#podcast
The project leader of Kotaku's best new game of E3 2010 will take your calls live on Kotaku Talk Radio tomorrow. And in a change of format, we're going to open the show with something new. More »
A portion of a Gaming Nexus review…
You will play it, finish it, and likely never look back. Thankfully though, you will probably do so without regret. I have to admit, I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to going in, even when compared to the HD version(s).
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack is now available on Steam for $13.49 (10% off), and will soon be available on the PlayStation Network for $14.99. More »
Yes, those are actual papercraft creations. That’s some of the best work I’ve seen! For those wondering, Mario is 40cm tall and Luigi is 50cm. If you want to make your own set, you can check out the templates right here
#blizzard
How do you stem the tide of a forum flooded with flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness? Just do what Blizzard is doing for the official forums for StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Display posters' real names. More »
This month, the Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero DLC party starts off with a high-pitched bang, with three solid Queen tracks hitting the storefront later today. That bang becomes a guttural scream the week after, when Avenged Sevenfold drops a few songs. That scream becomes an "eww-ah-ah-ah-ah" one more week later, when Disturbed throws its hat in the ring. Finally, Shinedown will have some songs added to the service. (We don't know enough about their musical offerings to continue the metaphor.)
Click past the jump to see the full list of songs, release dates and prices.
Well look at that…Furry Legends may the top trending on Monday. There has to be something going on here. Is there some sort of contest or something that was raising awareness of the game to an all-new high? Thanks to Dinofan1 for the heads up!
Unencumbered by legacy Xbox support, this year's Xbox 360 Dashboard update promises to be a big one. And while E3 may have been a bust for those of us eager to learn about the bi-annual update, we are getting some information piecemeal, starting with last week's Hulu Plus announcement and now, this week, we have Destination Arcade, a "brand new recommendation engine & visual browser app" coming to Xbox 360s ... next week!
There's not much information on the new browser app, but we do know you'll be able to sort by price and community rating, find out about "the latest arcade releases through a news feed" (sort of like this one!) and, seemingly replacing a piece of pre-New Xbox Experience functionality, the ability recommend games to friends and see which games your friends have recommended. You can find some pics of the new service in the gallery below.
Check out more screens in our Flickr set
PARIS, FRANCE – July 6th, 2010 - Neko Entertainment a leading independent video game developer and publisher announced today that it’s musical platform adventure game Maestro! Green Groove is now available throughout Europe from the Nintendo Shop Channel on Nintendo DSiWare™. Blending two exquisite flavours, Maestro! [...]
Sunnyvale, CA - July 6, 2010 - Today, Gamelion Studios announced that the highly anticipated physics-based 3D puzzle-platformer “Furry Legends” will be launched on WiiWareTM in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on July 16th, 2010 for 1000 Wii PointsTM.
About Furry Legends
In “Furry Legends” players take control of characters who are best described as a furry [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (6 July, 2010) – SEGA® of America, Inc., today announced that Tournament of Legends is now available in stores. The Wii exclusive weapon and magic based 3D-fighter features epic battles in fantastic fighting arenas where players will wield mythical blade weapons, launch 40 magic attacks, and dodge giant mythological creatures that [...]
Starting this past weekend and running all the way until Thursday, Valve has been rewarding its craftiest Team Fortress 2 Engineers with an extremely rare item: A Golden Wrench. Only 100 of these pulchritudinous nut-tighteners will be received by players -- but for every 25 that are discovered, Valve promises to release new information on the Engineer Update, which is due to launch this Thursday.
So far, the 'neer's new gear includes a "Frontier Justice" shotgun, which has a higher critical hit chance if the player's Sentry Guns have been racking up kills. Keep an eye on the game's official blog for more armament announcements as the number of remaining Golden Wrenches further dwindles.
#dlc
The latest downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins drops today on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, allowing players to delve into the shady past of the lovely bard Leiliana. More »
#defjamrapstar
Def Jam Rapstar brings hip-hop and rap to the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 this October. It also brings with it proof of my complete lack of knowledge about solid hip-hop. More »
#infographic
It doesn't matter if you're a sniper, a camper, or a target; everyone can learn a little something from the Kotaku Genre Guide to First-Person Shooters. More »
Rayman and Globox will be slapping everything in sight as soon as this holiday season. The "about" page for Rayman Origins, the new 2D Rayman revival, reveals that the first episode is scheduled for a Christmas release, with "the rest" to follow in 2011. Ubisoft specified releases on "HD Consoles" for the platformer, with Wii, PC, iPad, and 3DS in consideration as well.
The page also reveals that the Ubiart framework used by Origins' five-person team to create the game will be released open-source next year, allowing users to design levels and characters. Not only is Ubisoft making a convincingly indie-style game, it's going to release tools to let you make indie games.
#humor
Remember the Street Fighter meets Dawson's Creek hilarity of Street Fighter High? There's a sequel on the way, with a whole new cast of characters adding to the intense cosplay drama. More »
