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Rebellion Has Sniper Elite V2 In Its Sights For 2012
It’s been six years since the last time Rebellion took us to the high perches of World War II Europe in Sniper Elite. I’d say it’s high time for another, wouldn’t you? 2005’s Sniper Elite for the PlayStation 2, original Xbox, Windows PC, and (eventually) Wii was a mouthful of tightly held fresh air for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2011 -
Man Pleads Guilty To Killing His Cousin Over Scarface: The World Is Yours
22-year-old Alejandro Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, will spend the next 15 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2007 shooting death of his younger cousin over whose turn it was to play Scarface: The World is Yours. Garcia and his then 17-year-old cousin George Flores were taking turns playing Scarface: The…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2011 -
U.S. Border Patrol Spends $1 Million Making a Videogame Simulating Their Job
Researchers at a government-funded laboratory have built a giant touchscreen video game that simulates the capture of illegal aliens. In a statement made to Kotaku by an official spokesman, the entire project and underlying systems cost “in the ballpark of $10 million [worth] of internal investments,” with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border…
By Joel Johnson Published April 6, 2011 -
What’s The Hardest You’ve Worked To Obtain A Video Game?
In today’s hard-working edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Kadin regales us with his epic quest to purchase an imported copy of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and challenges you to top his tale. What’s the most work you’ve gone through to obtain a game? I’m going to date myself here but…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2011 -
So I Took My 3DS To The Eye Doctor…
A couple of days before the Nintendo 3DS officially went on sale in the United States, I brought the machine to a pair of eye experts, so they could look at the thing and I could look at them. I’ve never taken a video game machine to the doctor before. It’s not been part of…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 6, 2011 -
Pikachu Shoes For School
ELECTRIC KICKS | OSAKA, JAPAN: A pair of Japanese school shoes or uwagutsu featuring Pikachu. (Photo by Brian Ashcraft) This Guy Built A Real, Living, Breathing City It’s been, can you believe, eight years since the last true SimCity game was released. Yet time hasn’t stopped people from doing amazing things with the venerable old…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2011 -
The Rainbow Colored Wii Accessory The World Never Got
We got the DS Lite, a slimmed down version of the Nintendo DS, but we haven’t got the Wii Light, a LED light for the Wii. Yet. A recently released Nintendo patent from 2009 reveals that Nintendo was pondering a LED add-on that would enable players to shoot rays of light from the top of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2011 -
How Tron 3 Is Like The Empire Strikes Back And The Dark Knight
Tron 3 isn’t going to be like Tron 1 or Tron 2. No, Tron 3 is going to be like…The Dark Knight. Or maybe The Empire Strikes Back. Well, sorta. Here’s why! “Now that we’ve got the backstory out of the way and we know this world and we know these characters, there’s a lot…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2011 -
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 Brings Plenty of Touch to Its Golf Game
Golf, with an emphasis on precision, and players always initiating rather than reacting to the action, is a natural for the mobile platform. That doesn’t mean any offering – even one with the weight of Tiger Woods and EA Sports’ names behind it – is automatically on the green in two. Following up last year’s…
By Owen Good Published April 6, 2011 -
How To Build Your Own Adventure Time Game Boy
If you like video games and animated series Adventure Time, no doubt one of your favourite characters will be Beemo, Jake and Finn’s adorable little talking Game Boy…console…thing If you’d like to have your very own Beemo, well, get ready, because here’s how you do it. You’ll need a Game Boy Color. And some tools.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2011 -
Bangai-O HD Says There Is No Such Thing As “Too Many Missiles”
Classic explosion simulator Bangai-O is getting a HD re-release on Xbox Live Arcade this Spring. While the graphics have been improved since the N64/Dreamcast original, the batshit crazy obsession with missiles remains.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2011 -
This Guy Built A Real, Living, Breathing City
It’s been, can you believe, eight years since the last true SimCity game was released. Yet time hasn’t stopped people from doing amazing things with the venerable old PC game. This is Al Aauim, a city that’s been built in the game that’s frightening in its realism and attention to detail. Using real Asian cities…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2011 -
Please Be A Heart Container, Please Be A Heart Container, Please Be A Heart Container…
Zachariah Perry Cruse, you have made perhaps the greatest thing ever. I want one in my kitchen. Keep my bread in it. So when I make toast, it feels like I’m receiving a GREAT TREASURE.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2011 -
2 Year-Old Child Goes Missing In One Arcade, Turns Up In Another One
On the evening of April 5, two parents were gaming at a Sapporo arcade. They took their eyes off their kid. It was then that their two year old daughter went missing. A 28 year-old man supposedly took the girl by the hand and took her from the arcade. According to reports, he apparently intended…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2011 -
Let’s Hope This Tasteful Gran Turismo Clothing Isn’t Repeatedly Delayed
Sure, you may be hard-pressed seeing the branding at all, but official Gran Turismo clothing was never going to be of the tacky-slogan-on-a-t-shirt variety. This line of clothing, now available for the first time to those in the USA, keeps its Gran Turismo roots very close to its chest, opting for subtle badges and inconspicuous…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2011 -
Killing Giant Monsters In The Name Of Helping Japan
Artist Joe Guinto will be auctioning off this great Shadow of the Colossus piece at the Kawaii Kon, April 29 in Hawaii. All proceeds will go to the Gamers Heart Japan charity. Shadow of the Colossus by Joe Guinto
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2011
