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  The Medal Of Honor PC Open Beta Is Go

  Care for a first-hand look at how the PC version of EA’s Medal of Honor multiplayer stacks up to Call of Duty? Three days of free multiplayer play is now underway. Did renaming the Taliban make a difference? The Coalition forces battle the Opposing Force across two multiplayer maps in the Medal of Honor PC…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2010
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  When Minecraft Meets Halo: Reach

  The day Halo: Reach hit stores Elpresador recorded a live video showing his thoughtful take on the Bungie shooter. It was not positive. Earlier this week someone took that audio and applied it to Minecraft. Remember, as you watch the video, that the audio is really about Halo: Reach, but it fits this Minecraft play…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 5, 2010
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  Call of Duty: Black Ops In 3D Improves Look, But Is Not Must-See TV

  Over the last two weeks, Mike McWhertor and I were each given a hands-off demonstration of Call of Duty: Black Ops running in 3D. He saw it in Los Angeles. I saw it in New York. We’ve compared notes. For background, the news that November’s Black Ops will run in 3D on Xbox 360, PS3…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2010
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  A Visual Guide To Cut The Rope

  The early stages are straight forward, but the game gets gradually more and more difficult. The whoopee cushions change up the game physics. Zap! Spiders and electricity. The Foil Box levels sure are tricky. These knobs in the Gift Box stages make the ropes longer or shorter.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Don’t be afraid to talk about video games right here, right now. We recommend it. Thanks to reader KindaGamey for today’s image. Submit your images to #TAYpics and they could get featured in a future installment. How exciting!

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2010
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  Panasonic’s New “Gaming Console” Mistaken For a Pager On MTV

  Last night Panasonic’s dubious new gaming console, the Jungle, made a guest appearance on Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. Dyrdek was asked to create a jingle for the portable MMO gaming device during his show. The best part of the whole process was when Dyrdek proudly unveils the Jungle to one of his cohort, who mistakes…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 5, 2010
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  About The Time I Left Tokyo Vice On An Airplane

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: …A Day Without An Owen Last Christmas on the flight back to Japan, I read about half of Tokyo Vice. It’s a non-fiction crime book by Jake Adelstein, a writer we’ve featured here on Kotaku a couple of times. But! I didn’t finish the book on the plane. I accidentally…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  Pac-Man? No, Pac-Naan

  At a recent Pac-Man exhibit, the game’s creator Toru Iwatani poses a Pac-Man made from naan. As seen here Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  Yes, Of Course There Could Be Super Street Fighter IV DLC

  The arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV features characters that are not in the console version. That might change. Producer Yoshinori Ono tweets that he has written a proposal about downloadable content for Super Street Fighter IV. He adds that he is heading to Capcom USA’s San Francisco office, presumably to pitch the idea.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  Call of Duty: Black Ops Makes The Leap Into Stereoscopic 3D

  Activision and developer Treyarch are adding a new dimension to the Call of Duty series, bringing stereoscopic 3D visuals to Call of Duty: Black Ops for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The option will be coming to the next marquee Call of Duty game “day one, out of the box,” says Mark Lamia,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010
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  So, Why Was LittleBigPlanet 2 Delayed?

  Big-hitting PS3 sequel LittleBigPlanet 2 has been delayed until 2011. Why? It’s all about the patches. The first game needed a patch or two around release to get things in order, and that’s something developers would like to avoid second time around, particularly since not everyone who owns a PlayStation 3 is connected to the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2010
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  In This Manga, You Spank Girls

  PSP game Criminal Girls puts players in the role of a prison guard that “spanks” and “disciplines” bad girls. Oh yeah, and the game is set in hell. So a manga version of this would look like… This. We can’t show you the full image. Well, we can, but we’re not. The game is getting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  A Closer Look At Half-Life 2’s Headcrab Zombie Statue

  Gaming Heads today released some better photos – along with release information – for their fancy-looking statues based on Half-Life’s headcrab zombie Available in Q2 2011, there’ll be two variants of the statue released, one with a saw blade at its feet and one without. The one with the saw blade will cost USD$315 and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2010
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  But Did He Play Heavenly Sword?

  Writer Alex Garland of The Beach and 28 Days Later fame penned Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. That game was developed by Ninja Theory of Heavenly Sword fame. Garland hadn’t played that game when he met Ninja Theory. Why? Here’s why: He was “fucking sick” of his PS3. “There weren’t any original games that really…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  Ni No Kuni Gets The Handcraft Treatment

  Ever wonder what the name of that weird little lantern-nosed guy from upcoming DS/PS3 role-playing game Ni No Kuni is called? His name’s Shizuku. And he is adorable So adorable Suravi crocheted this little version of him, which only ups the cuteness factor of the game even more. It’s not for sale, so don’t ask,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2010
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  Schoolgirl Singers Promoting Kinect In Japan

  In Japan, schoolgirls are often the default characters for product pitchmen. They pop up in sports drink ads, life insurance ads, bicycle ads — you name it. One of the main reasons for this is that their youthful image is healthy, happy and spirited, but they are also able to appeal to a cross segment…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  Screw Fancy Graphics, Let’s Just Play Russian Roulette

  Not much to this one. You sit across from a man and you play Russian Roulette until one of you is dead. It’s a simple premise, but the fact the game is so damn empty makes it a lot creepier than it should be. All you need to do is hold down the space button…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2010
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  Taito: Maker Of Games, Builder Of ROBOTS!

  During the 1980s, game company Namco started making awesome robots. Robots! But Namco was not alone. Space Invaders developer Taito also took the know-how it attained from the arcade business and funneled that into building its own bots. In 1983, Taito created a walking, talking bot named “Yumemaru” as well as a guitar-playing robot. Yumemaru…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010
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  The Science Of Fallout

  Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) are set in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world, where mankind lies despondent after a devastating atomic holocaust. Fantasy it may be, but it’s based on real science; question is, just how real is it? Futirist and TV personality Dr. Michio Kaku explains in this short clip for Spike which, whackjob political…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 5, 2010
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  What’s Up With The Tentacles?

  The latest trailer for Japanese survival horror game The 3rd Birthday features phallic looking tentacles. Tentacles, again with the tentacles. What gives, Japan? One of the earliest (if not the earliest) pieces of tentacle erotica is The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife (NSFW) by Edo-period artist Hokusai, who is one of Japan’s greatest artists. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2010