Four men from New York City have been arrested after going on a video game-stealing rampage along the East Coast of the United States. Rodney McCreary, Gilberto Matos, Derrella Winfrey and Wilfredo Matos were caught by police when an off-duty cop saw them stuffing video games down their pants at a Toys ‘R Us in…
According to the Spanish press, Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera Kinect will not speak Spanish. It will only speak “Mexican”. At a press event in Bilbao, Spain last week, reports say Microsoft revealed that when the peripheral ships worldwide in November, it will only ship with the capability to understand three spoken languages: English, Japanese and “Mexican”.…
Here’s what Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV would have looked like were it a first-person shooter, and not a third-person…whatever you like to call these games. Before you say it, I agree, it’s not entirely practical for the purposes of playing the game. Combat, always the trickiest part of a GTA game, is made even…
Interested in a job with Starcraft and Warcraft developers Blizzard? You’re going to need to put on a gun show. Reader Chris pointed us toward this advertisement for a Junior Linux Administrator, and among the expected criteria like a driver’s license, knowledge of Linux and a bachelor’s degree is this: Ability (and willingness) to lift…
Super Meat Boy will be out on Xbox Live Arcade on October 20, as part of Microsoft’s new “Game Feast” promotion for the online service.
Starcraft’s Baneling is a Zerg unit, meaning it’s a slimy, repulsive bug sort of thing. That explodes. Luckily this plush representation is a little more cuddly! Made to order by Etsy user BoRoShan, at the moment, you can expect a 1-2 week wait to get your hands on one. At the moment. If you all…
Sure, she’s cheating by standing so close. But you try playing Duck Hunt with no opposable thumbs. It’s a fairly good effort, especially later in the clip as “Claire” begins to learn she’s only supposed to be clawing madly at the ducks, not the dog as well. [via Go Nintendo]
Nvidia vs ATI. To PC gamers who are big on their hardware races, it’s like Ford vs GM, Packers vs Bears or Sony vs Microsoft. Sadly, it’s a fight that’s about to get a name change. When processing giant AMD bought ATI a few years back, it kept the old name around, but with a…
Why aren’t Japanese games made by companies not called Nintendo not as big or important as they used to be? Square Enix’s Final Fantasy veteran Akitoshi Kawazu has a theory. “Aside from a few well-known titles, games from Japan are receiving less and less attention, regardless of if it’s an RPG or not”, he told…
Internet funny man David Thorne received an abnormally hefty gas bill earlier this month. He blames two portals, a PlayStation 3 and Prince Adam of Eternia. Or, he does in this email conversation with the surprisingly up-front Allison Hayes from Aussie gas provider AGL, who first provided Thorne with days of fun before he finished…
Microsoft’s two most recent PC game reveals were welcome, sure, but they were also catered towards a certain end of the market: the end that is cool with playing browser games. But what about the PC gamers that hardware companies would call “enthusiasts”? Is there a game coming for them, something for them to double-check…
A hearing due to take place today to determine the ultimate fate of the new PS3 modchip in Australia has been postponed, Kotaku has learned. Previously, Sony had sought and been granted a temporary injunction by Australia’s Federal Court to block the sale of the devices, ahead of a hearing due to take place on…
I can tell you, they’re not for the pursuit of medical science. They are, our more perverse readers will no doubt have already deduced, dildos. That you attach to a Wii Remote. They’re a pair of products by Mojowijo, which are “able to transform the varying motions of the control into appropriate vibration signals”. While…
Was that Miranda Lawson cosplay a little too clean-cut for you? You might prefer Jack, then, the resident whackjob of the SSV Normandy, here portrayed wonderfully by Jia Crens. There’s a level of dedication here that borders on the fanatical. In a good way. See, Jia not only models in the shots here, but also…
Before Black, before Burnout 2, British developers Criterion were working with EA on something very dear to my heart: a new Skate or Die game. The project, which never saw the light of day, originated back in 2002, EA impressed with the team’s work on hoverboard racer Trickstyle “In Tony Hawk you were always on…
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Developer Daniel Hellerman has let us know about an interesting little project he’s working on: an app that promises to let you control Starcraft II from your iPhone (or iPad). Completely useless in terms of performance it may be, but it’ll still be a neat trick for LAN parties parties, and may even come in…
I bet it’s been tearing you up inside to find out who the Japanese game industry’s biggest drinker is, so here’s a hint: think brown. Yes, according to Goichi Suda, the man behind games like Killer 7 and No More Heroes, the biggest booze hound of the Japanese scene is not Dead or Alive creator…
Can’t connect to the PlayStation Network? That’s because much of the PlayStation Network is down, and will be for half the day. Sony say the service’s servers went offline at 0030 Pacific Time, and won’t be back until 1230 PT, a downtime of approximately (these things are never to the minute) twelve hours. During that…
Jacob Patterson spends his spare time designing custom sneakers. One of his customers wanted a pair of God of War sneakers. And they couldn’t be just any old God of War sneakers. So instead of going the easy route and just painting something on the side of a pair of Dunks, Patterson has gone all…
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