is Funny

  Glitch videos were commonplace after MLB 2K9’s release but I never expected 2K Sports to make one of its one. That’s the kind of penance 2K Sports has to do after MLB 2K9, I suppose. So this year, we can expect balls to be hit when a bat swings through them, we can expect them…

  By Owen Good Published February 23, 2010
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  Star Trek MMO Log: The Final Frontier

  In this, my final MMO Log for Star Trek Online, I desperately claw my way through PVP combat and missions based on classic Trek episodes in my quest to make it to commander rank before the series ends. I want a new ship. That was my ending thought in the third Star Trek MMO Log,…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2010
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  Steam Gets A Makeover With All-New UI, New Open Beta Starts Now

  Valve has revealed its plans for a brand new version of Steam, its digital distribution and social networking service. And it’s letting Steam users test its long list of new features out, starting today. The visual and functional update to Steam includes an expanded Friends List, letting players keep closer tabs on what their Steam…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010