New Doom 3 For Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3 Supports Head-Mounted Displays 
Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land 
Why Robin Makes Batman Better 
Resistance: Burning Skies: The Kotaku Review 
Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending 
High Scores And Egos: There's Always A Bigger Doodle In an interview with OXM, Alone In The Dark producer Nour Polloni has explained that the game’s coming bundled with a feature that should help out anyone who suffers from stubby thumbs. If you find yourself stuck on a particular part of the game and are getting sick of replaying it, the game will let you skip straight past it: We want everybody to be able to finish our game, so one of the other new features we’ve added is the ability to skip sections using a DVD-style menu if you get stuck.
Only downside is that it’ll cost you possible achievement points, but then if you’re the type of person who’s going to skip on gameplay just to get past a tough bit you probably don’t give a flying duck about your gamerscore, either. Alone In The Dark Q&A [OXM]
So, HD DVD is dead. But, Microsoft is having a hard time moving on, it seems. Soon after the Toshiba announcement, Xbox Japan said the death of HD DVD is something it “will examine from now.” By “examining,” Microsoft must mean continuing to push its HD DVD player! Reader Nathan sends us these pics of Microsoft’s out-dated peripheral pimping via Xbox Live — at at the “new, low price” of $US 129.99. What a deal! Just think, buy one now and watch the same HD DVDs over and over again for the years to come. Thanks, Microsoft!
A premium box for erotic game ToHeart2 has just gone on sale in Japan. It includes things like a cell phone screen cleaner, a hug pillow cover and jubblie mouse pad. ToHeart2 started out as a PS2 game and then ported to the PC so they could get the MAXIMUM RISKY. Good for them. One individual has purchased the ToHeart2 premium box and posted his, erm, hands on. Good for him. There’s a totally NSFW gallery after the jump, complete with other jubblie pads. Not for the faint of heart!
So yesterday, we learned a couple of guys nobody had ever heard about were suing 3D Realms for copyright infringement. They reckon a game idea they pitched to 3D Realms was turned down, only to then be used by the company a couple of years later. Well, 3D Realms are having none of it. Posting on the Shacknews forums, 3D Realms’ CEO Scott Miller said “I can’t say much, this is a legal matter”. Then goes ahead and says a lot more. Basically, when you run a high profile business, there will always be people looking to win the lottery by trying to leech of your success.
Silicon Knights’ Too Human may be one of the most ambitious console games currently in development, a series that has been planned from the get-go to span three full releases, layering Norse mythology on top of a science fiction setting taking place thousands of years in the past. This is epic, universe establishing stuff. What other game kicks off with a Friedrich Nietzsche quote or has the gall to use the mythic tree Yggdrasil as a conduit to Cyberspace?
Too Human also happens to have one of the more epic development cycles, spanning three generations of consoles and, at times, overshadowed by drama surrounding an ongoing legal dispute with the developers of the Unreal Engine. Regardless of the hubbub attached to Too Human’s production and the occasional headline-grabbing quote from founder Denis Dyack, it’s the game that matters to most of the majority. And we finally played it.
Okay, ignore the babysitter nonsense and focus on the picture (replicated here if your clicking finger has cramped). If you check out young Marcus Rudd on the left you’ll notice he’s wearing a Leeory Jenkins T-shirt.
Apparently the picture was originally published on page two of a recent Daily Telegraph.
Who is this Leeroy Jenkins? From what we can gather, he’s one of the biggest WoW memes to grace the Internet.
First of all – props to you Marcus. I certainly don’t have the sack to wear anything even remotely that geeky outdoors, except for maybe corduroys. Secondly, does the lad play World of Warcraft? Fourteen is definitely the right age, and ten million or so players leaves plenty of opportunity as far as sheer numbers are concerned.
If you’re reading this Marcus, let us know your choice of MMO poison. Otherwise, bask in the holy light of your new-found semi-celebrity status.
Public pays for Kevin Rudd babysitter [News.com.au, thanks Owen][Picture]
Next-Gen have gone out on a limb and named who they believe are the hottest 100 developers for 2008. That’s individual developers, too, not development studios. It’s an exhaustive list, and one which does a great job of covering all major territories and platforms, so click through to see the highlights of a list in which The Gooch (23) beats out Miyamoto (26), and Patrice’s lovely beard (16) beat out Peter Molyneux (27). So, yes, in other words, this is the best list ever.
Mind-controlled video games comes to the masses this Christmas for $US 300 a pop. Emotiv’s Epoc “high-fidelity nero system” will begin shipping later this year with a Bluetooth dongle for synching with a computer and come packed with a PC game that will allow gamers to levitate virtual rocks, pull digital trees and scare of in-game spirits, all with their minds.
“At Emotiv our vision for the future is that controls won’t be limited to conscious controls,” said Tan Le, co-founder of the company behind the mind-reading device. “This will allow machines to understand your emotions and expressions.”
The wireless device slips onto a gamers head, its 14 or so slender metal branches sliding through hair to rest against the scalp. The metal arms, which are coated with a proprietary material, detect the electrical current conducted by the brain and transmits the data to an in-board chip that deciphers the information and translates it into data that can be used by the program to control games.
The device, which will come in black or white, will sell for $US 300 through Emotiv retailers and “select” retailers. Up to four devices can be synced on a single computer, Le said.
Be Prepared, The Blood Letting Is Coming
Yes, yes. It’s that time again. Time to ruthlessly ban people! That’s right, next Monday (Feb. 25th) is everyone’s favorite Kotakuday, Ban Monday. While we adore the commenters who add something to the comment section, we abhor the ones who detract from it and spam it with their drivel. We ban here at Kotaku. Ban like crazy. So please do not confuse our comment sections with your run-of-the-mill forum, boards, blah blah. We’re not your buddies! We’re very bitter and mean!! For those who don’t know, here’s how it’s gonna go down: Send us the commenter page for anyone that should get the axe. If we agree (even slightly), we’ll swing. And swing hard. Though! No ban gloating. Gloating leads to Ban Hammer backfire, which could cause you to get the boot. Tuesday we’ll be back better, lighter, strong and faster. Onward!