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Sony Still Figuring Out What To Do with UMDs
In an interview with Dengeki PlayStation, Sony’s Yoshio Matsumoto said that the company is still looking into offering UMD owners the opportunity to re-download their games on the Vita for a special price. At last month’s Sony press conference, Sony also mentioned it was looking into a solution for UMD owners who want to experience…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 -
It’s Battlefield 1942…2011, With Strategic Stuff to Boot
For over a decade now, it’s been the holy grail of online gaming: combine a shooter and a strategy game in the one package and make it work. Many have tried, notably World War II Online, but none ever really got there. Heroes & Generals is trying to get there. In development at Reto-Moto, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
Six Seconds of a Halo Fan Film
Did you blink? Well, you missed it. Halo: Helljumper is an upcoming fan-made web series that is slated to premiere next January. Hopefully each episode is longer than six seconds. To learn more about the web series and to see production stills, check out Halo: Helljumpers‘s Facebook page You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 -
This Star Wars Case Mod has Doubled its Efforts
A Dutch site recently held a competition asking people to take a stock PC case —in this case a Corsair 600T—and spice them up a little. The results are spicy Given the fact the modders couldn’t craft their own cases (tasked only with designing a case), what they came up with is still impressive. There’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
Real Mario Kart on the Streets of Tokyo, Drawing Huge Crowds
The dudes from Japanese car site Cliccar get out of their boring civvies and got dressed up as Mario and Luigi. Then, they hopped in two street legal X-Karts and took to the avenues and boulevards of Tokyo. Priced at ¥ 379,800 (US$4,900), the X-Kart is a self-styled “mini sports car”. It weighs only 95…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 -
First PlayStation Vita Games Priced
When the PS Vita goes on sale Dec. 17 in Japan, it will cost ¥25,000. With the weak dollar, that’s US$326. So it’s best to go by the portable’s American pricing: $250. With that in mind, how much are Vita games going to cost? According to Famitsu, Uncharted: Golden Abyss costs ¥5,980 for the cartridge…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 -
Gran Turismo 5’s DLC is $12 for a Smorgasbord of Stuff
Along with its big update, which is free, Gran Turismo 5 is also getting some paid DLC, which includes new cars, new courses, new clothes and…new paint colours. There will be four packs made available on October 18. One has 15 new cars, including the Red Bull X2011, touring cars and three karts. It’s $8.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
Sonic Commemorated in the Most Boring Way Possible
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog. And nothing says “old, possibly dead but worth a token remembrance anyway” like commemorative postage stamps. Making things even less exciting is the fact they’re from Belgium, so most of us can’t even use them. At €4.99, you’re paying €1 per stamp…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
Skyrim Brought To Life Vividly. Cheaply.
Put down that leaked Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim manual! And watch this clip. This clip is from the folks responsible for June’s live-action Gears of War 3 fan trailer Fan film director Blake Armstrong and his crew at Try Force Productions turned their attention to the upcoming Skyrim via a live-action trailer, which they churned…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 -
Why Gaming’s Most Famous Transgender Character Remains a Controversial Topic
Quick history lesson for those who don’t know: there’s a character in Final Fight who in Japan was a sexy lady. A sexy lady you had to punch in the face. Her name was Poison. Fearing this may not go down well overseas, in the West she was turned into a he. It was the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
Behold. A Fleet of Cars Owned by Nerds.
This past weekend, a parking lot in Tokyo’s Odaiba glimmered with geek pride. This weekend saw the Ita G Festa expo. Gear-heads gathered and showed off more than their appreciation for automobiles. They showed off their appreciation of covering their cars in otaku decals. “Ita” refers to “itasha”, which literally means “painmobile”. The removable decals…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 -
Let’s Play “Guess the new Zerg Unit!”
Having teased one of the new Terran units due in the next instalment of StarCraft II, Heart of the Swarm, developers Blizzard are now showing the outline of a new Zerg unit. And here it is. Scan your eyes over it from left to right and it looks like, yup, a Zerg. Scan from right…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
Now Skyrim’s Manual has Leaked
A Reddit user has posted what looks like the final retail manual for the upcoming Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Now, while a manual is normally grounds for zzzzzzzzz, in Skyrim’s case, it’s got information on stuff like skills, lock-picking and – sigh – encumbrance. And if you don’t give a shit about any of that?…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
We Will Have Neural-Implant Gaming in 20 Years (and Parents Will Hate It), Says Prediction-Happy Atari Founder
When do we get the Seinfeld of video games? Why won’t there be any major new gaming consoles? And just when will get video game technology implanted in our brains? At GDC Online in Austin, Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell predicted and expounded upon many things. He opened the GDC’s narrative summit with a wide-ranging talk…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 10, 2011 -
Invisible Hands
Hello there, Kotaku readership. Can we interest you in some light, topically diverse conversation via the Kotaku comments? If so, please enter this post and turn downward toward the text input field. Please keep your arms and any other expose extremities inside the post and do not attempt to remove the safety restraints. It’s for…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 10, 2011 -
Mass Effect 3‘s Co-op Multiplayer Fully Detailed by BioWare, Is ‘Entirely Optional’
Multiplayer is finally coming to Mass Effect, BioWare confirmed today. Next year’s Mass Effect 3 adds four-player cooperative multiplayer missions and the campaign “bonus” Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War. BioWare’s Chris Preistly explains, in detail, on the game’s official forums. Mass Effect 3‘s four-player co-op missions—there’s no “versus” multiplayer, they say—lets players “choose from…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 10, 2011 -
That Guy From Gamecock Is Also The Star of This Stoner Comedy
Mike Wilson, he of Ion Storm, Gamecock, Gathering of Developers and Devolver Digital video game company founding fame, is also the star and producer of Austin High, a “goofball stoner comedy” that has nothing to do with video games (I think) and everything to do with joints and bongs and slackerdom. Wilson plays Principal Samuel…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 10, 2011 -
Germans Subject Diablo & Torchlight Creator to LARPing, You Are Made to Suffer
Max Schaefer is one of the founders of Blizzard North and Runic Games, meaning he has games like Diablo II and Torchlight on his resume. Add “incredibly good sport” to his list of achievements, based on this incredibly awkward live action role-playing scenario put together by the folks at PCGames.de. To Schaefer’s credit, his attempts…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 10, 2011 -
Guns and Shooters
Spotted at a Flea Market – Buried in the clutter of bags of live ammo, scopes, old swords and pieces of guns on a table at the flea market I visited this weekend was this appropriate computer game. Netflix Kills Qwikster In the face of raging fans and looming confusion, Netflix today said they are…
By Brian Crecente Published October 10, 2011 -
Mega Mash is the Seven Best Retro Arcade Games You’ve Played All At Once
When you first start Mega Mash, the latest flash masterpiece from the folks at Nitrome, it seems like you’re about to play a 7-in-1 game cart filled with clever homages to classic games. Then everything goes wonderfully haywire. The screen fills with error messages, and then it fills with the simple joy of Mario Bros.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2011