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The Mortal Kombat / NBA Jam Crossover We Never Saw
While Midway have been consigned to the dustbin of history, in the early 1990’s, they were gods. Largely because of two games: NBA Jam & Mortal Kombat. Two games that, for all their success, never came together. But they could have! Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has today revealed some artwork for a proposed crossover…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioShock Action Figures Ready To Set Bees Upon Comic-Con
A few weeks back, toy-makers NECA announced a line of BioShock figures, which we didn’t post because without pics, the announcement meant nothing. Now that there’s pics, though, well, that’s another story! Due to be officially unveiled at Comic-Con, there’s currently a few figures scheduled: a Big Sister, a Little Sister, a Splicer and a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
The 2nd Most Popular Platform For Skype In Japan Is…
Skype is a wonder. It’s allows users to connect via the internet phone for free. The mass majority of people in Japan use the computer for Skype, sure. Let’s see what numero two choice is. Japan’s RealWorld RealResearch polled slightly over one thousand of its members: 63.5 percent were male, 8.1 percent were teenagers, 17.5…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2 Has New Zombies, New Items
Left 4 Dead 2 isn’t exactly like Left 4 Dead 1. It’s set during the day, for starters. Oh, and it has new zombies. And new items to help you kill those zombies. One of the new zombies is the “Spitter”, who sits back and lobs spit at you. This spit inflicts damage around the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pokemon Anime Makes It Into Guinness Record Book
Even before the latest Pocket Monsters movie opened in Japan, it was already a hit — so much so that the anime has earned a place in the Guinness Book. Pokémon: Arceus To The Conquering of Space-Time is the world record holder for the animated motion picture with the most advance ticket sales. Before it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Go Looking For Gears Of War With Natal Controls
Microsoft’s motion control platform doesn’t look like it’s going to find its way into future Gears of War games — at least according to the game’s designer, Cliff Bleszinski. On Major Nelson’s podcast, the game designer explained, “If there’s any future Gears products [coughs elaborately], it’s not the kind of thing you tag onto a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is “343 Industries” Microsoft’s Halo Studio?
Ever since Bungie and Microsoft parted ways, Microsoft have been gearing up to produce more Halo games internally. Could those efforts now have been given a name? Superannuation points us towards a trademark Microsoft have filed for use with “”computer programs, namely, game software for use on computers and video”. It’s called “343 Industries“. So…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Best-Selling PS3 & 360 Games Of 2009 Are…Well, Disappointing
The best-selling Wii games of 2009 may be from the farthest recesses of history, but the PS3 and 360’s respective charts aren’t as fond of the past. That doesn’t make them any less depressing, however. While by this time last year we’d already seen mega-hits like Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Beatles: Rock Band Trailer Confirms Eight More Tracks
Harmonix and MTV Games have this afternoon released a new gameplay trailer for The Beatles: Rock Band, along with information on a further eight tracks that will be included in the game. The eight new songs are, in order of appearance: “Paperback Writer” “Twist & Shout” “Can’t Buy Me Love” “Eight Days A Week” “Yellow…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
There Will Probably Be A Modern Warfare 2 Controller
Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling jumped on his Twitter account earlier today, asking for help. Help with the design for a Modern Warfare 2 control pad. The message reads: In a design meeting for a #MW2 controller. Need your advice – Concave or Convex grips for the Analog sticks? Whats your preference and why? Bowling later…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jedi Temple For Sale, Cheap!
If your Xbox 360 version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is missing an action-pack adventure inside a ruined Jedi Temple, Microsoft can hook you up with one this week at half price. It’s time for the Xbox Live Deal of the Week, and this time around it isn’t half bad. The Jedi Temple Mission…
By Mike Fahey Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Games in the Olympics? Athletes Answer Hypothetically
Wired asked four Olympic athletes, doing a photoshoot for Sega’s upcoming 2010 winter games title, if video games had a legitimate place in Olympic competition. At least they were polite in their replies. The most charitable response came from U.S. downhill skier Lindsey Vonn (pictured), one of two athletes identified as gamers (she loves her…
By Owen Good Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
GLAAD Panel: Pearls of Wisdom And Points Of Discussion
I’ve got a re-cap of last Saturday’s Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation right here, but if you’re looking for quick quotes and interesting issues to rehash, here are a few gems. Caryl Shaw, Senior Producer at EA’s Maxis To developers: “Who doesn’t want to be a gay super hero? Are you thinking about this…
By AJ Glasser Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Opens Facebook Gaming Portal
Ubisoft already has one game up and running on a new Facebook portal it just opened. TickTock tests your knowledge of your friends and then, naturally, pesters you to pester them. In the game, you’re given a series of recent status updates and asked to identify, by multiple choice, who wrote them. Fast answering is…
By Owen Good Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Your Comments Fuel Gay Gaming Conference
Physically, you may not have been at EA Redwood Shores this weekend. But if you commented on to Justin Cole’s op-ed column to Kotaku, you were there in spirit. Cole used commenters’ responses to his post, The Impact of Homophobia in Virtual Communities, to drive discussion among panelists Caryl Shaw (Senior Producer at EA’s Maxis),…
By AJ Glasser Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Look At A Proper Prince Of Persia Movie Poster
While a preview poster went up last year for Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming Prince of Persia flick, it was just a tease. A logo and not much else. Today, Empire gives us our first look at some real posters. Not what you’d expect, are they? Really clean, and modern. No tacky “Persian” logo, no silly pose…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Taste of Game Development
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: This Sunday Was Actually Lazy As I’ve said before, I have no interest in ever making the jump from writing about games to creating them. Kotaku isn’t a means to that end. But over the past month I did try to make some fun games. Just not video ones. My…
By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Best-Selling Wii Games Of 2009 Didn’t Come Out In 2009
An analysis by website Gamasutra of first-half sales figures for the three big gaming consoles shows that the Wii’s hits are older hits. Gamasutra has crunched the NPD video game sales numbers and the results show that the top five best-selling games on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in the U.S. from January…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2009