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  More Erotic Game Websites Block Foreign Access

  The big erotic game trend these days? Block foreign access of your website. Why? Because foreigners have been making a big deal about ero games. Joining the likes of PC developer Minori, Yuzusoft’s website sends up a standard 403 forbidden to those trying to access the page outside of Japan. And while the VisualArts Visual…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2009
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  No LAN Play For Starcraft II

  One of the reasons Starcraft is still such a big hit at LAN parties is that, like most “older” PC titles, it supports multiplayer over a local network. Starcraft II will do no such thing. A Blizzard rep has told Kotaku: We don’t currently plan to support LAN play with StarCraft II, as we are…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2009
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  Behind the Scenes of Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li

  Remember that Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li movie? Sorry to hear that. We had expunged it from our brain until we saw these clips. Time to share! These clips are hitting the internets to help promote the movie’s DVD release. The home version includes bonus footage, commentary and a full-length comic movie “Street Fighter…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2009
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  Captain Blood Preview: Errol Flynn He Ain’t — But He’ll Do

  The popularity of pirates is waning as the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise gives way to Twilight and Harry Potter – but Captain Blood aims to cash in on the tail end of the pirate craze. Loosely based on the Rafael Sabatini books that spawned an Errol Flynn movie and possibly a 2011 remake by…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 29, 2009
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  Three Things We Weren’t Allowed To Photograph At Blizzard HQ

  During our visit to Blizzard’s headquarters, we were given a tour of the developer’s campus, a massive office complex that houses a giant Orc statue, an employee-only library filled with nerdy reference, and plenty of things kept top secret. Our guided tour through the halls of Blizzard took us through the mundane—the company’s fitness center—to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009
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  WoW Players Can Soon *Gasp* Change Sides

  If you’re a WoW player, you’re one of two things. You’re Alliance, or you’re Horde. That’s it. That’s where the line is drawn. Or…it was. Pretty soon, that won’t matter anymore. Blizzard have begun work on a new service that will let players switch sides. Alliance to Horde. Or Horde to Alliance. Whichever way you…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2009
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  Dreamkiller Impressions: “Emotional Painkiller” Doesn’t Sound As Cool

  Dreamkiller is a first-person shooter starring a “punk rock chick psychologist” who projects herself into her patients’ dreams to cure their psychotic behavior by killing their nightmares. Sound familiar? If it does and you’re not thinking of the anime, Paprika, it’s likely because Dreamkiller sounds a lot like Painkiller. Painkiller you might remember is that…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 29, 2009
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  Want Serious Sam HD On Your PS3? You Better Speak Up

  Developer Croteam is bringing Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD to Xbox Live Arcade this summer and, eventually, the PC. But what about the other platform capable of handling the seriousness of this first-person shooter, the PlayStation 3? Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric tells G4 that there was a PlayStation 3 version planned, but the developer…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009
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  Rolando Being Pulled From App Store [Update]

  Rolando is, at the moment anyways, the perfect example of how to do an iPhone game right. Anyone who hasn’t yet sampled its delights may want to hurry, though, as the game’s about to be yanked from the App Store. With the game’s sequel Rolando 2 due out this week (July 1), publishers Ngmoco want…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2009
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  Texas to Texas

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Let’s Try Shiso Pepsi! This morning we left El Paso, after spending the weekend with my mom and step-dad there, and Trish drove us across a chunk of the state to Fort Worth, Texas. We’re going to be spending a day in the city looking around before heading out for…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 29, 2009
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  PlayStation 3 Bundles Don’t Get Any More Precious Than This

  If you don’t already have a PlayStation 3 and your heart isn’t a deep, deep black, consider Best Buy’s current offer, featuring one of the better value-added bundles, featuring both Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet and Pixar’s Wall-E on Blu-ray. That makes the actual hardware somewhat of a steal, considering these are two must have (or at…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009
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  Pachter: Used Games Sales At 100 Million Annually In U.S., Not A Threat

  Gaming’s most-quoted financial analyst shared some unconventional wisdom about used games today. In a 210-page annual report about the state of the gaming industry that begins with him thanking Kotaku and other websites for “keeping us on our toes and always asking us to think about the industry in real-time,” Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 29, 2009
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  Fable III “Confirmations” Come From The Darndest Places

  Is Lionhead working on Fable III? In some capacity, almost definitely. Considering the success of Fable II, not developing a third game in the series would be throwing money away. But we didn’t expect this kind of Fable III “confirmation.” So who’s mentioning Fable III now? The New York Times, which is typically not wrong…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009
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  Chinese Gov’t Tries To Officially Ban Gold Farming

  Friday, the Chinese government attempted to address the reported $500 million gold farming industry, said to employ some 400,000 workers, in the form of a ruling on the exchange of “virtual currency” for real world cash. Officially, China’s Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Commerce said that in-game monies “will only be allowed to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009
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  MJ Loved MK

  Add Mortal Kombat to the video games Michael Jackson was into. The recollections of the recently-deceased pop star continue to make the rounds in the media. And video games have gotten another mention, even though we weren’t asking this time. Author Paul Theroux recalls in today’s U.K. Telegraph a phone call the writer had with…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 29, 2009
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  This Week’s Wii Rock Band 2 Update Is A Lovely Potpourri

  The Wii version of Rock Band 2 now has access to nearly 350 downloadable music tracks, thanks to this week’s rich update, full of Pearl Jam, Mission of Burma, The Offspring and more. Sixteen new tracks will be available for download via Rock Band 2‘s in-game music store starting tomorrow, including new singles from Harvey…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009
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  Carmack: Just About Everything id Makes Coming To iPhone

  Doom Resurrection and Wolfenstein 3D Classic are only the beginning for id Software on the iPhone, with everything from Wolfenstein RPG to the upcoming Rage making their way to Apple’s platform. As a matter of fact, Wolfenstein RPG has been completed for quite some time. As id’s John Carmark explains it, his excitement over getting…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 29, 2009
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  Video Game Question For The Advice Columnist

  An eight-year-old boy’s parents are concerned about the violent games enjoyed by their son’s friend, who often invites their son over. They don’t want to nix the friendship, ban gaming during visits or question the other parents. What to do? The Chicago Tribune’s advice columnist had the following advice on Sunday: Sooner or later, raising…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 29, 2009
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  Kotaku Joins The Bonus Round To Chat About The Future Of Game Controls

  Last Friday, we sat down with GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Shane Satterfield and Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter to discuss the future of video game interfaces, from the Wii Vitality Sensor to Microsoft’s Project Natal. Someone taped it! In part one of our Bonus Round discussion, Keighley, Pachter, Satterfield and I touch on the Xbox 360’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009
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  First New Rock Band Unplugged DLC Hits

  A rather nice variety of tracks make up the first batch of new DLC for Rock Band Unplugged since launch, with Stone Temple Pilots, Mötley Crüe, Avenged Sevenfold, and Dream Theater getting the Frequency treatment. The downloadable song grand total for Rock Band Unplugged rises from ten to fourteen today, with the introduction of four…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 29, 2009