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  Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Effective May 1, Kotaku has discontinued support for April, although some remained connected to the servers and are still playing that month. Usually we pick a new piece of art to kick off a new month of TAY, but that’s Totilo’s choice, and he’s not the weekend boss. So the big reveal will have to…

  By Owen Good Published May 1, 2010
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  What The Hell’s Going On In That Black Ops Trailer?

  The debut trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops had waaaay too many fast cuts. So let’s slow it down a little, see what we can find out about where the game’s taking us, and what we’ll be doing. I’ve selected what I think are the most important and interesting parts of the trailer and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2010
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  Your First Look At Call Of Duty: Black Ops

  As promised, we got our first look at Treyarch’s latest Call of Duty game tonight, and as expected, the game will take us on a tour of some of the Cold War’s hottest locations. Well, that’s the gist we caught from the flashes in this brief clip, at any rate. You’ll partake in the “birth…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2010
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  Real Life Modern Warfare: Soldiers vs Pirates, With Helmet Cameras

  In this clip, Marines storm a cargo ship that had been hijacked by pirates. If you think that sounds like something out of a Modern Warfare game, thanks to a helmet camera and first-person perspective, it looks like it, too. These six Dutch Marines, from the HNLMS Tromp, boarded the MV Taipan in the Indian…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2010
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  Ryu Stands A Mighty 18 Inches Tall

  SOTA Toys, specialists in the world of Street Fighter collectibles, will for their 10th birthday be releasing something extra special. Something large. Large like a statue of Ryu that’s a whopping 18″ tall. Due out by the end of the year, there’s no word yet on price or availability, but you can presume “expensive”, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: The Mighty Thor

  What is this, io9? What’s with all the super heroes? Well, it’s just the kind of thing we like to chat about during our special Kotaku Off Topic posts, where pretty much anything goes—like, discussing The Mighty Thor. Marvel released the first shot of Thor in the upcoming Kenneth Branagh-directed film and I’m liking what…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010
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  Rumor: Guitar Hero: Red Hot Chili Peppers In The Works

  Guitar Hero publisher Activision may be scaling back its plans for the music game in 2010, but it may have at least one more band-centric effort in the works—Guitar Hero: Red Hot Chili Peppers. According to details from a survey forwarded to Kotaku, Activision appears to be gauging interest in a Guitar Hero: Red Hot…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010
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  Free Mechwarrior 4 Here! Who’s Ready?

  It took almost 10 months since we heard Mechwarrior 4 was gonna be re-released for free, but that day has finally arrived. You can grab it through MekTek now; it’s a 1.7GB download. Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries will include all the original mechs and weapons of the game’s first release, plus tons more contentand improvements. Run…

  By Owen Good Published April 30, 2010
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  Test Drive Unlimited 2: My God It’s Full of Cars

  The Test Drive series may not have as rabid a fan base as does Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport, but do either of those games have bikinis? No, I didn’t think so! Fortunately, Test Drive Unlimited 2 does. Test Drive Unlimited 2, like the previous game, appears to put an emphasis more on driving through…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010
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  Get Your Name Tagged in Crysis 2

  EA Canada is offering to immortalize 50 people in virtual spray-paint or sharpie in Crysis 2, under a Twitter promo running over the weekend. It ends on Monday. Winners, drawn at random, get their names, gamertags or PSN IDs up on New York’s landscape in the game. You get eligible by Tweeting “Hey @Crysis, I…

  By Owen Good Published April 30, 2010
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  Left 4 Dead 2 Kicks Off ‘Bleed Out,’ Adds Game Changing Vote

  This weekend, things are going to get even harder for the poor Survivors from Left 4 Dead 2, thanks to the game’s latest rule-changing “Mutation.” And one Mutation is up for permanent, not weekly, contention. “Bleed Out” the second gameplay variation added to the rotation to those who have upgraded to Left 4 Dead 2’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010
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  Five Classic UFC Bouts Are Exclusive to PS3 Version

  Earlier, THQ revealed the roster of fighters for UFC Undisputed 2010, with three of them exclusive to the game’s PS3 version. PS3 MMA fans also get another five classic bouts on top of the 15 offered in Ultimate Fight Mode. Here’s what you get: • UFN 18 (April 1, 2009) – Carlos Condit vs. Martin…

  By Owen Good Published April 30, 2010
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  Review Round Up: A Well Oiled Machine

  This week, Kotaku’s reviews took the fight to the streets and to the skies. They fought battles in the Old West and feudal Japan. And they involved one unsightly beanbag, nearly capable of launching a kitty cat into the stratosphere. 3D Dot Game Heroes Review: Connecting The Dots To The Past In which Mike Fahey…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010
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  Yo Dawg, We Put a Race Car Game on Yo Race Car

  As part of our neverending mission to tell you what video game is now turning left four times at 100 mph on Saturday tonight, let’s check in with Joey Logano and the No. 20 GameStop Toyota. GameStop, which has a 21-race sponsorship deal with the NASCAR driver in the lower-run Nationwide Series, put Split/Second on…

  By Owen Good Published April 30, 2010
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  Fallout: New Vegas Adds Hardcore Mode, Weapon Mods & More

  If you’ve already spent hundreds of hours combing the wastelands of Washington D.C., Pittsburgh and Anchorage, Alaska in Fallout 3, what might convince you to revisit the post-nuclear version of Sin City in Fallout: New Vegas? Developer Obsidian Entertainment is taking over for Bethesda Softworks for the follow-up to Fallout 3, set three years after…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010
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  Armor’s Armor

  To: Ash From: Crecente My armor came in… wrapped in bubble wrap. Who knew? Armor needs protection too! What you missed: The World of Crackdown 2 Is 1000 Meters Tall [UPDATE] Retailer: New Call Of Duty Goes To Arctic, Cuba, Vietnam Game Design as Make-Believe: Imagination 13 Extraordinary Halo Reach Screenshots, Shot By Gamers First…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 30, 2010
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  Japan’s Console War: It’s Officially A Stalemate

  Look, there’s really no way to sex up this week’s hardware contest in Japan. The battle between Sony and Nintendo is still too close to call, just as it has been for the past few weeks. The PlayStation family is slightly ahead of its biggest competitor, the Wii and DS line of products, with the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010
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  Halo 2 Diehards Lured With Halo: Reach Beta Codes

  Microsoft sent Halo: Reach beta codes to the last dozen still playing Halo 2 more than two weeks after multiplayer support was shut off for the original Xbox. Maybe it’s a hint to finally disconnect and play something else? Technically, this isn’t much of an award, as Reach beta keys were to be offered to…

  By Owen Good Published April 30, 2010
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  Halo, Modern Warfare and A Leap of Faith

  The largest game publisher in the world managed to end April on a high note despite two months of bad press, growing gamer discontent and a half billion dollar lawsuit over the personnel imbroglio surrounding their Modern Warfare games. It would have taken huge news to divert attention even slightly from the growing soap opera…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 30, 2010
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  Rumor: Castlevania HD Whips Up Six Player Vampire Slaying

  Fans of the 2D brand of Castlevania adventuring may get the “HD” game they’ve been clamoring for with Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, which publisher Konami trademarked earlier this month. According to a since-pulled report on Castlevania: Harmony of Despair at never know tech, Harmony of Despair is a multiplayer “Metroidvania”-style side-scrolling adventure, one that borrows…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2010