Halo 3 Now Downloadable To Xbox 360, But With An Asterisk

Back in 2008, the people who made Halo 3 had a warning for fans: Play the game from the disc; not from a harddrive. Today, Microsoft has a seeming contradictory sales pitch. [UPDATED: Microsoft comments] Today, Microsoft, the company that owns Halo revealed that Halo 3 is available for purchase and download onto the Xbox…

Cooking Mama In Trouble As Martha Stewart Enters The Video Game Business

Is there room for two cooking, crafting and gardening experts at Majesco? The U.S. publisher of the Cooking Mama series has signed a deal to produce video games based on America’s favorite ex-convict, Martha Stewart. I smell a cat fight. One of the most powerful women in the world, Martha Stewart made her name delivering…

Xbox 360 Avatars Get Super Street Fighter IV Costumes.

More avatar costumes are in bound from Capcom in the form of Super Street Fighter IV packs for the digital people living on Xbox Live. The packs will let you dress up your Xbox 360 avatars with “cool” Super Street Fighter IV items. No price has yet been mentioned. Capcom says that 16 characters will…

Underwater, Armed to the Teeth in Lost Planet 2

Lost Planet was all about the snow and ice. Lost Planet 2 mixes things up a bit with some jungle combat. But it wasn’t until I checked out the Lost Planet 2 map pack Capcom is selling that the game hooked my interest. You get get the release day map pack for free if you…

Five Brave Attempts At The Modern Warfare Calamity Song

Kotaku readers braver than I am have dared to sing a song about the travails of Modern Warfare development studio Infinity Ward — and recorded themselves. Prepare to update your custom soundtracks, people. NOTE: These are not radio edits. Some curses included. Lyrics by Kotaku reader Blood Eden, set to The Fray’s How To Save…

The Robots Rise In RISK: Factions

Stainless Games’ colorful candy take on the classic strategy game RISK gets even stranger today, as the developer reveals the third faction joining humans and cats in the battle for global domination: Robots. The first shots in the battle of RISK: Factions were fired in January, when the feline and human factions were revealed, cementing…

Super Street Fighter 4 Comes With A Tournament Manager, Special Trophies

Super Street Fighter IV will include robust online tournament support, allowing anyone with a copy of the game to host their own, tiered online tournaments. The game’s online Tournament Mode won’t be shipping with the game, due to hit the PS3 and Xbox 360 on April 27, but will arrive on June 15 as a…

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Thursday Is A Bad Day To Be A Left 4 Dead 2 Infected

Two teams of survivors means twice the trouble for the ravening hordes of infected in Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 this Thursday, when The Passing downloadable content finally shows up on Xbox Live. Originally scheduled for late March, The Passing’s release date was narrowed down to this week last Friday, and now Microsoft’s downloadable content…

Dead Rising 2 Case Zero is a Prologue with a Purpose

Dead Rising 2 prequel, Case Zero, is much more than a glorified demo you have to pay for. The game bridges the gap between the first and second titles and gives gamers a taste of everything new Dead Rising 2 has to offer. Unfortunately, Case Zero remains, at least for now, an Xbox 360 exclusive,…

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Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Puts the Jump in Retro Fun

Due out early next year, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 gives the famously flat-footed, bionic-armed Nathan Spencer the ability to jump. That’s right, Spencer has knees and he’s not afraid to use them. The sequel to the popular downloadable game will remain disc-free when it hits the Playstation Network and Xbox Live in the first quarter…

Dead Rising 2 Lets You Play Through With a Buddy

Two Chucks are better than one in Dead Rising 2. When the zombie-packed Capcom action game hits the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in August, it will allow gamers to play through its story as a duo of the game’s lead: Chuck Greene. While both Chuck Greenes will be able to keep all of the…

Capcom’s Three New Games, Tons Of New Details [UPDATE]

While Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 was certainly the biggest news to come out of last week’s Capcom-centric game gathering, it was by no means the only news. Capcom also revealed that Bionic Commando ReArmed 2 was in development and confirmed that Okamiden was indeed bound for U.S. DSes. Here’s a run down and summary of…

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Will Be a “Living Comic” With A Deep Story

It’s been ten years since the characters of Marvel’s comics and Capcom’s video games faced off in a fighting title, so 2011’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds can’t come soon enough. The title, which will likely feature more than 30 characters to choose from and feature 3-on-3 tag team fighting, hits the…

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3’s Bombastic Trailer Reveals 16 Characters

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is official, with at least 30 characters and a 2011 release date for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, Capcom confirmed last week. While only six of the game’s characters are shown in this short, almost entirely gameplay-free trailer, many others are hinted at. What we know for sure is that…

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Best Final Fantasy XIII Glitch So Far

It doesn’t matter how many years Square-Enix spent making Final Fantasy XIII. They still wound up with glitches. Either that or they secretly programmed the character Hope to have the jumping ability of Super Mario and the indecision of Hamlet. Bonus second-best glitch so far: