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Shoko Nakagawa Gives Away Some of Her Xbox 360 Games
At a recent event, popular Japanese idol and Pokémon songstress Shoko Nakagawa gave away a stack of Xbox 360 games — games that she owned. “I’ll giving away a set of Xbox 360 games I haven’t played yet,” the idol blogged. The games she gave away were Lost Odyssey, Fable II, Gears of War, Viva…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
iDOLM@STER Toy Buying iNS@NITY
The latest cute big-headed Nendoroid series is Namco pop idol sim franchise iDOLM@STER. Earlier week the second entry in the Nendorid iDOLM@STER line went on sale with a single set priced at ¥6,000. Here, someone bought 29 sets for a grand total of ¥174,000 (US$1,842). Maybe this individual is planning on selling them off if…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
GayGamer’s Pic with ‘Booth Bear’ Cops 2nd in ‘Lust’ Promo
GayGamer.Net’s PixelPoet had a novel response to the “Sin to Win” fiasco at Comic-Con – send a shot of himself with a burly booth dude. Turns out he got runner-up. For the same-sex picture, taken at PAX last year, he won a prize package that included a limited-edition T-shirt and a voucher good for $240…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
THQ Boss Says Project Natal Will Be Out In 2010
Microsoft have never commented on a release date for Project Natal. Well, not without withdrawing it. But Brian Farrell, boss of publisher THQ, has no such qualms. Speaking during his company’s earnings get-together earlier today, Farrell – presumably speaking with some degree of knowledge on the subject, what with his company making games for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Therapist Wants Free Warcraft, Swears He’s Providing Addiction Counseling
Dr. Richard Graham, a London-based psychiatrist, is so concerned about MMO addiction that he plans to provide “in-game therapy” for those hopelessly lost in the virtual world. Oh, and, he’d like Blizzard to give up some free logins. The Telegraph of London talked to Dr Graham, who plans by the end of the year to…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Getting Blue, Red Controllers
While Japan has a few different PS3 colours to choose from, Americans are stuck with…black. Oh, and a silver controller. But only until October, because in October, there’ll be two new controller shades to choose from. Those shades are “Deep Red” and “Metallic Blue”, both of which you’ve seen before as PSP colours. Sony’s red…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Comic-Con 2009: Revenge Of The Round Up
Just in case you missed some of our exhaustive Comic-Con coverage this year, we’ve collected the dozens of stories we wrote before, during and after the show. Somewhat unbelievably, we’re not done just yet. We still have a few more interviews to write up, nuggets to unearth and Comic-Con related things to vent about. Read…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Talk Abruptly Ends Gearbox Interview
Gearbox’s top dog, Randy Pitchford, talked about Borderlands and whatnot for five minutes, then someone asked about rumors of Halo 4 and Pitchford’s reaction was enough to freak the PR-mans. Borderlands forms the crux of the chat, then comes a curveball question to the CEO at 5:09 of this video – “Oh, we nearly forgot!…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Vids
Didn’t get enough Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 at Comic Con? Don’t worry — we’ve got a trio of videos for you right here. First up is the demo trailer with your standard dramatic music and character close-ups of fan favorites like Wolverine, Captain America and Iron Man. Next is a Penance vignette video, which I…
By AJ Glasser Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Shadow Complex Was Inspired By Super Metroid (And Never Looked Back)
Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is due to land on Xbox Live Arcade this summer, a two-dimensional adventure that’s unabashedly inspired by Nintendo’s Metroid series, only rendered in 3D—pretty much exactly what Metroid and Castlevania fans regularly demand. So why did Chair opt to pursue a Metroid-style adventure for its second Live Arcade title? We sat…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Update Preview Invites Going Out Now
Get thee to an e-mail inbox, Kotaku reader, as invites for the “2009 Xbox Live Update Preview” have been going out to those who opted in to the early look at new changes to the Xbox 360 dashboard. Those updates include things like Netflix movie party sessions, Games On Demand via Xbox Live, interface tweaks…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta Box Art Has A Big Full Moon
Sega has released what looks to be the final box art for PlatinumGames’ Bayonetta. Like each of the game’s trailers, the Bayonetta box art features prominent mooning, a little yin and yang, and a reminder that Bayonetta outdoes double-wielding. Too bad the game was recently pushed back in North America, because it was one of…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
THQ Expanding UFC Beyond PS3 & 360, Expects Console Price Cuts
UFC 2009 Undisputed has done great things for THQ’s bottom line, with 2.9 million copies sold making for a profitable quarter. Logically, the publisher plans to expand its MMA offerings to platforms that aren’t the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. THQ spoke of its plans to bring the UFC license to the Wii and unspecified…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dollars From Heaven
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Today’s Delicious Snack? Dinosaur Boogers I spent my 39th birthday doing what I like best: Writing for Kotaku. Just for fun I strapped my and Trish’s laptops to my bike and we headed down to the local bookstore to hang-out and drink coffee while I worked on Kotaku and she…
By Brian Crecente Published July 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedFirst Footage Of Clank’s ‘A Crack In Time’ Gameplay
Insomniac Games debuted new footage of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time at this year’s Comic-Con, showing off some of the time-shifting, cooperative single-player gameplay starring Ratchet’s sidekick Clank. That video is now available for everyone else. Not only does it show off the helpful narration of Insomniac’s creative director Brian Allgeier, it…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Origins Xbox 360 Hands-On: Have You Considered The PC Version?
BioWare brought the console version of Dragon Age: Origins to Comic-Con, our first opportunity to go hands-on with the game we’d seen in many hands-off demos and always on the PC. The experience was impressive, save for one negative. The Xbox 360 we sidled up to running a playable Dragon Age: Origins featured an already…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Peter Jackson: Halo Game “No Longer Happening”
At Comic-Con last week, Lord of the Rings director and never-to-be Halo movie producer Peter Jackson told Joystiq he was no longer making a Halo game. The Jackson project had been announced in September 2006 but never a screenshot nor gameplay detail was released in the three years since. The proposed Halo movie which Jackson…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedPS3’s EyePet Hits This Holiday, We Take It For a Virtual Walk
Here, in the dulcet tones of our very own Stephen Totilo, is a narrated glimpse at the EyePet, the Playstation 3’s camera-based augmented reality… pet? These two videos show the beta version of the game which is being shown off today in New York. The game is set for a holiday release, Sony Computer Entertainment…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
NPR Takes On Six Days In Fallujah
NPR revisits the controversy behind Atomic Games‘ Six Days in Fallujah once again, presenting a strong argument in favor of the release of the “game-amentary.” The usual suspects line up in favor of the game, with Atomic Games’ boss Peter Tamte and retired Marine Captain Read Omohundro explaining that the game is meant to inform…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trophy Support For Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Will Precede Tatooine
The PlayStation 3 version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, released last September will receive a patch for Trophy support, a LucasArts rep told Kotaku yesterday. The Trophy patch will be issued prior to the release of the next downloadable level for the game, one set on Tatooine and introducing Boba Fett to the game’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009