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Frankenreview: The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Are game critics sick and tired of these Zelda-loving Links on this Zelda-loving train? Find out, in our Frankenreview for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Spirit Tracks takes place in the future of the Wind Waker timeline, utilizing the same sort of cel-shaded graphics that everyone complained about in the Gamecube title but have…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
Yakuza 3 Impressions: In English, Partly
Yesterday’s surprise announcement that the Japanese hit Yakuza 3 will be coming to America after all was followed by the surprise that the English-language version was three blocks from Kotaku’s NYC office. Good reason for a short walk. The game is a brawler starring tough guy Kiryu Kazuma and the detailed surroundings of a fictional…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2009 -
Stargate Resistance Coming To PC In 2010
Stargate Worlds developer Cheyenne Mountain might have had trouble getting the MMO version of the popular sci-fi TV show developed, but the newly announced 3rd-person shooter, Stargate Resistance? No problem. With development of the Stargate Worlds MMO still ongoing, troubled developer Cheyenne Mountain apparently isn’t so troubled that they couldn’t prepare a completely new title…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
Sony’s Svelte Australian Gaming Digs
Earlier this week I dropped by Sony Computer Entertainment’s Australia offices in Sydney to catch up on things Playstation and Antipodean. Spokeswoman Rebecca Rice was kind enough to take time out of her busy schedule to show me around and chat for a bit. While most of what we talked about was boring insidey-stuff, she…
By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2009 -
Achievement Chore: She Plays For Gamerscore, Whether It’s Fun Or Not
It’s 9 p.m. and I’ve lost my fifth straight game of Madden NFL Arcade to the same person, each time by 30-0. My opponent has a gamerscore of more than 165,000. But it’s not because she’s good at football. “I hate sports games,” Kristen says with a weary laugh, reminding me for about the fifth…
By Owen Good Published December 9, 2009 -
Here’s A Little Heavy Breathing In No More Heroes 2
Please note that you must be 18 or older to view this video. And you really, really shouldn’t watch it at work with the sound turned all the way up. The folks over at Ubisoft were kind enough to cut together a very special video for Kotaku to share with you. It distills the very…
By AJ Glasser Published December 9, 2009 -
Kotaku Talk Radio is Live: Let’s Talk With Amy Hennig
Amy Hennig, creative director of Naughty Dog‘s Uncharted 2 is playing the role of Brian Crecente on today’s live Kotaku podcast. We’re starting now. Give us a ring and you could be live on the air with me and Amy. Only if you have a decent question, of course. To listen, head over to our…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2009 -
No Really, Revenge Of The Wounded Dragons Hits PSN This Week
After a brief delay following our last release announcement for Artificial Mind & Movement’s kung fu beat-em-up, Revenge of the Wounded Dragons is finally hitting the North American PlayStation Store this week, we hope. Originally scheduled for release on November 24th, the PlayStation Blog post we culled the information from on Revenge of the Wounded…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
A Glimpse Of Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Console-Exclusive Content
Have you already played through Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce PSP and are wondering why to play it on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3? If the online multiplayer isn’t enough, perhaps these screens of the console versions’ exclusive content will help. While I’m picking up the game this February for the online multiplayer, I’ve not played…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
Blazing Angels: Squadron’s of WW II the Arcade Cabinet
This may be widely available out there, in some forgotten arcade Shangri-la – a land of plentiful cabinets and quarters – but in the work-a-day, arcade-free world I live in I’ve never seen it. For $2 Australian wouldbe fighter pilots can climb into this cabinet and play a bit of Ubisoft’s Blazing Angels: Squadrons of…
By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2009 -
Ubisoft Launching Their Own Wii Sports Racquet
Wii Sports Tennis taught publishers that Wii owners loved hitting things with imaginary racquets. Ubisoft takes this idea and runs with it with Racquet Sports, bundling tennis, ping pong, badminton, squash, and beach tennis in one hard-hitting package. Ubisoft takes hitting things while imagining you are holding a racquet to a whole new level with…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
Blizzard Authenticator Spawns Two-Headed Dog
World of Warcraft players who use Blizzard’s authenticator gadget to secure their accounts are being gifted with a two-headed fire dog so cute it almost makes up for all of those Molten Core raid deaths – almost. The Blizzard authenticator is a device that generates a one-time code that secures your Blizzard account from unauthorized…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
Kotaku’s Zelda Contest Continental Clarification
In case you missed it, we launched a pretty impressive Legend of Zelda giveaway yesterday. But one point of clarity. When we said it was open to anyone in the Americas, we did mean anyone living in either North or South America. So if you live in any of the many countries those two continents…
By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2009 -
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype’s Lovely Bullet Hell
SideQuest Studio’s sequel to PlayStation Network exclusive side-scrolling shooter Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is just as free with the bullets as its predecessor was, as these new screens demonstrate. Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer was released around this time last year on the PlayStation Network, so its about time we got around to playing the follow-up. This time around the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
Second Brutal Legend DLC Pack Comes With A Beard
Sure, the Hammer of Infinite Fate DLC coming to Brutal Legend next week adds new multiplayer maps, weapons upgrades, and achievements, but what really matters is the beard. Eddie Riggs gets three new outfits in the Hammer of Infinite Fate DLC – Black Metal, Zaulia, and Mountain Man – the latter of which sports what…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
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By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2009 -
Are You Canadian? Are You Familiar with “Moe”?
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: The Year We Make 3-2-1 Contact I’m not Canadian. But I am familiar with moe — oh yes. And probably anyone with a passing interest in current Japanese animation or gooey-eyed games does as well. In a duck press, “moe” (萌え) means “budding”, but it’s a pun on “燃え” (moe),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2009 -
Excuse Me, My Lord, Your Golden PS3 Is Ready
It’s finished. Only $4999.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2009 -
Video Games As Michael Jordan Highlight Reel
Michael Jordan isn’t available as a player in NBA2K10. Heck, he’s barely available as a player in any video game. So it’s left to super-fans like MessenjahMatt to not only get him in there, but recreate his most famous moves. I don’t even want to guess how long it took this guy to not only…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2009