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Reminder: Beta Test Kinect, You Will Be Silenced [Update]
If you’re one of the lucky ones receiving an invitation to Kinect’s beta testing program tonight, a word of caution before you accept: you’ll be losing some of your means of communicating over Xbox Live. Because of the 360’s improved voice chat tech – or, if you’re the tin-hat-wearing type, because Microsoft is crazy-paranoid about…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2010 -
New Yakuza Game Being Made Into TV Show
This fall, a spin-off installment of the popular “Yakuza” crime franchise will hit the PSP. That’s not all, though. The game is also getting turned into a Japanese television show. Dubbed “Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinshou Kurohyou” or “Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther”, the game follows the adventures of young ruffian Tatsuya and his crazy hair.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010 -
Xbox 360 Voice Chat Being Upgraded
Xbox Live Studios boss Jerry Johnson has revealed that the Xbox 360’s voice chat feature is in for an upgrade, aimed at improving the quality of player-to-player communication over Xbox Live. “The codec we used when we first launched was a low bit rate codec and we stuck with that”, he said at the Edinburgh…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2010 -
Rock Band’s PR Agency Slapped By Federal Trade Commission [Update]
The agency that handles PR for Harmonix, 505 Games and other developers will settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that its employees posed as ordinary consumers to post positive game reviews on the iTunes App store. Reverb Communications, whose clients also include MTV Games, CDV Software Entertainment and Emergent Game Technologies, must remove…
By Owen Good Published August 26, 2010 -
Modern Warfare 3: The Book Of Corinthians
Reader Ryan spotted this in a gas station in Texas.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010 -
Some New Club Nintendo Prizes For Japan
Live in Japan? Member of Club Nintendo? Then this post is for you. Japan’s Club Nintendo has shown off some new prizes that gamers can snag by redeeming Club Nintendo points that come with Nintendo games and hardware. There are New Super Mario Bros. Wii Nstraps and an Animal Crossing bag. The bag has a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
The Glamourous Life
The Internet has eliminated guys’ rite-of-passage shame of avoiding eye contact while a clerk takes his time ringing up a glossy magazine with impossibly shaped hot women on the cover. Unless it’s Glamour, in which I appear this month. From the 12 Naughty Sex Questions You’ve Been Dying To Ask to 29 Best Beauty Buys…
By Owen Good Published August 26, 2010 -
Adorable Monster Hunter Cats You Can Pose
In the Monster Hunter universe, felynes are the cat-like characters. They’re cute, but these posable figurine versions of them are cuter Measuring in about 100mm, they are priced at ¥2,100 (US$25) each. They’re out this month in Japan. アイルーたちがアクションフィギュアに！メガハウス「モンスターハンター 動く！アイルー(アイルー/メラルー)」サンプルレビュー [Moeyo]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Shank’s Cinematics Problems Blamed On Old 360s [Update]
Shank, the side-scrolling beat-and-slash-em-up out this week, runs like a dream on the PS3 but is having some stuttering issues with its cinematics on the Xbox 360. The game’s developer says older models of that console are the problem. “Older Xbox 360’s have slower disc access rates, so the opening cinematic chugs, and loading between…
By Owen Good Published August 26, 2010 -
Kinect Hardware Prepped And Shipping To Beta Testers
Looks like our plentiful tipsters were right earlier this month when they told us that Microsoft was offering a “limited audience” of Xbox 360 owners an opportunity to beta test Kinect. New tipsters now tell us that those who were accepted into the beta program were contacted today and will soon be basking in motion…
By Brian Crecente Published August 26, 2010 -
Super Columbine Massacre Pops Up in School Shooting Scare?
It looks like tempest in a teapot role-playing game Super Columbine Massacre RPG has reared its ugly head again this week, with Florida deputies looking into why the game may have popped up on the computer of a teen who vowed to blow up his high school and “break the record of Columbine and Virginia…
By Brian Crecente Published August 26, 2010 -
How In Shape Are FIFA 11’s Athletes?
Looking at this trailer gets me winded. There’s a reason I played fullback in my lone season of high school soccer – I didn’t have to run past midfield. Hell, coach chose the goalie based on the fact he smoked. Anyway, here’s EA Sports Canada’s Gary Paterson explaining how stamina and fatigue will work in…
By Owen Good Published August 26, 2010 -
U. of Florida Adds Starcraft Studies
Starcraft is being used to teach resource management skills in a new course offering at the University of Florida – but it’s only open to students in the honors college, and students have to have some familiarity with the game. Nate Poling, a Ph.D candidate at UF, came up with the idea and sold his…
By Owen Good Published August 26, 2010 -
Spying on Dogs
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Mmmmm Beer I know it has been out for a bit, but I just discovered iCam for the iPhone. It’s an app that lets you stream live video from USB cameras and cameras mounted in laptops. You can stream four at the same time on the phone. You know what…
By Brian Crecente Published August 26, 2010 -
Learn To Control Yourself In NBA 2K11
NBA 2K11 isn’t just putting a new coat of paint on a reliable model; this year the game will feature advanced controls that strives to deliver more distinctive moves to players’ shooting, dribbling and driving repertoires, with corresponding animations. The advanced controls are an option in the game, meaning you can still play with its…
By Owen Good Published August 26, 2010 -
10 Fancy Scribblenauts DS Systems Up For Grabs At PAX
One reason to attend the Penny Arcade Expo next week is to go to Kotaku’s panel. Another is to try to win one of these DSi systems illustrated by Scribblenauts artist Edison “Edy” Yan. The folks over at Super Scribblenauts development studio 5th Cell sent us these pictures of the prize winnings. The way this…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 26, 2010 -
A Look At Flight Control HD On The Move
If ever a game begged to be controlled by a stick with a glowing ball on the end, it’s Firemint’s iPhone sensation Flight Control. Take a look at how the HD version for the PlayStation Move is shaping up. I was in Germany when the news dropped that Flight Control HD was coming to the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 26, 2010 -
Xbox Live Indie Clips: Gravitron360
Today on Kotaku’s Xbox Indie Clips, we’ve randomly selected Gravitron360 by Ron Bunce, a gravity-based vector graphic shooter amidst a sea of vector graphic shooters. Sure it’s a clone of countless other games involving landing on strange planets, rescuing scientists, and battling with gravity, but at least it’s colorful, and it’s got amazing planet names.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 26, 2010
