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Team Fortress 2 Updates Soldier On With New Modes, New Weapons Next Month*
Now that every Team Fortress 2 class has received his (or her) class-specific update, where does developer Valve go from here? Onward and upward, with at least one new substantial update, due soon(ish). PC Gamer writes that Valve is planning an update to the venerable class-based shooter within the next month—*Valve Time notwithstanding. That new…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2010 -
The Number 20 Is God’s Number
Why is the number 20 God’s Number? New research has proven that every possible position for the Rubik’s Cube can be solved in 20 moves or less. It’s been 30 years since the Rubik’s Cube first came to market. Created in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik, the colorful cube took…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010 -
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Dev Diary Slips From The Shadows
The Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood team are either immersing themselves in the game’s fiction or preparing to film a gothic metal video in the first installment of the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Diaries. I’m imagining another day at the office, ironing out bugs, making design decisions, tweaking settings and such – you know, same old, same old.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010 -
QuakeCon 2010 Will Be Televised
Bummed that you can’t make it to Dallas this weekend to hang with Kotaku at QuakeCon 2010? Quake Live TV will be bringing you live coverage of all the major tournaments, so all you’ll need is a cardboard Totilo cutout. From the Intel-sponsored Quake Live Masters Championship to the smallest bring your own computer (BYOC)…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010 -
The PlayStation 3 Launches In Incredibly Expensive Brazil
Nine months after the official launch of the PlayStation 2 in Brazil, Sony brings the high-definition magic of the PlayStation 3 to the South American country, with a launch price of roughly $1130, $278 less than originally planned. Video games are expensive in Brazil. When the PlayStation 2 launched there last November, the asking price…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010 -
Podcast Time: Let’s Talk Madden, Duke Nukem Or Owen Good
There is only one time of the week when you can call me toll-free to get Doom tips. That’s right now, because Kotaku Talk Radio is recording. Also on today’s show will be Kotaku’s Owen Good and Madden’s Phil Frazier. Got Madden NFL 11 and want to talk to one of the guys who made…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2010 -
A New Era Of Might And Magic Begins
Something is stirring in the world of Might and Magic, and all we have to work on is this teaser trailer, which appeared earlier today on the game’s Facebook page. What does it mean? Reader Tommy pointed us towards this clip, which showed up around an hour ago on the official Might and Magic Facebook…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010 -
More Double Fine In Early 2011, But The Next Game’s A Mystery
The house of Brutal Legend and Pyschonauts has Costume Quest next. And then? “A third-person adventure digital game scheduled to be released in early 2011,” according from publisher THQ’s press release today. What should it be? All we know is that the game will be downloadable and that Double Fine boss Tim Schafer had this…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2010 -
This Super Scribblenauts Preorder Bonus Is Soft, Fuzzy, And Acoustic
If you’re going to play like Maxwell, you might as well look like Maxwell, with a pair of attractive plush headphones available to GameStop customers that preorder the adjective-infused Super Scribblenauts. I have many pairs of headphones. I have headphones that are large and comfortable. I have ear-shaped headphones. I have tiny headphones that are…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010 -
No Level Cap Increase In Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution
Borderlands players might be disappointed to learn that next month’s new downloadable content will not include a level cap increase. Perhaps two screens from Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution will help ease the pain? We noticed many of our readers pondering the possibilities of an increase to the current level 61 cap when we posted about…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010 -
At Last, A Different Kind Of Retro Game, An Intelligently Childish One
Costume Quest, a game with a dull name and a colorful pedigree is not just a trick-or-treating role-playing game coming to the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 this fall. I saw it in action. It has modern smarts. The game comes from the creators of Brutal Legend, chiefly from a Double Fine Productions team led…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2010 -
Fewer Major Games For PSP This Fall, A Sign Of Decline
Fall is usually the busy season for video games, when most games — and many of the year’s biggest — are released for each gaming console. But the fall of 2010 may leave American PSP fans feeling like they’re getting the short shrift. There will be no Need For Speed for PSP this fall, no…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2010 -
What Do You Do When You Forget Someone’s Name?
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: Quakecon Cometh Okay! I’m not good with names. I forget them pretty quickly and even when I am being introduced to people (and my brain is saying, “Remember this person’s name!), I forget. 🙁 I never forget a face, though. Never There is this dude that lives near me. I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010 -
Latest Borderlands DLC Revealed And Detailed
The latest downloadable installment for sci-fi shooter Borderlands has been made official. The fourth Borderlands DLC is dubbed “Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution”. In Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution, players must put down a deadly mechanical uprising. A civil war has broken out between an armada lead by Hyperion Corporation and the Claptraps lead by the Ninja…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010 -
Atari Founder Was “Stupid” To Sell The Company
In 1972, Nolan Bushnell founded Atari. The company would go on to define video games during the 1970s. And just when things were getting good, Bushnell sold the company in 1976 to Time Warner — a move he now regrets. “I was stupid,” Bushnell said at a conference this week. “I sold completely because I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010 -
If Only Ultra Magnus Was In War For Cybertron
For one of the most useless and short-lived Autobot leaders of all time, Ultra Magnus sure has a following, as evidenced by this custom toy showing what he’d have looked like had he turned up in War For Cybertron. (Well, turned up in the console version, as he does appear in the DS edition) There…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010 -
Toy Story 4 Looks Incredible
I’m amazed it’s taken this long for someone to think of it. By Simon Chong
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010 -
Stalker Found Guilty Of…Stalking
A verdict has been reached in the court against against Hiroshi Sasaki, the man accused of stalking voice actress Haruna Ikezawa. Ikezawa, who voices Athena in The King of Fighters games and Momoka in Sgt. Frog, wrote on her blog in February that she had a restraining order against a stalker who was following her…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010