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Why Valve Took a Leak(er) Out of Left 4 Dead 2
Speaking to Official Xbox Magazine, Valve’s Chet Faliszek said the Left 4 Dead 2 team came up with a since-discarded special infected called “The Leaker.” He was axed not for doing something disgusting, but predictable. “With The Leaker, the idea was a kind of Boomer that could take damage, and shoot out spouts of goo.…
By Owen Good Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
C-B-S
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Delays Aren’t Necessarily Bad, Yo Busy, busy day what with the sex bots, Tiger woods stuff and our podcast. Did you listen to the podcast? It was a ton of fun and man, the sound difference. I can’t believe the difference a professional sound engineer and studio makes. OK, I…
By Brian Crecente Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Eyes PS3, 360 In 2010 After Losing Big On DS Casual Games
Earlier today, publisher Ubisoft warned that it wasn’t going to have quite the year it was expecting, in part due to big delays, in part due to its efforts on the Nintendo DS and Wii. So it’s changing course. Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft put the blame on Ubisoft’s worse than expected 2009-2010 on “considerable…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Telltale Burninates “Trogday” with Free Game
The banks don’t close to honor Trogdor’s birthday, but the Burninator does get a free downloadable game. Telltale Games is offering the Trogdor-themed episode of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People for free for about the next nine hours. They picked today as “Trogday” because seven years ago the man – I mean, he…
By Owen Good Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bow Down Before Your Mega Man 10 Robot Masters
Japanese monthly CoroCoro Comic has revealed the full roster of evil Robot Masters that will plague the blue bomber in Capcom’s Mega Man 10. Are you ready to find out who is teamed with the stupendeous Sheep Man? If you don’t want to know, don’t look down. Just be content with the knowledge that there…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony Goes Trademark Crazy With Legend Of Kunoichi, Smashbreak & More
Sony Computer Entertainment has filed a quartet of new trademarks that may offer a peek into the PlayStation 3 and PSP maker’s upcoming software plans, including a new ninja game. Of the four new trademarks filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it’s only Legend of Kunoichi that gives us a sense of what…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Frankenreview: Army Of Two: The 40th Day
The assembled game critics team-up to take on EA’s latest co-op shooter in our Army of Two: The 40th Day Frankenreview. Salem and Rios teach us an important lesson about friendship as they make their way through decreasingly scenic, increasingly war-torn Shanghai, adding their bullet-holes and shrapnel to a situation that’s quickly getting out of…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
To-Do In NYC: Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Nintendo Store Event
Because the Nintendo World Store always does their fun event days on weekends, Capcom’s claiming a Saturday later this month for some Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars festivities. The company’s official U.S. blog indicates that the Wii fighting game’s launch will be celebrated with the giving away of swag, the signing of autographs by the…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 2’s Soldier: The Shooter Class
According to lead game designer Christina Norman, “If you love intense shooter combat and carrying way too many guns, when you play Mass Effect 2, you’ll want to play the soldier.” Mass Effect 2 is setting its sights on the Modern Warfare 2 crowd, and the soldier is a class aimed right at that demographic.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Microsoft’s Game-Making Program For Kids Goes To PCs
Last year, Microsoft launched Kodu, a picture-based programming language, on the Xbox 360. It was such a simple programming language that the company made me a game on it in 10 minutes. Now, that platform has come to PCs. As far as I can tell, this might the first game-programming language inspired by a three-year-old…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Reggie: Don’t Count On Wii Successor In The Coming Months
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime shrugs off talk of a new version of or successor to the company’s incredibly popular Wii, saying that the console still has a “very long life in front of it.” According to a report from BusinessWeek, Fils-Aime implied that Nintendo was not planning on revising Wii hardware as analysts…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Speak-Up On Kotaku: An Inconvenient Truth, Death, Swag and Fantasy
Our readers discuss death, customer service, the fantasy genre, and your inconvenience in the first weekly installment of Speak-Up, where what you say matters. Want to be featured? Read on. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cops: Man Promising To Sell World Of Warcraft Characters Cheated Gamers
Florida police have accused a 23-year-old Clearwater resident with taking $760 from at least two people and not providing the World of Warcraft characters he promised in exchange. The Associated Press reports that, in 2008, Christopher Bouffard allegedly accepted the payments from at least two people in exchange for World of a Warcraft characters. But,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Warner Bros. Moves Onto Sesame Street
Warner Bros. has inked a new deal with Sesame Workshop to develop and publish video games based on the Sesame Street license, hopefully bringing more Muppets to an industry deficient on google eyes and felt. It’s been a few years since a Sesame Street video game has graced video game consoles, and it’s about time…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Gaming Helped Create A SexBot’s Skin-Deep Personality
If you can get past the skin-soft silicon, the over-sexualized mouth, the transparent nightie and uncomfortably-separated thighs, Douglas Hines latest invention could offer some interesting insight into the way games interact with people. But there’s no getting around the awkward facts of the former Bell Labs Artificial Intelligence researcher’s creations: Roxxxy and Rocky are a…
By Brian Crecente Published January 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedDragon Age’s Ostagar DLC Is Live, But Isn’t As Good As This
The delayed Return to Ostagar downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins is now available on Xbox Live, but I’d rather have this imaginary DLC, featuring big head mode, Morrigan slapping, and more taint than you can shake a stick at. YouTube user FergusMacpherson created this fantasy DLC trailer using the editor included with the PC…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio: Toll Free, Live and With Gerstmann
It’s a big day for Kotaku Talk Radio, our first broadcasting live from CBS Radio studios in New York. We’ll also have on as a special guest Giant Bomb’s Jeff Gerstmann. Our move to CBS Radio makes Kotaku Talk Radio a featured part of the Chat About It selection of talk shows . The move…
By Brian Crecente Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Next Assassin’s Creed Features Online Multiplayer [UPDATE]
Along with new entries in the Raving Rabbids, Ghost Recon, and Driver series, Ubisoft has revealed that its fiscal year 2010-11 lineup will include a new entry in the Assassin’s Creed series – with online multiplayer. Ubisoft pulled out the big guns today to help make up for the downward financial outlook for fiscal year…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Delays Splinter Cell: Conviction, R.U.S.E.
Previously penciled in for a February release, Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E. have both been postponed into the company’s next fiscal year, with Conviction now due out in April. The delays were announced in a press release today, in which the company revised its fiscal year 2009-10 performance estimates download, citing the delays as…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2010