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Sammich Day Two
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: How To Make Cheap, Fake Fatty Tuna I’m on my second day with the considerably less then 5-foot sandwich. I gave about half of it away to a family we’re friends with and Tristan and I ate on it for a chunk of yesterday. What we’re left with is maybe…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2010 -
Trinity Universe Brings Pure PS3 RPG Obscurity To America, Europe
PlayStation 3 owners with a deep, deep appreciation for the art of the Japanese role-playing game will be delighted to learn that NIS America will bring Trinity Universe to North America and Europe this summer. If you’re a casual fan of the JRPG—and somehow missed the original announcement of Trinity Universe—that’s the crossover game co-developed…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2010 -
Receivers Achieve Awareness in Madden 11
You know those short hook routes where your receiver stands three yards in front of the first down? Or those swing routes where the halfback runs straight out of bounds? They’re supposedly a thing of the past in Madden 11 Giving the first details of the upcoming game to IGN, the game’s developers are going…
By Owen Good Published March 23, 2010 -
Add Tilt Control To Your PSP
Datel helps PSP users hop on the motion control bandwagon with the Tilt FX PSP, a device that adds accelerometer controls to your favorite games. The Tilt FX PSP, available now for the PSP-1000 through 3000 (sorry, PSPgo, but no one loves you), is a device that plugs into the bottom of your handheld gaming…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2010 -
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Goes Unexpectedly Pop
The next Metal Gear Solid game gets its most unexpected preview clip yet with the sugary sweet pop stylings of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s Paz, singing the character theme “Love Deterrence.” Can’t say we saw this one coming. No, it’s not that kind of pop, but it’s just as cloyingly sweet, feeling a little…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2010 -
From Productive Writer To Cocaine Addict, Just Add Grand Theft Auto
Tom Bissell was a productive, healthy, and somewhat disciplined young award-winning author, before his passion for Grand Theft Auto helped transform him into a cocaine-addled gaming addict. As a travel writer with an eye for politics and history, Tom Bissell has visited Uzbekistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan, but it wasn’t until his first forays into Vice…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2010 -
Nine People Want Me To Make Dark Cloud 3
Today I added two more people to the list of individuals imploring me via e-mail to develop Dark Cloud 3. I’m sorry, folks ,but I’m not going to do it. Since the fall, I’ve received nine e-mails from people imploring me to make a sequel to Sony’s Dark Cloud role-playing game series. Here’s a typical…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2010 -
Vote for the Ugliest American from St. Patrick’s Day
The candidates aren’t ugly, per se—they’re more like lovably enthusiastic. But damn are they green. Send the number of your favorite Ugly American to [email protected] (subject: “Ugly Vote”) by noon EST tomorrow. Winner gets a $300 AMEX gift card. [Rules] Gallery below!
By Gawkercreative Published March 23, 2010 -
Left 4 Dead 2’s “The Passing” Adds New Game Modes. Plural.
The first add-on for zombie apocalypse shooter Left 4 Dead 2 may be more expansive than Valve originally lead us to believe. A new update on the downloadable campaign “The Passing” promises new “game modes.” Buried at the bottom of an announcement about a midweek deal on the full version of Left 4 Dead 2—it’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2010 -
World Of Warcraft Battlegrounds Get Randomized
World of Warcraft patch 3.3.3 is now live, giving players an all-new, all-random way to queue up for the game’s popular player-versus-player battlegrounds. Much like the previously implemented Random Dungeon system, the Random Battleground system, live today in World of Warcraft, allows solo players and parties of up to five characters join a queue to…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2010 -
PlayStation Move’s Minority Report Controls In Action
Two new demos of PlayStation Move, shot by us today, show some of the coolest things that Sony’s Move motion controllers can do. Two weeks ago, we saw Move control games. Today, Move moved windows and made the Eiffel Tower. Kotaku shot these demos in New York City, just hours before Sony was allowing the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2010 -
Electronic Arts May Have Just Killed The New Syndicate (Or Its Bourne Game)
Starbreeze Studios, developers of The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick, were working on two projects for EA. Now it’s working on one, a potentially bad sign for Syndicate—or Jason Bourne—fans hoping that “Project RedLime” would reinvent the franchise. EA and Starbreeze had partnered to work on two games, one based on Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2010 -
Kotaku Talk Radio Is Live Tomorrow With The Man Behind Red Steel 2
Just in time for the release of Red Steel 2 comes this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio with special guest Ubisoft’s Jason VandenBerghe, the creative director of the Motionplus Wii title. VandenBerghe will be on Kotaku Talk Radio this Wednesday at 11 a.m. Kotaku Time (that’s 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT), giving you…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2010 -
To Do In NYC: Kotaku Talking Games Journalism At NYU
If you’re in New York City on Thursday and would like to see me and other games journalists talk about our profession, come on over to New York University. 721 Broadway, Room 006. 6pm. Details on NYU’s site
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2010 -
Hide Your Valuables, It’s A RPG Hero
Why do epic quests to save the world always have to begin with someone breaking into your house and rifling through your valuables? For the record, I would like to state that my apartment doesn’t contain any magical items, potions, rare treasures, weapons, armor, or mystical herbs. Well, to be honest, I do have a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2010 -
Report: Nintendo 3DS Also Has “3D Joystick,” Force Feedback & More
Nintendo’s fifth generation version of its wildly popular Nintendo DS hardware, the Nintendo 3DS, comes with more than just the power to display 3D images. It also comes with a new joystick and force feedback, according to one report. Fortunately, that report is from the typically reliable Nikkei, who writes that Nintendo “plans to give…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2010 -
What Is BioWare Counting Down To?
A mysterious countdown timer has appeared on BioWare’s home page, as well as the pages for Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. What is BioWare revealing on Monday? Kotakuite Alexander pointed us to the countdown clock that’s now ticking down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Monday morning at noon Eastern time, 9AM…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2010 -
Why Economists Love Video Games
The billion dollar business of selling virtual goods in free-to-play games is more than just a financial windfall for companies like Playfish. A controlled economy with millions of active participants gives economists an entirely new way to model consumer behavior. In Newsweek article titled “Money for Nothing,” Playfish founder Kristian Segerstrale explains how a virtual…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2010 -
Apple Adds Ability to Gift Apps, Games in iTunes
In the past 24 hours or so Apple added the ability to give iPod Touch and iPhone applications and games to other people via an email or a printed certificate. The Give a Gift feature now pops up when you click on the arrow icon next to the App’s price and select “Gift this App.”…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2010