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Gaming’s Top Men (And A Wookiee Posing With Gaming’s Newest Hardware)
May 15, 1996: Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto poses with the newly-revealed Nintendo 64. (AP) May 27, 1998: Sega’s Bernie Stolar poses with the Dreamcast Controller (and VMU!) (AP) November 11, 2001: Microsoft’s Seamus Blackley with the then-new Xbox (AP) May 21, 2002: Sony’s Kaz Hirai with the PlayStation 2 Network Adapter (AP) May 11, 2004: Nintendo’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2011 -
This Is What Rhythm Heaven Looks Like On Wii
Nintendo makes great rhythm video games in the form of Rhythm Heaven—simple, but smartly designed arcade-style games that are incredibly addictive and rich. The company is bringing one of those to the Wii and it too looks fantastic. Along with the new Kirby game for Wii, Nintendo showed off its latest Rhythm Heaven at an…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 28, 2011 -
The Manly Art Of Posing With Video Game Systems
I’ve never posed with a video game system. I doubt you have either. But the top men in video games do that any time there’s new gaming hardware to show off. How cool can you look posing with plastic? In chronological order, here are some of the great achievements in hardware-posing, as photographed by the…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Once more unto the new game plus, dear friends. I’ll be playing through Dead Space 2 this weekend for the second time this weekend, a chance to scratch the PlayStation Trophy itch and power up a flamethrower. Dead Space seems to be among the few franchises I personally deem worthy of a replay. I’ve played…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 28, 2011 -
A Visual Guide To Black Ops First Strike
Lurking somewhere beneath this striking Left 4 Dead style First Strike zombie poster are a series of screens showing off the new zombie playground and four new multiplayer maps coming to Xbox Live on February 1. Study them and survive. Videos are all fine and good, but nothing beats the good-old unmoving screenshot when it…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
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By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
Yikes, Maybe The Xbox 360 Can’t Replace The Cable Box
Five families in the Boston area agreed to ditch their cable TV connection for a week and use an XBox 360, Apple TV, or similar device instead. Stories like this usually involve relieved, money-saving people. Not this one. The idea is that a person could avoid paying a cable TV bill by using a gaming…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2011 -
Epic Games: Sony’s Next Gen Portable is a “Pretty Huge Deal”
Launched earlier this week, Sony’s hefty NGP already has quite a number of game developer fans. Among them is the company behind Gears of War, Unreal Tournament and Bulletstorm. “I’ve played our demo on it and I’ve played Dungeon Defenders on it,” said Epic vice president Mark Rein. “I think Sony has done a great…
By Brian Crecente Published January 28, 2011 -
Sure, Let’s Release Genetically Engineered Mosquitos Into The Wild
Malaysia recently released 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild. What reason could there possibly be to justify such a thing? Malaysia’s intent is indeed honorable. They aren’t purposefully trying to create a super powered variant of one of the world’s most deadliest disease carriers. To the contrary, these 6.000 bugs have been genetically altered…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
What’s Your Favorite Gaming Desktop?
It looks like I am now officially in the market for a new gaming desktop and what better way to figure out what to get then to ask the gamers of Kotaku? First a couple of rules: I’ve built every desktop I’ve owned, besides my current one, which I heavily modified. This time I want…
By Brian Crecente Published January 28, 2011 -
Teamwork Is Key In Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Flashpoints
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Flashpoint system will give players of BioWare’s upcoming MMO the chance to team up and take on epic group adventures, like rescuing an important Jedi Master from the Imperial planet of Taral V. We’ve seen plenty of solo gameplay for Star Wars: The Old Republic, but not much in the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
Doodle Jump Gets A Visit From Russell Brand’s Easter Bunny
The star of Universal’s upcoming live-action-meets CGI movie Hop is making a side trip to the iPhone next month, when the Russell Brand-voiced Easter Bunny bounces in for a cameo on the iPhone’s all-time top paid U.S. iPhone app Doodle Jump. The Easter Bunny (or E.B., as he’s called in the film) seems like the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
How Sony Can Make Their Next Gen Portable A Must Buy
Today, Sony is on the handheld gaming campaign trail, preparing for us to vote with our dollars this fall. Should you buy an NGP — the successor to the PSP — in late 2011? It depends on whether Sony finally gets its PSP line right, if Sony’s prose matches its poetry. The Promise This past…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2011 -
The New Wii Kirby Loses The Yarn But Keeps The Epic
Revealed during yesterday’s Nintendo investor meeting in Japan, there’s a new Kirby game headed to the Nintendo Wii, and this time around the pink puffball is a bit more substantial than he was in Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Another Kirby game due out in Japan a little over a year since the last? The strong critical…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
Did The Next Generation Portable Steal 3DS Thunder?
Kotaku commenter Truthtellah was really excited about the 3DS. Now that Sony has outed it’s Next Generation Portable, he’s a bit less excited. Did Sony steal some wind from Nintendo’s sails? That’s your topic for today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. So… to be completely honest, this new NGP announcement has taken a bit of steam out…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
Anarchy Reigns Teaser Is All Sexy Sound And Fury
The first teaser trailer for PlatinumGames online multiplayer brawler Anarchy Reigns might not tell us much about the game, but with pulse-pounding music and the flash of deadly weapons it’s sure giving off a sexy vibe. Yesterday Sega and PlatinumGames gave the online multiplayer brawler previously known as Max Anarchy a proper name: Anarchy Reigns.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2011 -
This Gamey Noun Beat Out Crotchal “Junk” As 2010’s Best Word
Terror baby, gate rape, fauxhemian, skyaking: 2010 was a wonderful year for words. Even more delightful, then, that a term that can sometimes be applied to games won. Beating out the onomatopoeic (nom), the crotchal (junk), the controversial (Wikileaks) and even the buzz-worthy (trend), the word “app” was selected earlier this month as 2010’s word…
By Brian Crecente Published January 28, 2011 -
Breakfast with CheapyD
Had breakfast with CheapyD from CheapAssGamer this morning, which was a lot of fun. I believe this was the first meal I had in Tokyo this week that didn’t involve me hunched over a computer, stuffing food in my mouth. Very much looking forward to this weekend. Need to decompress. Missed an event at my…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 28, 2011