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Kotaku Podcast: The Drinking Game!
In this month’s in-game podcast Mike McWhertor, Mike Fahey, Adam Barenblat and I are joined by our Kotaku Editor for a day winner in Grand Theft Auto IV. During this episode we talk about politics, furry hatred, upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV DLC The Lost and Damned and why we’re trying to come up with…
By Adam Barenblat Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
In addition to feather dusting the nooks and crannies of Kotaku Towers West this weekend, I plan on spending a bit more time with The Maw, making sure I get all those damned Achievements. Why? Well, I’m fairly certain that if I don’t get all 200 gamerscore points, I’ll be regretting it on my death…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet Dominates Interactive Achievement Award Nominations
The 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Award nominations have been revealed, with Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet dominating the competition with 10 nominations, including Overall Game of the Year. The 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards will be presented by The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) at next month’s D.I.C.E. Summit, and sackboy might want to pull…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Says “Hell No!” To New Niko Dialog In Lost And Damned
The folks at Rockstar don’t seem to keen on the return of Niki Bellic’s voice actor Michael Hollick, answering “Hell no!” to MTV Multiplayer’s query about new lines for everyone’s favorite Slavic bastard. Grand Theft Auto IV voice actor Michael Hollick made waves last year when he complained to the New York Post about not…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Wars Is Golden, Demo Drops February 5th
Ensemble Studios’ real-time strategy take on the Halo universe is heading to the printer, with a single player demo of Halo Wars ready to strike Xbox Live Marketplace on February 5th. The Halo Wars gold master is on its way to manufacturing, well in time for its late February / early March release dates. While…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Uwe Boll’s Razzie Acceptance Speech
OK, so the Golden Raspberry Award winners haven’t really been announced yet and even if Uwe Boll swept the infamous bad film awards, I doubt even he would have an acceptance speech. But, he does seem awfully proud of the potential dishonors. Emailing BollBashers.com, Boll says points out that he’s sharing the nominee list with…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resistance 2 Patch Details – The Return Of Your Stats
In a post on the official PlayStation blog, Insomniac Community Manager Bryan Intihar detail the changes coming to Resistance 2 when patch 1.40 is deployed on January 26th. Most importantly, patch 1.40 for Resistance 2 will see the return of levels to players who have had there level reset back to 1. Players who had…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Star Wars: The Old Republic Screens Spread Jedi Love
While Bioware’s MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic was already 20 times better than Star Wars Galaxies for the simple reason that it isn’t SWG, these new screenshots certainly don’t hurt. Of course massively multiplayer online roleplaying game screenshots always look a great deal better than the actual game winds up looking, because unless you…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gamers More Likely To Be Surly Drunk Self-Haters
Put on your tinfoil hats boys and girls, it’s time for another study that proves something about video games and the people who play them. A new study shows that regular gamers are more likely to drink alcohol or use drugs than others, and that gaming deteriorates relationships and that the people who play them…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Free February Burnout Update Detailed – Restart!
Coinciding with the early February release of the Burnout Party Pack, Criterion is readying a free content update that changes the way you race – and restart races – in Burnout Paradise. In a free update that hits on February 6th, Criterion adds several new features to the ever-evolving Burnout Paradise. Some are merely tweaks,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pittsburgh Steelers Win Super Bowl XLIII
The Arizona Cardinals may have gotten lucky last weekend against my beloved Eagles, but now comes vindication as the Pittsburgh Steelers with Super Bowl XLIII…in Madden NFL 09. Upgraded with each team’s current roster and the latest stats, the two teams took the virtual field and fought bravely for the coveted Super Bowl ring, but…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
How to Make a Survival Challenge in LittleBigPlanet
In this video Danny, Victor and Mark S. from Media Molecule’s design team walk us through how to create our own survival challenge mini-games. I’m always blown away by what you can do in this game if you think it through. Have you run across any interesting player-created survival levels in LBP?
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
SMB Coming To WiiWare – Super Meat Boy
Edmund McMillen, co-creator of the popular independent PC game Gish, dropped us a line to let us know that he was making the jump to WiiWare with his latest, Super Meat Boy. Super Meat Boy is a classic platformer based on the the flash game Meat Boy, which you can still play over at Newgrounds.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eidos Shutters Manchester Studio
Yesterday it was Microsoft, Sony, EA Canada and Intel taking hits from the economy. Last night, apparently, it was Eidos, which closed its Rockpool Games Studio in Manchester. The news first leaked out when Bill Harbison, an artist at the Manchester studio, twittered that it was closing. Videogaming 247 than confirmed the news with Eidos.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Baby Clothes Don’t Cause Choking Hazards. Apparently.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Black Thursday It’s always nice to get things sent from America. We got a package from my parents a few weeks back. In it, they’d sent along baby clothes for Micro-Bash. Interesting to note: American baby clothes often use metal snaps — which I literally just learned (like while googling…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Expect A Mass Effect 2 Unveiling At GDC
Mass Effect 2 is going to be at GDC! It’s going to be the topic of a dry, academic discussion, but still…Mass Effect 2! We’ll learn all sorts of things from this discussion, right? Nope. EA reps have told VG247: This GDC event is an academic panel, but there won’t be any concrete information provided…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hundreds Of Players Banned In Final Fantasy XI
From the folks who brought you the 18 hour boss fight, comes this: mass bannings! Square Enix has nixed a large number of players from online game Final Fantasy XI. According to Square Enix, the company “discovered an issue that allowed players to create multiple items for certain treasures and rewards in areas such as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Stake In World Market Down 20 Percent
Who’s ready for more depressing news? This time it’s not more lay-offs, but the state of the Japanese gaming industry. So maybe this is only depressing for those in Japan’s gaming industry. With the rapid rise of Western game makers, Japan’s market share has been falling for the past three years. According to the latest…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Skate 2 DLC Tailor-Made For The Cashed-Up, Lazy Consumer
What is this, 2006? We thought the days of EA releasing cynical, lazy pieces of downloadable content were behind us. Silly us! This is, after all, EA we’re talking about. And as the publisher behind such classic pieces of DLC as “pay to unlock stuff you can get for free in the game” and “pay…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Are You Brave Enough For iDOLM@STER PSP Goods? Are You?
For those who play Namco Bandai’s pop idol sim THE iDOLM@STER SP with pride (and in public), Japanese peripheral maker Hori has products for you! There’s an iDOLM@STER clear case to protect your PSP-3000 from scratches, iDOLM@STER earphones and iDOLM@STER UMD cases. The entire will set you back ¥2,839 (US$32). But can you really put…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009