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NCsoft Makes A Massively Multi-Million Dollar Donation To Japan Disaster Relief
Amidst the flurry of game developers stepping up to offer aid to Japan in its time of crisis, Korean MMO developer NCsoft has pledged an amount equaling one month of the revenue of its Japanese arm – roughly 6.3 million dollars. While NCsoft is a pretty big deal in the United States, in South Korea…
By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2011 -
Saints Row Creators Don’t Mind If You Want To Pirate Their Games…
Volition, the team behind upcoming THQ games Saints Row: The Third and Red Faction: Armageddon, is still in the business of making their games for the PC, without worrying about the platform’s rampant piracy problems. “I don’t think [piracy] is something at the forefront for us,” Volition studio manager Eric Barker tells Eurogamer. “First and…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 18, 2011 -
Rare Game Pulling Five-Figure Bids, with Some Proceeds Going to Japan Relief
It’s well settled that Stadium Events is, if not the rarest video game on the collectible market, is certainly the rarest of any retail release. A year after a sealed copy of the NES game set a record for the most ever paid for a single game, another verified, factory-sealed copy is seeking to dethrone…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2011 -
Stolen PS3 Leads Cops to Double Murder Suspect
A man suspected of a double homicide eluded police for two months, until a PlayStation 3 stolen from the victims’ home turned up and led authorities to an arrest. In Gaffney, S.C., Giles Lee Palmer, 22, faces two counts of murder in connection with the Jan. 19 shooting deaths of Dominique Cintrell Morgan, 19, and…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2011 -
That Looks Like The Creature That Ate Our Cat
Hey, Kotaku. You wanna talk about… well, anything? Then this is the place to do it, right below this Alf picture. Did anyone out there actually watch Alf? Because I did. Like, borderline religiously. But my interest in Alf was nothing compared to the grown man who once taught me geography in the 7th grade.…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2011 -
Even the All-Stars are Role Players in MLB 11 The Show
Sitting there with my DualShock in my lap, I struggled to recall the last time a video game blindsided me this hard, much less at a point this early in playing it. I’d ranked up at a respectable rate, gained a fast understanding of my abilities and the situations in which they were useful. I…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2011 -
Experience Super Mario Bros. As First-Person Shooter
What if, say, Modern Warfare creators Infinity Ward were given the keys to Super Mario Bros.? Brandon Laatsch, friend of Freddie Wong, lets us see the NES classic from Mario’s perspective, injecting Call of Duty gameplay shenanigans into Nintendo’s blocky platformer for a round of “Capture the Flag.” Awesome work, but could somebody please remix…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2011 -
Here is Strip Mining: The Minecraft Porno [NSFW]
It’s a tall order finding any sexual reference, much less anything exploitable into one, in Minecraft (outside of the obvious livestock jokes.) Yet here an enterprising soul has managed to build a Minecraft homage to a cheesy porn film. It goes from cheeky parody of porn plot tropes, with some kinky pickaxe spanking, to OMG-is-that-a-blowjob…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2011 -
The Simple Hack To Gain Full Control Over a Best Buy 3DS Demo Unit
Demo units of the Nintendo 3DS are out in many major retailers now. They autoload Pilotwings Resort, or whatever game they’re demonstrating, so you can’t access the device’s menu. Well, now you can, so you can see for yourself what lies beneath. The instruction, per a commenter at Nintendo 3DS Blog: Hold the power button…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2011 -
Gods Eater Burst Rations
Rations | Gods Eater Burst showed up on my doorstep today complete with a burnt-edges scroll and this emergency survival kit. (Photo: Brian Crecente) The 3DS’s Submarine Side-Scroller Teases Us With A Pseudo-Submarine Advance Wars The 3DS launch game Steel Diver was first shown last June, back when it seemed like a simple, solid submarine…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2011 -
Kinect Technology Helps Lead the Blind
Researchers at a German university have built an apparatus that, while clunky in its proof-of-concept stage, could assist the blind as they cross streets, walk down hallways and open doors. It uses the Kinect as a sensor. In lay terms, how it works is that it scans the environment for special placards with symbols on…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2011 -
Fear Minecraft‘s Spider Jockey
Dmitry Burmak puts a realistic spin on the Spider Jockey for his killer entry in CGHUB’s “Minecraft Monster Challenge“. Check out more great entires HERE Spider Jockey by Dmitry Burmak (Blog) (CGHUB) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 17, 2011 -
Portal 2 So Cute We’re Giving Them Free Advertising
Sure, it’s prerendered. Sure, it’s just a little teaser commercial. But it’s totes adorbs*. And if all goes to plan, it’s all the new information about Portal 2 I’m going to see before I play it. (* “Totilo-class Adorable”)
By Joel Johnson Published March 17, 2011 -
And Then BattleBlock Theater‘s Opening Movie Went Whoosh
While fans eagerly await the eventual release of the third game from Castle Crashers developer The Behemoth, the studio teases us all with the stick puppet filled opening cinematic for BattleBlock Theater. Coming to Xbox Live Arcade and possibly other platforms sometime this year, BattleBlock Theater is a competitive and cooperative platformer in which the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2011 -
Is This Fight Night Champion‘s First DLC Package?
Two weeks ago, a video leaked out legit-looking screenshots claiming to be an alpha build of Fight Night Champion’s first downloadable content. EA Sports is announcing what’s in the first pack tomorrow, but if this video is real, it’s five all-time great fighters, plus Cowboys Stadium as a venue. Heavyweight legends Joe Louis and Rocky…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2011 -
Japan Disaster Coverage Invaded By Rampaging Pokémon
With the recent release of Pokémon Black and White, those mischievous pocket monsters are popping up all over the place, including some places they probably shouldn’t, like all over British free daily newspaper Metro’s coverage of the disaster in Japan. The partial Nintendo takeover of an issue of the free daily Metro might have been…
By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2011 -
Teabag? How ‘Bout Roboting Over Someone’s Corpse?
SOCOM has always been a great shooter. It has also always had wonderful ways to humiliate the people to take down with headshots, shotgun blasts and pew, pew, pewing. Here’s a look at three of the victory dances (The Chicken, The Robot, The Crane) built into the upcoming PS3 exclusive SOCOM 4. Beta for Playstation…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2011 -
Drinking Games for Gamers: Mario Kart Drunk Driving
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day The Time Warp Zone has kicked off the first in a new series of videos dedicated to drinking and gaming. My two favorite pastimes!!! The first is a look at Mario Kart Drunk Driving, a fun combination of one of my favorite Nintendo games and one of my favorite drinks.…
By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2011