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UncategorizedAkihabara Girl Group Singing Dragon Ball Song
AKB48, the most popular idol group in Japan at the moment, will be singing the ending theme for anime series Dragon Ball Kai. AKB48 has around 48 members (sometimes it is slightly lower or higher depending on how many members have left or “graduated”) split into three teams: A Team, K Team and B Team.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2010 -
UncategorizedTeam Fortress 2 Takes A Trip To Pride Rock
The Lion King is probably the last truly great film Disney (not Pixar!) produced (though I did dig Atlantis). Know what makes it better? I bet you do: Team Fortress 2. A couple of months ago Fantachan released this clip, above, where a sequence from the Lion King was re-dubbed by characters from the Lion…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2010 -
UncategorizedLittleBigPlanet 2 Will Feature…Electronic Music
Electronic musician Christopher Leary (aka Ochre) has taken to Twitter today, pleased as punch to officially announce the inclusion of one of his songs in Sony’s upcoming LittleBigPlanet 2. Whether Sony is as happy remains to be seen. That’s because while Leary is only too keen to go speaking publicly of the game’s existence, Sony,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2010 -
UncategorizedJust Cause 2 Multiplayer? Somebody’s Working On It
While we never reviewed it, know that I played a lot of Just Cause 2, and I loved it. The only thing that would have made it better was some multiplayer, and, hey, what do you know. Look at this. Similar to mods for the Grand Theft Auto games on PC, some guys are working…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
StarCraft II Hit With Adults Only Rating in Korea
The game of StarCraft is kind of a big deal in Korea, the country in which Blizzard opted to announce the highly anticipated StarCraft II in May of 2007. Shame, then, that the PC game has been rated adults only. That rating issued by Korea’s Games Rating Board could mean that Blizzard sells only millions…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Sproutrage
Ahhh…. Friday. Let’s get this weekend started right with some soothing, satisfying off topic conversation. What do we talk about on Fridays? You guessed it. Brussels sprouts. I mean food. It’s Food Friday, after all—which also includes Booze Friday conversation—so if you want to wax about the culinary, do so here. I’m about to head…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
In a First for Rockstar, Red Dead Redemption Gets Difficulty Settings
Rockstar says Red Dead Redemption will feature three different difficulty modes, and while they’re limited mostly to just the game’s aiming feature the studio is calling the variable difficulty a first for any open-world game it’s ever built. There will be an expert free-aim mode with no auto-lock, a standard aiming mode that snaps the…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo DSi XL Off To A [Adjective] Start In U.S.
In March, the Nintendo DS had a hell of a month, selling more than 700,000 units to portable gamers in the U.S. That was the same month the pumped up Nintendo DSi XL launched. How’d it do? According to NPD figures cited by Gamasutra, the XL version of Nintendo’s DSi system moved 141,000. Which is…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
School Play Confronts Video Game Addiction [Updated]
If you’re near East Brunswick, N.J., a high school play being staged this weekend certainly has a modern and timely subject – video games addiction, and relationships falling apart because of it. Today’s production is probably over by now, but tomorrow at 7 p.m., “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom” (pictured) will be performed by students…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Review Round Up: That Guy Is Poison
I believe it was the poet Bell Biv DeVoe who said “Never trust a big butt and a smile.” But one thing you can trust? Kotaku reviews. So let’s review what video games, movies and hardware we reviewed this week. Splinter Cell Conviction Review: The Best Lurks In Shadows In which Stephen Totilo uses the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedModern Warfare 2 Platformer Shows Breach-and-Clear in 2D
Hey, if Modern Warfare 3 falls hopelessly behind schedule as Infinity Ward crumbles, maybe Activision can go this route instead. Well, maybe except for the part about this PC game being 100 percent free. I suppose a spoiler alert is in order for some of this, at least the conclusion. Anyway, this platformer was apparently…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Week In Comics
I’ve written before that I don’t care much for adaptations. If I love a game, I don’t need to see a movie about it. If I like a movie, I don’t need to read the graphic novel. My bias changes, however, when the Right People are involved. In the case of the Prince of Persia…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2’s The Passing Is Coming Next Week
The first downloadable episode for Valve’s southern fried zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2 didn’t make its originally scheduled “late March” release. Thankfully, it looks like “The Passing” campaign will make a late April release. Valve updated the official Left 4 Dead 2 blog today with good news—The Passing, a new campaign set between the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hawaii
To: Owen From: Crecente It’s Friday afternoon here in Waikiki. I’m sitting on my hotel bed sifting through notes and writing up the copious amounts of stories that came out of a week of hanging out with Capcom’s developers, producers and third-party folks. I can’t tell you a thing about it until Tuesday morning. But…
By Brian Crecente Published April 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedDr. Horrible’s Sing-along Game Gets More Horrible
Did you happen to catch musically gifted chiptune artist Doctor Octoroc’s 8-bit reinterpretation of Joss Whedon’s musical internet phenomenon Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog? Did you love it? Good news, the Horrible retro saga continues! Act 2, logically the follow up to Act I of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Game is now yours for the enjoying. It…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
ESPN Broadcasts Come to NCAA Football 11
Last year’s NCAA Basketball 10 rendered its games in the broadcast style of CBS Sports and ESPN. That game died but the concept survived; NCAA Football 11 will deliver ESPN’s college football package of graphics, wipes, themes and more. A blog post by the NCAA 11 team late yesterday shed more light on what we’ll…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is Harmony of Despair A New Castlevania Adventure?
While developer Mercury Steam and Hideo Kojima whip up an all-new Castlevania console adventure in Lords of Shadow, what is the core Castlevania team up to? Maybe Castlevania: Harmony of Despair? A new trademark filing for Harmony of Despair was spotted by Siliconera at the European trademark commission, submitted by Konami Digital Entertainment for the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2010 - Reviews
Espgaluda II iPhone Review: When Will My Phone Explode?
For me to review Espgaluda II, this thing, this manic greatest-grandchild of the Galagas and Space Invaders with odd soundtrack and as many bullets as there are water droplets in a fire hose, might be like a vegetarian reviewing meat. It is clear as day that Espgaluda II has appeal, but… what in the world?…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Is Selling World Of Warcraft Mounts Because Players Demanded Them
While naysayers may think corporate greed is the answer, Blizzard tells Kotaku the real reason World of Warcraft mounts have shown up for sale in the company’s online store is because that’s exactly what the players wanted. The overwhelming response to yesterday’s addition of the Celestial Steed in-game mount for World of Warcraft to the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2010