Hands-On, Sword Out With Red Steel 2

Whether Ubisoft likes it or not, for many Red Steel 2 will define the potential of Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus. While the sword and gun action title isn’t the first game to use Wii’s improved motion-sensing add-on, the franchise is inexorably connected to the Wii. The original Red Steel launched in 2006 alongside the Wii. While…

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WeMade Brings Digimon Online

The cartoon series that’s all about battling monsters in an online virtual world is finally getting an online virtual world, as WeMade Entertainment shows off Digimon Battle, coming soon to a PC near you. Digimon Battle seems to be the North American version of the Korean Digimon RPG, which was originally scheduled to be released…

GDC Awards Honor John Carmack’s Lifetime Achievement

id Software co-founder and one of the fathers of the first-person shooter, John Carmack is being presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards. John Carmack has been pushing video game technology past its limits for more than two decades, pioneering real-time 3D graphics, creating and honing countless game development…

How To Do A Red Carpet Right: Add Video Games

Attention, Joan Rivers. Heads up to the E! Network. Pay attention, producers of the upcoming Academy Awards pre-show. I am about to show you how to do a Red Carpet right. Because everything is better with video games. Last week, I consented to perform what I believe is the lowest act of journalism practiced in…

iPhone Chart Toppers: Surprise, Surprise, Guess What’s Number 1?

It took Plants Vs. Zombies just hours to claw its way to the number nine spot last week, so it’s no surprise that the PopCap game hit the top spot after a week in the sun. Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

The truth is that it’s just about never good Boktai weather, but it always just the right climate for talking here about video games. Go for it. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

Motion Control in Gaming: Rationalizing a New Dissonance

Everything changed in 2001, the year Nintendo decided that the future of gaming didn’t lay in faster processors and photorealistic images, but in interaction. Years later, when the Wii hit stores, it brought gaming and motion control to the masses, showing grandparents, gamers and soccer moms that video games didn’t have to be high-def to…

SUPER BIZZY!

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Ended up being busy for a Monday, kinda snuck up on me. Don’t you hate (love?) when that happens? What you missed last night Inside Grasshopper with Silent Hill and Doshin the Giant Developers Heavy Rain Banned In The United Arab Emirates There’s Two Sides To Every Xbox Live Banning Just…

Tiger Comes Out of Woods

Better than coming in the woods, no? As seen on Technabob.

Inside Grasshopper with Silent Hill and Doshin the Giant Developers

In early February, Grasshopper Manufacture had a surprising announcement: Silent Hill composer and producer Akira Yamaoka and Doshin the Giant designer Kazutoshi Iida joining the studio. Yamaoka didn’t just leave Konami, but he also left behind a long legacy of both game sound work and producing. Iida is an industry journeyman. By joining Grasshopper, they…

Heavy Rain Banned In The United Arab Emirates

Sony has confirmed this morning that Heavy Rain, one of the biggest exclusives of the year for the PlayStation 3, has been banned in the United Arab Emirates. Following a report on Middle Eastern gaming site megamers, we contacted Sony, who provided this statement released by their local branch: The UAE’s National Media Council (NMC)…

Madden Cover Hopeful Summoning An Army Of Mullets

Vikings DE Jared Allen is one of three candidates to appear on the cover of Madden 11. You’d think that behind the Super Bowl MVP and a flashy WR he’s the underdog. But he has a secret weapon. His mullet. “Everyone at some point in their lives has either had a mullet or known somebody…

Just How Big Is God of War III?

There’s no denying it. Upcoming PS3 exclusive God of War III is a big game. But how big is big? “35Gb of goodness,” tweeted Sony Santa Monica Director of Technology Tim Moss. “Thank heavens for Dual Layer Blu-Rays.” Dual Layer Blu-ray discs started shipping in 2006 and can hold up to 50GB. For comparison’s sake,…

Yakuza 4 Will Pick Up A Scooter And Smash You In The Face

While us Westerners get ready to play Yakuza 3, Japan is about to start playing Yakuza 4. Here it is in action, with new face-punching, vespa-swinging and pachinko-playing action on display.

Hey Look, It’s Ibuki (Again!)

Remember on Friday when we said we had all the Super Street Fighter IV Ibuki you could stand? We lied. Capcom has released a slew of screens showing the ninja assassin’s special moves. Here they are! Super Street Fighter IV will be out this April.

Outcast: Remaking A Decade-Old Classic

Outcast was one of those games that was so amazing most people never even got to play it. It just…shone too damn brightly. So much so that this 2010 remake of a 1999 game may well get more exposure. Open Outcast is a fan-made mod for Crysis Wars, which seeks to recreate Appeal’s brilliant open…

Two New PS3 Console Filings Appear Online

When Sony passes new products through the Federal Communications Commission it uses the pseudonym “Sand Dollar Enterprise, Inc” kind of like Elvis Presley using the alias “John Burrows”. While Presley’s giveaway were the sideburns, Sony’s is “PlayStation 3”. Sand Dollar Enterprise is located at 919 East Hillsdale Boulevard, Foster City, CA 94404. Hey, that’s where…

Box Art Has To Cover All The Bases

As I covered in the feature on box art and game logos I did last week, putting together a game’s cover isn’t as easy as you’d think it is. Especially when you take a look at a work in progress. Rokkan, the company I spoke with putting the piece together, were kind enough to share…

The Prizes Of The AOU Arcade Show

At the recent AOU Arcade Show in Chiba, Japan, upcoming “prizes” for arcade crane-type games. There figures run the gamut of Love Plus to Fist of the North Star. ジョジョやハルヒに超電磁砲！ 見どころだらけのプライズフェアをフォトレポ – 電撃オンライン [Dengeki Online]