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Hulk Out!
Open thread. Anything goes. Just don’t call it Kotaku Off Topic. Or do. You make the rules—well, some of them—in this post that’s not about video games, but might be briefly about game shows. Speaking of gaming, I was in Las Vegas this weekend for this year’s EVO fighting game tournament. Despite working some crazy…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
Your Only Chance to Pick Up This Achievement Comes Tomorrow
Like an eclipse or an obscure comet sighting, tomorrow is the only day on the calendar you may pick up this Silver PSN trophy or 40 Gamerscore Xbox Live achievement, in MLB 2K10. So be ready when it comes. The trophy/achievement is “Mid-Summer Classic,” and all you have to do to collect it is play…
By Owen Good Published July 12, 2010 -
From Final Fantasy V to Mother 3, A Brief History Of ROM Hacking
What to do when your Japanese role-playing games take months, years or forever to get an English translation? Rip the ROM and hack-translate it yourself. 1UP takes a look at the origins and current state of the brute-force, fan-made localization.
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
ModNation Racers Gets More ‘Casual’ With Less Aggressive Update
United Front Games will make playing its DIY kart racer ModNation Racers a little easier with its next update. The PS3 game is getting a less-challenging career mode option, according to the PlayStation.blog
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
Hero of King of Kong to be Enshrined in Hall of Fame
Steve Wiebe, the protagonist of the documentary The King of Kong, famous for his pursuit of Donkey Kong’s all-time record, will be enshrined alongside the game’s creator with the first class inducted by the International Video Games Hall of Fame. Wiebe, an algebra teacher in Kirkland, Wash., is currently the holder of the No. 3…
By Owen Good Published July 12, 2010 -
Street Fighter IV Creator Teases Comic-Con Timed Game Reveal
At this weekend’s EVO tournament in Las Vegas, where the world’s best Tekken 6, Super Street Fighter IV and Melty Blood players battled it out, the man who made Street Fighter IV teased the unveiling of his next game. Yoshinori Ono, the producer of Street Fighter IV and its Super sequel, has been teasing that…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
Just Don’t Get Kicked Out of the Circle in NHL 11
There’s plenty you can do on a faceoff other than spam the controls and look like a fool. NHL 11 wants to give you more options this year, as shown in new screenshots released today. As we saw in a video yesterday, you’ll be able to tie up your opponent and kick it back, tie…
By Owen Good Published July 12, 2010 -
Dragon Age II’s New Look, Now In Screen Shots
BioWare’s next big role-playing game, Dragon Age II, will be a very different thing. For starters, the sequel sports a “new visual style,” readily apparent from concept art and newly released first screen shots of Dragon Age II. Game Informer magazine subscribers are already basking in printed versions of Dragon Age II’s new artistic direction,…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
PlayStation’s New ‘Terms of Service’ Urges Not ODing On 3D
What are we agreeing to now when we play our PlayStation 3s? For one, to take heed of Sony’s advice while enjoying 3D games or movies, which the legalese-laden, newly-updated Terms of Service agreement says may cause “discomfort.” Sony’s latest addition to the list of things it expects us to follow is about the latest…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
Big Patch Accompanies NCAA 11‘s Arrival Tomorrow
Not many people game completely offline, but you’ll want to be connected if you’re bringing home NCAA Football 11 tomorrow. It gets a a day-of-release patch that fixes and tunes a ton of features. I can confirm this is already present; EA Sports put it on the server last Wednesday. The patch not only corrects…
By Owen Good Published July 12, 2010 -
Fat Lip From Fat Head
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Monday, Monday It finally happened. After months of rough housing with our Great Dane, Poe, he finally connected one with his big, beefy paws, clocking me right in the face when I was ducking a particularly exuberant open-mouthed head-butt. His paw, actually his ankle, popped me dead center in the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 12, 2010 -
Homoerotic Shooter Re-release ‘Cho Aniki’ Outed For PS3
Muscle-bound side-scrolling shooter Cho Aniki is coming to the PlayStation 3, according to a new rating from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. That’s good news for fans of Speedo-wearing studs who fight similarly ripped, nearly naked dudes. Cho Aniki is coming to the PS3 courtesy of Monkey Paw Games, the company founded by the former…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
Well Alrighty, Then: Here are the Madden 11 Achievements
The full achievement list for Madden NFL 11 is now out in the open. It includes “Laces Out,” which gives you 40 Gamerscore for kicking a 60-yard-field goal. That sounds makeable – provided Dan Marino’s not holding. Aside from making homages to 1990s comedies, developers use the achievements and trophy sets to condition gamer expectations,…
By Owen Good Published July 12, 2010 -
The New Kid Icarus May Explore Another Dimension: Multiplayer
Nintendo is finally creating a new Kid Icarus game, Kid Icarus Uprising, after nearly 20 years of downtime for the character. The Nintendo 3DS game may be modernized with a now-expected feature, online multiplayer, according to its creator. Masahiro Sakurai, Kid Icarus Uprising and the Super Smash Bros. Brawl game designer, tells UK mag Games…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
The Expendables Gets The 8-Bit Contra Clone It So Richly Deserves
Step into the boots of action stars Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone, and Jason Statham, in an 8-bit Facebook action game based off of their upcoming movie, Contra The Expendables. You have to like a movie that brings together some of the greatest action heroes of all time into one testosterone-coma-inducing parade of shooting, punching, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010 -
From Your Glorious Occupiers of the New Korean Federation
Man, this brings back memories from when I lived in Seoul, South Korea as a kid. I actually had a whole stash of propaganda in my bedroom, tucked away in a dresser drawer behind the socks. I collected it over my two years in Korea, finding it all around the city, but someone found it…
By Brian Crecente Published July 12, 2010 -
Silent Hill Music Man Akira Yamaoka’s Favorite Songs
Composer Akira Yamaoka, perhaps best known for his moody musical contributions to Konami’s Silent Hill series, wants his own funeral to be scored by Ennio Morricone’s “Ecstasy of Gold,” one of the game composer’s five favorite songs. Yamaoka, now at No More Heroes developer Grasshopper Manufacture, tells Nintendo Life that the memorable tune from The…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 12, 2010 -
Crysis 2 Nano Edition Briefly Appears, Is Nowhere Near Nano-Sized
Swedish online store Webhallen.com briefly carried a listing for the Crysis 2 Nano Edition priced at the equivalent of nearly $200. What Crysis 2 swag could be worth that much? German website PlayFront.De managed to snag a few pictures of the ultra-expensive edition before Webhallen took it down, and I have to say, that’s one…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2010