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These Games Had 2010’s Most Amazing Visuals (And Trailers!)
Earlier this month, the Visual Effects Society honoured the winners of the 9th annual VES Awards, meant to recognise the best achievements in special effects and visuals for movies, commercials, TV, animation and, yes, video games. While Inception was the big winner on the night, taking home four awards, we’re more interested in who won…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2011 -
Japanese Cosplay Once Again Titillates, Surprises And Shocks
Over the weekend, collectible figure event Wonder Festival steamrolled through Japan. We’ve already seen the figures. Now, let’s have a look at the cosplay. These are figurines, real-life ones. There are a wide array of gaming related cosplay, like Metal Gear Solid and Pokémon as well as movie, anime and manga characters. At events like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2011 -
Rival Company Wants The PS3 Taken Off Store Shelves
Consumer electronics giant LG has asked the International Trade Commission to block the sale of PlayStation 3 consoles in the United States as part of a patent dispute. LG, who is itself facing similar charges from Sony, claims that several Sony Bravia television sets and Blu-Ray players — including the PlayStation 3 — infringe on…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2011 -
Are PS3 Games Getting Serial Numbers? We Sincerely Hope Not
Sony is currently embroiled in a lawsuit against hackers who have managed to completely circumvent the PS3’s security system. While that could be bad news for them, there could also be bad news in store for all of us According to sources speaking with Dutch site PS3-Sense, Sony is preparing to implement a “serial code”…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2011 -
The Xbox 360 Game Bundled With A Vibrating Wand
Some people play video games to relax. Other people do other things to relax — like get a massage. A new Japanese Xbox 360 game is combining both. The limited edition version of CROSS†CHANNEL comes packed with pocket-sized massager. Larger versions of these massagers are used to loosen stiff backs as well as loosen other…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2011 -
North Korea May Be Japan’s Forbidden Bad Guys
One of the last year’s most uncomfortable experiences was sitting in a room full of Japanese press and watching as North and South Korea united and then overran Japan. That experience, however, is now lost to time, and the game, first person shooter Homefront, is all the less interesting because of it. Homefront was written…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2011 -
This Theme Park Is Like Disneyland For Starcraft, WoW Fans
Joyland, a Chinese theme park due to open its doors in May this year, looks to be at least partly inspired by the games of Blizzard Entertainment. The park, located in Changzhou, is built around the idea of taking “key scenery in cyber-games and [rebuilding] them into reality, enabling visitors to interact between the real…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2011 -
The New Elder Scrolls Can Actually Make Humans Look Attractive
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was famous for two things: wide open spaces and ugly people. Looks like the upcoming sequel has fixed the ugly people part. Yes, while the limitations of the old Gamebryo engine resulted in Oblivion being full of gnomes with plastic faces, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s new engine is capable of…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2011 -
Growing Pains, Season Five
Hey, Kotaku. Rough day? Yeah, man, you don’t know the half of it. On hard Mondays like this, I turn to the Growing Pains theme song. Show me that smile again. Don’t waste another minute on your crying. We’re nowhere near the end. The best is ready to begin. And so is the off-topic conversation.…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 7, 2011 -
‘Smuggle Truck’ Makes Crossing The U.S.-Mexican Border Fun, Advocacy Groups Irate
A game designed over the course of a weekend as part of a summer “Game Jam” has raised the ire of immigration advocacy groups. Maybe because iPhone game Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration looks like fun? Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration, a side-scrolling, physics based driving game, lets players drive a rickety, rusty pick-up truck across obstacles…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 7, 2011 -
These Might Be The Great New Features of Dance Central 2
Dance Central, arguably the most killer of apps for Microsoft’s Kinect controller, is bound for a sequel. What will developer Harmonix bring to the follow-up? Potentially a very long list of improvements, based on an early survey. While Dance Central was one of the brightest spots in the Kinect launch line-up, its presentation was thin—light…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 7, 2011 -
He Knows The Score, He Gets The Women, He Kills The Zerg
Mr. Machete (Danny Trejo) geared up and is now rocking a StarCraft Marine suit! Check out the full / finished (NSFW) wallpaper version HERE The Marine Danny Trejo- -+ by Wu Shuang / azazel1944 (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 7, 2011 -
This is Where I’ll Be Playing Duke Nukem Forever
I’m here in Vegas, not just for the DICE summit, but for Duke Nukem Forever. I get to play that now — and write about it later. What You May Have Missed How The Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Galactus Fight Goes Down: Last Monday we saw footage of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 end boss Galactus…
By Brian Crecente Published February 7, 2011 -
Get An Eyeful of Dead Space 2’s New Add-on ‘Severed’
Necromorph slayers looking for more dismemberment will want to keep an eye out for the new Dead Space 2 expansion, Severed, coming (only) to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network soon. Let’s see half of Dead Space 2: Severed’s stars in action. Those stars are Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdock, the folks from the on-rails shooter…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 7, 2011 -
A Most Unusual Merry Marvel Video Game Controller
The latest marvelous Marvel team-up with accessory maker PDP has resulted in this, the Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad, a slightly off-kilter fighting pad coming to the Xbox 360. Coming February 14 for $39.99 USD, Marvel and PDP’s wired controller drops the d-pad in favor of a sole thumbstick, one featuring “high quality micro-switch activators”…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 7, 2011 -
So This Is The iPhone’s Answer To The Legend Of Zelda
There’s a brave young warrior, a beautiful princess, a horse to ride, and pots to break open in search of treasure. I’d sure say Gameloft’s Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden is the iPhone’s answer to Zelda, but is it good? First off, don’t get too excited. The game shows up as free on the iTunes…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2011 -
Angry Birds Make For Sad Pigs
Artist Sam Spratt, whose work we love to feature on Kotaku, decided to show Angry Birds players how the pigs feel. Poor pigs. Check out Sam’s official page for more great art. And click here for the full 1080p version of Sam’s sad pig.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 7, 2011