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When It’s Time To Party, Party Hard
Would you like to chat about anything and everything, video game related or not? The semi-nightly open thread on Kotaku is the venue for that. Come, party with us. The heaviest partying I did this weekend was go on a Party Down bender, watching six episodes of season one of the criminally canceled TV series…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 -
Here’s How One PC Maker is Dealing With Intel’s Recall
This morning Intel announced they found an issue with the 6 Series chipset and that they’ve stopped shipping them from their factory. They’re also recalling some. Here’s how one boutique PC builder is dealing with the issue. This afternoon I received a notice from Origin PC saying the computer I was having them build, which…
By Brian Crecente Published January 31, 2011 -
The Final Bit.Trip Brings Commander Video Home
It’s been a long, strange trip for Commander Video of Gaijin Games’ Bit.Trip series, but he’s finally coming home. Check out the official trailer for Bit.Trip Flux, the sixth and final stop on the Bit.Trip train. It’s hard to believe it’s been so long since Bit.Trip Beat’s debut on WiiWare back in March of 2009,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 -
Mega Man X(treme)
Jeffrey Cruz gave Mega Man X a hilarious old school Rob Liefeld (Comic Artist) look just for fun. I would say that it is spot on. Related Rampages: It’s time to Rock, man | 80’s Worlds Collide Is this necessary? by Jeffrey ‘CHAMBA’ Cruz / lastscionz (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy?…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 -
In Praise Of The New Game Plus
Last week, I played through Dead Space 2. This week, I’ll see it through to the end one more time, perhaps having more fun, feeling less stressed, better appreciating its immense technical and visual artistry. Let’s hear it for New Game Plus. Visceral Games’ Dead Space 2, like the original, is an experience designed to…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 -
My Bloody 3rd Birthday Invite
I’d like to say that it’s rare for me to receive things in the mail coated in fake blood, swimming in fake blood or spattered in fake blood. But I’d be lying. Here’s the latest. What you missed A PlayStation 3 In Your Pocket, And Maybe A Game Store Too Are Achievements Your Personal Video…
By Brian Crecente Published January 31, 2011 -
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Guillermo del Toro’s Monsters
The New Yorker has published a long and amazingly in-depth article about the modern-day godfather of monsters, Guillermo del Toro. Here are the 10 coolest bits, including a look at the new Frankenstein, and what GDT’s Smaug could have been! 1) What his Frankenstein monster looks like (now) Inspired by the 1983 illustrations of Bernie…
By Meredith Woerner Published January 31, 2011 -
Inside The Inside Of The Inside Of A Great Gaming Tchochke
The upcoming downloadable Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game Stacking has something cooler than a spin-off action figure. It has a doll. A nesting doll. Publisher THQ sent me one of the $48 Stacking dolls. I’ve unstacked and stacked it a few times. I’ve even done it on video for you to watch. The dolls…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011 -
PlayStation Move Getting Opened Up For The PC?
The PlayStation Move motion sensing controller could, someday soon, work officially with more than just your PlayStation 3. Thanks to a project called Move Server, enthusiast game developers and academics may one day build Move-powered games for the PC. Move Server is briefly detailed in a Sony-sponsored session planned for this year’s Game Developers Conference.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Is Serious Business Indeed
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono takes no chances as he prepares for a visit to Namco Bandai’s Sunnyvale offices to talk the Street Fighter X Tekken crossover fighter, as seen on Capcom Unity Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 -
Legendary Wars Could Be The Next Plants Vs. Zombies
No game on the iPad or iPhone captured my attention near as much as the touch-friendly versions of PopCap’s immensely popular Plants Vs. Zombies. Then came Legendary Wars. Legendary Wars is a tower defense game in the same vein as Plants Vs. Zombies. You gather resources, build up a defending army, and do your best…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 -
Triple The Splinter Cell Heading To PS3 In HD And 3D
A triple dose of Sam Fisher comes to the PlayStation 3 this March with the long-rumored release of the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell HD trilogy. He’ll be joined by three times the Prince of Persia on a Blu-ray disc. Ubisoft will pack three classic Sam Fisher stealth games—Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 -
PlayStation Revivals On NGP That We’d Like To See
Many of the games being made for Sony’s PSP successor, the NGP, appear to be build upon past PlayStation greatness. If that’s how it goes, might we suggest a few more? The following are not real games — at least not as far as we know here at Kotaku. They are flights of fancy, each…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011 -
Our First Look At Anarchy Reigns (and The Lovely Sasha) In Action
Bayonetta and Madworld makers PlatinumGames are giving us Anarchy Reigns (aka Max Anarchy) next, an online beat ’em up full of curious characters. Meet the first confirmed combatant—besides Madworld’s Jack—the tightly-dressed ice queen Sasha. Looks like Anarchy Reigns will feature more of the great fast-paced, timing-based combat PlatinumGames does so well, giving us a little…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 31, 2011 -
Dracula Doesn’t Mind The Whipping So Much Anymore
After centuries of the Belmont clan whipping him into submission, Dracula found himself looking forward to the slayer family’s regular visits. What does Dracula have to do besides being whipped? He’s either trapped in another dimension for hundreds of years between video games or worse, dead, waiting to be resurrected and killed all over again.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 -
HaloCraft II Mixes Zerg With Master Chief
HaloCraft II: Arrays of Liberty is not a real video game. But the fantasy mash-up of Halo and StarCraft II does have a trailer. Odds of this occurring in real life are low, but, hey, at least the people who invented Halo are now a little more closely affiliated with the people who make StarCraft…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011 -
Video Games Teach Us How To Be Better Bad Drivers
A new study conducted by Continental Tyres has found that players of driving video games are better at passing their drivers test than non-gaming drivers. Unfortunately they suck at everything else. You know that feeling you get while you’re playing a racing game like Burnout Paradise or Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit when you blaze…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2011 -
Intel Partial Recall Impacts Fancy New “Sandy Bridge” Chip
Chipmaker Intel this morning halted some shipments of a support chip for their much ballyhooed Sandy Bridge microprocessor and is ordering a partial recall. The company has stopped shipping the Cougar Point support chip for the Intel 6 Series from their factories and is contacting customers about replacing the bad chip by late February. The…
By Brian Crecente Published January 31, 2011 -
Never Underestimate the Power of Video Game Wingmen
What if we didn’t have to rely on our own bad judgment to make clinch decisions about what to do on a date? Click to view Tags: Atom.com | Funny Videos | Tournament | Upload Life as Stan Fox means you’ve got four voices people riding shotgun on your date, thanks to “new technology”, telling…
By Brian Crecente Published January 31, 2011 -
There Are Changes Hiding In The Next Pokémon Game
The average person might look at this year’s Pokémon game and believe he or she is looking at last year’s Pokémon game. The series evolves at the speed of continental drift, but this time, Nintendo says, the changes are big. Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, released for the Nintendo DS in September in Japan and…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2011