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Hear Your Words In Tales Of Monkey Island
How has Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate, wronged you? Tell your tale to Telltale and you might hear it in the final chapter of the episodic Tales of Monkey Island. Telltale Games has launched a contest that could see your words immortalized in the final episode of the five-part Tales of Monkey Island adventure game serial.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hear Your Words In Serious Sam HD
CDV Software and Majesco are giving players a chance to put their words in Serious Sam’s mouth, with the Serious Tweet contest. Serious Sam HD is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and the PC this year, and you can have your own witty quip immortalized in the game. Between July 15th and July 30th, fans…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Will Wright Talks Educational Gaming, Funny Money
The Chronicle of Higher Education sat down recently with Will Wright to talk to him about the value of educational games. Not only did they get some great money quotes, they got some great money business cards! The interview starts off with Wright showing off his new business cards, which he’s had printed on replicas…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Darkest Of Days Falls In September
Would Custer’s last stand have been his last if the General brought an M-16 to the party? These questions and more are answered in Darkest of Days, coming September for the Xbox 360 and PC. Darkest of Days is a time-travelling first-person shooter, developed by 8monkey Labs and published by Phantom EFX, hitting retail shelves…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look At The G.I. Joe Extras
Can the extras packed into the video game tie-in for the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie possibly make up for the lackluster game play we’ve seen so far? As a game, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra hasn’t been all that impressive. I got my hands on the Contra-fied shooter at E3 2009,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Transformer DLC Brings Characters, Maps and More This Summer
A downloadable expansion pack is in the works for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen which will include ten new characters, three new maps and a new difficulty mode, Activision announced this morning. The Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 pack, which is being developed by Luxoflux, hasn’t yet been priced. Here’s the full break down: More…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
The week is at the halfway point. The month is at the halfway point. Meet the rest of the Kotaku community halfway and please comment about video games today. Here. Thanks! Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
No, I Was Wrong, THIS Is The Best Service Ever
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Preparing to Break a Leg Further adventures in Japanese customer service. Two weeks ago, Mrs. Bashcraft bought sushi at Hankyu Department Store in Osaka’s Umeda. She got home, started eating said sushi when she noticed there was a bug. She called up Hankyu and told them she bought sushi there…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Version Of Alan Wake Is Up To Microsoft
Alan Wake is coming to Xbox 360, that we know. But will it also be coming to the PC? Maybe. Just maybe. But if it does, that’s a decision to be made by Microsoft, not developers Remedy. Alan Wake fansite BrightFalls claims to have received a statement from the developers, which reads: Thank you for…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Boy And His Home-Made Blob
The best part of the upcoming reimagining of A Boy & His Blob isn’t the fact the game’s being reimagined. It’s that gorgeous storybook art style, which these home-made figures capture perfectly. Since official figures from such an obscure license might be wishful thinking, this sculpt by Appy is probably as close as we’ll get…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Butterfly Bra Flies Into Tekken 6
We knew something was missing from the game! And that appears to be this. Joining the new Jin Kazama outfit is another new Tekken 6 character costume for home consoles. Fighter Zafina gets a butterfly bra — it might be a halter top. What do we look like? Women’s clothing experts? She’s also in hot…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pro Evolution Developers Talk Graphics, Stats, Updates
In this clip, Konami’s Aki Saito plays the part of “awkward tour guide” as we’re shipped around the developers of Pro Evo 2010 while they tell us what they think is so different about this latest version of the venerable football series. It’s a shame they couldn’t show any real gameplay footage. I mean, I…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine) On The Japanese PSN
The Japanese PlayStation Network is the latest home for the TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine) games. Starting today, four retro Hudson games will be available for download as part of the “PC Engine Archives”: • Mega Bomberman • Adventure Island • Sengoku Mahjong • Devil Crash All of these titles are already available on Nintendo’s Virtual Console.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Market Obviously Requires A SECOND Pokemon X-Ray Machine
In April, we showed you a mobile x-ray unit adorned with Pokemans, intended for Japanese hospitals. But would you believe it’s not the only Pokemon-branded x-ray machine on the market? No, there’s another one. It’s made by the same company – Shimadzu – and is the real deal, a “proper” x-ray unit, sacrificing mobility (and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Virtual Golf Hookers
Seoul’s Metropolitan Police Agency have been targeting “screen golf” rooms that mix driving range golf with a virtual video-game-type screens. Some of these golf rooms sell alcohol and employ female entertainers in mini-skirts. The virtual golf rooms measure the distance the ball travels, and the newest golf rooms feature game systems that can reproduce famous…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sorry, No Car Damage In Gran Turismo PSP [Update]
While it appears car damage is finally on its way to the Gran Turismo series when GT5 is released, don’t expect the same attention to detail from the PSP version of the game. Answering fan questions on the official PlayStation blog, Polyphony’s Chris Hinojosa Miranda and Taku Imasaki have said in response to a fan…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
“Casual” Is No Way To Label Games, Argues Casual Developer
Get rid of the term “casual”! Do it! Dave Thomson of Scottish games developer Denki wants the word gone, banished, erased, deleted. At the Develop Conference in Brighton, UK, Thomson gave a session titled “A Game is a Game is a Game”. He calls the term casual pejorative. “We may not find a particular type…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Stuff Super Nintendo Nightmares Are Made Of
While most case mods are designed to improve the appearance of a games console – or at least tailor it to suit the whims of a more fickle owner – we don’t see many that will make small children cry. But, man, if I was four years old and saw this thing, it’d disturb me.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Shirt Feasts On The Flesh Of The Living
The rule is this: convention t-shirts are awful, cheap things you see stuffed in swag bags then only again seen on large men at LAN parties. The exception to that rule is this Capcom shirt for Comic-Con. To be given away free to advertise Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, it appears at first glance to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Famitsu Awards Dragon Quest IX Perfect Score
Amazon Japan may not love DS role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX. That’s a-okay. Know why? The country’s biggest game mag totally loves it. Famitsu has given DQIX a perfect 40/40 score. “This adventure is amazing!” Famitsu writes. “It’s so much fun.” The reviewers also praised the music and the multi-player, which Famitsu called “ground breaking”. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2009