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Help Me Think of a Title For This
A buddy is writing a book and enlisted me and a bunch of other friends in a quest to find the perfect title for it. (I can tell you what it’s about but then I’d have to kill you.) This is a hard freaking job, much harder than coming up with superhero names when we…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 -
When Two Fighting Game Producers Go To War, Asses Get Punctured
Yesterday Owen teased us with tales of the series of bizarre challenges that led up to the epic Street Fighter X Tekken battle between Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada at Comic-Con 2011. Turns out it’s even stranger than he made it sound. Remember, this may seem odd to video game…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 -
Rooney Again Anchors FIFA Cover in UK, Australia
Wayne Rooney is again on the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA series, joining Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere on FIFA 12 for release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Middle East. In Australia, he will be partnered with Tim Cahill, the Australian star who plays for Everton in the English Premier League. No word yet…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 -
Retro Game Master Episode 6: Mighty Bomb Jack
In this sixth episode of Retro Game Master, our game-testing everyman, Shinya Arino, faces off against Mighty Bomb Jack Mighty Bomb Jackwas released in 1986 for the arcade and the following year for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In the game, Jack makes his way through a 16-level pyramid on his way to defeat the demon…
By Brian Crecente Published July 28, 2011 -
EA Sports Would Consider Publishing an Indie Game
As the genre’s undisputed 1,000 pound gorilla, EA Sports knows that independent games developers are not looking to build sports games if it means taking on that kind of label. That’s why Andrew Wilson, EA Sports’ top development executive, says they would be open to publishing an indie sports game, although probably on mobile platforms…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 -
Will the Seventh One Make You Cry?
AERIS GETS HIT WITH A GREEN SHELL – A fake logo for a late 2011 3DS game. (Hand-crafted by Kotaku reader NoGood56er) 3DS In Crisis, Nintendo Must Execute a Drastic Plan B The historic price drop of the 3DS announced overnight by Nintendo is a transparent acknowledgement by the most successful company to ever make…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2011 -
In Debt Halo Cosplayer Takes His Armor to Pawn Stars
How much would you say a used suit of MJOLNIR assault armor, from Halo, is worth? This guy thinks about $2,000. The History Channel’s Pawn Stars thinks it’s a bit less. Maybe if it was actual functioning armor could Chumlee here come up to that kind of asking price, which the guy already figured was…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2011 -
Why I’m No Fan of Stripgamer
The Date-a-Gamer website GameCrush is supposed to be about friendly gaming with sexy singles. However, it’s new companion site Stripgamer doesn’t bother even trying for innocence. Stripgamer is a new service created by Whamspot, the same people who created and own the GameCrush site. We’ve written about GameCrush before, but here’s a brief recap: you…
By Jen Schiller Published July 28, 2011 -
Lose Hope for Wesley Snipes’ iPhone Game in Two Lines of Dialog
“I live in the shadows. Shadows are dark places.” I’ve only seen one minute of footage from Wesley Snipes’ Julius Styles: The International, and already I’ve learned an important lesson about darkness. Thanks, Blade. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 -
How Unusual Was The 3DS Price Cut?
Many people in the gaming community were taken aback by Nintendo’s announcement last night that the 3DS would be dropping price from $250 to $170 only five months after its initial launch in America and after fewer than 900,000 units have sold in the U.S. But that cut wasn’t completely without precedent. Nintendo’s cut seemed…
By Max Abrams Published July 28, 2011 -
Apparently I’m Not Allowed to Sell My Children for Online Gaming Money Either
The internet is abuzz with the story of a Chinese couple that’s gotten in trouble for selling their three children for money to spend on online games. As it turns out, that’s not the sort of thing people take kindly to no matter where you live. According to Sanxiang City News, young couple Li Lin…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 -
How to Join Kotaku’s Next, Civilized Game Club
Welcome everyone to the next edition of the Kotaku Game Club. We’re going to do a little experiment this month, playing CivWorld, the sophisticated social version of Sid Meier’s Civilization In case you’re new to the group, our mission is to play video games together as a group, discussing the narrative, mechanical and human aspects…
By Mike Epstein Published July 28, 2011 -
What is Japan’s Fetish This Week? S&M
Games of leather and rubber. Not video games, but real games with impossible heels and spankings. Those might be the trappings of S&M, but in Japan, S&M isn’t only about trappings or artifice. It’s something deeper. Take this week’s news that Kansai’s JR West punished train drivers and staff by forcing them to clean toilets…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2011 -
GameStop Brings the Convenience of Digital PC Game Delivery to Retail
Not everyone that purchases downloadable PC games does it because they prefer shopping at home. Some of them just hate discs and boxes. Maybe it’s an environmental thing. Perhaps their father was killed by a DVD. Whatever the case, GameStop’s in-store digital PC game purchase method is perfect for those types. It makes sense, I…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 -
Mario Kart 7 is the Ninth Mario Kart
We learned the name of the new Mario Kart today. And it’s…(pause for effect)…Mario Kart 7 But there have been, in fact, nine Mario Kart games- come along, count with us— and take a look at some of the commercials made for them too! Super Mario Kart (1992) — Super Nintendo The first. The grandaddy.…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 28, 2011 -
Magic: The Gathering Creator’s New Kard Combat Won’t Kill Your Wallet
As the father of Magic: The Gathering, Richard Garfield is the man responsible for countless crazed gamers spending their savings on tiny bits of colorful card stock. With Kard Combat Garfield and Hothead Games deliver card-based strategy as deep as Magic, and it doesn’t cost players one penny (unless they want it to). Originally conceived…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 -
Battlefield 3 Isn’t Competing With Modern Warfare 3, But it Still Wants to Win
The way I see it, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 aren’t really competitors. They’re just two modern shooters that happen to be coming out two weeks apart from each other. When I suggest this to Kevin O’Leary, brand manager for Battlefield 3, he’s quick to agree. But he’s also quick to…
By Brian Crecente Published July 28, 2011 -
Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 Creators Sound Off on 2011’s Biggest Rivalry
EA’s Battlefield 3 and Activision’s Modern Warfare 3 are on a collision course this fall. They have legions of fans, many of whom have strongly worded opinions about the rival games. But what do the people behind the games have to say about the competition? Brian Crecente and I met with both sides and tried…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2011 -
The New York Yankees of First-Person Shooters Welcomes the Negative Feedback
I couldn’t get Robert Bowling to use the words Battlefield 3 in a sentence. He’s an Infinity Ward guy, which means he’s a Call of Duty and Modern Warfare guy. And I guess that means that, in public, he’s not going to try to talk about Battlefield 3, the latest taste-test challenge to the mighty…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2011 -
Nobody Shoots Things Quite Like Ratchet & Clank
Once you get past the irresistible Lombax /robot dynamic, the most appealing aspect of any Ratchet & Clank game is the creative ways Insomniac Games comes up with for blasting enemies into their component nuts and bolts. Let’s look at four fancy new weapons coming in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Insomniac capitalizes on…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011