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Rumored Mass Effect 2 DLC Plans Sound Massive
BioWare’s purported plans for sci-fi action RPG Mass Effect 2 make the upcoming Xbox 360 and PC game look like a good investment, as rumored downloadable content appears to be expansive enough to dissuade mass trade-ins. According to a report from Destructoid, which cites a retailer-focused Microsoft Expert Zone quiz, Mass Effect 2 will feature…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hideo Kojima A “Huge Fan” Of Twilight, Will Judge Your Fan Art
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is apparently a fan of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, opting in to judge a fan art contest themed around the second entry in the romantic vampire action series, New Moon. That’s according to a release from Japanese artist network pixiv—pretty much the overseas equivalent of deviantArt—which has tapped Kojima,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Which Game Was That Again?
An Amazon review begins: “i got game n kil rat mutate over n over untl bad dude kil me ouch. i like game lot n rats r cool n stuff wen thety mutate n try to kill me daed ouch!” It continues: “It ok to play n shoot bad dude n i get game n…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Triple Shot Of Wallace & Gromit Coming To XBLA
Shunning the traditional notion of episodic release, doled out over weeks, months or even years, Microsoft and Telltale Games will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade with three times the Wallace & Gromit this Wednesday. That’s right. Three episodes of the comedic adventures of the claymated duo for the price of three. Just all in one…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Refunds Dog Shopping Spree, Grants K9 Gamertag
Two weeks ago we broke the news about Kotaku reader Greg and his amazing, online shopping dog. Today Microsoft told Kotaku that they’ve refunded the money Greg’s dog spent on Xbox Live and have granted the dog his own Gamertag. Here’s the statement sent to Kotaku: “I saw you wrote a story on the guy…
By Brian Crecente Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Behold The Single-Player Fighting Game
Did you know people made single-player fighting games? I played one last week. The Kotaku editorial database indicates that before Kamen Rider is released for the DS this year, Yie Ar Kung Fu may have been the only single-player fighting game ever made. After all, why would anyone make a single-player fighting game? Isn’t that…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet Birthday Costume Is A Piece of Cake
Media Molecule‘s creative PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet is one year old as of last week, so the developer is doing something to celebrate, giving away Sackboy costumes, including one that’s been unavailable for download for the better part of a year. That would be the launch ready Space Suit Sackboy Costume, re-releasing the week of November…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe Prince Of Persia Movie Trailer Covers All The Bases
The official trailer for Disney’s Prince of Persia movie have hit the interwebs, featuring just the right amount of jumping on things and sand. This one could be a winner, folks! This looks to be the same Prince of Persia trailer that AJ last week, with the two lines from Ben Kingsley, Jake Gyllenhaal leaping…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 - Reviews
WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 Review: A Game For Smart People
You can read here a wrestling game review, written by a lapsed wrestling fan (me!). But first, I challenge Flower fans and Ico lovers to find a better gaming subject for their college thesis than Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010. It was my reputation among team Kotaku that got me assigned to reviewing what has proven…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Live Chat with Mike Laidlaw, Lead Designer for Dragon Age: Origins
Mike’s here, and he’s ready to chat. Ask him anything about his work on Dragon Age: Origins. Ready, set…comment! [Bio after the jump.] Mike Laidlaw, lead designer, Dragon Age: Origins, has been with BioWare since 2003 after beginning his career in gaming journalism as a console editor for a popular gaming website. Laidlaw joined BioWare…
By Chrissie Lamond Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
How’d The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
According to Enterbrain, the folks who publish Famitsu magazine, the newest PlayStation Portable sold 28,275 units on its first day on the Japanese market. Good? Bad? Probably somewhere closer to the former. That sales data doesn’t tell us too much about the PSPgo’s reception in Japan, considering Enterbrain only tracked one day, November 1—the platform’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
10 Years Of Asheron’s Call
Can you believe Asheron’s Call is still running 10 years after its November 2nd, 1999 release? Turbine can, and it’s celebrating in style with events throughout the day for the diehard fans still grinding away. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the world of Dereth first opened up to the masses, unless…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Vikings, Dragons, Spaceships, And Street Fighters
Eight new games drop today across Nintendo’s WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare platforms, running the gamut from snapshot editing to the original Street Fighter. Well, a port of the original Street Fighter. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen any games from the TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM hit the Virtual Console, so Capcom’s Fighting Street (800 Wii points)…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Uwe Boll Signing Stuff This Weekend
Now’s your chance! Round up your copies of movies BloodRayne, House of the Dead and Postal and hand them over to Uwe Boll. Don’t be concerned if he hands them back with his autograph on them, you’ll just need to explain you were turning them in for disposal. The infamous boxer/director Boll will be at…
By Brian Crecente Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Zombies Invade London
Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. The horde descended on Tate Modern in London on Saturday, with more than 50 zombies aided by the Viking Hats Zombie…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Magic:The Gathering – Tactics Coming To PC And PS3
Sony Online Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast have teamed up for Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, an online, 3D turn-based strategy game coming to the PC and PlayStation 3 next year. SOE’s fascination with card games finally comes full circle. After years of creating collectible card games based on their popular MMO properties like…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
And the Winner Is…
Voting for our Uncharted 2: Fortune Hunter contest wrapped up Friday night. We’ve tallied the votes and the winner is Rated-G. The runners-up are: Colewheeler, Greyisokay, Trocar-Slush- and Psudonym. Over the weekend Rated-G emailed me to say that even if he did win, he’d rather the top prize go to Colewheeler, which is awfully nice.…
By Brian Crecente Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
One Last Hurrah For Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack
Microsoft is dropping the price of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack for the last week it will be even remotely relevant. Modern Warfare 2 comes out next week, which means there will be a lot less people playing the original game on Xbox Live once it drops. Until then, why…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age Girls Do It With Their Undies On
After getting unfairly reamed in the press over Mass Effect’s brief flash of nudity, BioWare plays it a bit safer in Dragon Age: Origins, with characters having sex the old-fashioned way – in their underwear. You have the option to click play on the video below and completely spoil your sexual experience in Dragon Age:…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009
