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NASA Made A Game That Lets You Land On Mars. Sounds Cool. Now What?

Hop on Xbox Live and search for Mars Rover Landing. You’ll find a Kinect game made by NASA and Microsoft that’s meant to simulate the tense experience of landing Curiosity, NASA’s rover that will land on Mars on August 5 after eight and a half months of travel. It’s “seven minutes of terror,” is how…

By Tina Amini Published July 16, 2012

Oh Man, I Need This Awesome Game of Thrones Xbox 360 Console

Tragically, this custom Xbox 360 isn’t available in stores. It’s just part of a competition HBO and Microsoft are running, where the wording makes it sound like there’s only one of these babies available. With the tasteful graphics and wraparound design (on both console and controller), those of us who don’t win it can just…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2012

The Next Xbox Should Embrace Microsoft’s PC Roots

For today’s edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, we continue the discussion of future consoles with commenter Leaufai, who advises Microsoft to embrace their PC roots and give us a console that truly takes console gaming to the next level. Things have changed since the last generation of consoles were launched. PC gaming has changed.…

Featuring Leaufai Published July 12, 2012

One Console To Rule Them All

In today’s slightly late (sorry!) edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Gusi A. Rincon puts forth the argument for a unified console. Forget the console wars! If the big console makers would all just declare peace, everyone would benefit. Right now the best that could happen to the Game industry (just hypothetically speaking) would…

Featuring Gusi A. Rincon Published July 11, 2012

Here’s What The Expendables 2‘s Co-Op Action Looks Like

The virtual version of Sylvester Stallone that you’ll see in this trailer for Ubisoft’s movie-based co-op shooter looks… waxy. But in a good way, as if he’s left the petty frailties of human flesh behind long ago. The Expendables 2 will hit PSN on July 31st, and Xbox Live and PC download stores on August…

By Evan Narcisse Published July 10, 2012

New Xbox Application Gives You Achievements For Burning Calories

Microsoft has launched an application called Kinect PlayFit as a free download for all Xbox Live members, the publisher said today. Kinect PlayFit is a “new fitness dashboard that aggregates and tracks the calories you burn as you play a variety of Kinect games,” Microsoft says. You’ll be able to compare your stats to other…

By Jason Schreier Published July 10, 2012

Let’s Name the Next Xbox

The next Xbox might be called Xbox 8. Or Microsoft recently grabbed that web address for some other purpose (possibly holding it for the release of the eighth Xbox in the year 2060). But if not “Xbox 8”, what should the makers of the next Xbox call this thing? Let’s help them. Names they’ve considered…

By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2012

Microsoft Snags Domain Name For ‘Xbox 8’ [UPDATE]

Microsoft has secured the web domain for “xbox8.us” and “xbox8.org,” according to a new report. The Internet sleuths at Fusible uncovered that Microsoft won the domains back from a Chinese citizen in a case filed with the National Arbitration Forum. Other domains won in the dispute include XboxPhone.com, XboxTablet.com, XboxLiveTV.com, XboxCompanion.com. Interestingly enough, the Xbox…

By Jason Schreier Published July 3, 2012

Reviews

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor: The Kotaku Review

I used to have one of the hugely impractical, super-expensive controllers for the original Steel Battalion. It went MIA somewhere during the various moves of my adult life, but before it did, I remember that I broke it out in all its glory maybe one or two times. I never got very far in the…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012

You Can Now Control (Some of) Your Xbox 360 From a Phone

Microsoft released an update to its Xbox Live iPhone app yesterday that adds some basic remote functionality, letting you launch games and navigate menus from your iPhone. For some reason that good stuff is iPhone-only; the iPad version didn’t get it, and the new Android edition doesn’t have it either. [Microsoft]

By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2012

An Idiot Was Paid $5 Million to Smuggle Cocaine Inside an Xbox

It was only a month ago we heard of a guy who tried, and failed, to hide a few bricks of coke inside an Xbox. Guyanese drug smugglers obviously don’t keep up with the news. Border authorities in Jamaica have arrested a man who, after initially clearing customs with two items of luggage, tried to…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2012

It Doesn’t Sound THAT Hard to Fix a Broken Xbox 360

Those with older Xbox 360 consoles know it’s just a matter of when, not if, their machines give up the ghost and display three red rings. What’s worse is that, if you’ve got an old console, chances are it’s out of warranty as well. Fixing one isn’t as hard as you might think, though, as…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2012

Why Those DMC Weapons Still Have Names

So, Capcom has been adamant about the fact that DMC is a re-imagining of their Devil May Cry mythos. That means Dante looks different, drops the F-bomb a whole lot more and adventures through a different landscape, even if the game plays very similarly to the titles of the past Why, then, do some of…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 7, 2012

The Wii U’s ZombiU Could be Stealing the Scene On Other Platforms

Ubisoft’s new zombie game ZombiU really impressed me when I played it at E3. As it turns out, despite its reliance on the Wii U’s second handheld screen, the game might not be exclusive to Nintendo’s upcoming console after all. Speaking with IGN, Ubisoft’s Tony Key said that the game might at some point come…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 7, 2012

Kotaku East

This Is More Than 15 Seconds of Live-Action Badass Mecha Battles

Mamoru Oshii, director of such animated films like Ghost in the Shell was recently revealed as the director of the Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor trailer. In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, the director offered his insight to the creation of the trailer and some impressions on the game itself. The 15 second trailer was…

By Toshi Nakamura Published June 7, 2012

Persona 4 Arena Kicks Out a New Trailer

Upcoming Persona fighter Persona 4: Arena gets a new trailer. This is it. The game will have dual language audio, which should definitely please the Atlus faithful. Persona 4: Arena will be out this summer on the PS3 and the Xbox 360.

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2012

Hitman‘s Next Target Appears to be Assassin’s Creed

Hello. Have you heard of the Hitman video games? You may have seen a trailer in which a well-dressed man murders sexy killers who are in the habit of dressing like nuns. The trailer is surprising, because, Hitman games have always been about challenging players to commit stealthy murder and are a shade more sedate—and…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2012

One Year Later, Did Microsoft Keep Their E3 2011 Promises?

For the fourth year in a row, we’re comparing E3 hype to gaming reality. On Tuesday, we looked at Sony. Yesterday, we investigated Nintendo. Today, we wrap up with a look at Microsoft’s E3 2011 promises. Last year, Microsoft may as well have called their press presentation the Kinect Hour. While the Xbox 360 itself…

By Kate Cox Published May 31, 2012

DoTA-style Lord of the Rings Game Coming this Fall

Guardians of Middle-Earth, a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, is going to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network this fall. The game’s release is timed to tie in with the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, coming out in theaters this December. Guardians of Middle-earth promises to use Tolkien’s iconic high fantasy setting and…

By Kate Cox Published May 30, 2012

Relax, The Xbox 360 Probably Isn’t Going to be Banned

International Trade Commission judge David Shaw has recommended that the import and sale of Xbox 360 consoles in the US be halted immediately. Sounds drastic, I know, but maybe it’s not as bad as it sounds. Speaking with GI.biz, patent expert Florian Mueller says “I’ve never seen an ITC judge make any other recommendation than…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012