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This Gamer Is A Good Driver, Real Good
In December 2009, a special version of Gran Turismo hit the PS3 as a download. The twenty fastest drivers then competed for a chance to enter the GT Academy bootcamp. Only two were selected. And now one has won. France’s Jordan Tresson was been declared the winner of GT Academy 2010. The Frenchman underwent a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2010 -
New Fable III Screen Adds A Touch Of Dapper
Yes, dapper. He’s like a cross between the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Piett. For more of our Fable III coverage, click here Fable III, the third game in Lionhead’s role-playing series, will be out for the Xbox 360 later this year.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2010 -
Resident Evil Movie Director Ready To Develop Games
Paul W.S. Anderson is famous for two things: Being Mr. Milla Jovovich and making movies based on video games. He’s now keen to spread his wings and create video games. “In the future,” the filmmaker told MTV News, “I want to be developing intellectual properties that will occupy both spaces simultaneously.” Anderson has brought survival…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2010 -
Left 4 Dead’s Survivor Party Isn’t Going So Well
Left 4 Dead 2’s “The Passing” will bring together the survivors from Left 4 Dead 1 with the survivors of the second game. Just because they’re all surviving, though, doesn’t mean they’re going to get along. The Passing will be out later today on both Xbox 360 and PC. It’ll be 560MSP on Microsoft’s console,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2010 -
Talk About Depressing
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By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2010 -
Weed + Rap + Chrono Trigger
Many rappers rhyme about marijuana. But how many of them do it to the Chrono Trigger soundtrack? Grass-roots (geddit?) rapper Wiz Khalifa, perhaps best known for his “Say Yeah” single, has released a mixtape dubbed Kush and Orange Juice for free online. That was nice of him. And this song is, as one commenter points…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2010 -
PS3 Gets Major League Baseball Games
According to the New York Times, Sony will tomorrow spill the beans on a deal that will see Major League Baseball games streamed live to PlayStation 3 consoles. Yes, by the end of the week Americans will be able to turn on their PS3, sign up to the league’s MLB.TV service, and watch “out of…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2010 -
Your First Look At Steam Running On A Mac
Valve’s PC gaming platform and online store, Steam, is coming to Apple’s Mac. And while it’s not yet available to Joe Everyman, some people are already messing around with it, giving us our first look at it in action. And, surprise! It looks just like it does on PC. Only, it’s running on a Mac…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2010 -
PS3 Update Readies Console For 3D Gaming
At first glance, the PlayStation 3’s latest firmware update – which brings the system to v3.30 – seems inconsequential. Some trophy reshuffling. But it’s the behind-the-scenes stuff that’s more interesting, as it readies the console for 3D gaming. Yes, while most of the release accompanying the update bangs on about how it will “make it…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2010 -
In The Xbox Future, Your TV Will Know If You Are Yelling, Booing
Why have been people yelling at professional athletes who fumble and fall and anger them when those athletes are on their TVs and can’t hear them? Because these people have been getting ready for the Xbox 360’s Project Natal. From an interview with Xbox 360 project manager Marc Whitten, who discusses some non-gaming applications of…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 21, 2010 -
Kotaku Off-Topic: Ruh Roh, Mom’s on Facebook
Well, the party’s over. Mom joined Facebook this week, which means I officially have to dial it back and be nice, also sit up straight, ask to be excused, and not clack my teeth on the tines of my fork. Mom did so reluctantly and only because a group she’s involved in set up a…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2010 -
“I Told You, Ho, Do Not Expect Much Wisdom From Him”
Some video game voice-acting isn’t very good. Thank goodness there’s a website that records the worst of it. The excellent site Audio Atrocities has some wretchedly great clips from role-playing game Two Worlds. Here’s one: Click to view Itoldyouho sound bite Odd use of “ho,” if I do say so myself. Go to Audio Atrocities’…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 21, 2010 -
Danica Patrick Enlightens Us on the Concept of ‘Power-Ups’
Indy’s It-girl Danica Patrick has a role in Activision’s Blur, which I didn’t know before today, and Danica’s giving interviews to highlight the fact gamers now race online “against people in different places,” which she didn’t know before today either. What’s more, “It’s not just cars against cars,” Patrick told USA Today. “It’s cars against…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2010 -
The Not-So-Real Dangers Of Power-Leveling
Aion developer NCsoft and Rooster Teeth have teamed up to educate massively-multiplayer online game players about the dangers of mafia-run power-leveling operations that probably don’t exist. Yes, power-leveling services are a bad idea. You have to hand your username and password over to strangers, who then have access to all of your personal information, or…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2010 -
Dead Rising 2 Examines the Power of Multinational Pharmaceuticals
Dead Rising 2 is a zombie game with bite – a darkly humorous exploration of the ultimate power wielded by multinational pharmaceuticals and the corruption that creates. This time around Dead Rising will have a more involved, and in-depth story than the original game, said Capcom’s Keiji Inafune. “One of the things I’m proud of…
By Brian Crecente Published April 21, 2010 -
Drew Brees — To No One’s Surprise — Looks Like Madden 11‘s Cover Man
Drew Brees, quarterback of the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, has a couple of TV talk show appearances booked for Thursday and Friday. Know what else happens Thursday? EA Sports announces its Madden NFL 11 cover athlete. Pasta Padre earlier today noted that Brees was scheduled for a Friday appearance on Live with…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2010 -
There’s Far Too Much Crotch In This ModNation Racers Ad
Remember your old gym teacher, with the pedo moustache and the too-tight shorts, who’d always prop up one leg on things, giving you an uncomfortably good view of his crotch? PlayStation spokesman Kevin Butler will never forget. When Sony first launched the Kevin Butler-fueled ads for the PlayStation 3 and its games, I thought I’d…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2010 -
New Way To Love A Band Like Linkin Park: Play Their Video Game
When the concert ticket, the downloaded album and the official t-shirt aren’t enough, there is the official video game of the band. Why play Linkin Park’s video game? It is for the fans. The trailer for Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion title shows a side-scroller, a throwback to the run-right-and-punch-the-guy brawlers of Double Dragon and River…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 21, 2010 -
Must Get Zombrex
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Time Is Your Bedtime? With about 15 stories filed from last week’s Captivate and another 20 or so to go, I’m starting to think I might need a zombie-prevention shot of Zombrex myself. It doesn’t help that the busier I get the harder it is for me to go…
By Brian Crecente Published April 21, 2010