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Namco Bandai’s Fragile Looks Really Good*
*You know, for a Wii game. And we mean that in the nicest way possible, as if there were three GameCubes powering this role-playing game. Oh, I kid! Fragile just looks plain old good. No word yet on whether Namco Bandai’s bringing this one to our side of the Pacific yet, seeing as how we’re…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008 -
UncategorizedGears Of War 2: The Ultimate Glitch Collection
Gears of War 2 attended Glitch Fest 2000. We know that. But just how glitchy? Here’s a video that shows off just about all of them. There’s 16 total with some honorable mentions. Not only does the video do a great job of highlighting said glitches, but it also takes shots at Epic Games and…
By Jim Reilly Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
The Top Gaming Videos of 2008
With the year quickly wrapping up it’s time to start rolling out some lists, lists of popular things on Kotaku! First up: Our most popular videos of 2008. Leading the charge of original videos is Owen’s first-hand experience with Grand Theft Auto and a bottle of whiskey. Other popular original vids include Tristan checking out…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Could The $60 Standard Be Reversed By The Recession?
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but the economy’s in the toilet. Even the supposed “recession-proof” video game industry is feeling the pinch, with publishers slashing prices even on best-selling titles. Could last-gen pricing return? Forbes points to cuts on titles like Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War — currently Amazon.com’s deal of the day…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
SF Chronicle’s Best Games Of 2008 (GTA IV Doesn’t Make It)
While 2009 is almost upon us, there’s still some time to pass out gaming awards for 2008. I bet you didn’t think No More Heroes would be making anyone’s list. The San Francisco Chronicle handed out their gaming awards for the year. Noticeably missing from this list are the usual suspects, like Grand Theft Auto…
By Jim Reilly Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Cortex Command, My Secret Holiday Joy
I’ve spent the past week or two methodically playing though a list of Independent Games Festival entries as a judge for the annual indie awards. The process, which puts both fantastic and less than appealing titles before the judges, is always entertaining. Through it, for instance, I discovered this fun little flash game. Over the…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Disgaea 2 Getting Downsized For PSP
Nippon Ichi is giving Disgaea fans even more hot Prinny action on the go, announcing that a port of the PlayStation 2 game Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories will get a PSP port next year. Just like the PlayStation Portable port of the original Disgaea: Hour of Darkness — which shrunk down in the form of…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead’s Survivors Are Now… Twittering
The four still-human survivors from Left 4 Dead have a new obsession that helps break up the monotony between Boomer attacks. They’re twittering — or is it tweeting? — their most recent accomplishments. Normally reserved for the mundane minute to minute existence — “Just had Froot Loops for breakfast” and “Washed hands again” — Twitter…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Worlds.com Files Suit Against NCsoft – Every Other MMO Company To Follow?
90’s virtual world developers Worlds.com has fired the first shot in what could be a game company-spanning battle as they file suit against NCsoft for infringing on their patent for multiplayer virtual environments. The patent at question is 7,181,690, “System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space”, which was file in…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Last Day to Vote For Kotaku’s Editor For A Day
This is your last chance to vote for the person you think should be a Kotaku Editor for a day. I’ll be tallying the votes tomorrow morning to find the winner and get their massive pile of schwag shipped to them post-haste. Check out the finalists’ entries and then head on over to our handy-dandy…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Disturbing Art From Nintendo Powers Past
Agent B from The -Minus World discovered a stack of old Nintendo Power magazines recently, and for some god-awful reason decided to share with us the The Top 10 Most Disturbing Illustrations From Nintendo Power. B theorizes that Nintendo Power made the switch to graphics designers rather than illustrators because graphic designers are so plentiful,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Space War Commander Launches With New Year
Who said there would be no new games this week? Pish, and possibly posh. Independent PC developer Dreamspike has announced their real-time strategy title Space War Commander will launch on New Year’s Day. Actually Dreamspike calls Space War Commander a real-time real-strategy game, and then really doesn’t go into great detail explaining why. Apparently it…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
The Art Of War Vs. Dynasty Warriors
One of the Chris-es over at Hardcasual passes along this little bit of brilliance, which compares the teachings of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to the teachings of Koei’s Dynasty Warriors. So how does the Chinese history-delving hack and slash action series hold up in the face of Sun Tzu’s immensely influential book of…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Call Of Duty: World At War $35 On Amazon
Those of you itching to spend some quality time early next year shooting other people in World War 2-era gear might want to hit up today’s Amazon.com Gold Box deal, featuring COD: World At War. Call of Duty: World at War seems to be one of those titles that retailers have been crazy about discounting…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Reviews
Dissidia: Final Fantasy Import Review: The [Evil] Emperor’s New [Suit of Armor]
When we were children, we wanted two things: a Super Mario Bros. movie and a Final Fantasy fighting game; we got one of those things, and it made us wish we were dead. Today, fifteen years later, we have the other one. Does it make us wish we were dead — or does it make…
By Tim Rogers Published December 29, 2008 -
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You Got KOS-MOS In My Tales Of Hearts
Recently released in Japan, Namco Bandai’s Tales of Hearts for the Nintendo DS features a slew of support-character cameos, including everyone’s favorite gnosis killing machine, KOS-MOS. Hearts features cameos from a wide variety of Namco Bandai’s characters from previous Tales games, but KOS-MOS here comes straight from the ill-fated Xenosaga series, which towards the end…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Michael Phelps’ Game To Be The Next Tiger Woods Game
505 Games is creating a game based on Olympic swimmer extraodinaire Michael Phelps, but can swimming carry a video game? Probably not. That’s where the pure action comes in. Swimming is a the sort of sport that is extremely exciting…for swimmers. 505 Games realizes this, and while there will be a healthy dose of watersports…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Wired’s Annual Vaporware List In Need Of Retiring Or An Overhaul
Like many gamers and gadget junkies Wired’s annual Vaporware list has long been a must read for me. But this year, not so much. Even ignoring the fact that their list includes Home, a game that has already come out and will likely remain in permanent beta, according to SCEA; the writers of Wired seem…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
WSJ: Lower PS3 Holiday Sales Equal Fading Hope
An article in the Wall Street Journal today considers the state of Sony’s PlayStation 3 in the video game market, highlighting the fact that the console’s holiday sales had dropped considerably over last year’s. Citing NPD numbers as well as industry analysts, the article points out that November sales for the PS3 had dropped 19%…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008