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Halo Reach Legendary Edition Lives Up To Its Label
Halo Reach is Bungie’s last hurrah in the Halo universe, and they aren’t saying goodbye without a lovely Limited Edition and one final, ultra-expensive Legendary Edition. First we have the Halo Reach Limited Edition, priced at $79.99. $20 over the standard price scores fans a recovered ONI “black box” holding the game disc, an exclusive…
By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2010 -
New Fable III Screen Adds A Touch Of Dapper
Yes, dapper. He’s like a cross between the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Piett. For more of our Fable III coverage, click here Fable III, the third game in Lionhead’s role-playing series, will be out for the Xbox 360 later this year.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2010 -
Microsoft Confirms Downloaded Halo 3 May Load More Slowly, Won’t Hurt Gameplay
A day after making Halo 3 available to Xbox 360 owners as a downloadable game, Microsoft let Kotaku know that while loading times may be impacted in this version, gameplay should run as well as it always did. Recall that Halo 3 creators Bungie Studios had advised gamers to play Halo 3 from a game…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 21, 2010 -
A Sightseeing Tour of Halo: Reach
Today Bungie lifted the lid on the upcoming Halo: Reach multiplayer beta, which means we’ve got four dozen new images of the game, its maps and new game types that we can now show you. Screenshots of three of the game’s four new maps have already gone public. This gallery leads off with the fourth,…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2010 -
Halo: Reach Multiplayer Preview: A New Game, But Not Unfamiliar
In 10 days, Halo: Reach gets its multiplayer beta – and consider that last word. With four different game types, new abilities and weapons, this isn’t some preview of the rest of a new game. It is a new game. Yes, the Halo: Reach beta will deliver another four maps and the standard game modes,…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2010 -
Xbox Live Getting A TV Channel?
According to sources speaking with Bloomberg, Microsoft is in talks with former News Corp. President Peter Chernin (who’s currently got a gig at Fox) over bringing a TV channel to its Xbox 360 console. Beginning earlier this month, the discussions revolve around bringing a full channel of programming to the 360, which would include both…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2010 -
Xbox 360 Fans, This Sports Jersey Is For You
The Seattle Sounders, the Major League Soccer team of choice for Xbox 360 fans, today released a new shirt, one that brings the team’s strip more in line with the colour scheme of the side’s sponsoring console. It’s called “Electricity” (yes, these things have names), with a “Rave Green” trim. Lovely stuff, marketing team, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2010 -
Who Wants To Play With Kim Kardashian?
Kim Kardashian is famous for several reasons, none of which we fully understand. While she has used her ability to hold things for evil in the past (see above), she is now using it for good. Phew. This Kim Kardashian Xbox 360 is part of Microsoft Australia’s drive to auction off one-of-a-kind game consoles for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2010 -
Project Natal & Its Instruction Manual(!) In The Wild
Looks like the Xbox 360’s motion sensing add-on is already in the wild and, more importantly, in the hands of someone willing to grab spy shots of the thing and the Project Natal hardware set up guide. While we’re trained to ignore video game manuals, the Project Natal set up guide tells us a thing…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2010 -
Crackdown 2 Becomes “A Beautiful Fusion Of Killing”
Apparently no one told Crackdown 2 senior designer Dean Smith that you aren’t supposed to make up your own cover blurbs, but then this video is titled “Nothing Is Sacred,” so at least he’s keeping in theme. Seriously though, that line needs to go on the game’s box art. I don’t care if it’s from…
By Mike Fahey Published April 19, 2010 -
This Is A Nice, Nice Xbox 360
When a Hollywood special effects master sits down and whips up a custom Xbox 360 console, this is the end result. Designed by Richard Taylor from WETA Workshop (ie the Lord of the Rings special effects guys, who were also down to work on the aborted Halo movie), the one-of-a-kind console – which is part…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2010 -
What Gets You Banned From Xbox Live Until The Year 9999?
A concerned parent has apparently taken to the official 360 forums, looking for an explanation as to why his son had been banned from Xbox Live until the Year of our Lord, 9999. Microsoft was only too happy to oblige. “Would be helpful if someone could enlighten me as to why he has been suspended…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2010 -
Filmmaker’s Blog Outs Canoeing-Style Project Natal Game
Remember James Gunn? The filmmaker who called Microsoft “the most dreadful, non-talent friendly company I’ve ever worked for“? Apparently they patched up. Microsoft invited him to try Natal, and Gunn’s spilled the beans on a game called “River Rush.” On his personal blog, Gunn describes River Rush as two player kayaking type game where both…
By Owen Good Published April 18, 2010 -
Baby Meets Xbox 360 Controller, Loses Her Freakin’ Mind
This small child isn’t terribly interested in a green cup. She’s damn interested in that Xbox 360 controller, though. She’s not laughing at it. It’s not quite a scream, either. Or a cry. She’s just…freaking out, and won’t stop staring at the left analogue stick. Leaving us to wonder if that man created a baby…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2010 -
See How Project Natal Will See You
Look through the cute/creepy eyes of Project Natal and see how the Xbox 360 camera attachment will see you when launched later this year. This shaky cam-captured demonstration, via Next Gen News, is from Microsoft’s Think Next event that convened yesterday in Tel Aviv, Israel—home to Project Natal tech provider PrimeSense. In it, we witness…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2010 -
Obama Administration Wants Microsoft To Make A Video Game
The Obama administration has sounded out Microsoft’s main man, CEO Steve Ballmer, on the possibility of the company producing a video game which would task players with balancing the US budget. Not as fun as tearing up a desert nation looking for weapons of mass destruction, I agree, but it’s just as important. Erskine Bowles,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2010 -
The Original Xbox Live…LIVES! (For Now, At Least)
The original Xbox Live service was supposed to have been shut down at midnight. But midnight has now passed, and the people playing Halo 2 online in anticipation of its demise are…still playing Halo 2. We don’t yet know whether this is a last-minute hiccup or whether Bungie and Microsoft have made a deal with…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2010 -
Microsoft Supplier Factory Treats Workers Like “Prisoners”
A damning report from the National Labor Committe, released earlier this week, has highlighted atrocious working conditions at Chinese company KYE Systems Corp, which among other things manufactures control pads for the Xbox 360. The NLC’s report claims that KYE, an electronics manufacturer that supplies hardware for companies like Microsoft (the firm’s biggest single customer),…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2010 -
The Voice Of Xbox Live Is Now Taking Your Calls
This week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio is now live, featuring none other than Major Nelson, the living embodiment of Xbox Live. Okay, maybe not the living embodiment of Xbox Live, but Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb is the official mouthpiece for the service, bringing fans constant updates through his own weekly podcasts and the Major…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2010