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Smart Lady Sets CNN Straight (Or Tries, To!)
What did CNN decide to do after covering out-of-print Japanese adult computer game Rapelay years after the title was originally released? Follow that up with more blown out of proportion with an expert’s opinion. Unfortunately for CNN, the expert, Grand Theft Childhood co-author Dr. Cheryl Olson knows what she is talking about. “Parents, we’ve got…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedSword & Sworcery, The iPhone’s Mysterious Adventure, Is Powered By The Moon
What is Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, the mysterious adventure game with a funny name? If you read our GDC coverage of the game, you know. If not… It’s an iPhone adventure game that’s been getting its fair share of attention over the past few months, and a post over on Offworld today offers a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sometimes Pokemon Lurks In Your Food
Last night’s dinner was ochazuke. But not just any ochazuke, ochazuke with Pocket Monster Piplup (Pochama, in Japan). Had only seen Pikachu ochazuke. That yellow critter gets too much attention, I think. There are other Pokémon, you know.
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Going After British Control Pad Company
Microsoft is taking a British peripheral manufacturer to court, alleging that the company – Datel – has “illegally copied” the publisher’s own Xbox 360 control pad designs. The case centres around two of Datel’s third-party Xbox 360 control pads, the TurboFire and WildFire, which Microsoft claim infringe upon a “number” of patents governing its own,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta Goes All Master System
I know, we’ve been trying to restrict April Fool’s stuff to a single post, but since this clip – of Bayonetta re-imagined as an 8-bit side-scroller – isn’t really a joke or a scam, it’s worth a closer look. Put together by Platinum Games, the actual developers of Bayonetta, it shows the hair-clad heroine in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedGoogle Gets Quake II Running In HTML5, Just For Fun
A trio of Google engineers have ported id Software’s gib-filled first-person shooter Quake II to browsers— you know, for kicks—as a way to show just what HTML5 compatible web browsers are capable of. Unlike other browser based games, like Quake Live, no plug-in is required to play this version of Quake. Of course, you’ll need…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Giant Black Widow Wallpaper Edition
Tonight’s Kotaku Off Topic is about two things: Iron Man 2 and last night’s Kotaku Off Topic. But since we welcome conversation on any topic in this post, don’t feel unwelcome here. Regular Kotaku Off Topic visitors may remember a certain request for a certain image at certain resolutions. How timely then that the official…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Don’t Like That Last Result? Rewrite History in FIFA World Cup
Once the World Cup begins in June, gamers with the 2010 FIFA World Cup edition will be able to download and replay actual scenarios from the tournament, hours after they happen. Electronic Arts bills the DLC series as the “Story of the Finals,” which will complement the existing “Story of Qualifying” replay mode that will…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Crackdown 2 Is Kind Of A Sausage Party
Ruffian Games’ sequel to Xbox 360 hit Crackdown will feature scores of mutants and highly customizable playable agents, but one thing it won’t feature is the option to play as a female. Crackdown 2, like the first, is a dudes only affair, according to Ruffian Games’ creative director Billy Thomson. He tells 1UP that in…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Buy a Broke Boxer’s GameCube
Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns was the first man to win titles in four different weight classes. That was more than 20 years ago. He’s now in debt to the IRS, and his possessions are being auctioned to pay the bill. Deadspin, in a whale of a downer post, found a number of lots whose prosaic…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: An Axis Of Savings
This week’s new PlayStation 3 releases via the PlayStation Store may not be the highlight, but new PSP games might, as should price breaks on plenty of PSN games. PlayStation Portable owners with a taste for fighting game girls will be happy to have digital access to Dead or Alive Paradise and BlazBlue Calamity Trigger.…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedYet Another Pac-Man: The Movie Trailer
Pac-Man imagined as a movie is a joke that predates such schtickery as Space Invaders and Asteroids getting real-life deals. This one’s worth a look, with Pac presented as an unethical pharmaceutical executive subjected to ironic torture reminiscent of “Saw.” This production comes courtesy of Therefore Productions, which put an 11-person crew and three-person cast…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Tester: Episode 7: ‘Killer Recall’ Liveblog: Every Doc Has His Day
We’re down to the final two episodes of the PlayStation Network’s reality show The Tester, in which 11 people fought tooth and nail to land a job as a PlayStation game tester. Today, just four remain. What will happen? If you’re just now hearing about The Tester, it’s not an April Fools’ joke. Nor is…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Fool’s Blessing
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: About The Time My Ferret Died Well, it looks like we survived April Fools Day… sorta. The best real life April Fool’s Day jokes are the ones that trick people, momentarily. The best news site April Fool’s Day jokes, I think, are the ones that are more in the vein…
By Brian Crecente Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Survey: Hispanic Gamers More Inclined to Buy Games
Hispanic gamers are more likely to buy console video games, less influenced by price points in their choices, and consider themselves gaming novices, according to a survey by Univision, which will team with GameSpot to produce a Spanish-language games portal. Univision commissioned the study of the Hispanic gamer market, which sociologists consider undeserved by and…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
So Long, Koticku, And Thanks For All The Valuable Market Research Consumer Data
Readers, I’m sorry to report that Activision Blizzard’s investment in Kotaku is not paying the dividends that we’d originally hoped and that Koticku will be ending its brief run, effectively immediately. All remaining Koticku staff has been let go. We did not reach this decision lightly, but over the course of the past day, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid Touches Down On iPad
As with just about every iPhone/iPod touch application (that doesn’t rely on a camera), Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Touch is making the upgrade leap to the iPad. It’s already available on the iTunes App Store for the iPad you don’t have. Unlike many of the other iPad games that we’re pretty excited about Metal Gear…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption Ain’t About Who’s Right, Just Who’s Left
With apologies to Hobbes, life in the American West also was nasty, brutish and short. And also hellaciously violent, as Rockstar’s second trailer shows in the variety of encounters you’ll have – and survive – in Red Dead Redemption. I just realized I’m going to be nowhere near a console when this sucker drops May…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedPrince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Prince Is Not My Prince
Here’s the official trailer for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which is a lot like the developer diary released early last month, only without developers inconsiderately talking over it so we can get to know this new/old Prince. I’m wondering how the unrelated Disney film will color fan’s perception of this game. After all,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2010