Casting Rumor Suggests Robin in Arkham Asylum 2 (via 1up) -
Could this be the voice of the the Boy Wonder? The IMDb listing for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 has kicked up rumors of Robin appearing in the game. Actor Vincent Martella (above) is credited to play the role. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 747 | 5 months ago
New Donkey Kong Champ Crowned (via 1up) -
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters portrayed the epic struggle between Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell to claim the high score in Donkey Kong, but a new challenger has beaten them both. Record-keeping organization Twin Galaxies sends word (via Kotaku that Hank Chien of New York (above) has taken the record with a new high score of 1,061,700 during a 2 hour, 35 minute play session. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 504 | 5 months ago
Impressions: Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring (via PS3 Fanboy) -
Can the music genre be revitalized? Can gaming newcomer Seven45 Studios -- a combined publisher, developer and hardware manufacturer -- sway current fans of Guitar Hero and Rock Band to try yet another music game, and one that focuses only on guitar? The odds are undoubtedly against them. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 393 | 5 months ago
Bad Company 2 Might Go Mac As Well Mac (via Kotaku) - With Mac computers the flavour of the week, Battlefield developers DICE are not ones to be left off the bandwagon, saying that they're "currently investigating" bringing Battlefield Bad Company 2 to Apple's platform.
DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson said as much yesterday, Tweeting "We're currently investigating the possibility of making BFBC2 available on Mac". Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 390 | 5 months ago
Character Spotlight: Kratos God of War (via PS3 vault) -- I thought I do this little profile on the Ghost of Spartan since this month will probably be dubbed the God of War month as we see the series draw the curtains. What makes Kratos tick? Well we can trace this back to the very first game in the series when David Jaffe came through Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 387 | 5 months ago
In Japan, Getting A Tattoo Means You Can Never Go Home Final Fantasy XIII (via Kotaku) - At last night's launch event for Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada showed up with a Fal'cie symbol from the game tattooed on his hand. He tweeted that he "probably" would not be able to return to Japan.
Wada, of course, was being lighthearted. The tattoo, of course, is fake. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 387 | 5 months ago
BitComposer Games Announces Jagged Alliance 3 (via 1up) -
Jagged Alliance is about to pick up its first true sequel in more than a decade. German publisher bitComposer games has acquired the license from Strategy First, and hopes to release a new game sometime next year (via Gamasutra). Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 384 | 5 months ago
Verizon, NFL sign deal for mobile streaming (via After Dawn) - America's largest carrier, Verizon Wireless, has announced they have signed a deal with the NFL to stream live football games via the RedZone Channel over mobile phones.
The deal will last for the next four seasons, and will begin with the NFL draft in April.
Although unconfirmed, the deal is said to have been priced at $720 million. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 381 | 5 months ago
Google creating Android-based set-top box? (via After Dawn) - According to a new WSJ report, Google has teamed up with the Dish Network to create an Android-based set-top box that will be used to stream YouTube and other videos to HDTVs.
The set-top will be operated with a keyboard, making for easier searches.
Additionally to YouTube, the deal will allow for searches of video content from Dish as well, and the ability to create video playlists. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 381 | 5 months ago
Ubisoft DRM servers hit by DDoS attack (via After Dawn) - Ubisoft has confirmed that their DRM servers remained under attack until earlier today, thanks to a DDoS attack.
Yesterday we reported that Ubi's servers were down, meaning legitimate buyers of their games could no longer play the game, since the "always connected" DRM could not connect. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 381 | 5 months ago
Mac vs PC: How Apple Got Back In The Game Steam (via Kotaku) --
For years - no, decades - games on the Mac have been a running joke, a constant source of derision from the dominant PC gaming community. But in a single move earlier this week, the Mac made a comeback. More »
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PS3 will outsell Wii, Xbox 360 handily, says firm (via After Dawn) - An analytics firm, the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (SACHD) has released a forecasting report that says the Sony PlayStation 3 will eventually outsell the Xbox 360 and the Wii, on route to 127 million units sold.
The "Taming the Waves: Games Console Life Cycles and Platform Competition," report says that Sony's PS3 will surpass the Wii eventually despite a giant gap now, as the firm believes the PS3 will still be a viable platform for at least five years after the Wii is replaced. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 378 | 5 months ago
Wii Gun Involved In 3-Year-Old Shooting Is Amazingly Lifelike Follow-up (via Kotaku) - At the top is a Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol. Below, the WiiAuto Pistol. Mistaking the former for the latter, three-year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan of Wilson County, Tennessee, shot and killed herself Sunday evening. Where does the blame lie?
We reported on the accidental shooting death of Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan yesterday, mainly due to the fact that the initial reports indicated the girl mistook a real pistol, left on a living room table by her stepfather, for a gun-shaped Wii controller. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 378 | 5 months ago
Ladies, Here's How To Look Like A Space Vixen Clips (via Kotaku) - This is a video guide on how to look like Miranda, one of the stars of sci-fi adventure Mass Effect 2. Not how to dress like her. How to actually look like her.
