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PlayStation Move Gets Its Ape Escape This Summer
Already released in Japan as Furi! Furi! Sarugetchu, the PlayStation Move-powered Ape Escape is finally coming to North American fans of monkey snatching this summer. It is simply called PlayStation Move Ape Escape. In PlayStation Move Ape Escape, players use the Move controller as a fan, monkey snatching net, slingshot and more, all in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011 -
Seized European PlayStation 3 Systems To Be Released Into The Wild
While the Blu-ray patent infringement lawsuit between electronics manufacturer LG and Sony rages on, a court decision in the Netherlands has halted the confiscation of PlayStation 3 systems entering Europe, with the more than 300,000 units already seized ordered returned. The confiscations began last month, when a civil court in The Hague, Netherlands ordered a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2011 -
If Running For Charity Is Too Exhausting, There’s Always Virtually Running For Charity
When I was a kid we had charity walkathons at my school. We walked around the playground, making money each lap for a cause I’ve forgotten. When I worked for MTV, Second Life was popular, so someone was doing a walkathon in that virtual world, for cancer research. Today, games in which you might be…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 10, 2011 -
There’s A New Wrinkle In Japanese Schoolgirl Game Gal Gun‘s Panty Shot Drama
Do you know Gal Gun—or if you prefer, Gal☆Gun—the Japanese shooter for the Xbox 360 that’s all about shooting high school girls with a “pheromone shot” and is mostly wall to wall upskirt shots? Then you probably know about the back and forth “pantsu” drama that threatened to keep the Japan-only game panty shot free.…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011 -
There’s No Doubt Anymore. Apple Has Spooked Nintendo.
Nintendo’s top people don’t use the word Apple. They don’t say iPhone or iTunes, not voluntarily, not if they can avoid it. And maybe that’s because when they’ve been lamenting the problems with the “value” of games lately — they like that word better than “price” — they don’t just mean Apple. They might also…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 10, 2011 -
You’ve Never Heard Tetris, Pac-Man and Mega Man Sound Like This
Composer and sound designer Jake “Virt” Kaufman follows up his Super Mario Bros. hi-def sound design experiment by giving 8-bit games like Tetris, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and Contra the “ultra nextgen AAA” sound design treatment. My favorite maybe be the brief, horrifying sounds of Asteroids. Kaufman trades the thumping…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011 -
Minecraft Is Also A Musical Instrument That Can Play Movie Theme Songs
We know that hit game Minecraft could use some long-term goals. You learn to play it, you survive the monsters, you build a palace and then what? Treat it like a musical instrument, perhaps. The January addition of musical blocks to Minecraft encouraged someone to create a block arrangement that could play the theme song…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 10, 2011 -
Microsoft Invalidates Stolen Point Codes, Considers Punishment For Exploiters
An algorithm that allowed the generation of working Microsoft point codes resulted in the unauthorized acquisition of what some claim could be as high as $1.2 million in virtual currency. Microsoft tells Kotaku that they looking into punishing those that took advantage. Microsoft points might not be real money but they are purchased with real…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2011 -
Movie-Goers Don’t Deserve an Uncharted Movie
There was a time when video game developers seemed to be seeking approval from a wider, more mainstream audience. Games were child’s play, or so non-gamers seemed to think. I believe that’s one of the reasons, maybe even right behind money, that so many developers seemed interested in having their games turned into movies. It…
By Brian Crecente Published March 10, 2011 -
Want To See What A Hacking Attempt Looks Like?
Contrary to 1995 movie Hackers, breaking into a computer system does not involve colorful cartoon characters. The act can be accurately represented visually, however, as proven in this excellent video created by Ben Reardon of Dataviz Australia. Reardon’s visualization transforms the act of hacking a voice over IP server into a strategic dance. The hacker…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2011 -
The Absurd Motion-Sensing, Keyboard-Packing, Gamepad
Veho’s Mimi Wifi Keyboard & AirMouse with Game Controller gizmo looks as clunky as it sounds. The device includes a full keyboard with definable hot keys, motion sensing air mouse, left and right mouse buttons, LED indicates for battery status all packed into a gamepad that also has two analog thumbsticks, an eight-way directional pad,…
By Brian Crecente Published March 10, 2011 -
The Secret World Takes You On A Terrifying Trip Around The Globe
Funcom takes us from New York to Egypt to do battle with everything from demons to dinosaurs in the epic Game Developers Conference trailer for its upcoming modern day supernatural MMO. In The Secret World Earth is Funcom’s playground. Setting a massively multiplayer online game on a modern day version of our own planet gives…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2011 -
Transformers Dark of the Moon Is A Triple-Changin’ Good Time
There’s even more more than meets the eye in the next Transformers game, High Moon Studios’ take on the Michael Bay explode-a-thon Transformers: Dark of the Moon. This is a movie game from the studio responsible for the great Transformers: War For Cybertron, so maybe silence your movie game prejudices. We got a peek at…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011 -
Lightning Strikes In Dissidia Duodecim‘s Downloadable Prologue
Final Fantasy stars battle once more when Dissidia Duodecim hits the PSP on March 22, but first Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning strikes out on her own in Dissidia Duodecim Prologus, the downloadable prologue that brings Aerith back to life, kinda. Pink-haired powerhouse Lightning makes her Dissidia debut on March 15, when Square Enix releases Prologus…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2011 -
These May Not Be The 10 Best Video Games Of All Time
We’re never going to know what the 10 best video games of all time are. But we sure can try. Since early 2010, my friend N’Gai Croal and I have been trying in the most semi-serious, pseudo-scientific way possible to deduce the 10 top games ever. Our way is surely the best. On Friday, in…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 10, 2011 -
Dragon Age II In Stores Now
The epic sequel to the 2009 Game of the Year from the makers of Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 is here. In Dragon Age II, you are one of the few who escaped the destruction of your home. Now, forced to fight for survival in an ever-changing world, you must gather the deadliest…
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Xbox Live Labs Exchanges Your Time And Bandwidth For Avatar Goodies
Microsoft wants to enlist your help in testing the Xbox Live network, rewarding volunteers willing to donate up to six hours of Xbox 360 time with crazy mad scientist goodies once the testing’s done. Here’s how to participate. Xbox Live Labs is really a brilliant idea. Microsoft needs to test its network, so why not…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2011 -
Updating Kills The Joy Of Broken Games
Remember back when broken console games stayed broken? Commenter Don’t forget to bring a towel! does, pining for the pre-update era in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. Enough updating. It seems nearly every game I play these days requires lengthy updates every other time I play them. The frequency of being updated is so absurd that…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2011 -
Don’t Watch This: How Dragon Age 2 Ends
There’s more than just awkward sex in Dragon Age 2. There’s also, you know, a plot. Which ends in one of two forking paths. Even if you don’t have thirty hours plus to spend earning the ending yourself, you could still pick only one of these videos to watch. That’s sort of a game! Give…
By Joel Johnson Published March 10, 2011