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DJ Hero Parody Game Mashes Up Some Legal Action
That’s what a lawyer representing Universal Music Publishing Group told the creator of 8-Bit DJ Hero, which resulted in one of the year’s best parody games being yanked off the internet. 8-Bit DJ Hero, developed by Eric Ruth, took the premise (and name) of Activision’s mash-up music game and took it back in time to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
Japan Devours Monstrous Amounts Of PSPs
Sony’s PSP handheld has recorded its biggest weekly hardware sales in Japan since its 2005 launch, thanks to a monster title from Capcom. Going on sale in Japan on December 1, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd moved over 2.14 million copies in its first week on sale. So many people lined up But the game’s tear…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 -
Video Game Cheats In The Real World
How would video game cheats work in a real gunfight? Let’s see! They work pretty well! Hopefully these guys can make a series out of this, because while staple cheats of action games are fun, some strategy game cheats in the real world would be more fun. The clip was made by visual FX studio…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
Retro Neo Geo Games Beat Up The PlayStation Network [Update]
Osaka-based game company SNK Playmore, best known for its fighting games, is unleashing a whole slew of titles on the PlayStation Network. Titles include Fatal Fury, Alpha Mission II, The King of Fighters ’94, Samurai Shodown, Baseball Stars Professional, Magician Road, Metal Slug, League Bowling, Super Sidekicks and Art of Fighting. Downloads start on December…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 -
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Is Go
It’s after midnight Pacific time, and the Goblins and Worgen have begun flooding into Azeroth as World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion goes live. I’ve made my new characters, have you? It took a half hour longer than expected for the expansion to go live, but here we are, shiny new Goblin and Worgen characters ready…
By Mike Fahey Published December 7, 2010 -
Total War Series Still Flirting With Consoles
Creative Assembly’s Total War series is one of the few remaining blockbuster franchises on the PC that is, at heart, a truly PC game. That hasn’t stopped the developers from exploring how the game would work on a console. “We have actually solved the problem with controlling Total War games using a control pad anyway”,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
Big Ladies And Shooter Sweets Go Region Free
Arcade shooters Muchi Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets are being lumped together for an upcoming Xbox 360 release in Japan. But maybe you don’t live in Japan and maybe you have a soft spot for fat girls and saccharine. What to do? Good news! The Muchi-Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets Double Pack is region free,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 -
A Tribute To Video Games In Living Flesh
Yeah, we’ve seen amazing gaming tattoos before, but this guy’s full-sleeve piece – covering a wide array of platforms, genres and characters – must surely rank up there as one of the best. In the one piece, spanning his arm and parts of his shoulder, PerfectCr has included art from Super Mario Galaxy, Metal Gear…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
Is This The Man To “Clean Up” Manga And Video Games?
Shintaro Ishihara is one of Japan’s great writers. He’s also the Governor of Tokyo, and according to some, a racist. The Tokyo Government is attempting to re-introduce legislation regarding censorship in mass entertainment like manga and video games, and Ishihara is lending his support to the cause. But he isn’t only keen to stop the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2010 -
James Bond Now Has A License To…Sneak?
According to a major James Bond universe fan site, a “stealth” game starring Britain’s most famous secret agent is being worked on by Raven Software, the guys behind Singularity, Hexen and Jedi Knight II. The game was believed to have previously been put on ice, but with MGM Studios – owners of the Bond rights…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
Fallout: New Vegas Might be Fixed Real Soon!
After over a month of various technical woes, particularly on the PC version of the game, it seems as though Fallout: New Vegas may actually be fixed soon. Maybe. Publishers Bethesda have hit the game’s support page to let gamers know that a cross-platform patch for all three versions of the game – believed to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
PS3 Firmware Updated In The Fight Against Piracy
The PlayStation 3 just got updated, bringing the machine’s firmware to v3.55. Sony say “this is a minor update that adds a security patch”. What ever could they mean? They’re surely referring to a recent upsurge in “jailbreaks” for the console. A few months ago, devices went on sale that allowed the copying of PlayStation…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2010 -
The Windy Apple
Welcome back to weekdays, Kotaku readers. Let’s christen this work week with our nightly open thread, which is coming to you live from New York on a Monday night. I too have joined Mr. Brian Crecente in New York City, setting up shop at Gawker HQ where the Gawker Big Board looms. It’s a great…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 6, 2010 -
Everything You Need To Know About World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Next week Tonight, the world of Warcraft will change forever with the release of Cataclysm. Here’s everything you need to know before Deathwing the Destroyer comes over and trashes the place. [Republished for the launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.] What Is Cataclysm? Cataclysm is the third expansion pack for World of Warcraft, which with…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010 -
Investigate Four New L.A. Noire Screens
Rockstar Games’ detective adventure, L.A. Noire is due to hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next spring after a very long wait. Four fresh shots of the 1940s investigative adventure are here to make that wait seem ever longer. For impressions of L.A. Noire in words, not so much pictures, read our most recent…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 6, 2010 -
In A Big Room With a Lot of TVs
To: Ash From: Crecente I’m sitting in the mothership as I write this. To my left: Mike McWhertor and Stephen Totilo. To my right: the glow of a waist to ceiling grid of giant televisions, each tracking the top stories across all of Gawker’s network. Mike’s laptop is buzzing, I’m going to punch it when…
By Brian Crecente Published December 6, 2010 -
Development of a Great App: Angry Birds
How often do you find yourself cruising through the apps on your smartphone and wondering: How did they do that? Welcome to the Great Apps series, inspired by the Intel AppUpSM developer program. We give you, Angry Birds, the universally-loved game featuring cute bird bombs, evil pigs, and tumbling bricks. Let’s take a look at…
By Gawkercreative Published December 6, 2010 -
We May Have Seen The Last Of The Flesh & Blood ‘Lara Croft’
Tomb Raider is starting anew with the next grand Lara Croft adventure, revealed earlier today on the cover of Game Informer magazine. Tomb Raider’s reboot, an open world origin story, may also signify another serious change for the franchise. According to details from the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, via NeoGAF, the new Tomb…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 6, 2010 -
Is the Future of PC Gaming Massive and Online?
This week, exceedingly popular computer game World of Warcraft undergoes a cataclysm, reshaping not just the game’s landscape but how you play in the game. But World of Warcraft’s reboot is nothing compared to the turmoil the entire genre is undergoing. Massively multiplayer online role-playing games, once the home of fantasy, magic and swordplay, is…
By Brian Crecente Published December 6, 2010 -
Which Worgen And Goblin Character Classes Should I Play?
World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm goes down early tomorrow morning, unleashing the ferocious Worgen and inventive Goblins upon Azeroth as playable races. I’ll have to play both races, but the classes I pick are up to you guys. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be playing World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion pack leading up to…
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010