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UncategorizedNSFW: A Brief Peek At Heavy Rain’s Adult Content
Adult games and games for adults are different. European developer Quantic Dream doesn’t just dream of making games for adults, it is. With upcoming PS3 title Heavy Rain, the developer aims to make the video game equivalent of something like an R rated film — adult characters, adult content. As mentioned previously, some of that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Christmas Eve In Japan — With 2D And Plastic Girlfriends
For Japanese, Christmas dinner is usually chicken and cake. Booze is involved as well. And the more discerning individuals, spend their meals with those closest to them. Alone. These types of photos are very much a Japanese internet meme — people showing their Christmas meal and female characters with whom they are eating. They’re more…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Games Released In 2009 Than In 2008
You’d think the one-two punch of a global economic crisis and a string of delays would mean 2009 saw less game releases than 2008, but no. Oh no. Instead, according to Electronic Entertainment Design and Research, the number of games released this year increased. In 2008, 1092 titles reached a retail shelf in the United…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Fancy Street Fighter Clothing
Triumvir, who last year brought us a range of snazzy Street Fighter clothing, are back for 2010 with a whole new line, again going with the “dress like a Shadaloo foot soldier” theme. In theory, you could outfit yourself head-to-toe in a Shadaloo uniform, as there are caps, beanies, shirts, jackets and even jeans on…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gold, Diamond-Covered PS3 Needs A Price Cut
Let’s say the world’s most expensive Wii doesn’t appeal to you. You figure, “If I’m paying $300,000 for a console, the least it can do is play Blu-Ray”. So you instead focus on the world’s most expensive PS3. Made by the same guy, it’s covered in gold, emblazoned with 58 diamonds, and costs around $320,000.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
2009 In Review: Motion-Control Gaming Grabs The Spotlight
In the dark, distant future, when people write about the history of video games and get to the part labelled “2000-2010”, they’ll note one thing: 2009 was the beginning of the end for the control pad. Not that it’ll go away any time soon; indeed, as I’ve said, I think the humble d-pad-and-buttons-thing has a…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Year, NSFW
Every year has its moments suitable for framing. Here, our look back at 2009 presents the ones meant for stuffing under your mattress: It’s Kotaku’s Year NSFW, which, as the title implies, is NSFW. Bayonetta’s Got It, Flaunts It: Without a doubt, Bayonetta was the high-amp vamp of gaming in 2009, and she hasn’t even…
By Owen Good Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Twenty Best-Rated Games Of The Decade
Lost slightly amidst all this “end of year” review business is the fact this is also the end of the decade. Which means it’s time to take a look back and what the best games of 2000-2009 were. According to review aggregation site Metacritic, the top twenty games of the past ten years are…well, pretty…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2009 -
UncategorizedA Nomination For Coolest Game Developer Of The Year
This is Uber Entertainment‘s Aung Zaw Oo an animator and man of… other talents. Great, yet another game developer who eats potato chips. Oh, and he can juggle. And sit in a chair. But look at how he does it! You may remember Aung Zaw Oo, who goes by AZO, from April, when he posted…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2 Now Officially Supports Custom Campaigns
Valve’s gift to the Left 4 Dead 2 customization community has arrived with the release of official campaign authoring tools and add-on support. You want to play custom campaigns of your own or someone else’s creation? Go nuts. The Left 4 Dead 2 authoring tools include support for AI Director logic for variable level layouts…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pac-Man Getting the Fighter Treatment?
In Europe, Namco Bandai has trademarked something called “Pac-Man: Battle Royale,” which sounds less like a reboot or remake of a pellet-chomper, and more along the lines of Tekken with ghosts. That’s straight-up speculation. Siliconera hazarded the guess when it found the registration, and it sounds good to me, if only because it sounds better…
By Owen Good Published December 23, 2009 -
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Robin Williams On The Wii
If you ever wanted to know how Academy Award winner Robin Williams feels about the Nintendo Wii, we can’t help you. We can just direct you to this one bit of comedy wherein he mentions it. It’s right at 6:44 in that video. The rest of it is pretty hilarious, too, though. Fans of Williams…
By AJ Glasser Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Games For My Break
To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Look What I Caught This Weekend! My month or so of Day Notes comes to an end. I’m starting vacation really soon. Tonight, in theory, though some posts of mine will magically appear for a couple more days. Thanks, Ash and friends for writing back to me after each and…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 2 Adds Double The Cash, 100% More Santa Hats
We love the holidays, if only for events like Naughty Dog‘s holiday themed Uncharted 2: Among Thieves weekend self-promotion, in which gamers will get double the experience cash for doing something they’d normally do anyway. But it’s also attractive for the option of placing Santa hats on Nathan Drake, a timely nod I’ve been a…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Drunk Scot Woman Stabs Teen in Xbox Argument
Whoa, whoa, whoa, lady. When I said, “try safe, effective, fast-acting kick his ass,” for video game-playing kids who won’t listen, I did not mean “ventilate his abdomen with a kitchen knife.” Authorities say a 13-year-old Scottish boy was stabbed by his 55-year-old babysitter after he refused to stop playing his Xbox (original or 360,…
By Owen Good Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scribblenauts Creator Talks About Controls, Console Ports & More On Kotaku Podcast
Did you miss today’s live call in version of Kotaku Talk Radio? Me too! I was fast asleep during today’s show, but thankfully the hour-long podcast with special guest Jeremiah Slaczka of 5th Cell fame is now available for download. In today’s episode, our podcast steering host Stephen Totilo and Jeremiah Slaczka, one of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioShock 2 Multiplayer Lobby Preview: Yes, The Lobby
The multiplayer mode of BioShock 2 isn’t just supposed to be a fun activity for multiple gamers. It’s supposed to be a prequel to the first BioShock. A prequel told through multiplayer? How absurd, I thought, before entering its lobby. Let it be known that I have ventured no further into BioShock 2’s first-person guns-and-superpowers…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Quake Live Gets Festive, Vixen-Filled For Holidays
Fans of Quake Live‘s brand of free web-based fragging can enjoy some Santa-style gib giving over the next few weeks, as the online shooter offers a Christmas-themed update in the form of a new map and new skins. The “Silent Night” Capture the Flag arena—described as “a slightly re-worked version of an arena from Team…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 23, 2009