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A Visual Guide to NBA Jam
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Zombie Mode Winners
The news of zombie modes for Call of Duty: Black Ops and Red Dead Redemption last week made us go screw it, let’s just zombify everything. Or dezombify it, an option few folks pursued. kleptonin, and Riquez did, successfully, and get nominations here. Sports also provided a useful inspiration, with boopadoo, grndmstersrs, ScottiH and Cody…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
Enlisted Gamer Criticizes Military Response to Medal Of Honor
Stars and Stripes, the foremost independent publication covering the United States military, examined the Army and Air Force’s recent decision to forbid Medal of Honor from being sold in their exchanges. One enlisted man blasted the decision as shortsighted. Marine Cpl. Aaron Hostutler, described as an “avid gamer” is the only service member quoted in…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
This’ll Scare Those Trick-Or-Treaters Away
Yours for just $49! Seen in a Walmart by reader Kevin S.
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
New York Comic-Con Cosplay Gallery Day 2
Today, I’m cheating. The adorable Marvel Family and the mid-assassination EzioAltair were from New York Comic-Con’s first day (see that day’s cosplay too). But I got them late and am adding them to this all-star bunch, which goes from Alan Wake to Zelda. Good job, cos-players!
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2010 -
Mega Man Comic Coming To Newsstands In Spring 2011
Mega Man is getting a new comic book series this coming spring from Archie Comics, which vows it will be faithful to the game’s continuity. This isn’t Archie’s first video-game comic either; they already publish a Sonic the Hedgehog series, and past works have included The Adventures of Bayou Billy, Nights Into Dreams, and other…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
Let’s Check Those Halo Reach Statues Again
When we last saw Square Enix’s Halo Reach statues in July, half of them weren’t painted. Now they all are. Half of Halo Reach’s Noble Team team will be available in statue form this fall; the other half in early 2011.
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2010 -
NBA Jam, NBA Elite, And A Tale Of Two Videos
They’re not haters, they say. They swear they aren’t fanboys for the competition, either. But neither would they be EA Sports’ favorite people right about now. One is “Hard8Times,” the guy whose 700,000-views video of a devastating glitch in the NBA Elite 11 demo became linked to the decision to indefinitely delay the game. The…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
Halo: Reach Gets Campaign Matchmaking Oct. 19
Campaign matchmaking playlists will come to Halo: Reach on Oct. 19, and the game’s rank cap should get raised sometime in the month or so, Bungie said yesterday in its weekly update. Noting that playlist updates are typically on a monthly schedule, Bungie’s been doing mid-month updates as well and says the next mid-month edition…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
Box Scores: Five The Hard Way
Down four-nil to Spain in FIFA 11, Kotaku commenter Three Stacks dug deep and delivered the kind of victory that should teach us all that winners never ragequit, and ragequitters never win. Three Stacks, playing in just his fourth online game on FIFA 11, quickmatched and his opponent picked Spain – the defending World Cup…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
Magneto and M.O.D.O.K. Tearing It Up In Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Word leaked on Friday that Marvel’s two new character reveals for Marvel. Vs. Capcom 3 would be Magneto and M.O.D.O.K. Now, see them in motion, brawling in the 2011 game courtesy of these trailers we shot at New York Comic-Con. Beware some cursing from the rowdy NYCC audience. They were excited, okay?
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2010 -
Konami’s X-Men Arcade Classic Headed For XBLA And PSN [Update]
At a Comic-Con New York panel, Marvel revealed that Konami will bring X-Men, its side-scrolling arcade beat-em-up from 1992, to the Xbox 360 and PS3 as a downloadable title. [Updated with the game’s Comic-Con trailer, see inside.] Fans of the game remember that you could play as one of six X-Men: Cyclops, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm,…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
The Moneysaver: A Cooler Full Of Deals
Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to pay less than MSRP. If they cannot, it is their duty to exploit a coupon code, and find all dented Logitech boxes to the best of their ability. Hardware • Dell has for pre-order the Xbox 360 Slim 250GB with Medal of Honor…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
The Week In Review: Further Review
You never want to make the news and report on it, but the changes to how this site will now review games by far stoked the most interest and reaction of any topic on Kotaku this week. Crecente’s outlined the changes, their necessity, and the fact that there are some details of the format still…
By Owen Good Published October 9, 2010 -
Steam Down On Monday Morning: Stock Up On Provisions
Better make sure you’ve got a good book and some chores to work on come Monday morning, because Steam will be down for approximately four hours. Valve say that “some” Steam services will be offline during the scheduled server maintenance, but when those services are in-game matchmaking, in-game lobbies, downloading stuff from the Steam store,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 9, 2010 -
PC Misses Out On BioShock 2 Downloadable Content
The Protector Trials and Minerva’s Den, two downloadable content packs for BioShock 2 on the Xbox 360 and PS3, are still not available for PC owners of the game. And now, they never will be. 2K PR representative Elizabeth Tobey has taken to the game’s forums to break the bad news, issuing a statement that…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 9, 2010
