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Fight Night Has a Message for You Spammers
Fight Night Round 4‘s next DLC delivers four fighters, rivalry matchups, and “old-school rules,” which I assume means a brain-pulping 15 rounds. Its next patch release will tire the hell out of your boxer if you don’t fight smart. Continuous punching, weaving and haymakers all have higher endurance cost, spamming your block ruins your ability…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Format Gaffe Prevents PS3 Owners from Playing Dragon Age Soundtrack
Those who bought the Dragon Age: Origins Collector’s Edition for PS3 cannot access the bonus soundtrack. The disc is Blu-Ray and the music’s mp3, so a PC won’t play the former and the PS3 is unable to see the latter. Let me clarify: A PS3 won’t access the mp3 files from a Blu-Ray disc. PS3s…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Their Bodies, Our Games
That picture above poses an interesting question to Massively’s Seraphina Brennan. Why, she wonders, is the knee-jerk reaction to get bent out of shape about a buxom, indiscreetly clothed woman in a video game, but not a ripped, stripped-to-the-waist man? Second Correction: Seraphina Brennan is in fact the transgendered identity of the writer and is…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cover Athletes: Putting More Than a Name Into a Game
Michael Phelps might have been on a Wheaties box. It doesn’t mean he advised General Mills on how to make the cereal taste better. But that’s also the role Evan Longoria, the newly minted Silver Slugger and Gold Glover from Tampa Bay, takes on as the cover man for MLB 2K10, an endorsement announced this…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekend Coupons: Black Saturday
Not all of the deals this weekend are doorbusters designed to get you to a brick-and-mortar location. If your butt remains fused to the living room couch, you can still get some value-added shopping done thanks to Kotaku Weekend Coupons. Hardware • The 120GB 360 Elite bundle that includes PURE and Lego Batman is yours…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: Weekend Edition
Some Saturdays I feel like I should start my shift with NPR’s Weekend Edition theme and the dulcet vocals of its host, Mr. Scott Simon (pictured). We weekend shift guys need to stick together, you know. This weekend after Thanksgiving might find you indulging in a long breakfast or a colossal mug of overpriced coffee,…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
New King Of Fighters Figure Bares (Almost) All
Need something to wash the taste of that movie trailer out of your mouths, KoF fans? How about this new Vanessa figure. Yes, Vanessa. Not Mai. Vanessa. Who seems to have lost all her buttons. This figure, by A-Label, will be out next year in Japan. It stands at around 30cm high, and you should…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Much Do You Game During The Holidays?
You ready to talk? I’m ready to talk. Let’s 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 know oodles about us –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Aliens vs Predator Multiplayer Trailer
You know, this is the first time I stopped thinking of this as “some game due next year” and “oh, another Aliens game”, and started thinking “oh man, it’s an AvP game made by Rebellion, that’s so great”. I then started thinking “what are these writers doing in an advertisement for an unreleased game?”, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Why Mario Is In So Many Darn Games… Explained! Comment by: Karth is Ego Tripping Nominated by: (Human) Gyaruson Dial M For Mario” Danish Group Asks You To “Hit The Bitch” Comment by: omgwtflolbbqbye Nominated by: Showmeyomoves! I think the game is glitched. I beat (tee hee) the game last night and my dinner still…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta’s BlazBlue, Virtua Fighter Cameos
With all that hair-twirling, face-kicking and PVC-wearing, Bayonetta would be a perfect fit for a traditional fighting game. Hence these dream (emphasis on the dream) scenarios. The first, above, is from a recently-released Bayonetta theme for the 360, which has a Virtua Fighter arcade cabinet lurking in the background. And on its screen? Yup, Bayonetta…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 27, 2009 -
UncategorizedNew King of Fighters Movie Trailer (With Swords!)
It seems The King of Fighters now has lots of sword fighting. In another dimension. There’s something about destroying the universe, too. The King of Fighters Promo Trailer, Starring Ray Park and Maggie Q [/Film]
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
You May Not Like Where Command & Conquer Is Headed
Jon Van Caneghem, EA’s new head of all things Command & Conquer, has grand plans for the future direction of the series. Plans die-hard fans of C&C may be interested/horrified to hear. See, Van Caneghem is a big supporter of things like “games as service”, and online delivery. Which makes him a good fit for…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Toilet Water is Coming Soon
What? What?! That’s what “eau de toilet toilette,” means, right? Oh, fine, it’s perfume, specifically a fragrant homage to Final Fantasy XIII, and it’ll be available a month after the game’s release in North America. The 50 ml bottle of “Lightning,” inspired by the character of the same name, will cost 7,140 yen or about…
By Owen Good Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Splinter Cell Conviction To Co-op Once Again
Ubisoft won’t let Splinter Cell fans fond of cooperative multiplayer down with Sam Fisher’s upcoming adventure. Splinter Cell Conviction is reported to have some form of co-op as well as a “new mode” that should be revealed shortly. CVG cites PC Zone as the source of that cooperative multiplayer reveal, also pointing out that Conviction…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Is What “Toned-Down” Looks Like In Dead To Rights
When I first got a look at Dead to Rights: Retribution, I had to ditch a whole plate of food lest I upchuck in front of the producer at a Namco Bandai event. If the level of violence I witnessed back then has been “toned down” in this developer diary hosted by Character Art Manager…
By AJ Glasser Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Black Friday In Photos
Black Friday still has a few hours left to go, but here’s a look at how it’s going in several California GameStop and Best Buy locations. You’ll notice a lack of insanity and mobbing in the check-out lines. We’ll wait ’til the numbers come in before declaring it a tame Black Friday, though, and maybe…
By AJ Glasser Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
We’re Up To Our Elbows In Splatterhouse Screens, Blood
Call me cautiously optimistic about the new Splatterhouse, despite the developer switcheroo and year-long delay for the re-imagining of the arcade and Turbografx classic. New screens from Namco Bandai keep me cautiously optimistic. Despite some of the character design choices—that Terror Mask isn’t doing anything for me and, Rick, please pull up your shorts—I’ve long…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo DSi LL Grabs XL Hardware Sales In Japan
The Nintendo DSi LL, having officially launched in Japan this past week, has outsold everything else to the tune of 100,000-plus units, adding a “wine red” slice to the weekly Japanese hardware chart. Welcome, wine red. After giving up pie chart real estate to Sony for the past few weeks, the ninth hardware platform on…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009