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UncategorizedThis Drunk Driving ‘Game’ Actually Has a Message
As Kotaku’s resident deplorable alcoholic, expectations for me are low enough that not only can I post something this reprehensible, it’s practically expected. So here’s the problem of drunk driving imagined as a 1990s-style game – note, this game doesn’t exist. Brooklyn comedy quintet POKYPAC is responsible for this foray into dark humor, produced last…
By Owen Good Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Steam Gets Its Big Overhaul Next Week
Developer Valve is wrapping up the beta for its big changes to the Steam UI this week, promising to roll out the still-in-beta version of its PC gaming service to everyone next Monday. The beta version of Steam’s new UI kicked off in February, bringing with it a slick new interface, future compatibility with the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Tweaks the Drop System
Items in Team Fortress 2 will drop more frequently under changes Valve just rolled out, ones that the publisher hopes will discourage standing around idly in the game waiting for them to happen. The old system would determine, at random intervals, if you would experience an item drop. Now it determines at random when the…
By Owen Good Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Scores Famitsu’s Latest 40/40
Japanese game magazine Famitsu has weighed in the latest Metal Gear Solid adventure, welcoming the new PlayStation Portable into the coveted ranks of game’s bearing the publication’s highest mark. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker has been rated 40/40. The latest Metal Gear game from Hideo Kojima and crew is the first game of 2010 to…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guru, Rapper Who Portrayed Grand Theft Auto III‘s 8-Ball, Dies at 43
Keith Elam, a hip-hop artist who performed under the name Guru, died Monday after ending a long battle with cancer. Elam voiced 8-Ball, the demolitions artist with whom the protagonist escapes at the very beginning of Grand Theft Auto III. Rockstar Games noted Elam’s passing in a brief obituary on its newswire today. “Guru was…
By Owen Good Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is The New Silent Hill A First Person Shooter?
With Konami revealing very little about its all-new Silent Hill game, we’re left to speculate about which direction the psychological horror franchise will go. Will Silent Hill, like XCOM, make the first person shooter switch? Such was the speculation when Czech developer Vatra was pegged as the latest developer on the Silent Hill franchise, taking…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 -
UncategorizedAtari 2600 Emulator Built for iPhone; App to Follow?
The folks behind an officially licensed Commodore 64 emulator on the iPhone are also working on an Atari 2600 emulators for the device, meaning more plink-plonk classics from the early 1980s could be on the way to you. That’s a tech demonstration of Space Invaders, Berzerk and Frogger for the 2600, played over virtual controls…
By Owen Good Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lord of the Rings Online Team Snatched Up By Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. video game family grows again today, as does the its ownership of things that fall under The Lord of the Rings brand, with the acquisition of developer Turbine, maker of The Lord of the Rings Online. According to Warner’s announcement, that means “all games rights for the Lord of the Rings franchise will…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Great Boxie
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: This Is Great Edgar Allan Poe is a conundrum. I don’t mean the writer (though he certainly had his share of problems). No I mean our Great Dane… or whatever he is. Ever since we adopted him people have been asking us exactly what he is. At 110 pounds he’s…
By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tecmo Bowl Throwback on Xbox Live Next Week; on PSN ‘Soon’
Tecmo’s reboot of the console classic Tecmo Bowl arrives on Xbox Live on April 28 for 800 Microsoft Points, but there’s no word yet on when PlayStation owners get in on the fun. A news release from Tecmo said only “A release on PlayStation Network will soon follow.” Throwback will deliver an old-school 2D mode…
By Owen Good Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Come Chat With Marvel Live Tomorrow on Kotaku Talk Radio
Join us tomorrow live on Kotaku Talk Radio to chat with Marvel’s Chris Baker about the big Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 news that hit today and all things Marvel gaming. Baker, Marvel Studio’s manager of licensed games, will be joining us live for our call-in podcast to field your questions and chat a bit about…
By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Little Change To How Cars Will Fight
In our line of work here at Kotaku we see games early, before they come out. Sometimes these games change, before you play them the first time. Who is to say that a change is for the better? The developers, probably, who are among the only people participating obsessively with — playing — the game…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is This Prince Of Persia Actress Sexy Enough For Her Role?
She’s played a Bond girl and a nymph who beguiled the gods, but someone out there thinks British actress Gemma Arterton might not be sexy enough for her role as the renamed Farah in next month’s Prince of Persia movie. Now I suppose that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but as far…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Project Natal & Its Instruction Manual(!) In The Wild
Looks like the Xbox 360’s motion sensing add-on is already in the wild and, more importantly, in the hands of someone willing to grab spy shots of the thing and the Project Natal hardware set up guide. While we’re trained to ignore video game manuals, the Project Natal set up guide tells us a thing…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
StarCraft II Beta Gets Map Editor This Week, Mac Version Next Week
Blizzard is still hip-deep in the StarCraft II multiplayer beta, but fans of the sci-fi real-time strategy game should expect a pair of important updates over the next couple weeks, including the release of the game’s Galaxy Editor. StarCraft II lead Chris Sigaty says that the developer is planning to release the game’s map and…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pretty Up Your Soldier With Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DLC
Tomorrow’s batch of downloadable content for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on the Xbox 360 lets players dress their soldiers with new outfits and weapons, because the most important thing on the battlefield is making sure you stand out. Available tomorrow on the Xbox Live Marketplace in Europe and the United Kingdom, the Kit Upgrade DLC…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
A First Look at Marvel Vs. Capcom 3’s In-Game Graphics
You may have seen these images before, but not armed with this knowledge. Turns out that those six pieces of character art that Capcom provided to sites for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 show how the characters will look in the game when rendered on Capcom’s in-house graphics engine MT Framework, the developer says. While Capcom…
By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Nintendo’s New 3D Portable Hits This October
Nintendo’s venture into 3D gaming, courtesy of the recently revealed Nintendo 3DS, will hit as early as this October, according to a new report citing a “very senior publishing source.” CVG says it has on good authority from multiple “industry sources” that the Nintendo 3DS, which won’t require 3D glasses to display potentially dazzling three-dimensional…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2’s The Passing Introduces Weekly Game “Mutations”
While confirming a Thursday release date for Left 4 Dead 2’s “The Passing” downloadable content, Valve also reveals “Mutations,” featuring more than 20 new game modes rotated on a weekly basis, from “Realism Versus” to “Chainsaw Massacre.” It’s official: Left 4 Dead 2’s The Passing will be out on Thursday, April 22 for the Xbox…
By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2010