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Avatar Kinect’s Silent Scream Hints At Enormous Potential
The silent man contorts his face in expressions of agony and humor. A fine web of digital lines traces every movement. He grimaces, he smiles, his eyes go wide, his mouth gapes open in a silent scream. Nearby a second video shows a strikingly similar cartoon adaptation of the silent screamer going through the same…
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2011 -
Win A Gold Xbox 360 From Castle Crashers
Last week, the makers of Castle Crashers boasted the game had hit more than two million players since its release on Xbox Live, and hinted that they’d commemorate the milestone with a gold Xbox 360. They’ve now revealed their plans. The gold 360 – gold-plated, to be sure – will be the grand prize in…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2011 -
Impromptu Asteroids Championship Pops Up at CES
Time to test your Asteroids skills! Ion Audio, makers of the iCade stand that turns your iPad into a diminutive arcade cabinet complete with buttons and a joystick, is hosting a little impromptu Asteroids tournament at the Consumer Electronics Show this weekend. The person with the highest score come Sunday at 4 p.m. wins one…
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2011 -
What’s Up With Xbox 360 As A Cable Box, Virtual Game Room, And Game Show Host?
Microsoft has a lot they want to talk about at this Consumer Electronics Show: Their big Kinect sales numbers, the future of that tech, their new phone. But they also have a few things they’re not keen to discuss. The makers of computer and cell phone operating systems and the Xbox 360 likes to push…
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2011 -
Rumor: Japanese Nintendo 3DS Games More Expensive Than DS Games
Just hours before a weekend-long 3DS Nintendo World showcase kicks off in Tokyo, an established Japanese gaming news outlet is reporting details about the system’s launch in that country that could signal what we’re getting in March in the U.S. The Japanese site Inside Games puts the price of 3DS games at 5800 Yen, compared…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2011 -
Watch A $5,000 Game Controller Land A Plane In Las Vegas
Why spend mere hundreds of dollars on a fancy flight stick for your flight simulator needs when you can spend thousands on Saitek’s Procedure Trainer, an insane collection of instrument panels, yokes and rudder pedals? Mad Catz is showcasing the latest, impressively expensive Pro Flight controller set up from Saitek at CES 2011, a staggering…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2011 -
Could This Be the Perfect Portable Gaming PC?
Perhaps the most innovative bit of gaming tech at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is a palm-sized, touch-screen gaming PC that comes packed with a keyboard that can transform on the fly. But Razer isn’t even sure they’re going to be able to sell the Switchblade micro laptop. Robert Krakoff, president of the computer accessory…
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Torchlight? Yes. Bejeweled Blitz Live? Probably. Beyond Good And Evil HD? You bet. Some bad Chinese Kinect knock offs? All this and more, thanks to a weekend spent at CES 2011. I’ll spend much of my weekend cruising the halls of CES, looking for games, curiosities, and photo opportunities, but tonight (at least) I’ll be…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2011 -
Superman Gallery
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2011 -
It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s The Guy With The Red Underwear!
One would think that after more than 70 years of fighting crime on Earth, someone would have worked up the courage to tell Kal-El he was wearing his underwear wrong. Behold Superman, in all his DC Universe Online glory. I guess when a guy is strong enough to bench press the planet you allow him…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2011 -
They’ve Added Hamlet To This Video Game
The free fantasy video game Mabinogi has been out for a couple of years, entertaining players with the kind of swords and dragons adventure stuff lots of gamers like. Now the developers are adding something even more fun: Shakespeare. First they’re adding Hamlet, then Romeo & Juliet. You’ll play as a supporting character during reenactments…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2011 -
ilomilo gallery
Here’s a little co-op play of ilomilo. Mind my partner’s controller clumsiness. It’s the first time she played. In the darkness of the final chapter, light plays a part in getting ilo and milo together. The introduction tells a story of slightly confused friendship. This mini-game is unlocked once you find a certain item in…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2011 -
Women’s Tears Are A Real Turn-off
In today’s Friday fun edition of the daily Kotaku science post, scientists in Israel make women cry and then make men smell their tears. Surely that’s got to be fun for somebody. Making women cry is something that men do on a regular basis, often without any idea how or why they are doing it.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2011 -
You Can’t Secretly Play The New Angry Birds At Work
The new Mac version of Angry Birds only plays at full-screen. So forget secretly playing this game when your boss, professor or other favorite authority figure isn’t watching. You can’t hide it quickly. You can, however, watch our video preview. Check out a few minutes of the $5 (discounted from $10!) Mac version of Angry…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2011 -
This Is Portal 2 Played With A Magnetic Motion Controller
Keyboard and mouse controls got you down? Yeah, didn’t think so. But if millimeter precise motion control sounds like an interesting way to play Valve’s first-person puzzler Portal 2, you might want to buy yourself a Razer Sixense. Razer’s motion control scheme for the PC, which uses a magnetic field to track a pair of…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2011 -
Your Computer Must Be This Powerful To Run Shogun: Total War 2
Shogun: Total War 2 has been dropping jaws with its gorgeous visuals since it was revealed at E3 last year. Surely such lush graphics come at a steep price? Let’s see what the official PC specs say. It doesn’t take that beefy of a PC to simply play Shogun: Total War 2. The biggest hassle…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2011 -
“I Made A Video Game Where You Can Blow Out A Man’s Asshole”
Hear Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski utter the words that could one day appear on his tombstone in the latest installment of Bulletstorm’s Bulletpoints video series. Not safe for work, unless you work at a proctologist office. At least this video didn’t call me dick tits
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2011 -
No Love For Store-Exclusive Bonus Items
Commenter Curly Haired Boy rages against retailer-exclusive bonus items in today’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku. What’s the deal with retailer-exclusive bonus items? Fans hate missing out on them, they create more work for developers, and then the market awareness of a title just gets increasingly muddled. The completionist in me gets incredibly annoyed when,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2011 -
CES 2011 Can Only Get More Impressive After This
Morphing cars, dancing Tiger Lillies? They’ve got nothing on this AC/DC-loving robot. Kotaku is on the ground at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, checking out all the show’s biggest news about video games, tech and whatever weird stuff we can find. Dig into our full CES 2011 coverage.
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2011