#originals
In sports, they say it's not how you lose but when you lose. In that case, NBA Elite picked a great time, because its indefinite delay was blotted out by two doozies at week's end. More »
Recently, fans began noticing that the PS3 Rock Band 3 keyboard bundle had disappeared from US retailer listings. The $130 bundle is still available for pre-order on Xbox and WIi, and both the keyboard and game are available separately on PS3. Just ... no bundle. And that means that Rock Band 3 and the keyboard, together, are effectively ten dollars more expensive on PS3.
Harmonix addressed this baffling omission today, announcing that due to "the agreement terms for the region," the PS3 keyboard bundle will not be available in the US, though the game and keyboard will be available separately. "This does not affect European customers as the Rock Band 3 keyboard/software PS3 bundles will still be available in Europe," the announcement states. We've contacted the developer to find out what exactly this agreement entails. If Harmonix sings, we'll let you know.
Make sure to hit up your local Walmart to check out the DS bargain bin. As you can see from the image above, there are some fantastic deals worth hunting down. If you’ve been holding off on some DS purchases, now seems like a great time to jump in! Thanks to 8-Bit [...]
#clips
What better way to cap off the working week than with this Vanquish trailer, showing a man in a mechanical suit punching a giant robot's head off. More »
#anime
Video game Dream C Club lets players down virtual booze with girls in maid outfits, have them sing songs and, in the sequel, feed them bananas. Sounds like perfect fodder for an anime. More »
Hey, remember Fez, the little mind- and dimension-twisting indie platformer that was due out in 2009 2010 sometime in the future? Apparently that's still true -- developer Phil Fish has shared a brand new gameplay video on Twitter today, and you can watch it right after the break. The lead character's name is Gomez, according to the video's description, and the game will take him "a voyage of discovery into the mysterious 3rd dimension." Sounds fun, but when's it out?
Fish doesn't say that, but he does confirm that the game "does indeed appear not to be an elaborate prank." Cute. Normally we wouldn't allow ourselves to be strung along like this on so little information, but this video has changed our perspective just enough for us to stay patient for this one a little longer. Weird how that works.
#halo
Shortly after Halo: Reach was released, users found a way to earn cheap, easy in-game credits via an exploit. Well, Bungie is having no more of that kind of behaviour. More »
Capcom Japan has dated the fall line of Super Street Fighter IV apparel. In fact, it's more like the fall, winter and spring line, as the company will trickle out the DLC packs (it's been teasing) in seven 5-costume releases; beginning in late October and culminating in a discounted complete set, featuring all 35 new outfits, on April 26, 2011.
Complete details are posted after the break. (The costume packs have only been dated and priced for Japan, but the information is expected to apply to North America as well.) Oh! What about ... ?
#clips
Nintendo's Wii Party is more than just a collection of enjoyable mini-games. It's also the ideal instrument to get you the girl of your dreams, even if she's currently dating a total douchebag who just happens to have great hair. More »
#howisthisnews
Jan. 30, 1983 is one of the most important dates of my childhood. That day, the only man from my hometown to make the NFL won the Super Bowl with the Washington Redskins. Following the game, The A-Team came on. More »
October. It's here. That means we're officially now in Q4 and there's a lot of games coming. There's Call of Duty: Black Ops, Fable 3, Fallout: New Vegas ... also, Enslaved, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Medal of Honor and many, many more. And here we're just talking "new" games, that's not even taking into the account things like the Dragon Age: Origins and Borderlands GOTY bundles. Trust us, whatever games you're thinking about this season, there's a couple more hidden gems you've totally forgotten about.
#videogame
The once-prolific Guitar Hero series sees just one major release this year. Once upon a time, we could expect publisher Activision to pump out five or more guitar-based games a year. In 2010, there is only Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. More »
#nbadelete
NBA Elite 11 was indefinitely postponed on Monday, a week before its commercial release. I didn't receive any disc pre-release (for review), but conceivably they might exist somewhere in the wild. One allegedly just sold on eBay for $255. More »
When he's not flying to Valve to speak about his world-building game, Minecraft, one-man development team Marcus Persson has been spending his days lately scouting for a new office and a couple more employees. Profits from his yet-to-be-finished crafting game have already netted enough to start a development studio and hire a handful of employees. On the latest Indie Games Podcast, Persson said he's looking for "about six" employees in total, and he's got four so far.
He's also already got plans for a second game -- a title to be developed alongside Minecraft that he repeatedly points out is "going to be fairly different" from his first solo outing. Unlike Minecraft, however, Persson won't be heading up development of the second game, but one of the other folks he's working with. As for when Minecraft will be completed? He "doesn't dare" guess. Hopefully five other people will help speed up the process!
#screengrab
Reader Dan S. noticed that the MacFarlane Toys' Halo: Reach Warthog perfectly matched the chassis of one of his R/C vehicles. "The wheels started turning in my head," Dan says, "pardon the pun." More »
Twitter user Prov_Sez tipped us off to a Dashboard deal offering 24 months of Xbox Live Gold for $84, complete with a 1600 MS Point kickback. However, our own sleuthing around on yielded an additional deal: one year of Xbox Live Gold for $45, with an additional 800 MS Points as incentive -- not too shabby!
Oh, and before you think you'll spend those Points during the Game Feast promotion, stop and check the fine print. It'll take six-to-eight weeks before you'll see 'em on your account.
We saw the Toys R’ Us board earlier today, but here’s a look at the board all other retailers will have. Quite the funky colors on here. Some might say that they’re funky fresh. Others might say that they’re ugly.
#news
Electronic Arts' military shooter set during the modern war in Afghanistan could have lost its official U.S. Army support over the inclusion of Taliban fighters as playable characters in the game's online mode, military officials told Kotaku. More »
#clips
This four-minute compilation of audio highlights withink NBA 2K11 doesn't skimp on the video, either. You can catch Michael Jordan in action versus Dominique Wilkins - with signature dunk styles for both. More »
This Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood trailer depicts a happy reunion between Leonardo and Ezio, and then walks us through a mission ... featuring Ezio's more aggressive homicide techniques. We're pretty sure he's a robot fueled by human blood. Yep, totally a murder machine.
#multiplayer
A new class of gunfighter - the Marshals - has been unlocked in Red Dead Redemption's multiplayer and is now available for everyone to use. More »