Leigh Ann, from Charisma +2, is the star here, showing the game's female fans (or the obsessed male fan with a patient partner) how to get their lips, eyes, face and hair looking just like the Mass Effect universe's most violent Australian. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 378 | 5 months ago
WarioWare Papercraft The Easiest DIY Project At GDC Gdc10 (via Kotaku) -
Nintendo is making a big deal of upcoming Nintendo DS game WarioWare D.I.Y. at this year's Game Developers Conference, handing out miniature Warios that are not only easy to build, but make a great distraction when people are trying to post. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 375 | 5 months ago
Apple building 5 million iPads in first half of 2010 (via After Dawn) - According to FBR Capital analyst Craig Berger, Apple is prepared to build 5 million iPads for the first half of 2010, a higher estimate then most previous analysis.
Says Berger in an investment note: "We believe various news articles and competitor notes calling for a build delay were just false alarms. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 375 | 5 months ago
Real Soldiers Recreate Modern Warfare 2 Box Art Cosplay (via Kotaku) - When a pair of U.S. soldiers and Modern Warfare 2 fans get bored while stationed in Afghanistan, there can be only one outcome - spontaneous cover art cosplay. Doesn't cosplay fall under don't ask, don't tell?
I suppose it's okay, as long as Kotaku reader Travis and his friend, seen here portraying both versions of the Modern Warfare 2 cover art, aren't sporting maid costumes and bright blue wigs under their helmets. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 375 | 5 months ago
Windows 7 SP1 coming in the Q4? (via After Dawn) - Although completely unconfirmed, TechArp is reporting that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is coming in the Q4 2010.
TechArp has been spot on for past service pack releases, dating back to the XP days, so the new report is speculation, but at least worth listening to.
In January, rumors began swirling of an upcoming SP1, but Microsoft responded: "There is currently no news around this at the moment. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 375 | 5 months ago
Twitter Zombies To Death On Your iPhone Twitter (via Kotaku) - Experience the thrill of social networking and casual gaming convergence with Tweet Defense, an iPhone zombie tower defense title that boosts your units' power based on your Twitter activity.
The perfect anti-zombie fortifications are only a few Tweets away in Tweet Defense. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 375 | 5 months ago
God of War III Sex Mini-Game, Exposed Nsfw (via Kotaku) - Like previous God of War games, God of War III has sex mini-games. Because a mini-game is pretty much what sex is, isn't it?
The scene takes place in Aphrodite's Chamber, and was almost cut. "It was more a debate between me and several of the story writers," God of War III director Stig Asmussen told website UGO. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 375 | 5 months ago
The First Pakistani Arcade Game Could Use A Little Work Clips (via Kotaku) - Shera Jutt, the first arcade game created by a Pakistani Company, takes a humorous look at pop Punjabi culture, or it would have, had sponsors not pulled out of the project four years ago.
Trango Interactive is an independent game development company in Pakistan that wants to release the first Pakistani arcade game, if they can ever get the whole sponsors situation straightened out. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 372 | 5 months ago
Video Daily: The HP Slate tablet (via After Dawn) - Just one day after Apple unveiled their first iPad commercial during the Academy Awards, HP is fighting back, releasing a few videos that show off the powerful features of the upcoming Slate tablet.
The Windows 7-based tablet was first shown off at the CES event earlier this year, and should be Apple's biggest rival when it is released. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 369 | 5 months ago
Importing 'violent' video games now a crime in Venezuela (via After Dawn) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has signed into effect a new anti-violent video game law that makes it a crime to import "violent" video games, with offenders being forced to pay a heavy fine or even spend up to five years in prison.
Gamethirst has translated the "Ley para la Prohibición de Videojuegos Bélicos y Juguetes Bélicos" (Law for the banning of violent video games and toys) and posted it (reposted here):
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So, How Much Did It Cost To Make God Of War III? PS3 (via Kotaku) - It's not often we're told how much a company spends making a video game. So when Sony discloses how much coin was spent developing God Of War III, we'll note it down.
According to John Hight, from Sony's Santa Monica studio, the blockbuster cost USD$44 million. With the average cost of producing a current-gen game standing at $18-28 million, you can see Sony went the extra mile with this one. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 369 | 5 months ago
Hands-on: Mafia II (via PS3 Fanboy) - It seems like almost a year ago that I first saw Mafia II. That's probably because it was almost a year ago that 2K Czech (formerly Illusion Softworks) demoed live gameplay from the title (which had been announced nearly a year and a half before that.) Today, it was time to finally get my hands dirty as a virtual wiseguy, but first I had to put some clothes on. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 366 | 5 months ago
