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Dear President Obama
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: TGIF So Tristan just wandered up to my office to let me know he emailed the president of the United States. I asked him why, he said he wanted to let him know that he liked his speech the other day. Apparently while I spend my iPhone time reading Kotaku,…
By Brian Crecente Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Week’s Top Five Hotter-than-Hades Stories
It’s Friday and it’s time for the top 5 hottest Kotaku stories of the week. Warning: reading them may scorch eyebrows, eyelashes, and/or facial hair. Brought to you by Dante’s Inferno. In Stores 02.09.10. Read ’em and burn after the jump. 1. Mass Effect 2’s Sex Scenes Already Revealed – 87,886 views 2. Kotaku ‘Shop…
By Gawkercreative Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Game Developers See Potential, Not Gold Rush in Apple’s iPad
On its surface, Apple’s iPad may seem like a glorified e-book reader, but developers working on games for the system say they see within its extra-large screen and faster processor, great gaming potential. “Our creative teams are really just digging in and brainstorming ideas that the power and specs of the iPad might bring to…
By Brian Crecente Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Says No 3D Games In the Works
EA Sports boss Peter Moore says he’s keeping a close eye on 3D gaming, but while it’s a new priority for Sony it’s not yet one for his division. “Sony has made it a strategic imperative for the company. And when Sony does something of that nature then we as a company need to sit…
By Owen Good Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
PSP, Wii Fight It Out For Japanese Hardware Supremacy
Sony’s PlayStation Portable continues its reign at the top of Japan’s hardware chart this week, in part thanks to Valkyria Chronicles 2 and continued sales of Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. But the Wii is catching up on the PSP. With New Super Mario Bros. Wii continuing to sell spectacularly in Japan, Wii console hardware…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sonic Ditches Mario For iPhone Olympics
Sonic gives Mario the slip and sets out on his own (with a few friends) in Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Sonic’s solo winter Olympics outing is now available for purchase, with $4.99 scoring you 10 different characters playing 4 different events. Team up with Sonic,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Review Round-Up: Mass Effect, A Massive Laptop, Machiavelli And More
We got together this week and reviewed a bunch of games for you. And one computer. One large computer. Serious Sam HD Review: This Time It’s Really Serious In which Brian Ashcraft audaciously calls for modernized gameplay. Alienware Area-51 m15x Laptop Review: It Ain’t Heavy, It’s My Laptop In which Brian Crecente determines the specific…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Having completed the original BioShock earlier this week, a bit later than most, I’m moving on to BioShock 2 after a short break to absorb it all. That’s one game I’ll be playing this weekend. The other is the Nintendo DS role-playing game Glory of Heracles, which I’m having a bit of trouble finishing. Not…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Star Trek Online Boldly Goes Live
Star Trek Online is now online, with early start players flooding the game in order to get a leg up on the Starfleet captains waiting until launch day. Ensign Qbert Qix of the U.S.S. Kotaku, reporting for duty. Don’t worry, the name will change as I play, I was just at a loss for what…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hell Hath No Fury Like Video Game’s Take on Dante’s Inferno
Hell is a place of personal sin and redemption, a torturous landscape molded in the immorality of human flesh to create dreadful warnings of what the conclusion of an unrepentant lifestyle has in store. At least that’s what four hours with Electronic Arts’ Dante’s Inferno has taught me. In unraveling what many believe is one…
By Brian Crecente Published January 29, 2010 -
UncategorizedBattlefield Heroes Recruits Vampires & Werewolves After The Twilight
When night falls in the free-to-play shooter Battlefield Heroes, out come the creatures of the night with the addition of new vampires and werewolves to the web-based multiplayer shooter. Ripped from today’s young adult fiction—or, if you prefer, a handful of Underworld films and decades of fantasy—the Battlefield Heroes war takes a turn for the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Did You Spend Your January Gaming Dollars?
I’m looking for breakdowns of how you spent money on video games in January, including digital purchases, trade-ins, eBay sales and so on. If you have all the specifics, e-mail me with the subject line “My January Gaming Dollars.” This is for a future Kotaku project. I will not make the information public without your…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Global Agenda Is Go
Hi-Rez Studios has launched the head-start program for its massively multiplayer online shooter, Global Agenda, and so far nothing has exploded! Granted it’s only been online for about an hour, but things are moving smoothly for the dozens of soldiers, handful of scouts, couple of robotics, and one medic that are playing currently. I may…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s A Dante’s Inferno Combat Montage
If you want to get a good idea of how Dante handles the minions of hell in EA’s Dante’s Inferno, you’ll need a montage – a Dante combat montage. Behold Dante’s lightning-fast moves, looking much better in this video than they did in the demo I played on the Xbox 360. As I was watching…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Split/Second Preview: Happy With Second Place
I can be happy in second place, happier in third. At least if I’m playing Disney and Black Rock’s upcoming racing game Split Second. Having seen the trailers and read our earlier impressions of Split Second I was excited to finally try the other one of 2010’s action racing games (Blur’s the other). We’ve gone…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Another Impossible Preview
The people who showed me the upcoming Xbox 360 port of role-playing game Risen this week told me their game could be sped through in 30 hours, savored in 90. But to check it out early, I only had one. One can assess the potential of a game you have just an hour to see…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Steam Exploded In 2009
With active users surpassing the 25 million mark and a 205% jump in year over year unit sales, 2009 was an extremely good year for Valve’s Steam service. Valve announced Steam’s spectacular 2009 today, providing plenty of statistics to back it up. Active accounts are up 25% to more than 25 million, with 10 million…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Your StarCraft II Beta System Requirements Are Here [Update – No They’re Not]
Blizzard has released the required and recommended PC system specifications needed to participate in the StarCraft II beta test. Can your system handle the new Zerg Rush? It doesn’t look like PC gamers will have much of a problem running the StarCraft II beta. They give out Intel Pentium IV processors in cereal boxes these…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
HeroCraft Fills The iPad With Majesty
Smartphone developer HeroCraft is bringing Paradox Interactive‘s Majesty series to the iPad, with a belief that the device will “provide the ideal platform for gaming.” Russian developer HeroCraft might be better known right now for its Java mobile phone games, but the team behind such classic titles as Bikini Balls and Erotic Galaxy now sets…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2010