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Gaming Still Grabs Some Spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show

A nearly pocket-sized computer gaming rig and a video game console that can mimic your facial expressions were among the gaming innovations shown off at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Increasingly, the annual Vegas electronics show has become less about gaming and more about some of the things that gamers…

Through The Lens Of A Two-Year Old

To: Crecente From: Bash Hope you’ve recovered from last week! What you missed last night Star Fox, Paper Mario & Mario Kart Are All Lookin’ Good On The 3DS School Text Book Disses Nintendo But Which HDMI Cable To Buy For My Console? Report: Your Uncharted Movie Nightmares Are Coming True Aren’t You A Little…

Japan’s Favorite Soccer RPG Kicks Out New 3DS Title

Inazuma Eleven, the soccer role-playing series, is getting a new entry, and yep, it’s in 3D. Inazuma Eleven 4 was teased as early as last summer, but the trailer shown at the Nintendo World event this weekend in Tokyo sheds more light on the title. The game is set ten years after Inazuma Eleven 3…

The 3DS Is *The* Portable For Knuckle Sandwiches

Make that three-dee knuckle sandwiches. Because it’s really starting to look that way. The handheld isn’t even out yet, and two big fighter franchises are already slated for 3DS releases: Super Street Fighter IV: 3D and Dead or Alive: Dimensions Now, arcade favorite BlazBlue is also heading to the 3DS, as BlazBlue Continuum Shift II…

Star Fox, Paper Mario & Mario Kart Are All Lookin’ Good On The 3DS

It’s funny, we got so used to seeing DS games for so long that it started to feel like all Nintendo handheld games for all time would look like N64 games. That’s certainly not the case. This off-screen footage, taken over the weekend at the Nintendo World event in Tokyo, shows three of the 3DS’…

Baby It’s Cold Outside (So Wear A Fallout Helmet)

If you’re going to try and survive a post-apocalyptic wasteland, you may as well do it in style. This hand-made, custom helmet is a pretty good replica of that worn by Fallout’s Brotherhood of Steel, down to the weathered appearance and working headlamp. It’s the work of artist Josh Jay. Motorcycle Helmet of the Apocalypse…

A Week In Comments

The Week In Games: Gathered Together … Comment by: Veit Nominated by: Owen Good See, the point is, the Batman isn’t just smart, he’s smart enough to understand and analyze the weaknesses of his opponents. If he’s fighting Superman, that utility belt is going to have kryptonite on it. If he’s fighting a Green Lantern,…

Grand Theft Auto’s Carjacking Spreads Its Wings

Fed up with stealing cars from inside his own game, Grand Theft Auto IV “hero” Niko Bellic has begun to pinch them from everyone else’s. These sketches — the work of Australian artist Patrick Brown — show Bellic hijacking the trademark rides from Halo, Avatar, Tron and Red Dead Redemption. Something tells me that while…

School Text Book Disses Nintendo

So there was Frank, Billy, the author and George. And they all thought George was crazy, but was it because he played Nintendo games? The question below appeared in a cram school text book for Japanese students studying English: At first, Frank, Billy and the author thought George was crazy because he 1.) talked to…

But Which HDMI Cable To Buy For My Console?

If you’re serious about gaming in high definition on a console that’s attached to a TV set, then you’ve probably heard that you need to have a HDMI connection. But just how big a difference does this fancy cable make? Technical experts Digital Foundry sought to find out, pitting four HDMI cables — a cheap…

Boy Band Makes O-Face For New Nintendo Hardware

Arashi is arguably the biggest boy band in Japan at the moment. Watch how excited they are as they check out what could be the country’s biggest piece of game hardware. Last summer, Nintendo admitted that the 3DS was a tricky sell — especially in an age when 2D televisions still dominate. But even the…

You Can Now Bring The Real World To Minecraft

Putting together an impressive Minecraft creation just got a whole lot easier, with a Kinect hack able to transform data captured by the Xbox 360’s camera into landscapes in the game. Nathan Viniconis has figured out a way to take the depth and colour data Kinect is able to pick up from a 3D space…

Nintendo Is Covering Its Ass With 3DS Warnings

While doctors say the Nintendo 3DS won’t melt children’s eyes (and is possibly beneficial!), Nintendo is standing by its warning about the upcoming 3D-glasses-free portable gaming device. In late December, Nintendo issued a warning about the 3DS, stating that children under the age of six would not be allowed to enjoy the 3DS’s 3D function…

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Report: Your Uncharted Movie Nightmares Are Coming True

Uncharted 3 director Justin Richmond got everyone’s hopes up last week when he said that, contrary to rumours, Mark Wahlberg had not been cast in the role of Nathan Drake. Don’t tell Mark Wahlberg that. It appears that Richmond’s “wait and see” pleading may have been little more than an attempt at calming down the…

Aren’t You A Little Short For A 3DS Cable? [Updated]

You’ve probably already seen the Nintendo 3DS. And if you’ve missed that, have a look right here. But what about the rest of the items packaged with the Nintendo 3DS? Have a look right here. Here is the Nintendo 3DS cradle, AR cards, SD card and battery charger. The cable seems a tad short Kotaku…

There Will Be Four Million 3DS Handhelds Available On Planet Earth

Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has revealed that for the remainder of the company’s fiscal year, there will be four million 3DS handhelds available to customers. Worldwide. Remember, that’s for the fiscal year, which ends March 31. So it’s basically only covering the 3DS’ immediate launch window, not the entirety…

Can This Pop Princess Be A True Gamer With No PS3?

During the last decade, Japanese singer Maki Goto was a big pop star. Now, she’s a big gamer. That is, a big gamer apparently without a PS3. Earlier this week, Goto appeared on popular variety show Downtown DX, hosted by the popular comedy duo Downtown. On the show, celebrity guests typically show photos or videos…

The Week In Games: Gathered Together …

This week, DC Universe Online dedicates itself to truth, justice and peace for all mankind – on a PS3 or PC. My favorite part of that intro, by the way, is at the beginning, with NBC’s John Chancellor telling the Superfriends meteors are coming to destroy the Earth. Monday (Jan. 10) Jam City Rollergirls (Wii)…

Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists

Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2010 [Planet Xbox 360]Final Fantasy XII, to my mind, makes this list mostly because of its availability on the…