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EA Sports MMA Hands-On: Making Sense of a New Science

Conventional wisdom holds that EA Sports saw UFC Undisputed‘s success, said wait a minute, we’re the Fight Night guys, and started hustling out a competitor. That’s crap, says Peter Moore, and EA Sports MMA‘s floor demo backs him up. At E3, Moore, the EA Sports president, told me this project was greenlit back in 2007.…

Real-Life Pilotwings

To: Brian From: Stephen Re: I’m (Not) Afraid of Americans You love L.A.? That’s weird. I don’t understand how anyone could love L.A. But that is just the thing a New Yorker would say, isn’t it? Is L.A. awesome enough to host a real-life version of Pilotwings? New York is! (That was from last week.)…

Warriors: Legends of Troy, For The Brad Pitt Loving Dynasty Warrior

Having a fondness for Brad Pitt is not required to enjoy the latest tactical hack and slash from the Koei side of Tecmo Koei. Liking the Dynasty Warriors series may be enough to enjoy. Warriors: Legends of Troy as well. Developed by Koei Canada, the team responsible for futuristic racing game Fatal Inertia and Warriors…

Warriors: Legends of Troy Screen Shots

Your First Chance to Play With Tim Tebow is in Madden NFL Arcade

Madden NFL Arcade, the downloadable football shootout that released last Thanksgiving, won’t be getting a second version this year. Instead, EA Sports today pushed out a comprehensive roster update tracking more than 100 player moves, roster promotions and draft choices. That means this game is your first chance to play with first-rounders like Rams quarterback…

Scott Pilgrim Movie Includes Zelda Tunes, Beck As Sex Bob-omb

Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto has apparently given his blessing to the movie adaptation of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, based on the heavily video game-influenced comic of the same name, specifically for its use of video game music. According to a new interview with Scott Pilgrim director Edgar Wright conducted by star Michael…

How Developers See The PlayStation Move

Seeing the tools developers use to create games on the PlayStation Move could be the key to understanding the device’s full potential. Move research and development lead Dr. Richard Marks walks us through the tools of the trade. While we’ve barely scratched the surface in terms of what the PlayStation Move motion controller is capable…

The Unexpected Gamer Who Runs EA

If we ran a video game company, maybe, just maybe, those of us who play video games would be like John Riccitiello. We really could be a boss. We could believe we’re the good guy. And we would know things about video games. We would possess in our core the knowledge absorbed by holding a…

Alan Wake Ads Inspires Fear Of The Dark In Canada

Our neighbors to the north have likely already seen and been irrevocably horrified by Alan Wake’s big, spooky and, most important, clever ad push, which intimidated Canadians with its warnings about just how evil the darkness is. Ad firm MacLaren McCann‘s promotional push for the Xbox 360 game is likely Old News to some Canadian…

Fable III Really Signals A Larger Microsoft Push For PC Gaming This Time

Microsoft asks itself hard questions in an internal Q&A document obtained by Kotaku, including whether the larger investment in PC gaming brought on by Fable III is different than the other times it promised the same and didn’t deliver. We didn’t ask the question. We didn’t have to. In an internal Q&A document prepared for…

The Day Kinectimals Works

If there comes a day when Kinectimals works, it will be better than Nintendogs. That day is not guaranteed. At E3 last week, I played my first official Xbox 360 Kinect game in the manner one would play with a hard-of-hearing tiger cub: fearless of a mauling, warmed by its cuteness, frustrated it couldn’t hear…

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Hands-on: Whipping Evil A New One

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the best 3D Castlevania game I’ve ever played at an E3. And I’ve played two of them—not counting Konami’s flirtation with the series as a 3D fighting game. Yes, developer Mercury Steam’s Castlevania does play more like a Devil May Cry or God of War game than the side-scrolling games…

Lords of Shadow Screens

Welcome To The Summer

It’s the first day of summer, and you know what that means — the return of our daily science posts, like this one, explaining why it’s the first day of summer! Note: If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, ignore this post, and enjoy the winter. Today is the summer solstice, which for those of…

iTunes Chart Topper: Pay As You Go Takeover

A new trend seems to have taken root as Tap Fish, Godfinger and Fishies make their debuts. The Business model of these games follow the free with RMT transactions for in game currency method. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all…

One Killer Father’s Day Present

A Father’s Day picture created by the wife of Kotaku reader Paul, depicting him and his son Caleb as deadly killers.

Let’s Get Physical

For some reason, I decided to take a look at depictions of physical intimacy in four recently released games. I don’t believe my motivation was purely so that Gamer Melodico could be the first videogame blog in history to feature a Glee screengrab but it’s entirely possible. At any rate, only the God of War…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Plays Best Behind Shades

At E3, Warren Spector, one of the lead people behind the original Deus Ex and now in charge of making an impressive Mickey Mouse adventure, said he was content to not be making a “sunglasses-at-night” video game. Others still make the stuff. The original Deus Ex from the year 2000 was supposed to be the…

The Sly Collection Is All HD, Only A Little 3D

When Sanzaru Games brings The Sly Collection to the PlayStation 3 this November, you can expect all three Sly Cooper titles in moderately good-looking high-definition. Just don’t expect all three games to be 3D. I couldn’t resist giving The Sly Collection a quick play during my visit to the Sony booth at E3 2010, and…

Microsoft Gets A Bit Too Personal

As seen on reader Lockhart’s mirror, but not mine, nor on Ash’s