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Fan of The Guild? Show it off with your XBL Avatar!
Xbox Live now carries gear to dress your avatar like your favorite Guild member. Costumes and staffs are available for Zaboo, Codex, Tink, Clara, Bladezz and Vork. Bonus: according to Felicia Day’s Twitter, every Costume is unisex. Enjoy.
By Jen Schiller Published July 14, 2011 -
Who Cares About Downloadable Games? Let’s Watch Sons of Anarchy on Our 3DS!
Ridin’ through this world, all alone. God takes your soul; you’re on your own. That is unless you’ve got the Nintendo 3DS and an internet connection handy. Then you’ve got Netflix to keep you company, courtesy of today’s Nintendo Download. It’s Netflix day for the Nintendo 3DS, the day when streaming video fans everywhere download…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Will Borrow Gun-on-Gun Feel of Call of Duty 4, De-Emphasize Verticality of MW2
A reduction of the number of so-called hotspots on the multiplayer maps of Modern Warfare 3 will alter and accelerate the flow of action in this fall’s installment of the Call of Duty franchise juggernaut, one of the game’s creators told Kotaku this week in New York City. The makers of Modern Warfare 3‘s multiplayer…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 14, 2011 -
To-Do in New York: Explore Alt-Sexuality Gaming at Future Babycastles
Join Kotaku contributing columnist and owner of some of the largest earrings in the industry Leigh Alexander tomorrow evening at Babycastles’ new arcade exhibition space in Williamsburg for the debut of Bad Bitches, a new exhibition of games featuring themes of alternative sexuality. How can that not be a good time? Tomorrow night from 6PM…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2011 -
Someone Was Not Pleased With the Catherine Demo
The demo for Atlus’ Catherine came out earlier this week, at at least one of our commenters considers it a highly polished piece of crap. Voice your agreement or defend your enjoyment with commenter MonkeyChunks in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Today I played Atlus’ Catherine demo. I think it is a very well made,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2011 -
Does This Make Up for the Delay, Japan?
Shadows of the Damned is out in the West. Kotaku‘s Game Club has been playing it. Japan hasn’t. The game won’t be out in Japan until this fall. No worries, Japan, EA will make it up to you. EA is offering Japanese players the chance to get some Shadows of the Damned goodies when they…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2011 -
Do You Have Ten Hours? Over a Hundred? This Post Is for You.
YouTube user TehN1ppe posts ten hour clips. Ten hours! Ten hours of endless loops, like Mario climbing a vine. For ten hours. Or Mudkip. Yep, Mah, Hiep, Mah, Hiep. For ten hours. Or Nyan Cat. For ten hours. Or epic sax guy. For ten hours. Trololo? Ten hours. As website Game Set Watch points out,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
If you were to ask me what I do on Thursdays, I would, at the drop of a hat, say “Why, I talk about video games, of course! Don’t you?”. I know you would too, so please, share! What in the world of video games tickles your fancy today? Special thanks to our very own,…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 14, 2011 -
Did Nintendo Just Out Netflix’s 3D Streaming Plans?
Buried in today’s news that Netflix is now live on Nintendo’s 3DS portable was a potentially much bigger piece of information: The mammoth movie and TV streaming service plans to start streaming 3D content soon. But apparently Netflix knew nothing about a 3D service being announced. Here’s how the press release put it: “The new…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2011 -
This Historical First-Person Shooter is an Iranian National Treasure
In the mid 1700’s an Arab Amir took on the military might of Dutch colonials occupying Iran’s Kharg Island, capturing their fort and liberating the southern Iranian cities from colonial rule. This Amir, called Mir Mahna, is an Iranian national hero. And now he’s a video game hero as well. Shipping this week to local…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2011 -
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By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2011 -
Magnetic Baby, An iOS Platformer With Gravitational Pull and A Portal or Two
If an iPhone game can surprise me, like Magnetic Baby does (but just a little), it’s because I seem to have become accustomed to playing with gravity and leaping through wormholes and understanding the physics of sentient little blobs in my video games. In Bravery Plus’ Magnetic Baby, you control a cute orange blob with…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 14, 2011 -
Puyo Puyo Is Hilarious. I Guess.
So Funny | JAPAN: A still from Sega’s upcoming TV spot for its puzzler. (Photo: Sega) Where Does Batman Get All This Wonderful Concept Art? There may be over seventy years worth of Gotham City imagery to draw from, but that doesn’t mean the developers of Batman: Arkham City were allowed to get lazy. Lady…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2011 -
Netflix Hits the 3DS Today, 3D Movies On the Way
Starting today, Nintendo 3DS owners across the United States and Canada can download a free application that allows Netflix members to watch TV episodes and movies streaming from Netflix with an Internet connection. The 3DS will also also soon have access to “an additional library of select movies” that can be viewed in 3D, Nintendo…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2011 -
Lady Goes Bananas over Zelda Commercial Appearance
Robin Williams and his daughter are in a commercial for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. They both were probably pretty stoked, but did they go mental? Like this? This is nerd heroine and Pokémon queen Shoko Nakagawa, who previously freaked out on her blog when she bought Ocarina of Time 3D. Now…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2011 -
Get Your Call of Duty Convention Tickets July 19
Tickets for Activision’s paintball-playing, Modern Warfare 3-sampling, fundraiser celebration of all things Call of Duty go on sale July 19, at 10 a.m. Tickets for the two-day event will sell for $150 with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit that helps returning veterans find employment. The Sept.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2011 -
It’s Minecraft, (Sort of) Running On the Nintendo DS
A DS homebrew developer by the name of smealum is taking indie smash Minecraft and bringing it to Nintendo’s portable system. Unofficially, of course. At this stage there’s not much running but the world itself and the ability to smash blocks around, but it’s a start! Hopefully he can get some other stuff, like random…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2011 -
Where Zelda Meets…Magic Cards?
A Games Radar contributor by the name of KREATIVEassassin has built an entire 242-card deck of Magic cards. Out of characters and locations from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past What’s great about these is that it looks like you could actually use them, as he’s gone to the trouble of not…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2011 -
Does Working at Square Enix Suck?
Square Enix makes Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Making those games might not be easy. It might be hard. Really hard. No fun hard. Making video games is not easy. But some companies, like Insomniac are supposedly terrific places to work, with employees skipping to work. Singing. But does working at Square Enix totally bite?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2011