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  Some Mass Effect iPhone Screens

  Mass Effect is coming to the iPhone, in the form of an “animated 2D graphic novel-style” app. The story will bridge the events between Mass Effect 1 & 2. Here’s some screenshots.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009
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  A Week In Comments

  You Cannot Stop Mai Shiranui Figurines Comment by: BubbleF**kingBuddy Nominated by: Sutekh_Slain @Dude From Dubai: I’d like to give her a rigid 4 inches. Dohohohohohohohohoh wait… The DS Can Do Naked Ladies Slipping On Banana Peels Rather Well Comment by: ShadowOdin finally got a copy of… Nominated by: gwilson @Jesse Hays: You’d think the title…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009
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  Bayonetta’s E3 Trailer

  What do you do when you’re Hideki Kamiya, you helped invent Devil May Cry, and now can’t make Devil May Cry games anymore? You make something that looks, well, better.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009
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  Developing Ten Games In Ten Hours

  Game developer Mark Cooke did just that — all for Pecha Kucha in Tokyo. For those who aren’t hip to Pecha Kucha, people give presentations. Twenty slides at twenty seconds. The embedded video is a screencast of Mark’s presentation. Check out the actual presentation here, complete with crummy sound quality. Mark goes through and talks…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009
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  Team Fortress 2 Update Adds Back Achievement Based Unlocks

  Valve has issued one more update for Team Fortress 2 today, apparently another attempt to bring balance to the method that allows for unlockable weapons and items. Achievement based unlockable items are back. But according to the newest update, those milestone achievements are an “additional way” for Team Fortress 2 players to get newly added…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009
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  Tiny Ninja Fights Flatulence

  Mini Ninjas‘ Hiro continues to impress in these latest screens of upcoming adventure Mini Ninjas from Io Interactive. Witness the diminutive hero… Hiro, taking on a slew of foes in these new screens for the game. My favorite bad guy from the batch? The flatulent samurai. Yes, seriously. Eidos’ Mini Ninjas will be coming to…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009
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  Still Can’t Believe A Need For Speed Game Looks Good

  With E3 almost upon us, EA have reminded us of what I like to think is the spiritual successor to the Project Gotham series, Need for Speed: Shift. Still freaks me out that I’m interested in a Need for Speed game. Then again, it freaks me out even more that EA had the good sense…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009
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  Electronic Gaming Monthly To Return

  EGM is dead. Long live EGM! The struggling game magazine that shut down in January after nearly twenty years in print is returning later this year, courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly founder Steve Harris. According to an announcement, Harris has acquired publishing rights and trademarks to EGM, with plans to restart the print publication in…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009
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  Brutal Legend: Meet the Halfords

  Here’s a glimpse at some of the introductory story behind Brutal Legend and its glorious rock fiction. It’s just enough to whet your appetite for next week’s big show.

  By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009
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  Next Week’s Rock Band Update A Big Bunch Of Bonnaroo

  MTV Games will ring in this year’s Bonnaroo music and arts festival with a batch of downloadable tracks featuring artists from the show. If you’ve ever wanted to jam along with Phish, this one’s for you. A half-dozen tunes will comprise the “Bonnaroo Pack,” due for release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009
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  The Final Countdown

  To: Owen From: Crecente Man, today has been stressful what with all of the news breaking, still juggling E3 scheduling and the stories and interviews. I can’t wait to relax for a day before flitting off to LA to prepare for our E3 coverage. My in-laws are coming into town from Australia the day I…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009
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  Shadow Complex: Orson Scott Card’s Empire Meets Super Metroid

  Undertow developer Chair Entertainment has been hard at work on video games based on Orson Scott Card’s Empire novel, the first of which is likely to be the recently trademarked Shadow Complex. Sources claiming to have already played that game told us about their experience with the title, a side-scrolling shooter likened to classics Super…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009
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  Walden: The Game Is In Development

  EA can’t have all the fun turning great books into video games. Tracy Fullerton wants to turn Henry David Thoreau‘s classic into one too. Step aside, Dante’s Inferno and you literary adapters at EA working on 2010’s video game version of the Divine Comedy. Walden: The Game is also in the works. In 1854, Henry…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 29, 2009
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  We Need Your Help!

  Kotaku and Luna need your help. We’ve narrowed down the finalists of our Most Unique job contest and we need you to vote on a winner! 1) Dan Love: Dan is getting ready to head back to Afghanistan for the 3rd time for his job working in public affairs in an Army Special Forces Group.…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published May 29, 2009
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  PS3 Getting Bundled With Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Blu-ray Next Week

  Buy a PlayStation 3 next week and you might just get a free copy of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu-ray as part of a new bundle for Sony’s console. While not yet officially announced, GameStop locations are receiving copies of the Blu-ray movie based on Final Fantasy VII with instructions…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009
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  Kotaku Robot Wars: The Final Battle

  It’s all come down to this. From thirst five robots down to two. Now Xenosaga’s Kos-Mos and Knights of the Old Republic’s HK-47 square off in the final round of the Kotaku Robot Wars. More than just a battle between fictional robots, the Kotaku Robot Wars has been a battle between human intuition and robot…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2009
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  Sony Prepares An Army of Playstation Evangelists

  Earlier this year Sony began quietly readying an army of evangelists to take to the front lines of the escalating console wars. The Experience Playstation Now program had a “beta test” of sorts earlier this month, with Sony employees well-versed in the ins and outs of the Playstation Portable and Playstation 3 setting up temporary…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009
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  Sacre Bleu! The First LEGO Rock Band Trailer

  Yes, LEGO Rock Band is for real. And yes, this alleged E3 trailer is completely in French, which might lead one to believe that somewhere in the European PR pipeline, a leak has sprung. Totally pre-rendered stuff, our first look at LEGO Rock Band in motion via JeuxVideo is as disarming as we’d hoped. Minifigs…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009
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  XSEED’s E3 Lineup Greatly Exceeds Our Expectations

  Publisher XSEED has announced its Wii, DS and PSP heavy E3 2009 lineup, taking the opportunity to announce that its bringing Lunar: Silver Star Harmony and Half-Minute Hero to North American PSPs. The recently announced PlayStation Portable remake of Lunar: Silver Star Story will arrive in English this Fall, thanks to XSEED. It’s also bringing…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009
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  E3: The Great Walk-Off

  Stephen Totilo and I have become quite enamored with Nintendo’s Personal Trainer: Walking. So enamored, in fact, that we’re forcing the entire E3 Kotaku crew to wear the pedometers next week to see which of us puts the most mileage on our soon to be aching feet. Barring someone tossing theirs on a paint mixing…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009