In an interview with the LA Times, Warner Bros.’ Martin Tremblay, president of the company’s video games division, gets to talking about their “tent-pole strategy”, based around big, quality games. Tremblay of course name-drops Batman: Arkham City, and another Warner hit of 2011, Mortal Kombat, but near the end of the interview mentions something interesting.…
Mad Men star Christina Hendricks’ latest role? Need for Speed: The Run According to PopWatch, the actress will play a character by the name of Sam Harper. “She’s got a relationship with the main driver player,” explained Hendricks, about her role with the game’s protagonist Jack Rourke. “They come from the same hood. She gets…
Asia has Gran Turismo 5’s latest downloadable content already. Europe gets it very soon. But in the US, it’s been delayed until October 25. To make up for the wait, players will receive a “special bonus”.
So we’d be led to believe, going by this single screenshot. Just the one. No video. Taken at a reportedly recent Soulcalibur V press event. I’m so suspicious I’m furrowing my brow, but we’re checking with Namco Bandai just to be sure. Ezio Auditore a guest fighter in Soulcalibur V? [Scrawl] You can contact Luke…
This Portal 2 turret stands 14.5″ tall. It’s soft. It’s cuddly. And it talks. Due out in mid-December, it’s an officially-licensed product available at ThinkGeek, and will go on sale for only US$30. While the plush’s product listing doesn’t specify which phrases the little darlings will utter, they do say the turrets will know all…
Cosplay is not easy. And this Ryu cosplayer gets the costume part totally right. He also does a solid job uttering “Hadouken!” It’s when he actually starts trying to pull off Ryu’s moves when things go south. Also, cartwheels? Wait, what? You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…
Turbine, developers of Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online, have sent out an email this evening warning users that the studio’s forum accounts may have been compromised. The guts of the message read like this: Turbine is concerned that a third-party recently may have attempted to access forum account information. There…
Animation team Kooberz Studios figured, you know, all LEGO ever cover is kid’s franchises. There’s never anything with real gore in it. So they whipped up their own LEGO Gears of War video. And it’s pretty great. Clocking in at just under two minutes, the Locust could have been better, but Marcus and the way…
June 2008 was tragic. Then 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s geek district, leaving seven dead and ten injured. He was sentenced to death earlier this year. Not exactly the feel-good backdrop for a movie. Written and directed by prolific filmmaker Ryuichi Hiroki, the movie, dubbed River, follows a young woman…
For now. Minecraft creator and Mojang boss Markus “Notch” Persson has just tweeted the above, meaning the legal tussle between his studio and Elder Scrolls publishers Bethesda, while not over, is for now at least in his favour. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him…
When Battlefield 3 is out next week, we’ll all be playing it on either a TV or a monitor. Some of us on a big TV. Sadly, we won’t be playing like this guy is, on a rig that includes five HD projectors, surround sound, a treadmill and…paintball guns? Britain’s The Gadget Show got a…
And so is Chain Chomp, the 1-Up Mushroom, and pretty much every other Mario character that crafty-seller nerdJERK knits its crochet magic on. Nintendo series, such as Mario and Kirby, are represented. Those interested yarning yearning to own one of these, check out nerdJERK’s online shop in the link below. nerdJERK [Esty] You can contact…
The 3DS’ circle pad, a monstrosity so far seen only in Japan, will be released in the US in early 2012. A Capcom representative has revealed that the attachment, which gives the Nintendo handheld a second thumbstick (well, circle pad), will be “available for use” with Resident Evil: Revelations, which is out in the US…
Working at Japanese game site 4Gamer ain’t easy. Just ask the poor sap who had to bury his face in this boob pillow. The cushion is for chesty 3DS ninja game Senran Kagura, a title that already spawned its own well-endowed idol group. 4Gamer gives the cushion, priced at ¥5,980 (US$78), the serious coverage it…
“Come play, my Lord”, the ad beckons. “Save your lover!” it cries, as two seductive porcelain-skinned women lean into each other. “Start your journey now, my Lord”, says another ad, this one featuring a busty, blonde bombshell in the process of removing her clothes. Any of this ring a bell? The year was 2009. Ads…
Time for some fun with numbers! With the open beta for Battlefield 3 now over, developers DICE and publishers EA have shared some stats from the slaughterthon. It’s the really big ones that grab you first, like 47 billion shots being fired, 1.5 billion kills being recorded or over 8 million players taking part. But…
Last week, Cliffhanger Productions revealed they were working on a new Shadowrun game, a franchise beloved of old-school role-playing fans (and SNES and Genesis gamers as well). Given people’s passion for the source material, it’s a project that’s going to come under a lot of scrutiny. So it was with a little trepidation, then, that…
Sony’s been making a big deal out of ModNation Racers on their upcoming handheld, the Vita. I still shudder to think about the ten minute stretch of their E3 press conference when (very nice, I should say) ModNation guys came onstage to demonstrate how to build a track and customize things in the game. I…
Well this certainly sounds fun-slash-frustrating. On CBS Interactive’s upcoming show The Controller, six pro gamers will be competing against one another in Battlefield 3, but not in the way that you’d think. Rather than sitting down and demonstrating their skills in the game itself, the pros will be competing in real-world physical challenges, then training…
Among the things that beloved editor Michael McWhertor left behind was his curation of the nightly off-topic open thread. And so the responsibility to keep the OT up falls to me, Kotaku‘s sole west coast editor on Mondays and Tuesdays. So, bear with me as I track down random things I see in the news…
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