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Star Trek Online: One Million Served
Continuing a long tradition of MMO games based on established IP, publisher Atari has revealed that Star Trek Online has got off to a great start in life. The new massively-multiplayer game, which was only released earlier this week, has already attracted over one million fans, who have created accounts at the official website, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
NSFW: Behold! The Underboob Gladiator Lady Body Pillow
Not anyone can embrace, hump, whatever this Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins dakimakura (“hug pillow”). But maybe, you can! Japanese developer Acquire is holding a two-part tournament for its PSP title Gladiator Begins — the first leg is at their office in Akihabara on February 11, and the second part is on February 21 at the Nakano…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mario & Sonic’s Relationship Isn’t Quite What It Used To Be
It’s entirely fair to say that, while once well-matched adversaries, the last fifteen years haven’t quite worked out for Sonic the way they have for Mario. Meetings of the two may not be quite this awful in real life, but in my mind, this is exactly how such a reunion would go down. Click to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Happens On Xbox LIVE When You Press A+A+A
While at work, reader Mike got an email on his telephone from Xbox confirming his purchase of a LIVE Gold subscription. But Mike is an Xbox LIVE Silver Member. And he was out forty bucks. “I called home, and jokingly told my wife that she had some explaining to do,” says Mike. “She didn’t know…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Meet The Biggest-Selling Games In The World For 2009
Collaborating like they do in times of great need, market research companies The NPD Group (North America), GfK Chart-Track (PAL) and Enterbrain (Japan) have combined to bring us the five best-selling games in the “world” for 2009. Course, they don’t really mean the entire planet. Only the figures from the world’s three largest markets –…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Famitsu Accidentally Announces New Love Plus, New BlazBlue Console Version
Whoops! Enterbrain, the publisher behind Japanese game mag Famitsu, has apparently put next week’s cover online. Then, it seems, yanked it from the internet. The cover reveals two new titles: Love Plus Plus and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. Love Plus Plus, it seems, is an unannounced sequel to the wildly popular dating sim game Love Plus.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
PC Sales Charts: Return Of The Living Psychonauts
The PC charts were last week dominated by the likes of Mass Effect 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Star Trek Online. No surprises there. So we’ll instead focus our admiration on Tim Schafer’s Psychonauts instead. The platformer was on sale for $2 during this time, and made it to #8 on the Steam charts.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Does Konami Do Without Metal Gear Solid?
Konami has a handful of big franchises, but its biggest are Metal Gear Solid and Pro Evolution Soccer. Last year, a Pro Evo game was released, but other than an iPhone game, no MGS. How did that affect the company? The Tokyo-based game company has announced its consolidated results for the nine months ending on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Project Needlemouse Is… Sonic 4, Episode I
SEGA has announced Sonic 4: Episode I. It is, as GameSpot reports, a 2D downloadable game with 3D visuals. The announcement is part of the Project Needlemouse build up SEGA has been pushing since last September 2009. “Needlemouse” refers to Sonic’s codename when the game that would become Sonic The Hedgehog was initially being pitched.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony: PS3 Sales Up, PSP Sales Down
Sony just released its quarterly financial results, and said results are mixed for the company’s games division, an increase in PlayStation 3 sales set against a slide in sales of the PlayStation Portable. Between October and December 2009 (Q32009), Sony sold 6.5 million PlayStation 3s worldwide. In the same quarter last year, Sony sold 4.5…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 2 And The Curse Of The Tiny Text
I’ve been playing Mass Effect on a 50″ screen, and even I noticed that in some places the game has some tiny, tiny text. So spare a thought for people playing it on a standard-definition TV set. In the latest example of a developer building games for only half the market, it’s been revealed that…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Should Relax About BioShock 2, No Freak Outs!
BioShock was designed by Ken Levine and developed by 2K Boston. BioShock 2 is not. Levine is not working on the game. But should you be worried? The second entry in the BioShock franchise is being developed by 2K Marin and 2K Australia. The BioShock 2 trailer was recently released, and while it doesn’t show…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Gets A New Game Mode
Valve’s Team Fortress 2 got a little more interesting today, with the addition of a new game mode called “Highlander”. Yeah, you can see where this is going. With the classic 1986 film still on the developer’s minds following the recent Demoman update, Highlander mode sees two teams of nine square off, with only one…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Splinter Cell: Conviction Finally Has A Release Date
For a game that’s been delayed more times than we dare to recount, it’s nice to see Ubisoft has a sense of humour about Splinter Cell: Conviction, announcing today that a new release date has been set in stone. Literally. There’s your new, final release date for the game, as sent to IGN’s offices: April…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
So, How Did Mass Effect 2 End For You?
I just finished Mass Effect 2. Quite the ending! Well, it was for me, anyway. Judging by the number of times my 360 spun the disc, and the number of choices involved, I’d say yours may have been quite different. So please, share. It’ll be fun to see the number of different outcomes people wound…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Poll: 80 Percent of Teens Have Game Console
A new poll by the Pew Research Center – you should know them, they’re like the NPR of polls and stuff – finds that 80 percent of American kids between ages 12 and 17 have a game console, and more than half have a handheld. The findings were reported Wednesday by the center’s Internet &…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Let’s Hatch
Who wants to talk about video games? Well, save it for another post, pal! This one’s reserved for the Kotaku commenting crowd’s Off Topic interests. So let’s talk. Actually, you talk. I’m off to watch last night’s episode of Lost, having successfully avoided spoilers over the previous 24 hours, no thanks to my tweeting friends…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2010 - Reviews
KrissX Micro-Review: Fun With a Purpose
I keep wanting to pronounce this game “Chris-Ex” but I’m reminded it’s “Kriss-Kross.” Whatever the case, it’s a set of brain-teasing acrostics with goals and rewards that shrewdly incentivize their completion. It’s just a little young for most tastes. Loved Smart Words: KrissX draws on a strong vocabulary any mother would be glad to hear…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Yakuza 3 Features The Best Face Stomping Of The Generation
We know that some PlayStation 3 owners have been enjoying the import version of Yakuza 3 for close to a year now, but not everyone has been shattering gangster cheekbones with white leather shoes, as prominently featured in this trailer. Thankfully, the North American and European releases of Sega’s Yakuza 3 are just weeks away.…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2010