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What Are Your Gaming Resolutions?
It’s not Friday. No. It’s New Year’s Eve. Time to drink booze! Oh, and talk. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Your Favourite Indie Xbox Games of 2009
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Indie Games platform isn’t exactly the main draw for the console, but it still has its fans. Let’s see what those fans thought of 2009’s lineup. IndieGames have compiled two lists profiling the highest rated games on the service in both the US and United Kindom. Remember: these aren’t the most popular…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guess You Could Say She’s Popular
A cosplayer and photographers as seen at this year’s Comiket.
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Do Not Jump On This Koopa Troopa!
I repeat, do not. Even though it’s on some human’s bed, do not jump on this Koopa Troopa. Play it, that you may do. Made by a friend of internet person named Virtute, who tried to get a video fo him shredding the Mario theme, but “no cigar”. Sadness! My friend made an electric guitar…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
The King Of Kong Moonlights As The King Of Song
Steve Wiebe, international nice guy and star of the documentary “King of Kong“, doesn’t just sit around all day playing video games. He also writes and records albums. This is his debut album, appropriately titled “The King of Song”. Those expecting a collection of songs dedicated to Donkey Kong and Billy Mitchell’s ties will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bullet Hell Shooter Making Leap to iPhone
Japanese developer Cave has announced it is bringing 2D arcade title Mushihime-sama to the iPhone as Mushihime-sama Gaiden: Bug Panic. The game looks quite different from the original Mushihime games. (Reco seems to be walking and not flying, for example), The object here is to blow up bugs, and chaining is possible. Cave plans to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
So Some Guy Spent Over $300,000 On A Virtual Item
Earlier this year, I bought a house for $360,000. It was a scary investment, yes, but also one that gave me somewhere to live. I just can’t see buying a virtual item for $330,000 being as practical. Buzz Erik Lightyear, a major player in the world of Entropia Online, recently spent that much money on…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Is How Final Fantasy XIII Was Launched In Hong Kong
This December, Final Fantasy XIII didn’t just go on sale in Japan, it also went on sale in Hong Kong, too. Pictures of the event are starting to make the internet rounds — ahoy! Sony Hong Kong held the FFXIII launch event in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay, next to the Sogo department store. There were…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Got Any Gaming Lined Up For New Year’s Eve?
Because I live in the future, in only a few hours I’m off to a new year’s eve party. Where there will be beers, meat, beers, friends and…video games. When we as a fanbase/industry talk about games around the “holiday” season, it’s normally about Black Friday sales. Or the November blockbusters. Or which games you…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 31, 2009 -
UncategorizedModder Makes Remote Play On PS3 A Little More Useful
The prospect of “remote play” – whereby you can play select content from your PS3 on your PSP – is an exciting one, but also one that’s been sadly under-utilised by Sony and developers. Enter the mod scene. This is the PS3 Wireless Visual Interface, by techknott. Which allows you to do anything and everything…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Avatar Pets Flutter Onto Xbox Live
Announced last month, those little Final Fantasy chocobo playthings for your 360 avatar are now being sent out to select Xbox Live users. You need to have “won” one in a Twitter promotion, and you can’t of course actually play with the things, since they’re purely decorative, but hey, for those hanging on every day…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Movie Posters Hijacked, Turned Into Game Posters
Give the kids at Something Awful a brief and directions to employ PhotoShop and they’ll generally come back with something special. Latest example being these movie posters, re-purposed as video game posters. Below are some of the better ones, but there’s plenty more in the OP. Movies with video game names [Something Awful]
By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009 -
UncategorizedSpace Invaders: From Game to Cartoon to Game
It’s Wednesday night. You have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta, your all-Rush mixtape, and, now, this impossibly good Space Invaders clone built on Futurama’s epic “Raiders of the Lost Arcade” vignette from the third season of Futurama. Seven months in development, Shinobi’s Place has released “Invaders! Possibly from Space!” to the wild –…
By Owen Good Published December 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Guy Says He’s Working On DJ Hero 2
A DJ Hero sequel? Hard to believe, given publisher Activision’s fear of sequelizing its games, but one man, French DJ David Guetta has recently said that, yes, DJ Hero 2 is on his plate. Guetta says in a recent report, spotted by Destructoid, that he’s “going to work on the No. 2 version” of DJ…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 30, 2009 -
UncategorizedI Love It When the Force Comes Together
I love Star Wars. I love The A-Team. And, like a chocolate bar that miraculously if accidentally lands in a jar of peanut butter, this video brings both tastes together. This is why you follow Stephen J. Cannell on Twitter. The video’s creator, YouTube’s kalleanka71 apparently is a Swede who enjoys doing these kinds of…
By Owen Good Published December 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 1943 XBLA Goes Cheap On Last Day Of 2009
One of the last deals of the year nets you one of the year’s most enjoyable online shooters. On December 31, Battlefield 1943 will be a mere 600 Microsoft Points, a frugal way to waste away New Year’s Eve! [Twitter]
By Michael McWhertor Published December 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
MAG Goes To Vegas, Won’t Stay In Vegas
Super Street Fighter IV won’t be the only game in town during next week’s CES convention in Las Vegas. Sony’s bringing Zipper Interactive‘s PlayStation 3 shooter MAG to the show, giving fans a chance to rub elbows and shoot bullets. It’s a pretty straightforward affair. You show up, you’re of age, you play some MAG…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
So Now I Have My Own iPhone — What Games Should I Get?
Usually the best gifts we get for the holidays are the ones we buy for ourselves. In my case, this would be an iPhone. Now that I’m in possession of what people are calling the next big portable gaming platform, I need to load it up with games. I’ve got a few in mind so…
By AJ Glasser Published December 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
R.I.P.
To: Ash From: Crecente Today we put our 15-year-old Border Collie, Lucy, to sleep. It was a peaceful, emotional procedure at our house. The death hit Trish especially hard. I adopted Lucy a week or so after Trish moved from Australia to the U.S. to eventually marry me. Trish couldn’t work, didn’t know the area…
By Brian Crecente Published December 30, 2009