Sunday, September 20, 2009

Hands On

Halo 3: ODST Review: The More Vulnerable Edition

2:00PM Stephen Totilo | Halo games are mighty productions, but Bungie’s latest offers intentional and unintentional weaknesses, allowing the studio to experiment and excel. All this while showing rare vulnerability. More »
News

Turbine Honcho: Consoles A ‘Superior’ Platform For MMOs

11:00AM Owen Good | At GDC Austin, the vice president for product development at Turbine said the next generation of MMORPGs will be on consoles, and if that wasn’t concession enough, he went so far as to say consoles are a “superior” mode. More »
Media

Walking The High Iron With Halo 3: ODST

10:30AM Owen Good
These two minutes of gameplay shows you the enemy aircraft in Halo 3: ODST are not only polite enough not to knock you off the top of a construction site, they’ll hover around and wait to be blasticated. More »
News

Capcom Users Ask What About New IP; Brass Replies

10:00AM Owen Good | Comments lack a tone of voice (hint hint, dear readers) so a Capcom-Unity user’s query: “Do you guy [sic] ever think about starting a new game franchise??” might sound chippy. Instead, Capcom’s Christian Svensson answered politely that yes, they do. More »
Culture

Pokémon Menstrual Pad, Yours For Eight Bucks

9:30AM Owen Good | If you’re an environmentally conscious Pokémon fan on the rag, or know someone who is, have I got the gift for you. More »
News

‘Special Announcement’ Teased On Scribblenauts’ Facebook Page

9:00AM Owen Good | What is it? Who knows? That’s why the verb “tease” was used in the headline. “Get your rooster hats ready! We have a very special announcement coming very soon …” says the page. DSiWare? iPhone? Pure conjecture. More »
Culture

Help Wanted: Arena Healer/Death Knight, 20 Hrs/wk, Apply Within

8:30AM Owen Good | Someone on San Francisco Craigslist is seeking to employ a Warcraft player 20 hours per week to help him get his sorry arse to a supermacho arena rating of 2000 or greater. More »
Regulars

Talk Amongst Yourselves

8:30AM David Wildgoose | This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum. More »
News

Trackmania 2 Announced At Paris Games Festival

8:00AM Owen Good | Big announcements aren’t just for Asia. At Paris Games Festival today, Nadeo’s Trackmania 2 was announced. I’m bad on my French, but if this Tweet is to be believed “tm2 sortira en 2010″ means it’s coming next year. More »