COACHELLA | INDIO, CA: A view inside the Playstation tent during Day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival⦠several days before the great PSN outage of 2011. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
Playstation Network Outage Continues to Keep 70 Million PS3 Gamers Offline
After days of intermittent service, the Playstation Networkās complete outage rolls into its second day today with no new updates from Sony.
A visit to the Playstation Network website or attempt to sign on lands you a āserver maintenanceā message, though the official Playstation blogās latest⦠MoreĀ Ā»
Church Bribes Easter Service Attendees With 3DS And Other Electronic āCrapā
Elk River, Minnesota Pastor Eric Dykstra has āno problem bribing people with crap in order to meet Christ,ā which is why hitting up The Crossing Church for Easter Sunday services could win you a Nintendo 3DS. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/are-we-expecting-too-much-of-game-developers-5794775%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Are We Expecting Too Much Of Game Developers?
In todayās absolutely flawless, perfectly scupted edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Kadin wonders if gamers have set their expectations so high that no developer can ever hope to satisfy them completely. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/conduit-2s-timing-is-downright-depressing-5794791%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Conduit 2ās Timing Is Downright Depressing
Amidst the swell of hype over Nintendoās next console and the release of Valveās latest masterpiece, Sega and High Voltage Software release Conduit 2 for the Wii. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/in-the-mood-for-a-little-child-of-eden-5794797%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
In The Mood For A Little Child Of Eden?
Weāve been sold on Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchiās celebration of music and movement since we saw Child of Eden at E3 2010, so each additional trailer is just a bittersweet reminder that we donāt have yet. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/this-is-what-a-dead-kinect-looks-like-452568119%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
This Is What A Dead Kinect Looks Like
It is with great misplaced pride that I report that I am the first Kotaku writer to suffer from a dead Microsoft Kinect. Also, itās incredibly difficult to get a close-up picture of the Kinect with the sensor powered on. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/the-many-faces-of-max-payne-3s-hard-boiled-hero-5794835/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The Many Faces Of Max Payne 3ās Hard-Boiled Hero
In a series of screens you might have seen in the latest issue of Edge Magazine, Max Payne shows himself to be a man of many faces, outfits, and hairstyles. MoreĀ Ā»
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Weāve Sketched The Wii 2 Controller Of Our Dreams
We havenāt seen the controller for the next Nintendo console. (Nintendo hasnāt sent it over to us yet. Thanks for nothing, Miyamoto!) But weāve been stitching together the snippets of info weāre picking up from people who do know what the controller is like. MoreĀ Ā»
SOCOM 4ās Silent, Deadly Stealth Play
https://lastchance.cc/socom-4s-silent-deadly-stealth-play-5794880%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Slinking through shadows solo, tossing bullet casings to distract, hiding bodies: SOCOM 4ās few stealth levels offer a completely new take on the 9-year-old squad-based shooter series. MoreĀ Ā»
Nykoās Move Rifle Is A Nice Shot But Not Enough To Break Through
I donāt know if Iāll ever be sold on the idea that motion-control in first-person shooters can provide any greater fun or any means of shortening the genreās tactical learning curve into something more instinctive. MoreĀ Ā»
One Transforming Wii 2 Controller That Will Never Happen
We do love our fan-made mock-ups of rumored future consoles. Take for instance this one, which includes a detachable screen and four ways to poke an eye out. MoreĀ Ā»
https://lastchance.cc/draw-us-a-wii-2-please-5794649%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I played a bit more of SOCOM 4 today, though what Iām really wanting to do is finish playing through Motorstorm. That game really has its hooks in me. āBrian Crecente
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