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Krazy Kart Workaround
When Krazy Kart Racing hit the iPhone yesterday it wouldn’t run on some devices. Konami told Kotaku today that they’re hard at work on a patch and shared a quick workaround with us. If you picked up the $8 app and don’t want to wait for the patch to be abke play now, you can…
By Brian Crecente Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
GTA: Chinatown Wars PSP Impressions: Minus The Stylus Strain
Rockstar’s surprise PSP installment to the formerly DS-only Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars made more sense in my hands when I played it late last month at the company’s Manhattan HQ. Finally, I can explain why. Chinatown Wars is the new version of Rockstar’s 2009 return to top-down Grand Theft Auto gaming, rebuilt for Sony’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dreamkiller Preview: What Dreams May Die
Dreamkiller is a sequel to a fan-made sequel of a first-person shooter where the entire point of the game was to kill as much as you could as fast as you could. True to its roots, Dreamkiller has a lot of killing and not a lot of time to do it in. For some, you…
By AJ Glasser Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fighting Fantasy Follow-Up Preview: Fear My Stylus
It’s been a little more than two months since I last saw Fighting Fantasy – the DS action/adventure RPG based on a choose-your-own-adventure book series of the same name. Here’s what’s changed since then. Just in case you missed my last preview, here’s a little history lesson. The Fighting Fantasy books were penned back in…
By AJ Glasser Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Order Of War Preview: Almost Everything Is In Order
Please forgive the author as her headline-writing guy seems to be out of the office at the moment, along with the chick who comes up with puns. Order of War is a World War II strategy game for PC with a slightly different angle than all the other WWII strategy games out there: it’s not…
By AJ Glasser Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lord Of The Rings Online Expands With Siege Of Mirkwood [Update]
The Lord of the Rings Online world expands further this fall, as Turbine unveils the Siege of Mirkwood, a newest expansion pack for the Middle Earth-flavored massively multiplayer online game. Update: Turbine has clarified the pricing of the upcoming LOTRO expansion, writing: “Siege of Mirkwood will have a base price of $19.99. As with Moria…
By Mike Fahey Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Trek Online Opens Closed Beta Hailing Frequencies
Who’s ready to sign up with the United Federation of Planets? Cryptic has launched the registration page for the closed beta testing phase of Star Trek Online. Closed beta – the initial frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Trek Online beta tester. Your continuing mission? To explore strange new worlds; to seek up…
By Mike Fahey Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Remote Control Halo Warhog, Mongoose and Hornets Incoming
Remote Control versions of the M12 Warthog, M274 Mongoose and AV-14 Hornet all go on sale in later this month as Halo 3: ODST hits shelves. RC toy manufacturer NKOK tells us that the new line of Halo remote control toys will be on sale at Toys R Us, GameStop, Walmart Canada, Blockbusters and specialty…
By Brian Crecente Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAX Invades Rock Band Next Week
Relive this weekend’s PAX concerts next week in Rock Band, with a triple dose of Freezepop and a three-pack of PAX songs from Jonathan Coulton, MC Frontalot, and Paul and Storm. The 2009 PAX concerts will ring in our ears long after the weekend is passed thanks to Harmonix, with six songs from PAX artists…
By Mike Fahey Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Penny Arcade Expo 09: Kotaku Has Arrived
Kotaku has arrived in Seattle at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo for a weekend filled with news, interviews, hands-on time with all of the latest games, and enough Seattle’s Best coffee to fell a rhino. Seattle’s Best will definitely figure into the equation, as we’ve flown our two East coast writers over to the West…
By Mike Fahey Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2 Impressions: Jockeys And Swords
I tried two new sections of Left 4 Dead 2 at Valve headquarters on Thursday and found a new best weapon for slaying zombies. I was also looking for enough new material to justify this sooner-than-expected Valve sequel. To my right in a small conference room at Valve was Chet Faliszek. He’s a writer on…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
These dogs are beginning to come off like snobs. But don’t let that deter you. Celebrate the first day of PAX by commenting here about the video games you love and hate. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Your First Word Was…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Sore But I’m not sure. I think he is saying “Dadda”. He may be saying just that, but perhaps he isn’t referring to me. Sounds, he’s making sounds. He’s, what, 8 months old? This might be like those people who see Michael Jackson on potato chips or whatever. Seeing things…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dance Dance Industrial Revolution
As seen on Offworld.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Working On “PC-Lead” Projects
Capcom do a pretty good job getting console games to the PC, but then, those are just ports. Building games specifically for the PC, well, that’s something else. But it’s something they’ll be doing in the next few years, with Capcom’s Christian Svensson telling VG247 “We do have a couple of products in development which…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Fate/Unlimited/Delayed?
Bit of a confusing message on the European PlayStation Blog this week. Fate/Unlimited Codes should be out this week, but a note on the blog says that it’s been delayed to…this week. So hey, it might be there, it might not be. Roll the dice, try your luck! If it’s not there, there’s a new…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
PlayStation Network Gets Its Own Reality Show In ‘The Tester’ Comment by: coyote12 Nominated by: _Hayko LOL QA Testing is a dream job? Maybe for the naive and the slow kids. I like how the industry keeps up the myth that QA leads to better jobs in the industry. Sure is some cases it does…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Best, And Worst, In Wii Box Art
It’s been a turbulent week for Wii box art, with two games – Sin & Punishment 2 and Ju-On: The Grudge – hitting the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. First, the highs! And, yeah, it’s Sin & Punishment’s Japanese box art (via Tiny Cartridge) up top there. It’s classy, in an early-90’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Samurai Warriors Unsheathes Wii Classic Controller
Koei’s Sengoku Musou, known as Samurai Warriors in the West, is coming to the Wii with Sengoku Musou 3. There’s even a special Sengoku Musou 3 Classic Controller bundle. Very nice! Sengoku Musou 3 hack-and-slashes its way onto the Nintendo Wii in Japan this November — November 19, to be exact.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Official Okamiden Screens, Artwork
Scans can get you by in a pinch, but official, proper screenshots are much better if you’re interested in looking at a game. In this case, Capcom’s Okamiden. The first official screenshots and artwork for the game have been released by Capcom Japan today. And here they are!
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2009