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  Xbox 360 Game Room Developers To Close

  Krome Studios, the Australian developer behind Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and more recently the Xbox 360’s Game Room, has shut down, online reports are suggesting. If true, it’s not entirely unexpected, with the developer shedding staff from its Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne studios earlier in the year It now appears the remaining staff at Krome’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  You Cannot Make Foreign Friends With Monster Hunter Frontier

  Monster Hunter Frontier, Capcom’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is currently only available in Asia on the Xbox 360 and the PC. But Japanese people cannot play with people in other countries. Here’s why. “We intentionally made ‘MHF’ only available to people in Japan,” says Yoshinori Ono, Capcom’s online gaming manager. “While it may seem…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010
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  Giant Robots! Male Cheerleaders!

  Asian American pop culture mag Giant Robot has been in a bit of financial trouble lately, so its asked some friends to help out. And who has answered the call? Some male cheerleaders, that’s who. Meat Bun’s newest shirt, Osu! Giant Robot, channels the spirit of 2005’s amazing Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, a DS game where…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  Would Your iPhone Like Some Dead Space 2?

  Or how about some Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit? EA has revealed a bunch of new games for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad at a recent event in Tokyo, Japan. Dead Space 2 for iOS isn’t based on the forthcoming console sequel, but will serve as a bridge between the first and second consoles…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010
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  Could YOU Rescue 33 Miners Trapped Underground?

  The rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for weeks has made for great TV, but how does it shape up as a video game? Not so great. Chilean design firm Root33 came up with this flash game recreating the rescue, and what it lacks in production values and raw thrills, it makes up for…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  These Tron Heels Are Perfect For Stripping

  Exotic dancers and folks who like to dress as exotic dancers, listen up! Has Disney got a pair of shoes for you. The house that Mickey Mouse built is rolling out some pricey Tron-related consumer products that include hats, jackets and jewelry. Titter on over to Flynn’s Arcade in these 5-inch platform Tron heels that…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010
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  250GB Xbox Includes Forza, Alan Wake

  A new Xbox 360 means new Xbox 360 bundles for the holiday season, and one of the first cabs off that yuletide rank for 2010 seems to be this Canadian offer, including two full games with a 250GB console. Those two games, both Microsoft exclusives, are a boxed copy of Forza 3 and a download…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  Nintendo, Sony, I Feel Your Pain

  It may not seem like it, but Nintendo, Sony, and I have something in common: we’re all getting screwed by money. The U.S. dollar has hit record lows, sliding below 81 yen. That means for every dollar earned, Nintendo, Sony and I only get 81 Japanese yen. Money evaporates during the currency exchange! Poof! It’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010
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  The 3DS Has A 3D Market All To Itself

  There’s a reason people are excited about the Nintendo 3DS, and are not excited about 3D on a TV set: because nobody wants to wear those stupid glasses. And it’s going to stay that way for some time. “The first challenge (for 3D TVs) is the inconvenience of wearing glasses,” Samsung’s Visual Display President B.K.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  Gran Turismo 5 Delay Will Be “A Short One”

  Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed. But according to Sony, not for long. There have been rumors and reports that the game narrowly missed its deadline for the November 2 release. Because of that, there is chatter that the game is being held up by Blu-ray production delays. In a tweet yesterday, GT5 designer Kazunori…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010
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  Just Dance…Wii…Jersey Shore…Ungh…

  It is 2010, and this is what the world has come to. Didn’t the short girl make the show famous for getting punched in the face? And now this? It makes me wish I wrote for a blog covering wireless transistors and the telegraph. Just Dance 2 is out on the Wii this month.

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  Chile’s Own Super Mario Miner

  After nearly seventy days, the 33 Chilean miners have finally been rescued from over 2,300 feet underground. As the entire world celebrates, the area is swarming with reporters and journalists. It’s a media circus! Cue the headline puns. Mario Sepúlveda has been dubbed “Super Mario” by the press for his upbeat attitude during the incredibly…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010
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  Starcraft II Updated Again

  Starcraft II has been updated for the second time in a month with Blizzard again venturing under the game’s hood with a spanner and thing-a-me-jig to make changes to cooldowns, build times and energy levels. Tweaks have been made to all three of the game’s races, five minor bugs have been addressed and a couple…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  Yarn’s Epic Kirby

  Crocheted amigurumi Kirby doll made by reader Christina K. in anticipation of the launch of Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Without a pattern, too!. Kirby looks delightful – and a little like a hacky sack. Don’t let him near any hippies, Christina!

  By Owen Good Published October 15, 2010
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  Halo: Reach Sells Over 3 Million Copies

  For a game where you know how it ends before you even fire it up, the fact Halo: Reach has sold over 3 million copies since its release a month ago is some tidy work on the part of Bungie. Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg took to Twitter earlier today to reveal that the game, the fourth…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  Spend Xbox Live Money, Make Xbox Live Money

  For the rest of October, if you spend a certain amount of Microsoft Points on Xbox Live stuff, you’ll be given points in return, which you can then spend on more stuff. Specifically, if you spend 2400 points on “Xbox LIVE Arcade and/or game add-on content” you’ll get 800 points dumped back into your account.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2010
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  Drop The Chalupa

  I’ve been obsessed with this XXL Chalupa, getting a lot of airplay in Taco Bell ads during the playoffs. But it looks like it would decompose about as naturally as a Happy Meal. Especially with that nuclear orange cheese sauce. So today I had a great idea. I would make my own. I’d do it…

  By Owen Good Published October 14, 2010
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  Rock Band 3’s Pro Guitar Mode Is Lefty-Compatible

  Ever since we previewed Rock Band 3’s Pro Guitar mode, readers have been asking if lefties can play this mode. They can. Yes, we can. Here is the official word, via Rock Band makers Harmonix in a statement e-mailed to Kotaku: With regards to gameplay, lefty flip for the Pro guitar will worklike any other…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010
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  Monday Night Combat’s Title Update Rolls Out

  “Rolls on,” more like, as the big update hit early yesterday for Monday Night Combat, the class-based shooter on Xbox Live Arcade. For those who don’t have it, the demo time trial has been extended to 60 minutes from 30. The title update delivers a ton of fixes – some esoteric, some critical depending on…

  By Owen Good Published October 14, 2010
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  Can We Give Alan Wake An Award For Best Ads?

  Alan Wake is not a shoe-in for Game of the Year 2010, but these ads for the exclusive Xbox 360 thriller are so lovely they deserve some sort of high-caliber 2010 praise. The ads ran in Canada in May and were created by the MacLaren McCann agency. [Alan Wake ads, Ads of the World] The…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010