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First L.A. Noire Screens Are Real… Are They Spectacular?
Team Bondi’s detective adventure L.A. Noire is coming in 2010 and the first in-game screens to prove that it actually exists—enough to generate some screen shots—are finally here. Well, not here, but there. Game Informer has the first real shots of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game from Rockstar and Team Bondi, a quintet…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Canadian Sex Ed Game Stars Captain Condom, Wonder Vag
And a guy in a lucha libre mask with dong arms. And if you answer a question incorrectly in a flash game put together by London, Ontario’s health service, he, uh, well … jizzes on you. NSFW at the jump. But if you answer correctly, you put up a super condom shield and splash back…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Microsoft May Drop $200 Mil On Facebook Game Dev
Microsoft could be the next company to drop big cash on a Facebook game maker. Bloomberg reported last week that the Xbox 360 maker is one of the companies in talks to buy CrowdStar, supposedly valued at $200 million. Who is CrowdStar? And why would they command a $200 million buyout? They make Happy Aquarium,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Can Watch A Movie With Rob Zombie On Your Xbox
Ah, technology, making our lives so much easier. Now, through the magic of the Xbox 360, you can watch The Devil’s Rejects with director Rob Zombie this Friday without actually having to sit near Rob Zombie! On Friday, February 19th, Microsoft’s Game With Fame presents Xbox Live Film With Fame with Rob Zombie, your chance…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedFour Minutes of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on the DS
Let’s not forget this game is also coming to the DS – or, well, it’s already come to the platform, as someone apparently got a copy before next week’s release and posted more than four minutes of gameplay to YouTube. You can see Sonic in action against a field including, Tails, Amy, Amigo and Robo…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Would I have Texted for Help?
To: Ash From: Crecente Are you one of those see a button, push a button guys? I am. That’s why I don’t sit in the emergency exit row of airplanes. I have almost zero control over my innate curiosity. Take for instance the knob of the bathroom door at the lab I had to go…
By Brian Crecente Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
NPD Top 20 Shows How MAG, Bayonetta Fared In January
Well-read sales analysis enthusiasts are already well aware that some of January’s most anticipated games did not become January’s bestselling games. While some new properties, like THQ’s Darksiders, managed a top ten showing, some settled for the top 20. Gamasutra‘s monthly, more in-depth and less instant analysis of the month’s bestselling games shows that two…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Restores Warner, Other Retirees, to Madden Roster
A week ago EA Sports removed Kurt Warner and other NFL players who retired at the end of the season from the final Madden roster update. Pressure from the game’s community and a sports gaming website has restored them. The removal was apparently a departure from past practice, although EA Sports told Pasta Padre the…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nothing Says I Love You Like Being Stabbed With Final Fantasy Characters
Forget boxes of chocolates, flowers, and stuffed animals. Those are gifts you should be exchanging every day. No, for me, Valentine’s Day is the kind of day where you and your loved one go out and get Final Fantasy tattoos. Long-time Kotaku readers might have been here when I got my first Final Fantasy tattoo,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tekken The Movie Definitely Looks Like A Tekken Movie
You’ve already seen the first trailer for the live action Tekken movie. Now how about some stills to pick over, perfect for studying just how literal the big screen adaptation of Namco Bandai’s fighter will be. The Dwight Little-directed beat ’em up cinematic tour de force looks less adapted than it does copied and pasted…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
2010: A Video Gamer’s Guide
We’ve taken this year’s big game releases, conventions, and assorted events, and condensed them all into a handy infographic we’re calling 2010: A Video Gamer’s Guide. What you see before you, or in the extremely large image below, is a snapshot of the year 2010 in gaming, as it stands right now. It is by…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s Hideo Kojima Eating Right Now? Check Twitter!!
Metal Gear makers Kojima Productions have been riding the Twitter bandwagon since September of last year, but the developer’s interest in providing 140 character length updates has been sporadic at best. No longer! The Konami subsidiary, ramping up enthusiasm for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PSP, has been on something of…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
P.B. Winterbottom Adventures To Xbox Live Arcade This Week
Indie developer The Odd Gentlemen offers something for the “thinking” Xbox Live Arcade gamer with the time-space perplexer The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom. The stylized pie-hunting puzzle-platformer will be available for 800 Microsoft Points this Wednesday. The Misadventures of P. B. Winterbottom features more than 75 paradox puzzles for players to solve, a little more…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Skate 3 Screens Gleam All Sorts Of Cubes
Only EA could create a skateboarding title so pretty that it has me flashing back to a Christian Slater movie from 1989. Actually, I’m not sure that is true, now that I’ve typed it. Gleaming the Cube occupies one of those default slots in my brain, just like Breakin’ and Geggy Tah’s “Whoever You Are.”…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Have Wielded The Prince Of Persia’s Dagger, Toy Version
In addition to showing off some Halo Reach toy prototypes at Toy Fair 2010, McFarlane Toys was showcasing its line of Prince of Persia movie tie-in toys. Included were the expected action figures — and this very special dagger.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedGas Powered Announces Kings And Castles, Chris Taylor Bitten By Horse
The developers of Supreme Commander, Dungeon Siege and Demigod have announced their next project (despite Supreme Commander 2 still a few weeks off), the real-time strategy game Kings and Castles. First footage of Chris Taylor feeding a horse below! While Kings and Castles promises an “epic,” “one-of-a-kind experience” that will feature “the ability to zoom…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Sims 3 Gets Sweet And Sultry For Valentine’s Day
Aw, isn’t that adorable? That Sims couple is celebrating Valentine’s Day together, enjoying a sweet little snuggle on the couch. Meanwhile, next door… …Roxanne went and wore that dress. Oh Roxanne, you don’t have to put on the red light. Neither of these accurately portray how I spent my Valentine’s Day, but then, I am…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter IV: The Toys
In a corner of Toy Fair 2010, Neca had a booth stuffed with gaming figures. One of the line’s highlights is the Street Fighter IV series, some released, some upcoming, captured here in video. Click thumbnails to play the clips.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
The $160 Doll Of Lara Croft’s Nemesis
The Tonner company makes finely-crafted dolls, including an already-released $125 Lara Croft doll. Next in their Lara line is a doll of Amanda Evert, the sometimes-nemesis in recent Tomb Raider games. The Amanda Evert doll, which is coming soon, will run $160. The Tonner folks have been in the business for 20 years, making dolls…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pop Goes The Joystick
As seen on a third-floor wall of San Francisco’s intriguing Hotel des Arts.
By Brian Crecente Published February 15, 2010