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Homeless RPG Comes to America
Europe’s browser-based hit homeless simulation that challenges you to “rise to become king of the bums,” has made its United States launch. Yep, get ready for 2010’s first giant wildass video game outrage … In Bumrise, players advance by pickpocketing, attacking other bums and ripping off vending machines. They can learn to play an instrument…
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MLB 2K10’s Cover Man Selects His Walk-Up Music
I’d heard about this during my preview with the game last month – MLB 2K10 cover athlete Evan Longoria asked for Tantric’s “Down and Out” to be included on the game’s official soundtrack, and 2K Sports obliged. It’s there with 15 other tracks 2K Sports announced today, including another I recognized in January, “Judas” by…
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Someone’s Gonna Make That Mortal Kombat Movie, Even If They Have To Sue
A Hollywood production company has filed suit against Warner Bros., claiming the media giant has frozen it out of developing a Mortal Kombat movie after buying up the franchise in last year’s sell off of Midway. Hollywood news site The Wrap reports that Threshold Entertainment filed the suit on Tuesday in Los Angeles. It was…
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Wiebe Reclaims Donkey Kong Jr. World Record
Steve Wiebe, featured in the acclaimed documentary “The King of Kong”, has reclaimed the world record high score for Donkey Kong Jr. after briefly surrendering it to an Oklahoma man. The international high score sanctioning authority Twin Galaxies today certified that Wiebe, of Washington state, is the new record holder with 1,190,400 points (screen at…
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This Super Street Fighter IV Trailer Thinks Dudley, Ibuki, And Makoto Are Playable
While we’re waiting for Capcom to officially announce Ibuki, Dudley, and Makoto as new playable characters in Super Street Fighter IV, let’s watch them in this trailer depicting them as three new playable characters in Super Street Fighter IV. Between the Famitsu scans and the random mailings, it’s only a matter of time before Capcom…
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This Warcraft Player Will Not Go Quietly Into The Night
Authorities say this 27-year-old man, angered when his mother asked him to quiet down while playing Warcraft, choked her and rammed his head through a wall before his grandfather finally shot him. He wasn’t seriously wounded. Nerd rage’ll do that. James Swan (pictured) of Manatee, Fla. was drinking and playing World of Warcraft around 10…
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Assassin’s Creed II Lights The Bonfire Of The Vanities Tomorrow
Ubisoft has released the trailer for Bonfire of the Vanities, the second helping of downloadable content for Assassin’s Creed II, dropping tomorrow for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With tomorrow’s release of the Bonfire of the Vanities downloadable content, Ezio’s memory sequence will finally be complete. At least until the next Assassin’s Creed game…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Maxim Issues, Madden & Shoulders, DLC Hate, And Pokémon Love
In this week’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, Ursus Veritas, RyderJ, Klip Twings, and For the Love of Games discuss Madden marketing tie-ins, the cost of DLC, Maxim, and all of that warm, fuzzy, Pokémon love. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers…
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