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Kaka Is FIFA 11’s Worldwide Cover Athlete
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite will be the global cover star for EA Sports’ FIFA 11. You might know him better as Kaka, the 28-year-old Brazilian star for Real Madrid. FIFA’s covers shift from region to region, accommodating the global nature of the sport, but Kaka will be the unifying player for all of them.…
By Owen Good Published August 5, 2010 -
‘I’m a game designer’
People always ask me what I do. I guess I look like the kind of guy who you’d be curious what I do. I’m pretty sure that this isn’t a desire I project on purpose. I “ended up” this way. If I were wearing an Abercrombie and Fitch T-shirt (after years of “Abercrombie” being the…
Tim Rogers Published August 5, 2010 -
Bungie Is Done With Halo: Reach, Now Focused On ‘New Universe’
The next chapter in Bungie’s development history is well underway, according to its new publisher Activision. With Halo: Reach having “gone gold,” the team responsible for Halo (until now) is shifting its focus. Activision execs said during today’s investor call that “the majority of the Bungie team has moved into their new space and is…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 -
True Crime: Hong Kong Exported To 2011
Activision did its part to thin the typically obese late year release schedule today, delaying True Crime: Hong Kong to next year. Originally planned for release this fall, the PS3, PC and Xbox 360 game will hit in 2011. Why? According to Activision, the delay was granted “in order to give the development team more…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 -
One Week ‘Til QuakeCon
It’s a week until QuakeCon, one week until John Carmack’s keynote (which turned into a three-hour liveblog on an iPhone by me last year), one week until… Doom 4? I’ll be out in Texas next week to give Kotaku readers full coverage of the big event. Plus, I’m hosting a panel! This panel: ‘Building Immersive…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2010 -
When Mega Man Meets The Dark Ages
CGHUB’s CharacterFORGE challenged artists to redesign Mega Man heroes and villains in the vein of dark age fantasy characters, and the results so far are truly epic. See if you can tell which character is represented in these pics. Keep in mind many of these designs are not final. The competition runs until August 9,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 -
Sexy Sengoku Samurai, Cute Vocaloids Storm Japan’s Sales Charts
What does Japan like this week? Feudal Japanese fantasy battles in the form of Sengoku Basara 3 and rhythm games starring vocaloid Hatsune Miku. Yep, shirtless samurai warriors and sexy singing robots are just what Japan needed more of. The PlayStation 3 wins this week’s software war, thanks to Capcom’s Sengoku Basara 3, which moved…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 -
Humans Triumph Over Machines In Protein Folding Game FoldIt
Two years ago students and instructors from the University of Washington applied human intuition to the problem of protein folding with the game FoldIt. Since then the game has proven that even under-educated players can out-fold the most powerful computers. Proteins are essential biological macromolecules that have an active role in just about every process…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 -
Nelly, Public Enemy And Diddy To Co-Exist On Def Jam Rapstar’s Soundtrack
A bunch of new tracks confirmed for Def Jam Rapstar today guarantee that you’ll be able to spend part of your fall rapping along to Public Enemy at their best and Nas at his most obnoxious. Here are the new confirmed songs. Something for every rap fan? Stuff to love. Stuff to hate. You sort…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2010 -
The Vulture Is Circling Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
In normal Spider-Man continuity, a burglar Peter Parker lets escape kills his Uncle Ben. In Spider-Man Noir continuity, former circus freak Adrian Toomes, a.k.a. the Vulture, eats Uncle Ben. You can avenge the Vulture’s dinner in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. Technically Spider-Man Noir already took care of vengeance, killing the Vulture in issue four after the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 -
How an Army of Junkies and Kids Enriches Tech Titans
The company behind Farmville is sealing a deal with Google and has been embraced by Apple and Facebook. That such companies would associate themselves with the exploitation of children and financially depleted addicts is alarming, even in hyper-aggressive Silicon Valley. There’s no question Zynga is on a roll. Despite a scandal over the scammy commercial…
By Ryan Tate Published August 5, 2010 -
Hellboy Director To Make Video Games With THQ
Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro is bringing his creative vision to bear on the games industry. Last week he teased a “big deal with a big company.” According to the LA Times, that big company is THQ. We reported on Del Toro’s plans to enter the game industry last week, after he…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 -
Really Bad Games: Satan Vs. Jesus
From the creators of adult-themed adventure game Bonetown comes the Flash game Satan Vs. Jesus, subtitled “Good VS Evil in an Epic Battle to Get Laid,” and it’s wrong in so many ways. Needless to say, this Flash game, available now at Newgrounds, is very not safe for work. Hippie surfer Jesus and throaty Satan…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 -
Scott Pilgrim’s Easter Egg Hunt Trailer Hands Out Achievements
This isn’t just a fantastic trailer for a (I hope) fantastic movie, it’s also a bit of a game. Watch the trailer and click on things in the video to get more details about the movie. The trailer tracks your score and awards you with achievements and more videos. Pretty friggin great. Click to view
By Brian Crecente Published August 5, 2010 -
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer Beta Is A GameStop Exclusive
Want to get into the North American Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood PlayStation 3 pre-launch multiplayer beta test this September? Then you’re going to have to preorder the game through GameStop. Ubisoft and GameStop have teamed up to provide players who reserve Brotherhood through the retailer exclusive access to the pre-launch multiplayer beta test for the game,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 -
Halo Reach Afterhours at GameStop
GameStop, Microsoft and pro-gamer Tom “Tsquared” Taylor will be showing off some new Halo Reach footage and sharing some tips and tricks for the game at an event this Friday. The Halo Reach: Afterhours Event will also include a glimpse at the Xbox 360 game’s new Firefight mode. Hit up this site to check out…
By Brian Crecente Published August 5, 2010 -
LittleBigPlanet 2 Has A Story Mode Too
Media Molecule and Sony have been focusing on LittleBigPlanet 2’s versatile game creation tools, but as this latest trailer shows, it’ll also have a deep adventure mode, and that adventure mode has grappling hooks. Those of us who don’t have the time to create and share will be happy to hear that LittleBigPlanet 2 will…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010
