While Nintendo’s 3DS isn’t due for its massive price cut until August 12 (this Friday), it appears one retailer has jumped the gun and is already selling the handheld at the new, greatly reduced price. Walmart outlets in some parts of the US appear to be selling the 3DS for $170 right now, users of…
So, a London cop says something about Grand Theft Auto and suddenly a British newspaper sees fit to blame the series for the riots that have plagued the English city all week long. Idiots. They’re blaming the wrong Rockstar game! If the unnamed London police officer who made the statement, or anyone at the London…
Brazilian artist Rafael Grassetti is a talented kid. We’ve already seen his amazing work on the Mass Effect universe, from sculptures to fan art, but today we’re looking at his more professional output. Grassetti has been working as a video game artist for a few years now, mostly as a freelancer on games such as…
Now that EVO 2011—the world’s biggest and best fighting game tournament—has come to a close, it’s time to look back at the best moments. Many of which have been thoughtfully compiled into this lovely video. Shot by Richard Li, who spent all weekend with a camera attached to his face, this video captures 3:36 of…
A teenager from The Hutt Valley, New Zealand, was last week trying to stay up late playing his Xbox 360. Instead of doing what normal people do, and drink a ton of coffee, he got smart and tried to snort some Ritalin. Bad idea. The boy, 15, was rushed to hospital “white as a sheet…
As we know, 1993’s Super Mario Bros. movie went through a few different scripts (and entire concepts) before it hit the silver screen. This created a few problems! One of them being the fact the movie’s big name stars, like Dennis Hopper and Bob Hoskins, were signed up because they liked the looks of a…
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Over a year since it was first released, a revised edition of Heavy Rain is being cobbled together in Europe that reduces some of the game’s content in order to get it a less adult rating. Heavy Rain came out in February 2010, and at the time its European rating was PEGI 18 (adults only),…
At this year’s DefCon hacking conference in Las Vegas, for the first time kids were invited to take part. And take part they certainly did. A new addition to the program, the “DefCon Kids Village”, let little ones aged 8-16 show off their skills and be taught the ways of the good side of the…
Being one of the largest LAN parties and nerd gatherings in the world, you may think Quakecon is an ugly, grimy, sweaty place. It can be! But this video from Matt Garza shows it can also be beautiful. Shot over the weekend of August 5-6, it takes in not only the main floor but also…
The year was 1997. And Sega, the Dreamcast still a twinkle in Segata Sanshiro’s eye, was in a bullish mood. While its rivals were focusing their efforts on winning the video game war, Sega was looking beyond It didn’t have Nintendo or Sony in its sights. It had the Walt Disney Company. Sega wanted to…
Got a crazy Fancy Pants for you this week, Kotaku readers. Oh sure, there’s the normal array of people dressed up as people from Final Fantasy, Halo and Assassin’s Creed But there’s also some crazier stuff. Like a walking KOS-MOS from Xenosaga. A Samus Aran in honour of the lady’s 25th birthday. And, for good…
Not that you ever really use the term “high definition” on a PC, but if you did, this mod for the original Deus Ex would surely be described as such. It’s called Deus Ex: New Vision, and has replastered 75% of the walls in the game with remastered, high resolution textures that should make the…
Amnesia: Dark Descent is a scary, scary video game. But just what makes it so scary? Can you, say, simply layer the game interface and soundtrack over the real world, and suddenly the real world is scary? Yes. Amnesia was released last year on the PC, and showed that scrabbling around in the dark with…
You know, it was one of the great tragedies of the 1990s that we never got a Saved by the Bell video game on the SNES. One heavily inspired by the Earthbound series, in which you had to help Zack do whatever he did for 23 minutes an episode. This clip, by the team of…
There are two indie games I’m looking forward to above all others. One is Fez, but Lord knows when that will ever be released. The other is Owl Boy, which will be playable later this month. The platformer, which we’ve covered a few times here before, won’t be out for a little while yet, but…
If the extended demonstration of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at Quakecon was good enough to fend off the onset of child birth to watch, then maybe you should grab a snack and settle in with it as well. Captured via shakycam™, the clip has some footage you’ve seen before, but then since it’s forty…
Performed by Allie Goertz, this little ditty about Dungeons & Dragons is just the thing to get your working week started with a big smile on your face. It’s like the theme song to a charming 2006 indie flick. Only, instead of a young man in tight jeans from a country town struggling to find…
Nintendo is slashing the price of the 3DS and giving away a ton of free games to early adopters. While I’m sure that’s grim news for those who actually work at Nintendo, the marketing for the move doesn’t have to follow suit! The first ad up top is for the British 3DS-owning public. It’s sombre…
In 1986, a number of Nintendo’s biggest franchises made their debut on the Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System. Zelda was one, and now this month, we celebrate another: Metroid Both have something in common, something that makes them stand out among other company icons like Mario or Donkey Kong, and that something is a more “hardcore” slant.…
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