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Now You Can Buy Expensive World Of Warcraft Pet Statues Too
A custom made statue of your World of Warcraft character is certainly a fine thing to have, but what is your character without their loveable animal companions? Perhaps FingerPrints’ FingerPets can help. The company that brought us original 3D printed representations of players’ World of Warcraft is branching off into the pet business, offering three…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Serious Sam Reborn In HD For Xbox Live Arcade
Developer Croteam has worked up a new version of its CroTech Engine in order to deliver Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD to the Xbox Live Arcade. Scheduled for a late summer release, Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD is exactly what the name implies: the first entry in the tongue-in-cheek, over the top Serious…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe Meanest Thing Capcom Ever Did
Maybe this is a commonly known fact, but I had no idea that Ghosts N’ Goblin, already a viciously hard game, had a malicious secret at the very end of the game. Capcom’s Seth Killian drops the bad news on those of us who never managed to beat, or at least think they beat, the…
By Brian Crecente Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mytheon Trailer Casts The First Stone
The first trailer for Petroglyph’s Mythic gives us a bit more of an understanding as to what’s actually going on in the online action roleplaying strategy hybrid. Petroglyph shaves a little of the fuzz off of the original Mytheon announcement, which spent more time talking about microtransaction-based game that was creating an entire new genre…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Big Daddies That Might Have Been
Taking an iconic video game character and reverse-engineering it as a prototype is a delicate task. Let’s look at a few of the concepts drawing that eventually led to the Big Daddy of BioShock 2. These concept art shots appeared yesterday on The Cult of Rapture BioShock website, they were presented as a way to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA’s a Pepper, Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Pepper Too
Drink a Dr Pepper and you might land yourself some free Sims 3 goodies as part of the kick-off for a multi-year, multimillion-dollar advertising deal between Electronic Arts and the soft drink company. The two recently announced the deal which will bring original content to Dr Pepper consumers via EA’s games through 2010 with codes…
By Brian Crecente Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hey look! The cable didn’t cut out in my building this morning and I can post this myself. Yay for me. Now, yay for you if you can comment about video games. Just click, type and click again. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hey Hasbro, Why Are New Transformer Toys So Damn Hard?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: I’ve Been To Colorado, New Mexico, Texas… I’m thirty years-old. I grew up with Transformers. My favorite? Starscream. My second favorite? One of those dinosaur Transformers. (That, or the gun Transformers.) My third? Optimus Prime. You know, the original Optimus Prime toy. When we went toy shopping, Mini-Bash found a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Crackdown 2 Has “Entirely New Map”
I’ll tell you a funny story. For all the pomp, all the circumstance, all the celebrities present during Microsoft’s E3 keynote address, one game was more exciting to me than all others. And that was Crackdown 2. Not on the strength of the short teaser trailer, which really showed nothing. Not on the strength of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Australian Web Filter May Block Legitimate Import Retailers
There’s currently a wildly unpopular (not to mention practically unworkable) piece of legislation in the pipeline here in Australia that, if passed, will be a kick in the teeth to already-suffering Aussie gamers. Some background: the Australian government, in an attempt to pander to conservative, ignorant family types, believes that a mandatory, nation-wide internet filter…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Turn PlayStation Controller Into Wii Remote
Don’t like the Wii’s Classic Controller? Not thrilled with the GameCube controller? Or the Club Nintendo SNES controller? Save for the Wii Remote itself, those were pretty much the only options. Well, no! Now you can play Wii games with a PlayStation or PlayStation 2 controller with this fancy adaptor. Priced at ¥1,785 (US$18.50). Wii用リモコンツナイデント…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jimmy Fallon’s Got The Scoop On New Celebrity Games
Lots of hate out there for new Late Night host Jimmy Fallon. I don’t get it. You say he’s awkward? He is awkward. That’s what makes him so damn cute. I’ve never smiled at so many bad jokes in my life. Click to view
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony To Provide More Details About Motion Controller
Sony’s new motion controller made its debut at E3. Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe will provide more details next month at the Develop Conference. As we reported at E3, the controller actually consists of two wands, which the user holds in their hands, while the PS3 camera tracks the movement and translates it into on-screen…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
WoW Has Been Down In China For Nearly Three Weeks Now
As we’ve told you, Blizzard recently decided to change the company handling WoW for them in China. It was The9, and now it’s NetEase. Or, it would be NetEase, if NetEase could actually get the game running again. The9’s service closed down on June 7. It was supposed to be a direct handover, but when…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Retailers Interested In “Disc-Locking” Technology
While piracy is an issue for game publishers and retailers, so too is straight-up theft. Which is why GameStop and other retailers are taking a good, hard look at new tech that would lock a game disc until it’s paid for. Part of a study by the Entertainment Merchants Association, called “Project Lazarus: Study of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Erotic Game Art Redrawn For PS2/PSP Ports
Erotic computer game Sengoku Hime has some truly amazing art. Just look at it! Are you not amazed? The game is getting a PS2 and PSP port with completely redrawn art for some of the characters. We can’t think of why that would be necessary. Maybe it those tatami mats that look off. Yeah, that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pink Gundam Sure Is A Cutie
As seen on GIGAZINE.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dawn Of War II Gets A Map Editor
When Dawn of War II‘s next major update – “There Is Only War” – is released sometime during the summer, it’ll bring with it a much-needed feature for the game: a map editor. Called the “World Builder”, it’ll allow you to “create, edit, and play” on your own maps, which you’ve built from the ground…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009