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NSFW: Kirsten Dunst Is Your Magical Nerd Princess
When Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst showed up in Tokyo’s Akihabara wearing a frilly sailor suit, there were those who thought the actress was turning Japanese. She was. Dunst’s cosplaying was part of a collaboration between McG, the director behind Terminator Salvation and Charlie’s Angles, and Takashi Murakami, Japan’s most famous living artist. The result is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bungie May Return To Halo, One Day
Having developed four Halo titles to date, Halo Reach will be Bungie’s last game in the series for the foreseeable future. But is it their last game ever in the series? Never say never. “You know, it might be premature to say we’ll never ever, ever make a Halo game again” Bungie’s Brian Jarrard told…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Fable III Screenshot Is Not Big On Customer Service
Lionhead quietly released a single new screenshot for Fable III, showing the “cranky” version of the game’s hero dragging some poor sod off to the dungeon. Where he’ll no doubt be spat at in the face. The lucky, lucky bastard. What wouldn’t I give to be spat at in the face. You can catch the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Supreme Commander 2 Gets Steam Achievements, DRM
The PC version of Gas Powered Games’ Supreme Commander 2 will run on Valve’s Steamworks and come with online achievements, auto-updates and, yes, Steam’s DRM. Both the retail and electronic versions of Supreme Commander 2 for the PC will be powered by the service. Valve also announced that the demo for the game is available…
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sega, You Are Once Again Making A Giant Mistake
Yakuza 3, the crime drama from SEGA, is finally coming to the West after being released in Japan almost a year ago. The game will have subtitles. That’s not what SEGA is screwing up. This is. “The content between Yakuza 3 US/UK and Yakuza JP is a little different in that we took out certain…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Just Cause 2 Won’t Support Windows XP
It had to happen eventually. Having wowed people ceaselessly since E3 with a a succession of explosive trailers, Just Cause 2 has finally put a foot wrong. And as far as the PC crowd is concerned, it’s a big foot. It’s been revealed that the game won’t run on Windows XP. Why? Because it’s DirectX10…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Was Originally MGS5
Last May, Kojima Productions launched a teaser site with either a “S” or a “5”. It was a number “5”. And it belongs to Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. According to Konami spokesperson Jirou Oishi, Peace Walker was named Metal Gear Solid 5 during the planning stages. These are concept logos for the game. Peace…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Take A Tour Of The New, Improved Steam
So, Steam finally has a new style. And it’s a good one. Very clean, nice and modern. Let’s take a closer look. You’ll see that outside of an improved friends feature most of the updates at this stage are visual ones, with most of Steam’s core functionality remaining the same, meaning you can jump in…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Who’s Honoring Miyamoto Now?
BAFTA! That’s the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to the rest of you not on an acronym basis with the academy. And they’re giving the creator of Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. fellowship props. The BAFTA’s fellowship award is “the highest accolade the Academy can bestow on an individual for their creative…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mario Galaxy 2 & Metroid Coming “Mid Year”
All week long, Nintendo will be holding media conferences around the world, outlining some of the company’s plans for 2010. The first of these went down in Australia today, and Kotaku Australia was there. The biggest news coming out of the event was that Nintendo’s two biggest “core” releases of the year – Super Mario…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off-Topic: Space Station
Kotaku Off Topic readers and commenters, I have a largely off topic question for you. Should I watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine? Not trying to up my nerd cred any further, but as a long time fan of The Next Generation and the unfortunate follower of Voyager, my interest in finding more enjoyable Trek…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Video Isn’t as Awesome as Its Title
Here’s the latest Just Cause 2 “Anatomy of a Stunt” trailer: “Fire Truck versus Jet.” Whoa, rad!!!! right? Well …. A fire truck playing chicken with a passenger aircraft – there’s got to be like, Rico grappling the fire engine to the jet and then like grabbing on the landing gear and parachuting to safety…
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
PopCap Just Handing Out Peggle Nights Like It Grows On Trees
PopCap Games is practically giving away Peggle Nights, offering the PC and Mac nighttime sequel to the amazing Peggle for little more than signing up for a PopCap Passport account. That’s just a few keystrokes and checkbox clicks! Yes, if you would like to save $19.95 USD off the regular price of Peggle Nights, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
PSone Classics Get A Little More “Classic” This Week On PSN
The North American PlayStation Store is getting one new addition that can bear the PSone Classic moniker with a straight face this week, the excellent role-playing game from developer Game Arts, Grandia. Look, no offense to the makers of Dirt Jockey, Sorcerer’s Maze and Hi-Octane: The Track Fights Back, but the addition of Grandia is…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
2K9 vs. 2K10: There May Be No Comparison, but This One Is Funny
Glitch videos were commonplace after MLB 2K9’s release but I never expected 2K Sports to make one of its one. That’s the kind of penance 2K Sports has to do after MLB 2K9, I suppose. So this year, we can expect balls to be hit when a bat swings through them, we can expect them…
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Star Trek MMO Log: The Final Frontier
In this, my final MMO Log for Star Trek Online, I desperately claw my way through PVP combat and missions based on classic Trek episodes in my quest to make it to commander rank before the series ends. I want a new ship. That was my ending thought in the third Star Trek MMO Log,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Steam Gets A Makeover With All-New UI, New Open Beta Starts Now
Valve has revealed its plans for a brand new version of Steam, its digital distribution and social networking service. And it’s letting Steam users test its long list of new features out, starting today. The visual and functional update to Steam includes an expanded Friends List, letting players keep closer tabs on what their Steam…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Appreciate The Fine Art of Naughty Dog At The “Unleashed” Exhibit
The artists behind 2009’s Game of the Year and recent award hog Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be showing off the artistic talents that got them hired at Naughty Dog at the upcoming Unleashed: The Art of Naughty Dog Exhibit. That opportunity to eyeball the creative works of some 20 strong Naughty Dogs will be…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hey, That’s My Robe!
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What I Did Today Yeah, I did a lot of hiking when I was in Australia. I live within driving distance of the Rockies, you can see them from my house, but they’re still not close enough to walk too. Which sucks. Last week the glass on our den fireplace…
By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2010