Taste the Painbow, Belgian Rofl Honored in Gamertag Awards

Two weeks back on 1 vs. 100, The Ones were – consecutively, now – players with the gamertags BLooDYxGenocide and Banana Hammicks. Definitely memorable. In that spirit, The BBPS has created its inaugural gamertag awards. The awards span seven categories – including “Are You F#%KING High?” and “WTF Is So Cool About Ninjas?” – with…

At Long Last, an in-Game Twitter Client for Warcraft

Do you spend six hours a day playing Warcraft and another three hours Twittering pointlessly? Well now you can spend nine hours doing both! With TweetCraft, WoW gamers get a fully-featured Twitter client that, of course, allows you to send and receive in game – but also schedule your Tweet uploads, send in-game screenshots, and…

DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings

Pharma firm Bayer has created a DS plug-in built on the idea that diabetic kids typically lose track of no-fun things like glucose meters, but rarely lose fun things like gaming handhelds. No, the “Didget” isn’t a kind of Vitality Sensor; it goes into the DS/DS Lite’s Slot-2 and rewards players giving consistent readings with…

DLC Bound for Bound in Blood

Techland, the developer of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, announced three pieces of DLC are on the way but few other details. Two will be multiplayer map, the third is for the singleplayer mode. No price points or release dates just yet. But the content will be available for all versions – PC, PS3…

LucasArts Announcing News On Old Game On Monday

LucasArts Games promises to unveil exciting news based on an existing franchise on Monday. “Amazing news coming Monday! Super excited! You have no idea how tough it is not to start yelling about it! But it’s secret! Until Monday!” The news, they say, will be “awesome news for old school fans.” While it’s possible, with…

inFamous Defeats Prototype in Cross-Dressing Playoff

In a recent Zero Punctuation review, Yahtzee couldn’t declare which blockbuster game “about super-powered assholes” was better, but would give the honor to the studio that best drew the rival game’s protagonist in drag. Astoundingly and to their everlasting credit, both Radical and Sucker Punch participated. First up, Radical sent in two submissions, but that…

Valve: PS3 Orange Box Players “Got the Stepchild Version”

In an interview with CVG, Valve’s Doug Lombardi says the experiences of putting Half-Life on PS2 and Orange Box on PS3 have put them off Sony development for the near future. He doesn’t complain about the differences in developing for one console, or PC, over another, but does say the PS3 versions of Valve products…

Bank Heist Causes Bank Run in EVE Onlne

Last month, the swindling of more than 200 billion ISK resulted in an actual run on a virtual bank in EVE Online. The best part? The loot was sold IRL – just $5,000. No, griefers from Something Awful are not claiming responsibility. Not that any of them would have the patience to play nice long…

Donkey Kong Easter Egg Discovered 26 Years Later

Last year, the coder who wrote the Atari 400 port of Donkey Kong revealed it had an Easter Egg but it’s “totally not worth it.” Someone has gone to the trouble of finding it. Donkey Kong for the Atari 400 and 800 was one of the best early ports of an arcade game, and its…

Weekend Coupons: Self-Evident Truths

We solemnly publish and declare that this weekend, all games are, and of right ought to be, free. Alas they are not. Scan the following for values to which you may pledge your fortunes. Software • Gears of War 2 is out there for $37 (free shipping eligible) via Amazon.com. That’s only $3 off the…

Kotaku Originals: Hot Fun in the Summertime

This will be the first time I’ve ever worked on Crecentral Time, as I’m in Colorado hanging with Kotaku alum Adam Barenblat for the weekend. It’s also a shortened two days thanks to July 4. But to everyone who might be kicking back, lighting up and/or grilling out this weekend – Francophones, we realize you’re…

What’s you favourite intro. to a game? Not just the opening cut scene but the very first bit of gameplay where you know “this is where it starts.” I’ve been playing Oblivion and Fallout 3 lately and the first part of those games is just great. I love the whole, “emerging into a huge, unknown…

Tecmo Koei: Xbox 360 Is Doing “Well” In Japan

Remember when the Xbox 360 launched in Japan? Boy, that was embarrassing! Microsoft has turned things around of late and found a small degree of success in the region. “Xbox 360 as a business is doing better than the old Xbox,” Tecmo Koei boss Kenji Matsubara tells game site Kikizo. “They have a good opportunity…

Designing BioShock 2’s Little Sisters

Like they did with the Big Daddies, 2K have released some concept art for BioShock’s tiniest denizens, the Little Sisters. Unlike the first lot, which showed the initial designs for the original Big Daddies, these show how 2K Marin – the developers working on the sequel – have gone about depicting the Little Sisters for…

Tecmo Koei Boss: PS3 Price Cut Plskthx

While not as belligerent as Activision’s calls, newly-merged company Tecmo Koei would still like Sony to cut the price of the PS3. And are asking them publicly to do just that. Speaking with CVG, CEO Kenji Matsubara has said “Whenever I discuss this with Sony reps I always ask them: ‘Please cut the price’, but…

Better Look At Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Pre-Order Schwag

July 4 isn’t only Independence Day, it’s also the day pre-orders for Pokeémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver. We previously posted a blurry magazine scan of the pre-order goodies, and here’s a crystal clear pic. In Japan, those pre-ordering Heart Gold will get a Ho-Oh figure, and those pre-odering Soul Silver will get a Lugia. Pre-order both,…

Japanese Games Market Down A Whopping 25%

Publisher/market research firm Enterbrain this week released some sales data for the Japanese market. And the data is not good. From a period roughly running from January 2009 to the end of June, hardware sales in Japan were down around 28% from the same time last year. The drop in software sales wasn’t quite as…

A Week In Comments

The Great Xbox 360 Robbery Comment by: The Swearing Gramps Nominated by: Mr Pappzy lurves Orange Soda Don’t worry. Microsoft will get em all back within a year or so. Hey Americans, Why The BBQ? Why? Why? Why? Comment by: monkeysaresilly Nominated by: (Zombie) Jolan I doubt there was any actual symbolism with the cookout.…

LittleBigPlanet: We’re Ready To Believe You

Not much of a teaser this, is it? Unless there’s some obscure British pop culture icon that also says “who ya gonna call?” we’re somehow not aware of, it’s pretty clear we’ll soon be getting some Ghostbusters DLC for LBP. Cuddly proton packs? Big-eyed slimer? The chance to create a level where Janine is brought…

Do You Game During National Holidays?

Hi. How are you? I’m fine, thank you. And you? Today, right now at this very moment, it’s Friday. Can you feel it? That means one thing and only one thing: It’s time time to talk. Let’s TUD it up, you and me and that guy over there. Together. This is TELL US DAMMIT. What…