Rice | TOKYO, JAPAN: An Akihabara maid shows off omurice and drinks at a PSP game event. (Photo: 4Gamer) Borderlands Fan Passes Away, Honoured as Borderlands 2 Character Michael John Mamaril sadly passed away last month at the age of just 22. Being a big Borderlands fan, Michael’s friend Carlo thought a nice way to…
So far, we’ve seen Link make his way over the volcanic parts of the landscape in Skyward Sword. This new trailer opens introduces the arid Lanaryu Desert, where the series hero searches for a mining facility. You’ll also see glimpses of the new Zelda game’s combat in action and a boss battle against a giant…
Texas court-at-law judge William Adams was filmed (warning: graphic violence) beating his disabled daughter Hillary. The video appeared on YouTube, and the unsympathetic judge has admitted it was real—noting that it’s “not as bad as it looks on tape”. Hillary was apparently beaten for illegally downloading video games and music, and now the judge is…
Never mind that GTAV was just announced, New South Wales Attorney General Greg Smith called for Grand Theft Auto to be “banned”. Le sigh. [Kotaku Australia]
Okay, I like the name “John”. It’s a good name, I think. “John Lennon” was named “John”, and he was a cool dude. Dizzy Gillespie was born “John”, but as good as “John” is, “Dizzy” is way better. What about “Nathan”? Is that better? Uncharted hero Nathan Drake started life as a John. The first…
Call of Duty: Elite, the franchise’s new online “platform” may not be a game, but we’re still going to add it to the list of “stuff that launches on console but is delayed on PC” anyway. Beachhead Studio head Chacko Sonny has told Activision community man Dan Amrich that not only will be service not…
Epoch, a cover-based shooter developed by a bunch of former 2K Australia guys, will be out on the App Store on November 10. Amazing how far these little mobile games have come, no? You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking…
This post has a spoiler in it. If you want a tiny part of Modern Warfare 3, which officially hits Nov. 8, spoiled, read on. If you don’t, this is a post (and comments section) you should skip. Okay? We all here? Let’s dive in. The above clip was sent to Kotaku, with the tipster…
At least, that’s what around 1,000 games industry employees reckon, as the results of a survey for the London Games Conference show. Attendees for the upcoming event were asked who they think the most influential people were, along with the most influential products. Note they’re not being asked their favourites, or the most important (whatever…
Last year, Nintendo, who started out as a hanafuda maker, released several sets of Mario playing cards. This December, Nintendo is releasing another themed deck. This time, Zelda Priced at ¥1,050 and out this December in Japan, the decks feature art from four Zelda games. The spades are The Legend of Zelda, the hearts are…
Crysis developers Crytek’s proprietary engines are always impressive, but for some reason or another aren’t often used by other studios. Or when they are, they’re used for shooters. Not this time! A Swedish developer by the name of Poppermost is working on a game called Snow, which is a skiing/snowboarding title that, like EA’s Skate…
Sexual harassment is awful. Many people—often politicians, it seems—say things or create situations that make others uncomfortable. So Bolt insurance agency created a chart explaining “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”. Specific examples include: “Constant and repeated requests for a date or unwanted flirting”, “Unwanted jokes, gestures, comments and repartee”, and “Displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures…
Duke Nukem Forever was, I thought, an absolute disaster. I was not alone in this. Yet Gearbox co-founder Brian Martel thinks the game’s poor reviews weren’t a consequence of the game being terrible. They were because reviewers were somehow unfair to the game. “There were [review scores] towards the high and things towards the low,…
During the 1990s, when Neon Genesis Evangelion exploded in popularity, voice actress Yuko Miyamura was along for the ride. Like many other voice actresses, she wasn’t merely someone who read lines, she was an idol. Fans worshipped her. That is, until the unthinkable happened: A porno. In Japan there are, generally speaking, idols who are…
Last month, it was reported that Sony and Ubisoft will soon sign an Assassin’s Creed movie deal. From the sound of it, this is no normal movie deal. Ubisoft apparently has control over everything, from the budget to the script to the actors to even the release date. According to one studio exec, Ubisoft even…
British rapper Dan Bull, who you may have heard of before, was so moved by the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V he went and wrote a track about it. Part literal description, part wishlist, it certainly makes the trailer worth watching a second time. Especially if you like the Fresh Prince You can…
Glitches and bugs are a part of life when games launch. Since they can be patched via download, don’t think of them as negatives, early adaptors, but features. Delicious features that can provide enjoyment. Kotaku reader Silverhold found this this glitch in Uncharted 3, which at first was a floating shotgun coming straight at him.…
There are stores that are, have been and will be selling Modern Warfare 3 early. If you managed to get hold of a copy, good for you! Just be warned, there might be a downside to your early purchase. Microsoft’s Stephen Toulouse has hit Twitter to warn those already in possession of the game that…
Who needs a hostile little mobile phone when you can drop Portal’s malevolent artificial intelligence onto a PC and have her watch you via Kinect? Corey Thomas has rigged up his Kinect camera’s voice recognition to not just operate his PC, but to snap back at hi with canned lines from GlaDOS. The implementation isn’t…
Michael John Mamaril sadly passed away last month at the age of just 22. Being a big Borderlands fan, Michael’s friend Carlo thought a nice way to remember him would be to have the game somehow pay tribute. Borderlands developers Gearbox did this and then some. The game’s loud-mouthed robot assistant, Claptrap, has recorded a…
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