Saturday, October 17, 2009

News

Balloon Boy Game Announced For PC Worldwide

4:30PM October 17, 2009 | Owen Good

Yesterday we explored the crossover between balloons in the news and video games. Today, certifying the saga of Balloon Boy as a true news event, someone made a flash game out of it – a flash-based side-scroller anyone can enjoy. More »

News

God Of War Remastered Edition Drops In November

3:30PM October 17, 2009 | Owen Good

Sony hit up God of War fans with a pre-order solicit today, promising a remastered God of War I and II on a single disc for PS3 next month, plus a demo code for God of War III, due next year. More »

In Real Life

Ten Ways To Spot Otaku (There You Are!!)

2:30PM October 17, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

In case you didn’t know, the name of this site is Kotaku. Did you know that? Some people don’t, they just click wildly around the internet like a pyromaniac in a straw factory. More »

In Real Life

3D Dot Game Heroes… For Real

2:00PM October 17, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

From Software producer Masanori Takeuchi with characters from 3D Dot Game Heroes as seen on 4Gamer. More »

News

Brand-X Memory Units Won’t Work In Next 360 Update

1:40PM October 17, 2009 | Owen Good

Unauthorised memory units are verböten under the next dashboard update to Xbox Live, which isn’t of mainstream concern right now, but will be to those participating in the Xbox Live Preview Program. More »

In Real Life

Miyamoto’s Wii Measure

1:20PM October 17, 2009 | Owen Good

Kotaku reader phNorrd’s concept based on Shigeru Miyamoto’s recently confessed fetish. More »

A Few Words From Some Sentimental And Semicöherent Legends …

1:00PM October 17, 2009 | Owen Good

‘You’ve got a lot of people who’ve proposed a lot of side projects,” says Mötorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, “and this is one I thought was a good idea.” With that endörsement, plus Ozzy’s, how the fü— could this be wrong? More »

Get Your Psylocke On In New Marvel: Ultimate Alliance DLC

12:40PM October 17, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Carnage was pretty cool, but I’m really glad Psylocke’s getting a shot at Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. More »

News

Early Play On Illegal Forza, Borderlands Resulting In Permabans

12:00PM October 17, 2009 | Owen Good

Illegitimately obtained early copies of Forza Motorsport 3 or Borderlands being played on Xbox Live have resulted in permabans for the accounts of offending players, Microsoft has confirmed. More »

News

GameStop: Super Street Fighter IV Has Low, Fierce Price Of $US40

11:40AM October 17, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Here’s your Street Fighter pun for the day: “Juri’s out on Super Street Fighter IV this March.” More »