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In Defence Of Sports Games

It’s alarming how many of you people hate sports games. To the point where a harmless post on a sports game on this site usually elicits unnecessary levels of fury and trollishness. We get it. A lot of you hate sports games. Hate Madden, hate FIFA, hate NBA2K, hate Pro Evo (Wii Sports doesn’t count;…

Ozzy Tells Kotaku of His Secret Video Game Addiction

During our post-BlizzCon interview with Ozzy Osbourne, the rock legend revealed that he had once been addicted to a video game. Help us figure out which game that was. Ozzy is not exactly known for his clarity, so you’ll have to forgive us if we cannot tell you exactly which game he was talking about…

John Carmack And The Hideo Kojima Sunset

Famed Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima once told me that there was something beautiful he’d been striving his whole career to create in video games: The perfect sunset. I recently asked John Carmack what his sunset is. Carmack, ever the programmer, didn’t immediately tell me what his sunset would be. Instead, after I described Kojima’s…

Tricia Helfer Is StarCraft II’s Kerrigan

Original voice actress Glynnis Talken Campbell is still out as the voice of StarCraft II’s Kerrigan, but Blizzard found a worthy replacement in the form of Cylon Number Six, Tricia Helfer. At a panel that took place while I was knee-deep in interviews, Blizzard introduced the new Sarah Kerrigan to the world, smashing previous rumors…

Modern Warfare Mobility DS: Guns, Tanks and Planes

New Modern Warfares aren’t just coming to the consoles this fall, the DS will also be getting a brand new first-person shooter from Activision. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized will include a new story line with unique missions spread out over 16 levels with players taking on the roles of both U.S. Marines and…

World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm: Why Level 85?

The Burning Crusade raised World of Warcraft’s level cap to 70. Then Wrath of the Lich King took it to 80. Why is it only going to 85 in the Cataclysm expansion? Tom Chilton explains. Among all of the changes coming in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, raising the level cap to 85 instead of following…

Warriors Come Out And Street Brawl

The Warriors come out to play on Xbox Live Arcade in The Warriors: Street Brawl from Paramount Digital Entertainment. It’s definitely a far cry from Rockstar’s effort at bringing The Warriors to the video game medium. I suppose it captures the essense of the movie, rather that mucking about with all of the side stuff…

Singularity Finds Inspiration in 80s Childhoods

Singularity was inspired by the childhood memories of Raven Software co-founders Brian and Steve Raffel. Not the protagonists ability to age people until they turn to dust or revert them into pre-human creatures, but the idea of exploration. “This game comes from the life experiences of the Raffel brothers,” said Brian Pass, senior producer at…

Droplitz Price Drops

Blitz Arcade is pricing their downloadable puzzle game Droplitz to move, with both the Steam and iPhone versions of the engaging title now available ridiculously cheap. I reviewed the Xbox Live Arcade version of Droplitz, finding it a rather addictively little puzzle game that quickly invades your subconscious to the point where you’ll dream about…

The Nintendo Download: Mr. Driller Strikes Back

This week in the Nintendo Download, a Super Nintendo space epic continues, Mr. Driller drills anew, and tiny bubbles must be destroyed at all costs. LucasArts continues to roll out the Super Star Wars goodness this week with Super Empire Strikes back, the 16-bit retelling of the classic tale of Luke Skywalker, the sister he…

BlizzCon: Where Are Diablo III’s Runes?

At last year’s BlizzCon, the Diablo II team made a big deal about the power-customizing rune system, but this year it was strangely absent. We asked game director Jay Wilson where the runes went. Diablo III’s rune system, as we explained last year, is an ambitious feature in which every skill for every character can…

Video Gamers Get Their Woodstock

Cologne, Germany – There were plenty of reason to go to Cologne’s convention center last week: Jet pack flights, beach volleyball, ATV races, motorcycle stunts, performances by skateboarder Tony Hawk and German band Die Toten Hosen. But what really brought in the crowds were the video games. Nearly a quarter of a million people, almost…

Tony Hawk: Ride Trips Real Skaters Out

Pro skater Ryan Scheckler is totally tripped out by how precise the movements are in Tony Hawk: Ride. If a pro is tripped out, do amateur skaters stand a chance of escaping the trippage? I seriously doubt it. I also seriously doubt that skateboard controller is going to support my weight. My skateboarding days were…

Sony’s Interest in Augmented Reality Gaming Expands

Sony’s interest in augmented reality gaming shows no signs of fading. The console company has already brought a number of titles to their console that blend video game graphics with real images streamed from a camera to your television. And the publisher has high hopes for games that will put an interactive, 3D digital pet…

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Has Anyone Seen Inglourious Basterds or District 9?

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft The worst thing about living in Japan is that we usually get foreign movies late, way wait. We do get Japanese movies earlier than everywhere else, which is great when there’s a fantastic film out. Interested in seeing Inglourious Basterds and District 9, but they’re not out here. Anyone see ’em?…

Mass Effect 2 Won’t Be Late On PC*

Like previous 360 “exclusives”, the PC port of Mass Effect came late. Real late. For Mass Effect 2, however, things may be different. BioWare’s Jesse Houston has told VG247 that both the 360 and PC versions of the sci-fi RPG will be shipping at the same time. “This time round, doing it at the same…

You’re Wondering: How Many People Went To Gamescom?

Gamescom came, it did, it went. Seemed like a success from where we were sitting! But as a public event, the show’s success depended not only on media coverage, but on the number of punters through the door. Last year’s big German games show, the Games Convention in the city of Leipzig, attracted 203,000 people…

Valkyria Chronicles 2 Gets Very Short TV Commercial

And this is it. Wowzers! SEGA’s bringing its fictional WWII game Valkyria Chronicles to the PSP. The game is set in 1937, two years after the first game. Cadets from the Gallia Royal Military Academy are sent to suppress an insurrection in the southern part of in-game country Gallia. The game’s central concept is contrasting…

Commandos Series To Make A Return [Update]

Pyro Studios‘ classic Commando series is on the way back, with the developers announcing that once work on their current project is done, they’ll be returning to the WW2 strategy franchise. The studio revealed to Gamer.nl that, once they’re done with the Planet 51 movie tie-in they’re currently working on, we’ll be treated to an…