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Armor!
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: The Planetarium Was… I ordered some armor on Sunday. How often do you get to say that? Never, that’s how often! It’s pretty cool, I got some (relatively) cheap Bogu from e-Bogu for about $500. Yes, that’s cheap. My sensei told me that a sensei he knows in Japan spent…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2010 -
Violent Video Game Supreme Court Case Raises Stakes In America, Sides Sound Off
The Supreme Court’s decision today to hear a case about the potential criminalizing of the sale of violent video games to children sparked divided reactions from the parties in the case and a call to gamers to get informed. “I think gamers have a lot at stake,” Mike Gallagher, head of the Entertainment Software Association…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
NHL 11 to Feature Canadian Hockey League?
Sports radio in Calgary and a team’s marketing employee are saying EA Sports’ NHL 11 will feature teams from the Canadian Hockey League, the top tier of junior hockey in that country. Although there is minor league hockey in North America, Major Junior hockey, as it’s known, is played by 16- to 20-year-olds, and the…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2010 -
These Are Your Favorite Kotaku-themed WarioWare D.I.Y. Games
After much work and voting on your part, we’re left with nearly a dozen mini-games created on the Nintendo DS to delight and amuse. More importantly for these 11 finalists, the WarioWare D.I.Y. games are also a chance to win a pretty sweet prize package: The grand prize winner of our DIY contest will receive…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2010 -
This Is What The Original Mario Looked Like In High School
He may not have a mustache, proper plumbing gear or bear a remote resemblance to the Mario of Donkey Kong, but this is what the man who inspired Nintendo to name their most famous character looked like in 1952. Mario Segale was once Nintendo of America’s landlord, but he’s better known for being the naming…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 26, 2010 -
Comcast Isn’t Just The Worst Internet Provider Anymore
After years of throttled internet and bad customer service earning it a reputation as the worst internet provider in America, Comcast scores a golden poo as Consumerist.com’s 2010 Worst Company in America. I promised myself I wouldn’t cry. Every year, the Consumerist pits some of the worst companies in the country against each other in…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2010 -
Crackdown 2 Creators Will Answer Your Questions, Live, On Wednesday
In just a few months you will be able to play Crackdown 2. In just two days, you will be able to call in to Kotaku Talk Radio and ask the creators all about it (or just listen in). Crackdown 2 producer James Cope and creative director Billy Thomson will be our special guests during…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
Alienware M11x – Pure Gaming Power that Goes Anywhere
The Alienware™ M11x gaming laptop lets you play anything, anywhere, in HD. It weighs less than 4.5 pounds—and has over 6.5 hours of battery life. The scores are in—and they are out of this world. Specs below! The M11x offers the graphics power of a 15″ laptop in a much more portable 11″ form. With…
By Gawkercreative Published April 26, 2010 -
New Explosive Enslaved Screens Set Free
Heavenly Sword developer Ninja Theory has already proven that they can make “post apocalyptic” pretty with Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. But can they do explosions as well? New screens of Enslaved let you be the judge. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game, due in “late 2010,” will put players in the role of…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 26, 2010 -
Celebrate Three Years Of Lord Of The Rings Online With Savings
Turbine marks three years’ worth of plunging players headlong into the magical world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth with discounts for folks who’d like to stick around a little bit longer. Turbine launched massively multiplayer online role-playing game Lord of the Rings Online on April 24, 2007, and servers quickly flooded with rabid fans, fresh…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2010 -
Prince of Persia Trailer, Lego Vs. Live Action
The Prince of Persia move trailer gets the Lego remix treatment. Compare Lego to live-action with a couple of clicks of your mouse. Here’s the Lego version, staged and shot by the MTV News movies team: Here’s the live-action original: Click both to see which Prince you prefer: Jake Gyllenhaal or the one with the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
BlazBlue Goes 3D, Cute With BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale
Nintendo DSi owners will get their own brand of BlazBlue beat ’em up action with BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale, an adorably super-deformed spin-off based on Arc System Works’ fighting game series. The DSiWare download was released in Japan as BlazBlue: Battle x Battle earlier this year and it appears that the four-player brawler…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 26, 2010 -
Take The Samurai Hero Soap Opera Challenge!!!
I am fascinated with Capcom’s upcoming button-masher Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes. Not because it looks like a fun game, it doesn’t, but because of how it deals with Japanese culture. I also love the voice acting which is just absurd. I love it so much that I decided to get intern Lauren Orsini to pull…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2010 -
A Number That Is Too Large
An estimated 350,000 people played last year’s Madden NFL 10 once online and never played it online again, series creative director Ian Cummings recently told Kotaku. He and publisher EA are mum on online multiplayer details for this summer’s Madden NFL 11, but that’s a number the creators of one of gaming’s biggest franchises clearly…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
Ladies And Gentlemen, Restart Your Steam Engines
As promised, the new Steam client is now live, giving PC gamers the sort of shiny new and revamped features they’ve been craving for years. Just look at that library screen! It’s by far my favorite feature of the new Steam, though when you’ve got a gazillion games to navigate through I suppose it’s a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2010 -
Dead Rising 2’s Dark Comedy and Interactive Vomit
In presenting the latest look at Dead Rising 2 earlier this month, Capcom’s Keiji Inafune made it a point to talk about the game’s dark humor. It is the blending of comedy and death, of gore and laughs that separates Dead Rising 2 from all of the zombie apocalypse titles that came before it, he…
By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2010 -
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Preview: Tougher, Easier
With their next Mario game, it once again appears that Nintendo is trying to have it both ways. I’m not complaining. Super Mario Galaxy 2 appears to be harder than its predecessor, while offering several ways to make the game quite easy. Plus some fat has been trimmed to make room for an apparent abundance…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
The Nintendo Download: It’s A Good Week To Own A DSi
This week’s Nintendo Download is packed to the brim with DSiWare goodness, with six titles ranging from Ferrari racing to an augmented reality shooter that gives players something to do with the DSi’s built-in camera. I might actually spend some points on DSiWare this week, which hasn’t happened since I bought my DSi in the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2010 -
Don The Iron Man 2 Armor In PlayStation Home
Iron Man 2 is coming to theaters next week, but he’s making a pit stop in Europe’s PlayStation Home this Thursday, with the service’s first movie-themed mini-game and your chance to win your own set of virtual Iron Man armor. Pilot Tony Stark through the streets of the big city, dodging mines and picking up…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2010 -
Toy Story 3 Looks Far Too Entertaining To Be A Movie Tie-In
Who says a movie tie-in can’t be innovative and exciting? Toy Story 3’s build-your-own-adventure Toy Box mode could wind up the most entertaining thing to come of a movie video game since we started putting moving pictures to pixels. When Disney Interactive first revealed the Toy Box mode developer Avalanche Software was creating for the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2010