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No Doubt vs. Guitar Hero Publisher: Hella Good, Hella Bad
Things are looking good for rock band No Doubt. Less so for game publisher Activision. Last fall, the group sued Activision over a breach of contract. Activision’s Guitar Hero allowed players to unlock No Doubt avatars and turn the band into “virtual karaoke players.” As Kotaku previously posted, No Doubt said in a statement last…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Demon’s Souls Coming To Europe In A Lovely Big Box
From Software’s brutal role-playing game Demon’s Souls, one of 2009’s real surprise packets, has only been available in Japan and the United States. From June, though, (as suspected) it’ll be available in PAL territories! That’s you, Europe and Australasia! To make up for the delay (and perhaps to entice those of you who imported the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Four Year-Old Gets Game, Finds Bag Of Weed
A four year-old boy in the United Kingdom was chuffed to bits when his dad bought him an Xbox 360 game. He wasn’t quite sure, though, what to do with the bag of weed he found inside. Riley Brown, from Littlehampton in West Sussex, England, was bought a copy of Fight Night Round 4 (which,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dubbing Or Subtitles? Take Your Pick!
Typically, there are two ways to bring media from one language to another language. One is to subtitle. The other is dubbing. Do you have a preference? Subtitling allows the original language (and in turn, mood) to remain in tact, while dubbing allows players to take in the visual elements without having to worry about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedBaby Meets Xbox 360 Controller, Loses Her Freakin’ Mind
This small child isn’t terribly interested in a green cup. She’s damn interested in that Xbox 360 controller, though. She’s not laughing at it. It’s not quite a scream, either. Or a cry. She’s just…freaking out, and won’t stop staring at the left analogue stick. Leaving us to wonder if that man created a baby…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedWhat Would Super Mario Bros. On Kindle Look Like?
Kinda like this. Japanese company Klab has developed a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Here it is running on a Kindle emulator. That’s…alot of emulating. Amazon’s e-book Kindle reader was first released in 2007. It now faces increased competition from Apple’s iPad. Super Mario Bros on Kindle Emulator [Hobby Blog]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedTen Unforgettable Video Game Songs
Video games aren’t just about the games, the story or the graphics. Oh, no. Music is so incredibly important. And often, long after you have finished playing, it sticks around, lingers in the back of your brain. Here are ten songs we sometimes find ourselves either humming or having a hankering for a listen. These…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
West Getting Unedited Version of MGS: Peace Walker
Stealth game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a T-rated game in North America. The means it is suitable for kids 13-years-old-and-over. Japan, however, has a different rating system. Time to get out the scissors to cut things out. Peace Walker has a C-rating in Japan (15-years-old-and-up) and to prevent the game from getting a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gold Medalist Loses Xbox, Soul Mate
Steve Holcomb won America’s first gold medal in the bobsled in 62 years at the recent Vancouver Winter Olympics. For his troubles, he’s since had his Xbox 360 stolen, which has left the guy devastated. No, traumatised “It’s like a death in the family,” he told cnet, “at least for me being single with no…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedSouth Korea Gets Face-Slapping StarCraft Commercial
If there were ever two things made for each other, that would be real-time strategy game and South Korea. They love each other so much it hurts. The game is hugely popular in South Korea — and has been for some time. Korean Air is sponsoring the OnGameNet StarCraft League this spring, and the date…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
2K Studio Name Madness Continues With New XCOM Game
Thanks to a confusing set of press releases and an even more confusing name change, most people aren’t sure who to thank/blame for the development of the new XCOM game. So let’s set the record straight. I spoke with Martin Slater, studio director of the former 2K Australia office in Canberra this morning. The fact…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
FIFA Promotion Doesn’t Get More Bizarre Than This
What do you get when you mix a washed up sumo wrestler, a cross-dressing fighter and a 14-year-old YouTube idol? You get a press conference for EA Sports’ FIFA soccer game. Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima, the cross-dressing kick boxer, showed up like he usually does — in a wig and wearing women’s clothes. Hey, relax, he’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA: Call Of Duty’s Publisher Shoots Race Horses (?)
How much you enjoy petty squabbles between large multinational companies will determine how much you enjoy the latest instalment of the increasingly public soap opera surrounding Activision, EA and Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward. Me? I enjoy them immensely Earlier today, Activision put out a press release boasting of the success of Modern Warfare…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Current Pokemon Anime Series Coming To An End
An entirely new Pokémon series doesn’t just mean new Pokémon games, it also means something else. This fall the anime version of current Pokémon series Diamond and Pearl will conclude its run to make way for the totally new Pokémon Black and White franchise. The original Pokémon anime first ran in 1997, and the second…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mario’s Creator May Never Retire
Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary Nintendo game designer behind classic series like Mario and Zelda, is nearly 60. Which for most people is approaching retirement age. Not Miyamoto! No, while he recognises that there’ll eventually be a time he stops working for Nintendo, he can’t envisage a day where he stops making games altogether. “Well, I…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Another New “X-Com” Game, And It’s Not A Shooter
The new XCOM game isn’t the same as the old X-Com games. Some people are cool with this, while others are not cool with this. If you’re in the latter group, you should check out Xenonauts, an upcoming indie PC game. It is, essentially, X-Com. Or, as the developers Goldhawk Interactive call it, a “planetary…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft Pet Sales Made Millions For Blizzard Today
No sooner did Blizzard offer up two new virtual beasts for World of Warcraft players to buy—one mount, one pet—than did the fanbase queue up in the tens of thousands to buy them, netting Blizzard millions. Blizzard put the Celestial Steed mount and Lil’ XT pet up for sale today, priced at $25 USD/20€ and…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: The Uncanny Tax Men
Oh no! It’s tax day! I hope all U.S.-based Kotaku Off Topic socialites have already filed or the tax man will get you while you sleep. Let’s not talk about taxes, though, let’s talk about everything else. Anyone going to see Kick Ass this weekend? I think our own Mike Fahey is going to a…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2010