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  E3 Cometh

  The E3 Expo 2011 attendee and media online registration is officially live. Time to start those video game blogs with hopes of free entry into the big show!

  By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2011
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  Super Street Fighter IV For The 3DS In Action, Played Live For You To Judge

  Super Street Fighter IV is looking quite good on Nintendo’s 3DS. Let’s watch some gameplay, solo and multiplayer. At the Nintendo World 2011 event in Tokyko this past weekend, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono presented a live demonstration of Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, a 35-character fighting game based on last year’s hit, scheduled…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 10, 2011
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  iTunes Chart Toppers: Another Game From the Makers of Farmville Hits

  Not a lot changed this week on the charts, though another game from the people behind CityVille and Farmville hit. This one’s about poker. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 33 1 2 Tap Zoo (Pocket Gems) Free (Paid DLC)…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2011
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  Nintendo Download Gallery

  JellyCar 2 Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: JellyCar 2, the hit driving platform game, is here and fully loaded with more than 30 levels, multiplayer action and much more. Play head-to-head or co-op in Multiplayer Flag, Gems and Tether modes. (Additional accessories are required for…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2011
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  Funcom Teams With EA For The Secret World

  Independent developer Funcom has joined up with EA’s EA Partners division in order to co-publish the upcoming present-day paranormal PC MMO The Secret World

  By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  This is Kotaku’s official forum. Hop into the comments and talk about video games all you want. Thanks to Hisilarn for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 10, 2011
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  Watch The PlayStation Phone Running PSone Games

  We’ve seen the rumored PlayStation Phone in action before. Now watch as a user loads up PlayStation ROMs for Resident Evil 2 and Rage Racer on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play. How does a PlayStation Phone load up original PSone games? Judging by this latest video of the phone in action, it loads up ROM files…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 10, 2011
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  Gaming Still Grabs Some Spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show

  A nearly pocket-sized computer gaming rig and a video game console that can mimic your facial expressions were among the gaming innovations shown off at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Increasingly, the annual Vegas electronics show has become less about gaming and more about some of the things that gamers…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2011
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  Through The Lens Of A Two-Year Old

  To: Crecente From: Bash Hope you’ve recovered from last week! What you missed last night Star Fox, Paper Mario & Mario Kart Are All Lookin’ Good On The 3DS School Text Book Disses Nintendo But Which HDMI Cable To Buy For My Console? Report: Your Uncharted Movie Nightmares Are Coming True Aren’t You A Little…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2011
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  Japan’s Favorite Soccer RPG Kicks Out New 3DS Title

  Inazuma Eleven, the soccer role-playing series, is getting a new entry, and yep, it’s in 3D. Inazuma Eleven 4 was teased as early as last summer, but the trailer shown at the Nintendo World event this weekend in Tokyo sheds more light on the title. The game is set ten years after Inazuma Eleven 3…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2011
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  The 3DS Is *The* Portable For Knuckle Sandwiches

  Make that three-dee knuckle sandwiches. Because it’s really starting to look that way. The handheld isn’t even out yet, and two big fighter franchises are already slated for 3DS releases: Super Street Fighter IV: 3D and Dead or Alive: Dimensions Now, arcade favorite BlazBlue is also heading to the 3DS, as BlazBlue Continuum Shift II…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2011
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  Star Fox, Paper Mario & Mario Kart Are All Lookin’ Good On The 3DS

  It’s funny, we got so used to seeing DS games for so long that it started to feel like all Nintendo handheld games for all time would look like N64 games. That’s certainly not the case. This off-screen footage, taken over the weekend at the Nintendo World event in Tokyo, shows three of the 3DS’…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2011
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  Baby It’s Cold Outside (So Wear A Fallout Helmet)

  If you’re going to try and survive a post-apocalyptic wasteland, you may as well do it in style. This hand-made, custom helmet is a pretty good replica of that worn by Fallout’s Brotherhood of Steel, down to the weathered appearance and working headlamp. It’s the work of artist Josh Jay. Motorcycle Helmet of the Apocalypse…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2011
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  A Week In Comments

  The Week In Games: Gathered Together … Comment by: Veit Nominated by: Owen Good See, the point is, the Batman isn’t just smart, he’s smart enough to understand and analyze the weaknesses of his opponents. If he’s fighting Superman, that utility belt is going to have kryptonite on it. If he’s fighting a Green Lantern,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2011
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  Grand Theft Auto’s Carjacking Spreads Its Wings

  Fed up with stealing cars from inside his own game, Grand Theft Auto IV “hero” Niko Bellic has begun to pinch them from everyone else’s. These sketches — the work of Australian artist Patrick Brown — show Bellic hijacking the trademark rides from Halo, Avatar, Tron and Red Dead Redemption. Something tells me that while…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2011
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  School Text Book Disses Nintendo

  So there was Frank, Billy, the author and George. And they all thought George was crazy, but was it because he played Nintendo games? The question below appeared in a cram school text book for Japanese students studying English: At first, Frank, Billy and the author thought George was crazy because he 1.) talked to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2011
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  But Which HDMI Cable To Buy For My Console?

  If you’re serious about gaming in high definition on a console that’s attached to a TV set, then you’ve probably heard that you need to have a HDMI connection. But just how big a difference does this fancy cable make? Technical experts Digital Foundry sought to find out, pitting four HDMI cables — a cheap…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2011
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  Boy Band Makes O-Face For New Nintendo Hardware

  Arashi is arguably the biggest boy band in Japan at the moment. Watch how excited they are as they check out what could be the country’s biggest piece of game hardware. Last summer, Nintendo admitted that the 3DS was a tricky sell — especially in an age when 2D televisions still dominate. But even the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2011
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  You Can Now Bring The Real World To Minecraft

  Putting together an impressive Minecraft creation just got a whole lot easier, with a Kinect hack able to transform data captured by the Xbox 360’s camera into landscapes in the game. Nathan Viniconis has figured out a way to take the depth and colour data Kinect is able to pick up from a 3D space…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2011
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  Nintendo Is Covering Its Ass With 3DS Warnings

  While doctors say the Nintendo 3DS won’t melt children’s eyes (and is possibly beneficial!), Nintendo is standing by its warning about the upcoming 3D-glasses-free portable gaming device. In late December, Nintendo issued a warning about the 3DS, stating that children under the age of six would not be allowed to enjoy the 3DS’s 3D function…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2011