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The Making of an Epic Yarn Kirby Room
Last month game journalists gathered to check out Nintendo’s upcoming game Kirby’s Epic Yarn. This is the room in which they played. This timelapse gives you a sense of everything that went into creating this fantastic setting. Who was behind it? You guessed it: I Am 8-Bit
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
Taking Pictures, Watching Movies, Typing and Playing Games on Windows Phone 7
This morning Steve Ballmer filled a New York “meeting space” to capacity to unveil the specifics on the November launch of Windows Phone 7. Here’s a quick rundown of what you can expect from what appears to be the only mobile phone that will support Xbox Live. This is how Microsoft put it today: “Windows…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
Xbox Live Indie Clips: Explosionade
When life gives you explosions, you make Explosionade. Someone gave Mommy’s Best Games a huge pile of explosions, and they made this. For a mere 80 Microsoft points, you too can have this much fun running around a mutant-infested warehouse with an extremely powerful prototype mech, collecting gold and kick ass. Explosionade is what we…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Birds Knocked From Its Perch
Well, well, well Angry Birds, how’s the number four spot treating you? Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Cut the Rope (Chillingo) $0.99 1 — 2 Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus (Gameloft) $6.99 1 — 3 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega) $1.99 2 4…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
Medal of Honor Visual Guide
Electronic Arts received official support from the U.S. Army while making this game. Here’s a look at the air support you use during parts of the game’s single player campaign. Tier 1 Operators don’t just hoof it. Sometimes they travel in style, like on an ATV! Leveling up, unlocking weapons, earning ribbons: All an important…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
A Tasty Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Easter Egg
What dark secret was worth this deceased knight’s life? He bears a message regarding the very nature of truth, as it pertains to certain comestibles. I speak no lie when I tell you there are spoilers ahead! Kotaku reader Kearneybobs was deep into the third chapter of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow when he stumbled upon…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
Super Meat Boy’s Meaty 80s Commercial
This never before seen, by me, trailer for Super Meat Boy is a take on the 80s-style video game commercials we really should see more of these days. Push the buttons! Look out! Jump up! The game hits the Xbox Live Arcade later this month and the PC, Mac and Wii in November.
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
Tonight I Review
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: It Was A Trap, By The Cops! Today was crazy, busy. What with all of the stories Totilo is working through from New York Comic Con and the Windows Phone 7 event in Manhattan this morning. Tonight I’ll be working on polishing up my Medal of Honor review which runs…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
Free Lil Wayne With Def Jam Rapstar
Pick up a copy of Def Jam Rapstar for any platform between October 12 and October 19 at Best Buy and you’ll help Lil Wayne prove that he is not a human being. Def Jam Rapstar is out in stores now, and if you’ve not picked up your copy yet, you might want to steer…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
In Which A Koopa Gets A Gold Star
“Come on, jump on my shell! I dare you! I just waxed this s**t!” The funny folks at Dorkly ponder the impossible in this hilarious clip. From here on out, every Koopa Troopa I see shall be named Mark. Mark! Mark! Mark! Click to view
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
Ubisoft Unleashes Assassin Wars On Facebook
Ubisoft is calling it Project Legacy, but the newly launched Facebook training simulator for Templar front company Abstergo Industries is as Mafia Wars as they come. Use your action points to complete memories, earning experience points and money in the process. Some missions require items you can either buy or earn through other missions. Completing…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
Make Way DS, PSP and iPhone, Here Are 10 Windows Phone 7 Games In Action
The $200 Windows Phone 7 telephones launching on November 8 will be a new portable gaming option, the first one compatible with aspects of Xbox Live. Here are eight 10 of the “launch wave” titles. Should Nintendo, Apple and Sony quake? Update: Two games added. A note about the phones in the following videos. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
Arc The Lad And Alundra Grace The PlayStation Network
A partnership between MonkeyPaw Games and Gaijinworks results in the PlayStation Network re-release of two of the best games released by Working Designs for the original PlayStation: Arc the Lad and Alundra. Working Designs was a company that championed the release of more obscure Japanese games in North America. Some of the most memorable (and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
Eat Them Is Secretly A Great-Looking, Cow-Hating Game
Who is talking about Eat Them, a game that lets you play building-destroying giants who can eat cows and cops? I’d not heard of the game until I saw it recently at a PlayStation showcase. Its art style is unforgettable. Eat Them is an upcoming PlayStation 3 downloadable game from development studio Fluffy Logic, and,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
Age Of Empires Online Explained For You In Video
Back in August we learned that the popular strategy series Age of Empires would return as, oddly, a colorful online game. Odd? Let’s look at 2011’s Age Of Empires Online in action, shot today in Manhattan. A Microsoft representative talked through a demo of the game for Kotaku during a showcase of the company’s upcoming…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
The Nintendo Download: When Sonic Met Ivy
It’s something old, something new, something kiwi and something blue from game industry legend Yuji Naka, as two of his creations meet for the first time in this week’s Nintendo Download. Yuji Naka created Sonic the Hedgehog. More recently he created Ivy the Kiwi. Both of these creations appear in this week’s Nintendo Download, albeit…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
Jak Fights In Sly Cooper’s World Thanks To A Game With A New Name
The game formerly known as Heroes on the Move is now PlayStation Move Heroes. It’s still coming the the PlayStation 3 next year, still stars Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, Clank, Sly Cooper and Bentley. Still motion-controlled. Here’s a new level. I shot video of this PlayStation Move Heroes level late last week at a Sony event…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
Sonic 4 Has Exclusive Levels For Consoles
This week’s Sonic The Hedgehog 4 for Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is not identical to the iPhone version released last week. The controls are different, as are a couple of levels. This is one of the console-exclusives. I shot this level last week during a Sega showcase. Sonic The Hedgehog 4 is out…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
BlizzCon 2010 Closes Tenaciously
Blizzard couldn’t possibly top the live Ozzy Osbourne concert that closed out BlizzCon 2009, but a concert by Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D comes pretty damn close. As Kotaku’s official envoy to BlizzCon, I’m tingly all over that Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the duo otherwise known as Tenacious D, will be…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
Singularity Game Developer Hit with Layoffs
The developer behind Singularity, Wolfenstein and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance was hit with layoffs today, according to sources familiar with Raven Software. About forty people were let go today, according to some of the folks directly effects by the layoffs. Reached for comment this morning, Activision had this to say: “With the recent completion of Singularity,…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010