Game Developers Conference 2011 Straddles Two Months

Kotaku has occupied GDC 2010. But what of GDC 2011? Next year’s show will run from February 28 through March 4, still in San Francisco. Unknown whether the event will commemorate the anniversary of the great PS3 blackout of 02/29/10.

Stupid Speedboat Tricks In Just Cause 2

Square Enix’s latest Anatomy of a Stunt video for Just Cause 2 shows off a very creative way to reach those hard-to-reach places with a rocket launcher. The more I see of Just Cause 2 the more I want to get my hands on it, yet I’ve not even downloaded the demo yet, mainly due…

Napoleon: Total War Review: Ability Is Nothing Without Opportunity

In 1815, having come back for one last bite of the cherry, Waterloo was Napoleon’s, well, Waterloo. Could Creative Assembly be risking the same fate returning to the age of muskets and bright uniforms so soon after Empire: Total War? Napoleon: Total War takes Empire: Total War and applies a new coat of paint to…

Battlestar Galactica Gets Its Own Massively Multiplayer Game

The battle for the fate of humanity continues this fall, when NBC Universal and Bigpoint launch Battlestar Galactica Online, a massively multiplayer browser-based game set in the universe of the award-winning Syfy television series. Can I get a frak yeah? Tactical space combat and adventure are the name of the game in Battlestar Galactica Online,…

Survey Says Netflix Pondering Nintendo DS Streaming

How likely would someone in your household be to stream TV and movies from Netflix to a Nintendo DS, should such functionality be made available? That’s the question Netflix is seeking an answer to via an online survey. Would you watch? With a plethora of HD video capable portable devices at my fingertips, the Nintendo…

Adorable Voltron? Try Adorable Predator, Bumblebee, Yoshimitsu

Remember that painfully adorable Voltron cosplayer Ash posted about a few days ago? Well, that was nothing. Turns out that the little girl sporting that robot armor is Belldandy, a professional cosplayer backed by a dad with some serious crafting skills. How serious, check out their full site, and these amazing samples. The Grim Adverturez…

Rock Band 3 Revolutionizes The Music Genre This Holiday Season

Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman officially outed Rock Band 3, due for release this holiday season, when it will “will innovate and revolutionize the music genre” all over again. Dauman revealed the game while speaking at the Credit Suisse Group Global Media and Communications Conference this morning, quickly followed by Tweets from several members…

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Mac vs PC: How Apple Got Back In The Game

For years – no, decades – games on the Mac have been a running joke, a constant source of derision from the dominant PC gaming community. But in a single move earlier this week, the Mac made a comeback. In unveiling not only the release of its line-up of first-party titles – classic games like…

Win Phone 7 Games Include Achievements, Avatars, Gamertags

Windows Phone 7 games will include the ability to unlock achievements on a phone as well as pulling in a user’s gamertag, 2D avatar and even let gamer’s know when it’s their turn to play. This will all come thanks to an update to XNA Game Studio 4.0 being unveiled at the Game Developers Conference…

Mega Ran Raps Up Mega Man 10

Did you know that rapper Random, AKA Mega Ran, crafted a single dedicated to Capcom’s recently released Mega Man 10? Well you do now, and you’ve got the new music video to prove it. I’ve always been slightly fond of rap, but I’ve traditionally found myself liking it more when mixed with other genres, especially…

Own The Xbox 360 That Helped Kick the Mayor of Baltimore Out of Office

Want to own a piece of Baltimore history, a bit of gaming that helped unseat a mayor of the east coast city? The city is auctioning off an Xbox 360 that prosecutors say then-mayor Sheila Dixon purchased with gift cards meant for the poor. The Xbox 360, and a single controller and copy of Need…

The First Pakistani Arcade Game Could Use A Little Work

Shera Jutt, the first arcade game created by a Pakistani Company, takes a humorous look at pop Punjabi culture, or it would have, had sponsors not pulled out of the project four years ago. Trango Interactive is an independent game development company in Pakistan that wants to release the first Pakistani arcade game, if they…

Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” Comes To Rock Band With South Park

The episode of Comedy Central hit South Park in which Eric Cartman sings Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” on Rock Band comes to life next week, with the release of Lady Gaga Pack 01 and a special track from Eric Cartman. I said back in October that Eric Cartman’s rendition of “Poker Face” deserved to be…

Real Soldiers Recreate Modern Warfare 2 Box Art

When a pair of U.S. soldiers and Modern Warfare 2 fans get bored while stationed in Afghanistan, there can be only one outcome – spontaneous cover art cosplay. Doesn’t cosplay fall under don’t ask, don’t tell? I suppose it’s okay, as long as Kotaku reader Travis and his friend, seen here portraying both versions of…

Twitter Zombies To Death On Your iPhone

Experience the thrill of social networking and casual gaming convergence with Tweet Defense, an iPhone zombie tower defense title that boosts your units’ power based on your Twitter activity. The perfect anti-zombie fortifications are only a few Tweets away in Tweet Defense. Created by leading social media and community marketing agency Promethium Marketing Group, the…

Wii Gun Involved In 3-Year-Old Shooting Is Amazingly Lifelike

At the top is a Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol. Below, the WiiAuto Pistol. Mistaking the former for the latter, three-year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan of Wilson County, Tennessee, shot and killed herself Sunday evening. Where does the blame lie? We reported on the accidental shooting death of Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan yesterday, mainly due to the…

A Deeper Look at Shank Gameplay

Kotaku darling, Independent Games Festival finalist and soon to be Electronic Arts-published game Shank gets a bit more face time this week as GDC kicks off. To celebrate, developers Klei released this new video showing a bit more of the 2D brawler gameplay. If you’re at GDC, you can swing by the game’s kiosk Thursday,…

Dwindling Tokyo Game Show Hopes To Be World’s Biggest Game Gathering

From a Japanese game developer saying that the Japanese industry was “finished” to lower attendance, last year’s Tokyo Game Show was disastrous. This year can only go up. Hopefully. This year’s TGS is the 20th Tokyo Game Show, and organizers have announced “a new midterm vision of becoming ‘The No.1 Information Network in the Asian…

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