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CGI Salem And Rios Hit London

Creating the CGI versions of Army of Two: The 40th Day co-stars Salem and Rios for this trailer likely cost more than dressing up two guys in Salem and Rios costumes. CGI Salem and Rios were last seen using a sniper rifle in EA’s offices. Since then they’ve managed to board a plane carrying weapons…

By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2010

Sega Shying Away From Mature Wii Titles

Poor sales of MadWorld and House of the Dead: Overkill shook Sega’s resolve over mature titles for the Nintendo Wii, but it took an EA title to finally break the publisher’s enthusiasm for releasing adult Wii titles. In late June of last year, Sega was fully prepared to continue gambling on mature Wii titles. In…

By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2010

Tony Hawk: Play Ride and I’ll Be Your Friend

Tony Hawk seemed to take matters into his own hands last night, hopping onto Twitter to get people to play his latest skateboarding game Tony Hawk’s Ride. The famed skateboarder Tweeted that he was on Xbox Live playing Ride, dropping his Gamertag ( tonyinegypt ) for those interesting in joining him. Later he said anyone…

By Brian Crecente Published January 4, 2010

Man Finished 48 Games In 2009 (And That Man Was Me)

I finished more video games in 2009 than in any other year of my life, according to a big list I’ve been keeping since 2006. Dare I write this in public: I played too much. Below you will find my 2009 playing history in grisly detail. This is the fourth list I’ve made of this…

By Stephen Totilo Published January 4, 2010

iPhone Chart Toppers: Zombies Won’t Die

Zombies managed to hold onto the top spot this week, with only The Simpsons Arcade breaking onto the list for the first time. Here’s the full rundown. Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews. Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Call of Duty: World…

By Brian Crecente Published January 4, 2010

Talk Amongst Yourselves

The greats of history knew not the ways we would immortalize them. Immortalize your gaming thoughts here in Talk Amongst Yourselves. Comment away… Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

By Stephen Totilo Published January 4, 2010

When The Jonas Bros. Came To the Shopping Mall

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft I don’t even know who the Jonas Brothers are! But apparently, American teenage girls like them. Sorry, Disney bubble gum idols aren’t exactly on my radar. Japanese idols, on the other hand… Wait. Take that back. I do know who the Jonas Bros. are. Sorta. One of them did that horrible…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010

Mommy, Where Do Game Boxes Come From?

Sometimes, the most interesting back-stories can be the ones about the most uninteresting things. Take, for instance, the humble zipper. Or, for a more relevant example, how video game boxes are made. Gamasutra ran a great interview last week with the creative director of Hamagami/Carroll, a packaging company that’s designed the game boxes for titles…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010

Microsoft’s Experimental, Hands-Free Technology

Microsoft are developing technology that will allow people to perform “everyday tasks” – like playing Guitar Hero – by using their muscles, and not their hands. The tech works by reading your body’s electrical activity (the signals sent from your brain to your limbs) and intercepting the data, replicating the action in a program. Potential…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010

Hospital With Convicted Killers Gets 22 Wii Consoles

Broadmoor Hospital, previously known as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, has been outfitted with £5,000 worth of Nintendo Wii gaming thanks to UK tax payer money. The high security institution, which is not a prison, treats the likes of rapist and murderer Robert Napper and the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Stucliffe — both of which are…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010

Get Ready For Def Leppard: The Game

Here’s something that slipped by unnoticed during the festive season: someone is making an “unusual” Def Leppard video game. Buried in an announcement about upcoming Def Leppard licensing deal with Primary Wave – which will see the company promote a Def Leppard cartoon series and cell phone apps – is news from Primary Wave CEO…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010

Perhaps This Bridget Is An Actual Girl

Yes, *another* Comiket cosplay gallery. Comic Market, or Comiket, ended on December 31, but Japanese website Moeyo.com has recently posted a few more galleries of costume playing players. Have a gander. Characters from titles ranging like Bayonetta, Dead or Alive, Fate/stay night, Fate/unlimited codes, Sengoku Musou 3, Monster Hunter and Guilty Gear — you know,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010

People Paying Good Money For Free FFXIII Item

The Final Fantasy XIII avatar pets that were handed out last week were free. And required minimal effort to get hold of. Still, even minimal effort is too much effort for some. Over the weekend, dozens of the little Chocobos went on sale over online auction site eBay, some going for as much as $50.…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010

2010 Independent Games Festival Finalists Announced

With submissions having been open since July, the twenty finalists for the 12th annual Independent Games Festival have been announced. And boy are there some good games in the running. Granted, I haven’t played all of them, but I like what I’ve seen of Joe Danger, and I love what I’ve seen of Owl Boy,…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010

Arise, Sir Championship Manager

Every year around this time, the Queen’s New Year Honours list is released, honouring those from the United Kingdom who are, well, worth being honoured. This year, plenty of video game types made the cut. The founders of Sports Interactive, Oliver and Paul Collyer, have been given MBEs (a member of the Order of the…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010

Is This The Xbox 360’s Retail Retreat In Japan?

2008 was a strong year for the Xbox 360 in Japan. With timed exclusives like Tales of Vesperia, Microsoft was able to drawn both long lines and new gamers to its platform. 2009 was another story altogether. Spring 2009 looked promising with otaku heroine and Japanese popstar Shoko Nakagawa getting her own Xbox 360. But…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010

EA Shutters Online For Selected Games, Including Madden 09

Game company EA has announced that it will be shutting down online service for “some older EA titles”. Included in the list is football game Madden NFL 09 (PS3 and Xbox 360), which was released in August 2008. EA, it seems, has a different definition of “old”. 2009 just ended, days ago! Here is the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010

This Is One Crazy Final Fantasy XIII Bug

At 50 to 60 hours long, Final Fantasy XIII is an enormous game. But with as long as Square Enix worked on the title and with all the money spent, that still hasn’t stopped a few bugs from slipping through. While there aren’t many bugs and the bugs that have been reported seem to be…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010

A New Year’s Message From Square Enix’s President

To kick off 2010, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has issued a public statement outlining the publishers corporate goals as they head into the new year. And that goal is? “Taking Root”. Which doesn’t really explain it too well, so let’s allow his Imperial Hotness to elaborate. “In the near future, the rate of convergence…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2010

The Biggest News of 2009 According To Famitsu Readers Is…

Japan’s biggest gaming publication, Famitsu, has polled a handful of readers (and retailers) about what news they thought made the most substantial impact during last year. Only a small number of the millions of Famitsu readers participated in this poll — the few, the proud, the dedicated. It would be a stretch to call those…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2010