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Numblast Comes A Little Late To North American PSN Thursday
North American PSP and PlayStation 3 owners will finally get to enjoy Numblast, a PlayStation Network puzzler that does things by the numbers and arrives on the PlayStation Store this Thursday. While Numblast may sound like a topical cream used in more intimate circumstances, it’s actually a video game! It can be enjoyed on the…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
IRL Big Head Mode Makes Halloween Cool & Creepy
Big head mode, an undisputed classic video game Easter Egg, as it turns out, also makes for a damn good Halloween costume. Kotaku reader Eric’s papercraft big head mode version of himself makes normal Eric equally cool and creepy. Eric doesn’t pull off any flaming NBA Jam-style dunks in his Flickr photo gallery, but he…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
Belated Halloween
To: Ash From: Crecente I know you had a scare. But besides that did you have a nice Halloween? I spent mine drinking whiskey, handing out candy to kids and watching They Live. Good times. What you missed: Harley Quinn Hearts Kotaku An Early Look At Interplay’s Fallout MMO Return of Alice: The Creepy Trailer…
By Brian Crecente Published November 2, 2009 -
Richard Garriott Shows His Automata To Martha Stewart
For the handful of you who may have missed the late October episode of The Martha Stewart Show with Richard “Lord British” Garriott, that show has finally been uploaded for all to enjoy. The Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator brought some of his prized automata and rat tail to the Martha Stewart set, talking about…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
Takeuchi: Japanese Gamers Need Western Gamers’ Curiosity
Usually, when a country’s gaming scene struggles, game creators take the heat. But an Edge interview with Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi suggests gamers could also be to blame. Here’s Takeuchi discussing the winter 2009 Lost Planet 2 with Edge magazine‘s interviewer. Note that Lost Planet 2 is designed to be played in co-op…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 -
Rumored Mass Effect 2 DLC Plans Sound Massive
BioWare’s purported plans for sci-fi action RPG Mass Effect 2 make the upcoming Xbox 360 and PC game look like a good investment, as rumored downloadable content appears to be expansive enough to dissuade mass trade-ins. According to a report from Destructoid, which cites a retailer-focused Microsoft Expert Zone quiz, Mass Effect 2 will feature…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
Hideo Kojima A “Huge Fan” Of Twilight, Will Judge Your Fan Art
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is apparently a fan of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, opting in to judge a fan art contest themed around the second entry in the romantic vampire action series, New Moon. That’s according to a release from Japanese artist network pixiv—pretty much the overseas equivalent of deviantArt—which has tapped Kojima,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
Which Game Was That Again?
An Amazon review begins: “i got game n kil rat mutate over n over untl bad dude kil me ouch. i like game lot n rats r cool n stuff wen thety mutate n try to kill me daed ouch!” It continues: “It ok to play n shoot bad dude n i get game n…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 -
Triple Shot Of Wallace & Gromit Coming To XBLA
Shunning the traditional notion of episodic release, doled out over weeks, months or even years, Microsoft and Telltale Games will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade with three times the Wallace & Gromit this Wednesday. That’s right. Three episodes of the comedic adventures of the claymated duo for the price of three. Just all in one…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
Microsoft Refunds Dog Shopping Spree, Grants K9 Gamertag
Two weeks ago we broke the news about Kotaku reader Greg and his amazing, online shopping dog. Today Microsoft told Kotaku that they’ve refunded the money Greg’s dog spent on Xbox Live and have granted the dog his own Gamertag. Here’s the statement sent to Kotaku: “I saw you wrote a story on the guy…
By Brian Crecente Published November 2, 2009 -
Behold The Single-Player Fighting Game
Did you know people made single-player fighting games? I played one last week. The Kotaku editorial database indicates that before Kamen Rider is released for the DS this year, Yie Ar Kung Fu may have been the only single-player fighting game ever made. After all, why would anyone make a single-player fighting game? Isn’t that…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 2, 2009 -
LittleBigPlanet Birthday Costume Is A Piece of Cake
Media Molecule‘s creative PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet is one year old as of last week, so the developer is doing something to celebrate, giving away Sackboy costumes, including one that’s been unavailable for download for the better part of a year. That would be the launch ready Space Suit Sackboy Costume, re-releasing the week of November…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
The Prince Of Persia Movie Trailer Covers All The Bases
The official trailer for Disney’s Prince of Persia movie have hit the interwebs, featuring just the right amount of jumping on things and sand. This one could be a winner, folks! This looks to be the same Prince of Persia trailer that AJ last week, with the two lines from Ben Kingsley, Jake Gyllenhaal leaping…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 -
Live Chat with Mike Laidlaw, Lead Designer for Dragon Age: Origins
Mike’s here, and he’s ready to chat. Ask him anything about his work on Dragon Age: Origins. Ready, set…comment! [Bio after the jump.] Mike Laidlaw, lead designer, Dragon Age: Origins, has been with BioWare since 2003 after beginning his career in gaming journalism as a console editor for a popular gaming website. Laidlaw joined BioWare…
By Chrissie Lamond Published November 2, 2009 -
How’d The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
According to Enterbrain, the folks who publish Famitsu magazine, the newest PlayStation Portable sold 28,275 units on its first day on the Japanese market. Good? Bad? Probably somewhere closer to the former. That sales data doesn’t tell us too much about the PSPgo’s reception in Japan, considering Enterbrain only tracked one day, November 1—the platform’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 2, 2009 -
10 Years Of Asheron’s Call
Can you believe Asheron’s Call is still running 10 years after its November 2nd, 1999 release? Turbine can, and it’s celebrating in style with events throughout the day for the diehard fans still grinding away. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the world of Dereth first opened up to the masses, unless…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 -
can videogames be our friends?
This morning a videogame literally forced me to say “I love you”, enunciating every syllable perfectly, clearly enough for a computer program to register, before it would allow me to progress. I don’t use that word lightly. Maybe that’s why I have all this money and no one to use to make it happy. I’m…
Tim Rogers Published November 2, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: Vikings, Dragons, Spaceships, And Street Fighters
Eight new games drop today across Nintendo’s WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare platforms, running the gamut from snapshot editing to the original Street Fighter. Well, a port of the original Street Fighter. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen any games from the TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM hit the Virtual Console, so Capcom’s Fighting Street (800 Wii points)…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 -
Uwe Boll Signing Stuff This Weekend
Now’s your chance! Round up your copies of movies BloodRayne, House of the Dead and Postal and hand them over to Uwe Boll. Don’t be concerned if he hands them back with his autograph on them, you’ll just need to explain you were turning them in for disposal. The infamous boxer/director Boll will be at…
By Brian Crecente Published November 2, 2009 -
Capcom Zombies Invade London
Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. The horde descended on Tate Modern in London on Saturday, with more than 50 zombies aided by the Viking Hats Zombie…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009