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The Yakuza 4 Hummer Limousine Pulls Up
In large Japanese cities, driving a big American car can prove challenging. There are endless narrow backstreets and fixing the car in a parking place can be a nightmare. Try imagining doing that in a Hummer. No, a Hummer limousine. To draw stares, SEGA rolled out this Yakuza 4 branded Hummer limo on the Tokyo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Heavy Rain Patch Is On The Way
Since the release of Sony’s Heavy Rain last month, users have been complaining about a range of bugs and glitches. Well, complaining about most of them. Good news, complainers: a patch is on the way. The publisher has posted a notice on its official forums, revealing that the patch – which should hopefully (though it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Command & Conquer Copies Ubisoft’s Awful DRM
Well, here’s something that slipped through the cracks. While we were all busy condemning Ubisoft for its restrictive, must-be-online PC digital rights management, EA has crept in and done the exact same thing. In a post over on Command & Conquer 4’s forums, EA community manager Apoc writes “First thing to be clear about, Command…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Census 2010: The Personal Computer
It’s the backbone of the video game industry. Consoles come and consoles go, but the personal computer has always been there, and maybe, always will be. So let’s talk about it, eh? From upgrades to digital delivery, today we’re going to be asking you all about the PC. And not the dusty old Dell you…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Amazing Bill Paxton Pinball Machine
The incredibly talented (and patient) Ben Heckendorn, hacker and modder extraordinaire, has revealed his latest and greatest creation, a built-from-scratch pinball table based on the works and quotes of actor Bill Paxton. Heckendorn crafted almost everything you see here from raw materials combined with blood, sweat and tears, including the LED display, the body, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Shamrocked
It’s a special St. Patrick’s Day edition of Kotaku Off Topic, a chance for the conversation to be not just about video games, but not just about pounding Guinness and Irish whiskey as well. Well, my conversation starter is going to be about today’s holiday. I’m half-Irish, so I’ll be putting in half the effort,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Games Can Save The Planet, But Only If We Play More
Only video games can save the world, says Jane McGonigal, but only if we dedicate more time to playing them, some 21 billion hours of game time per week needed to survive the next century. McGonigal, director of game research and development at Institute for the Future and one of the people behind the do-good…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Do PlayStation 3 Owners Want Most From Sony?
Cross-game voice chat. How do we know? By looking at the newly launched PlayStation.blog Share, a PlayStation fan’s sounding board that will let the powers that be know just how badly you want auto-syncing trophies and backwards compatibility. In fact, those are the top three demands PlayStation 3 owners are making of Sony right now,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Natal Has At Least One Sega Project On Board For E3, “Several” More Later
Sony has already showed its hand in the upcoming motion control battle, debuting playable PlayStation Move games at GDC last week. Looks like we’ll see Microsoft’s response with at least one Sega game in tow at E3. Sega bossman Mike Hayes tells CVG that its Japanese studios have something “brilliant” up and running for Project…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Sports MMA Claims “Now It’s A Fight”
Electronic Arts may be a little late to the mixed martial arts game, but its first effort, EA Sports MMA, may win over fans who don’t find what they’re looking for in THQ’s UFC-licensed competitor. With its “late 2010” ship date, EA Sports MMA might have a difficult time catching up to UFC Undisputed 2010’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fancy Arrow Tech
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Cannot Find My House Key The only thing better than fancy new tech is fancy old tech you didn’t know you already had. Take for instance Totilo’s discovery today. Apparently you can flick through our galleries with the help of the keyboard arrow keys. Fancy!!! What you missed: Mass Effect,…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Comes To iPhone As… An Artbook
Square Enix is no stranger to iPhone apps, but the Final Fantasy maker is doing something interesting for the recently released Final Fantasy XIII, turning your iPhone or iPod Touch into a digital artbook. The Final Fantasy XIII Larger-Than-Life Gallery, released today on the iTunes App Store, packs in a library of hi-res artwork from…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Newest Kotaku Podcast Completes Its Dark Descent To iTunes, Zune & More
Dante’s Inferno senior producer Hans ten Cate joined our hosts, Brian Crecente and Stephen Totilo, in today’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio to discuss everything you need to know about descending into the darkest depths of hell. In case you missed the live show, which runs every Wednesday at 11AM Mountain, 1PM Eastern time, we’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010 -
UncategorizedFirst PlayStation Move Ad Trolls Wii & Natal, Kevin Butler Style
The PlayStation Move controller may have only been officially named last week, but PlayStation VP of Realistic Movements Kevin Butler already has his commercial ready. How? This spot is from The Future, when Sony’s already trolling the motion control competition. Clearly, Kevin and Sony’s shotcallers are not at all embarrassed to be in the position…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 -
UncategorizedBetter Days To Die Coming To Star Trek Online
For Klingons, every day is a good day to die, but you might want to wait until Cryptic slips the new Klingon player-versus-enemy content into Star Trek Online, as seem in part two of the Expanding Universe video series. The Klingons need more distractions in Star Trek Online. This is readily evident to any Federation…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Rare Argument For More Linear Video Game Stories
One brilliant thing about video games is that they can react to what players do and have multiple endings. Books can’t do that. Movies can’t, not even Clue. Many in gaming argue for branching storylines. Here’s an argument against: “What we found is that if you over-branch the storylines [is that] if there was one…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 17, 2010 -
UncategorizedKane & Lynch Make A Date For Two
Summer is due for some Shanghai shoot ’em up grit and grime, thanks to those lovable scamps Kane and Lynch. The anti-heroes will make their return in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days this August. The sequel to 2007’s coolly received and controversial Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Dog Days lands, appropriately, during what may…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
Speak-Up On Kotaku: Metroid Drinks, Proper Baby Prep, Natural City, And Public Gaming Etiquette
After skipping the week of GDC, Speak-Up on Kotaku returns at full force, with contributions by Kotakuites The Drunken Moogle, Rear Admiral Meatwad, Raffleking, and Kyosen! Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes what they have…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Week In Comics
Two new gaming comics this week, one non-gaming comic for you to consider. The non-gaming comic is probably not a classic. It is not created by an all-star cast. No, it merely has an amazing title: Executive Assistant Iris. Army of Two #3 Written by Peter Milligan and drawn by Dexter Soy. Summary Via IDW…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 17, 2010