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Want that Metal Gear 3DS? You Won’t Like This.
Konami is releasing a special Metal Gear Nintendo 3DS. Good luck on trying to get one, though. You’ll have to jump through all sorts of hoops. Not only is Konami selling it through its online store Konami Style (ungh) for ¥22,980 (US$299), it’s only being sold by raffle—to those who register with a Konami ID.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2012 -
North Korea’s New Dictator…Looking at Things
In the video game Homefront, shortly after Kim Jung-il dies, his son Kim Jong-un gives a fiery speech and mobilizes the military. In real life, the manga-reading, video game-playing successor appears less fiery—though he does resemble a Dragonball villain The Great Successor, who is the world’s youngest head of state, is like his father in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2012 -
Well Excuse This Adorable, Tiny Princess Zelda
Zelda-loving parents with a decent amount of disposable income, why not spend some of it on this hand-knitted Princess Zelda costume, designed to fit children too young to know what a Zelda even is. From the product description on Etsy: Pictured is my Matilda wearing it at 9 months of age, so it will definitely…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2012 -
PC Overclockers, You Can Now Insure Your CPU
If you’ve ever fried an expensive CPU trying to overclock the thing, you should check this out. Intel is introducing something called the Performance Tuning Plan, which in plain English means overclocking insurance. Yes, for $20-$35 your Core i-whatever processor can be covered against you screwing up an overclock, with a one-time condition that your…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2012 -
How To Stop Yet Another Resident Evil Flick from “Definitely” Happening
The Resident Evil movies make money. That’s why Hollywood keeps on making them. That’s why there’s the upcoming (and Sony hardware-filled) Resident Evil: Retribution. You can bet that, unless nobody sees Retribution, there’s going to be another one. According to Resident Evil: Retribution director Paul W.S. Anderson, early on there was talk about shooting Retribution,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2012 -
Old Tony Hawk’s Levels, New Tony Hawk’s Graphics
Here’s six new screenshots for the upcoming Tony Hawk’s HD. Sorry there’s no music to go along with screenshots. Play this as you click through, it’ll do the trick. And here’s the original, just in case you really need to get the track out of your system.
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2012 -
A Collection of Broken, Wounded Pokémon
Pokémon don’t faint. That’s Nintendo blowing sunshine up your ass. They battle other creatures with elements, teeth and claws, and when one of them loses, they are beat up A truth artist Justin White is choosing not to ignore with this series of images showing what a Pokémon actually looks like when it comes up…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2012 -
The Xbox 360’s Video Playback “Issue” Acknowledged, Microsoft “Working on a Fix”
After a few months of people pointing the issue out, Microsoft has finally acknowledged that the 2011 dashboard update has created a problem with the console’s video playback. Xbox spokesman Larry Hryb has said the company is “aware of the colorspace issue” affecting “some Xbox video apps”, and that Microsoft is “working on a fix”.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2012 -
EA Sports’ Grand Slam Tennis 2 Outwits the Hawk-Eye
You may not know this, but my old man is a tennis umpire. He’s done it for more than 25 years, which means he’s had some pretty big assignments. Dad’s worked two Olympics, numerous U.S. Opens (including lines crew of the most recent men’s final), and has been called a fucking chickenshit bastard by John…
By Owen Good Published January 19, 2012 -
DC’s New Logo Visits Arkham City
Earlier today, comics powerhouse DC unveiled a new logo. Well, new logos, as the idea behind the company’s new “peeling” motif is that it can be customised for every piece of entertainment it appears on. While that’ll mostly be comics, DC did go to the trouble of showing how the property’s video games will look.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2012 -
Here, Have Some Skrillasagna
The week is almost at an end, and so it’s time for a Thursday Kotaku evening open thread. How has your Thursday been? Have you Seattle-ites been keeping out of the snow? Have those of you in the rest of the country been keeping from being too holier-than-thou about how much snow you get each…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 19, 2012 -
UFC Undisputed 3‘s Demo Arrives on Tuesday
Pushed from a January release to Valentine’s Day, the flagship MMA title UFC Undisputed 3 said today its demo will release Jan. 24 or, a week from this past Tuesday. And that’s it. THQ provided no details as to what kind of fighters or game modes would be available in the demo, saying those and…
By Owen Good Published January 19, 2012 -
A Dreamcast 2 Could Have Looked Like This
When Sega pulled out of the hardware race over a decade ago, it meant the poor little Dreamcast never got the successor it deserved. Well, aside from the Xbox That hasn’t stopped French industrial design student Elie Ahovi from conceptualising what a Dreamcast 2 could have looked like. Being an actual industrial designer, and not…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2012 -
Skyrim’s Creation Kit is “Nearly Ready”
I’m done with Skyrim. I’ve seen enough and done enough of what came with it to satisfy me, so I’ve put it down. I haven’t put it away, though, because I know the game’s creation kit is coming soon. Very soon, if Bethesda are to be believed. In an update on the company’s site, we’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2012 -
Here’s Your Covah Stah f’ MLB Th’ Showah
Boston first sacker Adrian Gonzalez holds down the box shot of MLB 12 The Show from Sony, breaking the two-year hold of Minnesota’s Joe Mauer. Before Mauer, the last cover star for Sony’s boutique baseball franchise was also a Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, for MLB 09 The Show. Before him, it was Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard.…
By Owen Good Published January 19, 2012 -
Unnecessary Censorship of Skyrim Remains Very [BLEEP]ing Funny
Okay, yes, inserting censorship *bleep*s over clean dialogue to suggest naughtiness is a cheap way to get a laugh. And yes, it’s something that Jimmy Kimmel has already done to death. And yet, this second “Unnecessary Censorship” video of Skyrim is actually funnier than the first one, which we posted a while back Some of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 19, 2012 -
The Long-Forgotten Threat That ‘Always’ Made Madden Nervous
So much is made of NFL 2K5 and the blaze-of-glory conclusion to its rivalry with Madden NFL that it’s easy to forget another title once threatened EA Sports’ glamour franchise. In fact, the Madden team also feared NFL GameDay until the end. “We were always nervous about GameDay,” an unnamed EA Sports developer said in…
By Owen Good Published January 19, 2012 -
Star Wars: The Old Republic Factions Learn to Work Together to Exploit the PVP System
Now that BioWare has instituted fixes limiting the number of Republic and Imperial players taking part in each instance of player-versus-player planet Ilum an uneasy truce has been formed. Now both sides can take turns killing each other for credit! Patch 1.1 for BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic patched the game so players could…
By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2012 -
Welcome to the Syndicate
Here come the cyborgs | A nostalgia-inducing screen from PC gaming classic Syndicate, which re-launched today on GoG.com It’s Official! Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield Co-Star in Resident Evil 6 As teased at NoHopeLeft.com and GameStop advertising materials, Resident Evil 6 is officially coming this November, bringing the series two most popular male leads together…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 19, 2012