Friday, October 16, 2009 - Page 2
In Real Life

N’Gai Croal Breaks The News To Miyamoto That Mario Is Dead

N’Gai Croal, the former games writer for Newsweek (and friend of this site) floored Mario’s creator with news that one of the famed video-game character’s live-action, uh, actors had died recently.


Sengoku Basara 3 Looks Fun

That is, if you are into hack-and-slashing a bunch of enemies and punching giant holes in the ground.


Joe The Condor Ties Up Chun-Li, Busts A Cap In Her

Here’s more than two minutes of Joe the Condor – announced recently as Tatsunoko’s last combatant in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom – beating arse galore with teammate Jun the Swan, versus Chun-Li and Morrigan. Capcom’s nothing if not a gracious host.


Reader Review: Zombie Apocalypse

Kotaku AU

Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Daniel does, as he plays Robotron with the undead.


News

Shigeru Miyamoto Sees “Nothing Wrong” With HD Graphics

The Nintendo Wii is not a hi-def gaming machine. When Nintendo launched the console in late 2005, the company touted its analogue TV friendly aspect — not everyone has an HDTV, you know!


News

Why Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Co-Op Was Scrubbed

Modern Warfare 2 was due to have a full co-operative mode in its main campaign, but the Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling told VG247 that it “ruined the experience” of the game.


In Real Life

Fallout 3 Getting Community Commentary

Kotaku AU

Like all Morrowind and Oblivion before it, Fallout 3 has a thriving mod community. While most mods add new quests, weapons and textures, or tweak the gameplay, one mod project is looking to add audio commentaries to the game.


Girls, Slow Motion, Viral!

Namco Bandai is trying its hand at viral clips to promote Tekken 6. There are two clips: One with bikini girls and the other with angry child face and the Japanese language.


News

Turbine: Free Model Boosted D&D Online Subs 40 Percent

Since moving to a free-to-play model, Dungeons & Dragons online has seen a 40 percent increase in subscribers, the developer Turbine said in an interview with Ars Technica


News

First Borderlands DLC Involves, Yep, Zombies

2K Games today announced the first DLC package for Borderlands, Gearbox’s open-world “role-playing shooter” due to hit the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on Tuesday. “The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned” is the DLC’s title.