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Red Faction Movie Wants To Smash Earth With A Giant Hammer
Just because a game isn’t a AAA franchise doesn’t mean it can’t work as a movie. Take Hitman, for example. OK, bad example. How about Red Faction! Publisher THQ is looking to get a movie adaptation of the franchise off the ground, figuring it’s been long enough since Total Recall for the world to embrace…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedStarcraft 2, Meet Tetris, Tetris, Starcraft 2
How do you make Tetris better? Or, for that matter, PC strategy series Starcraft? You could always try playing a combination of the two, using Terran buildings in the Starcraft 2 beta. You might want to turn off the sound, since the Tetris jingle can’t drown out the mechanical cacophony, but that’s OK. You don’t…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Who Bought an iPad?
This weekend, the iPad went on sale in the United States. Did you hear? Many people bought it. There were lines. Hoopla. A review! And pants stuffing. Did you buy an iPad? Or did you buy something else? Like a sandwich. Here is our fancy poll for our lovely Kotaku readers. Answer it if you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Hundred and Four Weekends
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Happy Early Easter Today marks my second year anniversary with the site since Brian hired me. Back in 2008, needing a weekend editor, he called me out of the blue and asked if I’d seen his post calling for applicants for the job. I was too ashamed to admit at…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Super Street Fighter IV Confirmed for Arcade Release
Although unlikely to get an official release in North America, Super Street Fighter IV will get a cabinet in Japan, Capcom said at the recently concluded Japanese championships. Producer Yoshinori Ono confirmed the arcade release after presenting console copies of the game to the winners of 3-vs-3 tournament for original Street Fighter IV. You can…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Easter Vacation
The week after Easter Sunday is typically slow for new game releases, but this one coming up is unusually so: Just four games going out, and the biggest one is the retail version of the Borderlands DLC. Two games for the DS and PC, one for the 360. Really, that’s all, folks. Enjoy your basket…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 -
Uncategorized“Resident Evil: Afterlife” Trailer Doesn’t Reinvent Game Movies As We Know Them
Now that you’ve seen the first images from “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” gaze upon the first trailer for the film. Let’s see: Swords vs. guns, Matrix-y bullet-time effects, driving rock score with fatalistic lyrics. Yep, it’s a video game movie. That zombie with that Little-Shop-of-Horrors shit going on with his face was kind of cool though.…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top Ten Worst Instances of Video Game Music [VG Chartz] Marvel vs. Capcom 2’s “Take You for a Ride” is an obvious choice and makes…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Game-Trading Service Adds Eight Old-School Consoles
Goozex is a swap-meet alternative to reselling that’s gotten pretty popular with cash-conscious gamers. The service just added 6,000 titles on several retro platforms, from the Nintendo 64 all the way back to the Atari 2600. Goozex traders can now trade titles from their NES, Super Nintendo, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Sega…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Super Meat Boy Makes iPhone Into Tiger Handheld
After ranting publicly that the iPhone is “the Tiger handheld game of this generation,” Tommy Refenes saw his game removed from the App Store. He’s struck back, releasing a Tiger-ized version of Super Meat Boy for a dollar. Refenes, part of the team producing the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade and WiiWare title, apparently meant to…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Religion in Games: Less a Leap of Faith, More a Suspension of Belief
I’ve no idea why, but it seems no accident that the week before Easter I went back to start over the original Assassin’s Creed, the only game I’ve ever played that is set in the Holy Land. Never have I been someone of faith. I’m a confirmed Episcopalian, a sect I’ve often trivialized as Catholics…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
I’m The Asshole At Starbucks With The iPad
I might seem like a friendly sort of fellow, ready and wiling to share his newly-acquired technology with the world, but really I’m just the asshole at Starbucks with the iPad. If you are looking to get anything productive done on your iPad today, Starbucks is not the place you want to be. Everyone who…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
K Monthly – March 2010
Welcome to the March 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more from Kotaku. Don’t miss our reporting from this year’s PAX East gathering, Penny Arcade’s video game convention for the video game fan, and the annual Game Developers Conference,…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Easter Egg Edition
Hey there, smart ‘shoppers, break out your Paas coloring kits, because it’s Easter and it’s Sunday, and that means it’s time to roll some eggs across Kotaku’s virtual lawn. Your mission today is bounded only by your imagination – and your ‘Shop skills, of course. Beginning with the blank canvas of this white egg, your…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published March 31 PvPonline published March 30 ActionTrip published March 29. Digital Unrest published March 28 EXTRALIFE published April 1. GU Comics published April 2. Dotgif published April 2. Ctrl+Alt+Del published April 1. Dueling Analogs published April 1. Nerf NOW published March 31. Rooster Teeth published March 30. Monday Night Crew published March…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off-Topic: Easter and Baseball
Growing up, we got Easter Monday off from school, not Good Friday. I later found the reason why when I went to college. It’s because, back in the 1930s and 1940s, N.C. State and Wake Forest traditionally played a baseball game the day after Easter. This is back when collegiate baseball had a more mainstream…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010 - Reviews
iPad Review: Is This A Capable Gaming System?
Apple touts the newly-released iPad as a “magical and revolutionary device.” How much of that revolutionary magic was applied towards the gaming side of the spectrum? If you’re interested in the iPad as a video/MP3 player, eBooks reader, web-surfing, email-fetching device, then this might not be the review you are looking for. We aren’t going…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: X-Ray Edition Winners
Last week’s ‘Shop Contest challenge was unintentionally a little tough. But you guys pulled through with quality entries that show X-rays of gruesome incidents can also be hilarious. Jason Jones gets into the party for the look of pain on Luigi’s face and his implied discomfort. I can’t decide if Kyosen, always a consistent performer,…
By Owen Good Published April 3, 2010