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A Baker’s Three Dozen of UFC Undisputed 2010 Screens
Caution, there are a whopping 39 screenshots of UFC Undisputed 2010 behind this door, and if your computer monitor is of a poor constitution it might destroy itself rendering such manly badassery. Brendan Shaub, James McSweeny, Marcus Jones and Roy Nelson are featured – they were the semifinalists in The Ultimate Fighter Season 10, and…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gears of War Developer To Debut Next Game on Late Night
The host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writes that the design director for popular Xbox 360 exclusive Gears of War will be on his show next week to debut his next game. Game developer Cliff Bleszinski, who worked on both Gears of War and Gears of War 2, has not yet talked about when…
By Brian Crecente Published March 31, 2010 - Reviews
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack Review: Pricey Maps
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remains the most popular game played on Xbox Live since its launch late last year, but that doesn’t mean that the fans of the fast-paced, first-person shooter couldn’t use some new ways to play. Enter the Stimulus Pack. The first Modern Warfare 2 map pack, coming to the Xbox…
By Brian Crecente Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Conduit 2 Screens, Details On Online Co-op
Sega is making Conduit 2 doubly official today, offering a first look at the sequel to last year’s The Conduit for the Wii, complete with new details and a chance to put your face in the game. Conduit 2 will build upon the original with a new Team Invasion Mode, a cooperative multiplayer option that…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio Races Out Another Episode for Download
The outfit responsible for Project Gotham Racing and the forthcoming Blur joined us today to talk racin’ with Kotaku Talk Radio. You can download the .mp3 faster than it takes to get two new tires and a splash of gas. If you missed Crecente, Totilo, Bizarre Creations’ Gareth Wilson and of course our lively cast…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Prepare for April Fools
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Become Right Handed Or Left Handed, Time to Decide! If there were one day I year I don’t enjoy working on a gaming blog it would be April Fool’s Day. Deciphering the news from the “jokes” is a chore. A painful chore. What you missed: How They Brought NBA Jam…
By Brian Crecente Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Club Nintendo Updates With New Games, New Goods
Members of the North American version of Club Nintendo can start blowing those coins they’ve been saving up on new goods, including two new video games exclusive to the program, a new Game & Watch Collection. Game & Watch Collection 2 packs in an impressive three whole Game & Watch games into a single Nintendo…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Indie Sports Game Unites Developer’s Dream with a League’s Ambition
By the end of April, Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel will see a very unusual first: The service’s first sports title licensed by a professional league, and backed with the sponsorship of a major brand. NLL Lacrosse 2010 will be the pro sport’s video game comeback nine years after its one and only console release.…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Moral Kombat Available Everywhere You Watch Movies
There’ll be no excuse left for not seeing Spencer Halpin’s documentary exploration of video game violence, Moral Kombat, as the film will soon be available on every web-enabled device imaginable. Moral Kombat is a compelling documentary that explores video game violence from both sides of the argument, created in 2007 by Spencer Halpin, the brother…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedNew Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Introduces Rock Mario
What new flavor of mushroom does Super Mario Galaxy 2 offer? The delectable rock ‘shroom, which gives Mario the ability to turn himself into a boulder and bowl over Bowser’s minions. That just one of many power-ups highlighted in this new trailer. The familiar Super Mario Bros. staples—Fire Flowers, Starman—join the most recent Super Mario…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Week In Comics
New format time! Let’s try this. I go to my local comics shop on Wednesdays, sometimes skipping and going on every other Wednesday. This week, among the stuff I’d be picking up is the Previews catalog, which might be the most technologically backwards thing that I do. It’s a catalog for comics that will be…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Not Apple, Anything But Apple!!!
Have an irrational or rational hatred of all things Apple? Don’t care about the iPad? Then you might want to bookmark this link to avoid all of our coverage on the soon to be launched tablet. www.kotaku.com/tag/not:ipad
By Brian Crecente Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Abandon All Hope, There Are No Plans For Geometry Wars 3
“Right now we don’t have any plans for Geometry Wars 3 or anything,” said Bizarre Creations’ Gareth Wilson during the Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, and all that could be heard afterwards were the relentless sobs of millions of disappointed fans. Gareth took delivering the news in stride, but fans who played the original Geometry Wars…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Way To Build A Better UFC Game: Make It Faster
The next UFC game doesn’t exactly borrow from Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting or Super Street Fighter II Turbo, but the Street Fighter fan behind the game’s fighting combat recently explained why a faster-playing UFC game is a better one. THQ combat designer Omar Kendall, who knew full well at last week’s party for the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Amazon Doubling Your BioShock Pleasure
Are you a BioShock newbie who doesn’t want to play through the second game without experiencing the first? Well then Amazon.com has the deal for you. Several readers have tipped us off to a deal going on now over at Amazon.com. For a limited time, purchasing BioShock 2 for the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedVirtua Fighter’s Final Showdown With April Fools
It’s still March 31 by the official Kotaku calendar, but it’s April Fools’ Day in Japan, something you should take into consideration while watching Sega’s new trailer for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, its latest fighting game update. If the fireballs, hurricane kicks and Tekken-style lighting effects have you worried about the direction of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2010 -
UncategorizedPokewalker Generates 30 “Friends” In 15 Minutes
Gamernode’s Jason Fanelli took his Pokemon Pokewalker pedometer to PAX East, where, I can assure you, LOTS of people had the things strapped to their belts. He made some friends. The Pokewalker is used to train Pokemon in the new Pokemon Soul Silver and Heart Gold DS games, each step adding to your Pokemon’s XP…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dante’s Inferno’s Trials Of St. Lucia Gives You Wings
Dante’s guardian angel and Christian martyr St. Lucia gets her game on in these screens from the upcoming Trails of St. Lucia downloadable content for Dante’s Inferno. I’m looking forward to the addition of co-op multiplayer in Dante’s Inferno, if only because I was slightly embarrassed having someone else sitting there watching me as I…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Power Behind Project Natal: PrimeSense
You’ve heard all about Project Natal, but Microsoft’s 3D motion controller solution would have fallen completely flat if not for PrimeSense’s 3D sensing technology. What is PrimeSense? PrimeSense is a company that creates technology that allows computers and, in this case, the Xbox 360, perceive the world in three dimensions. The PrimeSensor bathes the area…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Before It Was NBA Jam
An exclusive look at what EA said was an instantly-fun 2008 Wii prototype that has evolved into the promising new NBA Jam, a game we previewed today. (Bonus joke-completion challenge for NBA fans: These basketball players have more personality than the _______’s ________ ___________)
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2010