Modern Warfare 2 Promises Breakthrough Cure for ‘Mapathy’

Acknowledging that as many as 20 million (of its 25 million players) “no longer [derive] pleasure from blowing up people hiding in the cockpit or on top of the crane,” Modern Warfare 2’s creators say new map help is OTW. “Mapathy” is the name of this affliction, for which Modern Warfare 2 creative strategist Robert…

Get a Charge Out of Mass Effect 2’s Latest Gun

Mass Effect 2’s newest available firearm spits electrical bolts and looks like someone weaponized a jumper cable from a fetish dungeon. If I knew what one of those looked like. A fetish dungeon, I mean. Meet the Arc Projector, available to Cerberus Network subscribers – which means anyone who bought a new copy of the…

WarioWare Papercraft The Easiest DIY Project At GDC

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. Curse you, papercraft Wario.

Sony Issues Free Weekly Quests To White Knight Chronicles

Players who tore through the content of Sony’s epic PlayStation 3 role-playing game White Knight Chronicles should be extremely pleased with the news that Sony is delivering weekly free downloadable quests through the end of June. I was perfectly satisfied with the amount of content included in the North American release of White Knight Chronicles…

Tiger Woods to Share Cover of Tiger Woods Game

He’s also sharing it with a rookie. Billed as an advertisement of the game’s Ryder Cup features, some take the pairing with Rory McIlroy as more fallout from Tiger’s inability to abstain from sex with women not named Mrs. Woods. An EA Sports news release described the new cover but, understandably, said nothing about his…

Game Developers Conference 2011 Straddles Two Months

Kotaku has occupied GDC 2010. But what of GDC 2011? Next year’s show will run from February 28 through March 4, still in San Francisco. Unknown whether the event will commemorate the anniversary of the great PS3 blackout of 02/29/10.

Stupid Speedboat Tricks In Just Cause 2

Square Enix’s latest Anatomy of a Stunt video for Just Cause 2 shows off a very creative way to reach those hard-to-reach places with a rocket launcher. The more I see of Just Cause 2 the more I want to get my hands on it, yet I’ve not even downloaded the demo yet, mainly due…

Napoleon: Total War Review: Ability Is Nothing Without Opportunity

In 1815, having come back for one last bite of the cherry, Waterloo was Napoleon’s, well, Waterloo. Could Creative Assembly be risking the same fate returning to the age of muskets and bright uniforms so soon after Empire: Total War? Napoleon: Total War takes Empire: Total War and applies a new coat of paint to…

Battlestar Galactica Gets Its Own Massively Multiplayer Game

The battle for the fate of humanity continues this fall, when NBC Universal and Bigpoint launch Battlestar Galactica Online, a massively multiplayer browser-based game set in the universe of the award-winning Syfy television series. Can I get a frak yeah? Tactical space combat and adventure are the name of the game in Battlestar Galactica Online,…

Survey Says Netflix Pondering Nintendo DS Streaming

How likely would someone in your household be to stream TV and movies from Netflix to a Nintendo DS, should such functionality be made available? That’s the question Netflix is seeking an answer to via an online survey. Would you watch? With a plethora of HD video capable portable devices at my fingertips, the Nintendo…

Adorable Voltron? Try Adorable Predator, Bumblebee, Yoshimitsu

Remember that painfully adorable Voltron cosplayer Ash posted about a few days ago? Well, that was nothing. Turns out that the little girl sporting that robot armor is Belldandy, a professional cosplayer backed by a dad with some serious crafting skills. How serious, check out their full site, and these amazing samples. The Grim Adverturez…

Rock Band 3 Revolutionizes The Music Genre This Holiday Season

Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman officially outed Rock Band 3, due for release this holiday season, when it will “will innovate and revolutionize the music genre” all over again. Dauman revealed the game while speaking at the Credit Suisse Group Global Media and Communications Conference this morning, quickly followed by Tweets from several members…

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Mac vs PC: How Apple Got Back In The Game

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. In unveiling not only the release of its line-up of first-party titles – classic games like…

Win Phone 7 Games Include Achievements, Avatars, Gamertags

Windows Phone 7 games will include the ability to unlock achievements on a phone as well as pulling in a user’s gamertag, 2D avatar and even let gamer’s know when it’s their turn to play. This will all come thanks to an update to XNA Game Studio 4.0 being unveiled at the Game Developers Conference…

Mega Ran Raps Up Mega Man 10

Did you know that rapper Random, AKA Mega Ran, crafted a single dedicated to Capcom’s recently released Mega Man 10? Well you do now, and you’ve got the new music video to prove it. I’ve always been slightly fond of rap, but I’ve traditionally found myself liking it more when mixed with other genres, especially…

Own The Xbox 360 That Helped Kick the Mayor of Baltimore Out of Office

Want to own a piece of Baltimore history, a bit of gaming that helped unseat a mayor of the east coast city? The city is auctioning off an Xbox 360 that prosecutors say then-mayor Sheila Dixon purchased with gift cards meant for the poor. The Xbox 360, and a single controller and copy of Need…

The First Pakistani Arcade Game Could Use A Little Work

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…

Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” Comes To Rock Band With South Park

The episode of Comedy Central hit South Park in which Eric Cartman sings Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” on Rock Band comes to life next week, with the release of Lady Gaga Pack 01 and a special track from Eric Cartman. I said back in October that Eric Cartman’s rendition of “Poker Face” deserved to be…

Real Soldiers Recreate Modern Warfare 2 Box Art

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…