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  This Wii Gun Might Not Be A Great Idea

  We’ve seen our fair share of Wii peripherals that are bad ideas. Saw one this week! Now let’s see another one. Look at it! You could rob a gas station with that thing, and nobody would bat an eye. “Inspired” by the famous Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun, it’s got a built-in speaker and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  Visual Novel Ripped Off By Adult Game

  To Heart is a landmark in Japanese adult PC gaming. Released in 1997, the game is a visual novel and showed how adult themes could be woven into a moving story. It influenced a generation of visual novels. It spawned a sequel in 2004, ToHeart2, anime, manga and, now, a straight up rip off. Adult…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  This Zelda Cosplay May Be Ill-Advised

  Yes, that’s right. This lady is dressed up as a character we know absolutely nothing about. Nothing! She calls it “The Spirit of the Master Sword”, taking a guess that the mysterious character from the concept art tease of the next Zelda game – unveiled at last year’s E3 – is just that. The spirit…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  This Lady Looks Familiar

  On Friday, a new Swedish film opens in, wait for it, Sweden. The picture is a parody of cop shows and is called Kommisarie Späck (Detective Blubber). The lead female character doesn’t look like she’s from police dramas. She looks like she’s from video games. That’s Joanna Dark hair! You know, the fiery-haired heroine of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Don’t Expect Every Old PS3 Game To Go 3D

  There’s a good bet many classic PS3 games will be retrofitted to display in 3D. Just don’t go expecting every game to have come out since 2006 to get the treatment. “I’m sure we will [retrofit more games with 3D], as adding 3D to a game can make it a whole new experience,” Sony’s Simon…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  Japan Chalks Up 5 Million PSN Accounts

  Japan has reached 5 million PSN accounts. Congrats, because that’s a lot

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Guess Who Hated “Combat Evolved”?

  The title of the original Halo game is “Halo: Combat Evolved”. That’s not the title that the game’s developer wanted. Bungie wanted the game to be simply called “Halo”. Microsoft, who published the game, pushed the “Combat Evolved” subtitle onto the game. “Oh, man… the subtitle,” Halo designer Jaime Griesemer told Edge Magazine. “At the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Nobody Leaves Nintendo, Nobody!

  If you think working as a designer for Nintendo sounds like a sweet job…you’re probably right. Speaking with Edge, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says “One particular difference I should point out with Nintendo is that I am in charge of the EAD division and very few people have ever left that division. Very few people…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  Enjoy Your Massage! No, Really. Enjoy It!

  Has shovelware ever felt this good? Enjoy Your Massage! is an upcoming Wii title in which players get virtual massages on virtual backs for virtual relaxation. Here is the description from the Entertainment Software Rating Board: This is a massage simulation game in which players match patterns in order to perform back massages on clients.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Kotaku: The Famicom Game

  Kotaku is not a Famicom game from the 1980s. Kotaku is a website. If we were, though, we’d probably look a little something like this. Thanks Lord Toon!

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  Very Important Work Has Commenced

  The most important building project of this year has gotten underway in Shizuoka, Japan. Construction on the life-sized Gundam statue is underway, reports Japan Today. The 18-meter mecha will carry a Beam Saber and be erected near JR Higashishizuoka Station. It will mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Gundam plastic models. It will…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Company Of Heroes Is Back! (Sort Of)

  Company of Heroes Online – the free-to-play version of the classic PC real-time strategy game that’s previously only been available in Asia – is going to be released in the West, publisher THQ said today. Having tinkered with the game in overseas markets, first with a Shanda-developed title in China and then an in-house THQ…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  The Average PC Gamer’s Computer Looks Like…This

  It’s time to check in and see, courtesy of Valve’s hardware surveys, what the average PC gamer’s rig looks like. Hmm. Uh huh, uh huh. Yeah, I’m still average. Great? There have been some changes in critical categories since the last time we took a good look at the results (I know, they’re published every…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  New Total War Coming, Has A Taste For The Orient

  Deciding that E3 was simply too far away to wait, Creative Assembly today took the wraps off the latest game in the Total War series: Shogun 2: Total War. Or, going by this video, Okami: Total War. Returning to the setting that got the series its start, Shogun 2 is just like the recent-ish Medieval…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  Rumor: Sonic Free Riders Is Sega’s Natal Mascot Racer

  Sonic the Hedgehog will be a busy mascot in 2010, with Sonic Colors and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 coming to consoles. Sega may have another Sonic-starring game in store, Sonic Free Riders for Microsoft’s Project Natal. Joystiq cites an anonymous source in naming Sonic Free Riders as an Xbox Live Arcade game that’s played with…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: Thundercats Are Ho!

  Along with today’s announcement that Warner Bros. is bringing back Thundercats, we’d like to announce that we’re bringing back Kotaku Off Topic, the open thread post that you fondly remember from Tuesday. Ho!!! I watched quite a bit of Thundercats in my day, along with He-Man, Silverhawks, C.O.P.S. and Robotech, but it didn’t have a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010
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  Oh, BTW, EA Sports Confirms NBA Live’s Name Change

  EA Sports picked one hell of a day to confirm its NBA title’s name change. Not like anyone will remember today for Michael Jordan returning to video games, Ken Griffey Jr. retiring, or the worst umpiring mistake in baseball history. Anyway, it’s official: NBA Live is no more, it will be replaced by NBA Elite…

  By Owen Good Published June 2, 2010
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  How Two Fake Bands From ‘Lost’ Wound Up In Rock Band

  Lost is over. But Lost devotees can still experience the drug-addled, pop rock thrills of its fictional band Drive Shaft and the show’s in-joke act Geronimo Jackson, thanks to Rock Band and the efforts of a dedicated Harmonix employee. G4 chronicles the efforts of Harmonix manager of communications John Drake to bring Drive Shaft’s “You…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010
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  And the Bleacher Shadows Behind Him …

  After a 22-season career that saw 630 home runs in real life, and thousands more as one of the greatest video game athletes ever, Ken Griffey, Jr., outfielder, Seattle A.L., retired tonight.

  By Owen Good Published June 2, 2010
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  Brits Get Their Free Dr. Who Adventures Early

  The first episode of BBC’s Dr. Who adventure games is out and already being enjoyed by our British sci-fi-loving nerd brethren overseas. Apparently “it rocks,” or so says Kotaku tipster Dan2593. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games kicks off with “City Of The Daleks” today, a few days earlier than expected, a free download for PC…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2010