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Why Do You Think Some Games Are Hard?
Hello, you. Yes you. 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 – more than you even…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band 3 Will Teach You How To Play Proper Music
In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison – son of former Beatle George Harrison – has revealed that he’s not only working on Rock Band 3, but that it’s going to take the series in a new direction. The fact he mentions a third Rock Band should surprise only those who wake up…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tales Of Vesperia Is Wii Bound?!
Popular Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama appears to have leaked the news that Namco Bandai role-playing-game Tales of Vesperia is Wii-bound. Ooops! On his official blog, the actor writes, “Tales of Vesperia is coming out on one thing after another: Xbox 360, then PS3, and now upcoming, goes on sale even on the Wii. More…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
What It’s Like To Live Where Games Are Criminalized
Twenty-six year-old gamer Guido Núñez-Mujica lives in Venezula, where the government has passed a new law that in effect criminalizes video games. “These games are a cherished part of my life,” Núñez-Mujica writes over at website Boing Boing, “they helped to shape my young mind, they gave me challenges and vastly improved my English, opening…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trials Dev Pirated Its Own Game to Drive Interest
RedLynx, the developer of the well received downloadable title Trials, said that it seeded pirate torrent sites with neutered copies of the game in order to stoke interest in the title. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Tero Virtala, the RedLynx CEO, said that the pirated version his team sent out did not include leaderboard support, which Virtala…
By Owen Good Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
God Of War PS2 vs God Of War PS3
The upcoming God of War Collection for the PS3 boasts remastered editions of two of the PS2’s finest games. But just how remastered are they? Bitmob sat down, screengrabber at the ready, and found out, posting a ton of shots directly comparing the two versions. As you can see, the PS2 version looks a little,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Germany’s Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
Australia isn’t the only nation receiving a powercleaned version of Left 4 Dead 2. Germany, no doubt because of the killerspiele hysteria, has a similarly sanitized demo. But guess what, it also runs 40 percent faster. PC Games Hardware benchmarked both the uncut Left 4 Dead 2 and the censored German demo using to a…
By Owen Good Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Kane & Lynch 2 Has A Very NSFW Level
Eidos sequel to the 2007’s Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, likely titled Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days and likely teased in this fascinating but brief video, may be giving your eyeballs more Kane and Lynch than you bargained for. According to a potentially spoiler-filled e-mail—yes, spoiler alert in effect!—from a regularly reliable tipster, Messrs.…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Calling Preview: Ju-on, Take Two
Halloween might be long gone for 2009, but Japanese horror is fashionable all year round. Or at least Hudson hopes to make it so with Calling. As the name suggests, there’s an awful lot of cell phone usage in the horror/adventure game. During a demo given to games journalists by the Japanese director, a poor…
By AJ Glasser Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Version of Dragon Age Patched, Explained
The PC version of Dragon Age: Origins got a 1.01 patch not 72 hours after release; lead designer Mike Laidlaw jumped onto BioWare’s forums to explain its necessity. First, the changes, according to BioWare: • Fixed potential corruption of character statistics • Fixed portrait appearance sliders when importing a character from the downloadable Character Creator…
By Owen Good Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rooms Preview: Sliding Under The Fun Fence
If the puzzles of the Professor Layton games and the moody, noir setting of 2005’s Hotel Dusk could somehow mate and produce offspring, Rooms would be it. In this moody puzzle game, players take the role of a mysterious person invited to a mysterious birthday party in a mysterious building. Sensing a theme here? What…
By AJ Glasser Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Smash TV “Will Rise Again” Says Co-Creator
Midway’s seminal twin-stick shooter Smash TV, the bloody, futuristic game show arcade game of yore, may be getting a proper update from Midway. And the guy saying that’s in a position to know. Mark Turmell, programmer on the original Smash TV and its spin-off Total Carnage, says on the RetroGaming with Racketboy podcast that Midway,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wiiwaa Trailer Shows Updated Oral Insertion
Wii game Wiiwaa, highlighted earlier this week, is all about puppet-waggling, a concept from Sweden’s Zoink Games. If you caught the previous video, involving sticking Wii Remotes in private puppet places, note that this one is easier to swallow. Like we said last time, Wiiwaa looks interesting as a concept—at the very least from a…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Volcano!
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I Would Like A Burrito Please Wow, lots of originals, lots of news and previews today. Busy, busy day for a Friday. I also managed to sneak out for an hour to go watch my son’s Science Fair project at the school over lunch. He wowed everyone by packing dye,…
By Brian Crecente Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Notebook Dump: Mass Effect 2’s New Helpers, A Failed Quest And More [UPDATE]
There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? Dragon Age Bugs: Fahey mentioned in his review of Dragon Age: Origins that his PlayStation 3 version of the game had a bug that blocked him from completing the game.…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA’s MMA Gets It On With “Premier League” Strikeforce
EA Sports may not have the UFC license, but it does have Strikeforce. The publisher of the very descriptively titled EA Sports MMA announced the mixed martial arts promoters as one of the game’s “premier” leagues. Not only is EA Sports getting the Strikeforce brand, it’s getting some of its talent. That includes commentary team…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
NetFlix In Action on the Playstation 3
This week Netflix started mailing out the disc needed for Playstation 3 owners to use the movie and television streaming service on their consoles. Here’s a quick look at how the service works on the console once you get the disc. For now, you’ll have to pop the disc in to access the Netflix service…
By Brian Crecente Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 Navigates A Sea Of Second-Guessers
Incensed politicians, angry fans, boycotting retailers: What might be the biggest video game launch in history has more than its share of controversy. But in the eye of the contentious hurricane that swirls around the upcoming launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, developer Infinity Ward appears unfazed. “It’s very exciting,” said Infinity Ward’s…
By Brian Crecente Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo 3 ODST Motorcyle Helmet Perfect For Headshot Protection
While our cats have been enjoying the comfort of Halo helmets for years now, the human market is sadly underserved. At least one human will be well protected, thanks to this Halo 3 ODST motorcycle helmet. MotorcyleNews.com has concept shots of the X-Lite X-802 helmet fashioned in the Halo 3 ODST style, set to be…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Waypoint Will Be What You Make Of It
Yesterday 343 Industries released Halo Waypoint, the Xbox 360 destination for all things Halo. Kotaku spoke to Halo franchise executive producer Josh Holmes about how fans will help determine the direction Waypoint takes. Josh Holmes has been in the industry for around 15 years. He was part of the EA Canada exodus that formed Propaganda…
By Mike Fahey Published November 6, 2009