Prince of Persia. Prince of Persia has a new game coming out. New movie, too. It’s set in Persia, Persia has sand. All of which explains this giant Prince of Persia sand castle! It’s been built in London, and while it’s a shameless marketing ploy engineered in order to gain column space on video game…
What is this, 1876? Who still writes letters? Not me, though that won’t stop me looking fondly at these Dragon Age letter openers, which fittingly are tiny replicas of Dragon Age swords. Distributed by Sideshow, there are two available, the Grey Warden’s “Render” and the Darkspawn’s “Greatersword”. While small – both are only 7″ tall…
It may be early, but it’s still Friday. And Friday’s Friday. Know what that means? It’s time for Tell Us Dammit. So tell, us. Dammit! Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes,…
The controls? Too complex. As seen on Toby Toons
Fighting game Street Fighter II is iconic. The opening theme for anime Doraemon is iconic as well. Will they mix? Someone on the Japanese internet decided to see if that was possible but attempting to use sound effects from Street Fighter II to reproduced the Doraemon opening theme, Doraemon no Uta (Doraemon’s Song). Doraemon is…
Master Chief is a big man, but he wasn’t always big. He was once a boy, called John! And when John was a boy – no, a baby – then maybe these Halo helmets would have fit him. Special effects house WETA, who at one stage were signed up to do the Peter Jackson Halo…
Well, according to Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, it is… Sci-fi role-playing franchise Mass Effect. Here’s the quote — from an interview with website Gamasutra: The thing that was cool was that Mass Effect is kind of an RPG for me, with the cover-based shooting. I think there’s a reason why it’s been successful.…
Readers of PC Gamer, one of the last bastions of the specialist press for the platform, have been voting on what they think are the best 100 PC games of all time. And the results are in! The results of course skew towards more contemporary titles, and as such serve more as an illustration of…
Take one World of Warcraft account. One changed password. And a very, very angry fat man. Hijinks ensue. There are bad words as well as a slur, spilling out of the pie hole of this angry fat man. You have been warned. Of course, this might be fake, staged or both. It’s not nearly as…
I may be slightly biased in saying this, as I have British family, but games – or, at least fantasy games – always sound more professional to me when they hire a good, English cast to handle the voice work. Case in point: this is John Cleese, of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers fame, recording…
Japanese game maker Sega, perhaps best known for Sonic the Hedgehog and Virtua Fighter, just launched a countdown teaser site for a new game. Possibly, a new Xbox 360 game. The text on the countdown site itself is thin on details; however, the site’s URL (next-360action.sega.jp) has some wondering if SEGA is going to reveal…
You are looking at a one-off 1/1 scale recreation of schoolgirl Manaka Takane from Nintendo DS dating sim Love Plus. Impressive, amazing and, yes, creepy. This was spotted at the recent Treasure Festa in Japan at the Link Factory booth. Link Factory is a Japanese prop and special effect house, so these guys are pros.…
Repeating a pattern set by the game’s first batch of downloadable content, Modern Warfare 2’s “Resurgence” pack will contain a mix of maps, some new, some not so new. This, of course, was the focal point of many consumer’s anger over the first pack, being that they were spending $15 for something that only contained…
The PlayStation 2 deservedly holds the record as the top-selling video game console of all time. It won’t, however, hold the record for much longer. Because the Nintendo DS is nipping at its heels, and despite having released five years after the PS2, will – barring an unforseen disaster – overtake Sony’s console towards the…
This is from 2006. Eons ago. Just look at that outfit! Shorts, a tutu and make-up from 1985? I…don’t geddit. It’s now 2010, and we are living in the future. Technology is more advanced. Plastic mechas have improved. Posing, too. Priced at ¥350,000 (US$3,700), this 35 kilogram, 1.5 meter high “Hyper Hyrbid” HY2M RX-78-2 Gundam…
In the past month, all three platform holders have handed in their financial results for the 2009 fiscal year. Bean-counters are pleased, but so are we, because we now know how many consoles have been sold worldwide. As you know, the Wii leads, yet despite its head-start on the market the Xbox 360’s lead over…
Portal may be free on the Mac for a limited time, but nothing’s ever really free. It’s just being subsidised. Sponsored by a benevolent artificial intelligence, who is only too glad to motivate you for Portal 2. The term “marketing engineers” sounds made-up, but in Valve’s case, you can never be too sure. Ideas like…
Too few chesty Valkyria Chronicles statues on display in your bedroom, workplace or dungeon lair? Japanese figure maker Alter’s take on Selvaria Bles will remedy that! We’ve already seen Alter’s top heavy Selvaria in prototype form, but here it is in its near final form, ready to pre-order. This is 10,290 yen worth of finely…
Did you know that the first off topic thread was posted by the ancient Sumerians? Yeah, little known fact. Just the type of trivia we like to talk about in Kotaku Off Topic. Here’s another little factoid. I’m viciously competitive when it comes to contests of trivia. Jeopardy, Trivial Pursuit, Buzz, pub quizzes and the…
It’s been a couple days since the new starter Pokémon for the upcoming Black/White were leaked in a Japanese magazine, CoroCoro. But already, we may have a new meme. The grass starter Pokémon, whose Japanese name is Tsutaja, has risen above the others and become an overnight internet sensation, inspiring conversation and not a small…
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