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Smash TV “Will Rise Again” Says Co-Creator

Midway’s seminal twin-stick shooter Smash TV, the bloody, futuristic game show arcade game of yore, may be getting a proper update from Midway. And the guy saying that’s in a position to know. Mark Turmell, programmer on the original Smash TV and its spin-off Total Carnage, says on the RetroGaming with Racketboy podcast that Midway,…

Wiiwaa Trailer Shows Updated Oral Insertion

Wii game Wiiwaa, highlighted earlier this week, is all about puppet-waggling, a concept from Sweden’s Zoink Games. If you caught the previous video, involving sticking Wii Remotes in private puppet places, note that this one is easier to swallow. Like we said last time, Wiiwaa looks interesting as a concept—at the very least from a…

Volcano!

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I Would Like A Burrito Please Wow, lots of originals, lots of news and previews today. Busy, busy day for a Friday. I also managed to sneak out for an hour to go watch my son’s Science Fair project at the school over lunch. He wowed everyone by packing dye,…

Notebook Dump: Mass Effect 2’s New Helpers, A Failed Quest And More [UPDATE]

There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? Dragon Age Bugs: Fahey mentioned in his review of Dragon Age: Origins that his PlayStation 3 version of the game had a bug that blocked him from completing the game.…

EA’s MMA Gets It On With “Premier League” Strikeforce

EA Sports may not have the UFC license, but it does have Strikeforce. The publisher of the very descriptively titled EA Sports MMA announced the mixed martial arts promoters as one of the game’s “premier” leagues. Not only is EA Sports getting the Strikeforce brand, it’s getting some of its talent. That includes commentary team…

NetFlix In Action on the Playstation 3

This week Netflix started mailing out the disc needed for Playstation 3 owners to use the movie and television streaming service on their consoles. Here’s a quick look at how the service works on the console once you get the disc. For now, you’ll have to pop the disc in to access the Netflix service…

Modern Warfare 2 Navigates A Sea Of Second-Guessers

Incensed politicians, angry fans, boycotting retailers: What might be the biggest video game launch in history has more than its share of controversy. But in the eye of the contentious hurricane that swirls around the upcoming launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, developer Infinity Ward appears unfazed. “It’s very exciting,” said Infinity Ward’s…

Halo 3 ODST Motorcyle Helmet Perfect For Headshot Protection

While our cats have been enjoying the comfort of Halo helmets for years now, the human market is sadly underserved. At least one human will be well protected, thanks to this Halo 3 ODST motorcycle helmet. MotorcyleNews.com has concept shots of the X-Lite X-802 helmet fashioned in the Halo 3 ODST style, set to be…

Halo Waypoint Will Be What You Make Of It

Yesterday 343 Industries released Halo Waypoint, the Xbox 360 destination for all things Halo. Kotaku spoke to Halo franchise executive producer Josh Holmes about how fans will help determine the direction Waypoint takes. Josh Holmes has been in the industry for around 15 years. He was part of the EA Canada exodus that formed Propaganda…

Review Round-Up: Dragon Age, Drawn To Life, NBA And More

We reviewed the following games this week. None is called Demon’s Souls (Please be patient?). None of them even rhymes with Demon’s Souls. But one does star pro wrestlers… like Demon’s Souls, right? NBA Live Micro-Review: More than Pick-Up Hoops In which Owen Good objects to Marv Albert. WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 Review: A…

Enter to Win a Copy of Fairytale Fights

Let us give you a copy of Fairytale Fights. Email your scariest nightmare involving a character from a fairytale (real or imagined) to [email protected]. If you don’t enter, we’re siccing Little Red Riding Hood on your ass. Good luck! [Rules]

Gyromancer Takes Over Your Life This Month

Attention PC gamers and Xbox 360 owners – your free time dies in a week and a half. Gyromancer, the unholy union of Square Enix RPG, Pokémon, and Bejeweled Twist, now has a release date. Mark November 18th on your calendar, and then set the rest of the week busy. That’s the date that Square…

Band Hero Track Edits Are Ridiculous

If you are planning on picking up Band Hero because it contains some of your favorite songs, be warned that some of the tunes have been butchered edited beyond enjoyment. I picked up the game for the 360 the other day so my girlfriend and I could play through “Angels of the Silences” from Counting…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

We’re going to make it rain bullets at Kotaku Towers West this weekend, playing through both Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, shooting (almost) everything in sight. It may the shootin’-est Saturday and Sunday ever! Being a huge fan of the first Left 4 Dead, I’m dying to stop working…

Here’s What You’ll Miss In The Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Beta

If you’re not a PlayStation 3 owner or you aren’t planning on preordering Battlefield: Bad Company 2, you won’t be seeing this action until at least next month. Unless of course you are a game journalist like our own Stephen Totilo, who discussed his hands-on time with the game earlier today. Judging by this footage,…

Modern Warfare 2 Launch Party, Feat. DJ Smash Bros!

It sounds like there will be plenty of midnight events to go around for the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 next week. But only one is walking distance from my house. A video game store finally opened up super close to my house. The Play N Trade in Highlands Ranch plans to…

PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie

The Japanese release of Sony’s PSPgo may have been low-key in terms of numbers, but we’re only getting a look at one day of sales of the platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week. Media Create‘s tally of PSPgo sales in Japan was 29,109—about what we were expecting—good enough…

Could Band Hero/Guitar Hero 5 Brouhaha Cause Future Problems For Activision

In the span of two months, Activision has ticked off Courtney Love and No Doubt by letting unlockable avatars sing songs from other genres. “I think it does hurt them,” said Stephen Smith, a partner specializing in entertainment and video game litigation with Greenberg Glusker, tells Variety. As Smith points out, Activision should strive to…

Rock Band Next Week: The White Stripes

Four players will play songs performed by two people next week, when dynamic divorced duo The White Stripes make their Rock Band debut. In order to properly play “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” “Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine,” and “Icky Thump,” the three White Stripes tunes making their way to the Rock…

To Catch A Modern Warfare 2 Cyber-Thief

Modern Warfare 2 is already making an appearance at torrent sites all over the internet, but it could have been worse. Dean Takahashi reports on how IPCybercrime stopped one pirate from making his big score. It all started with a Craigslist post, as many seedy stories these days do. Last Thursday a listing popped up…