Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - Page 2
In Real Life

Who Was That Masked Model?

In Japan, there are idols for everything, whether it be trains, personal computers or, of course, video games. They have one thing in common: they’re all smiley and cute. But what about an idol that never showed her face?


In Real Life

It’s Worms For The 21st Century

In which a fight between a painter and a guy who is rubbish at basketball enters the video game realm and only escalates from there.


News

Will The PSP2 Look Like This?

Note these images are not from Sony. They’re mock-ups. But since they’re mock-ups of an image that claims to be of a real PSP2, they’re still worth looking at!


News

Stories Of The Year #5: Bayonetta’s Butt

Kotaku AU

It’s the last week of the year, so we’ve decided to go into the Kotaku backlogs and pick out the most popular stories of 2010. Some are interesting, some are funny, some are flat out stupid.


News

The Year In Video Game Surprises: Highs And Lows From 2010

Can we still be surprised by video games in an industry rife with rumours, leaks and publishers who prefer safe bets to bold risks? Looking back at the turn of events that was 2010, a year sometimes rocky, sometimes thrilling, it seems we can.


Mobile

Kotaku Awards: The Best Mobile/Handheld Game Of The Year

Kotaku AU

Alright folks, the results for indie game of the year and console game of the year are in – now it’s the turn of Mobile/Handheld games. So which did you vote in as the best of 2010? [Rustles yet another imaginary envelope.]


PC

Kinect Hacked To Play World Of Warcraft

We’ve made it an important milestone in the increasingly long list of hacks that transform Microsoft’s Kinect from Xbox 360 motion controller into something grander. World of Warcraft is now playable with Kinect hand-waving action.


News

Stories Of The Year #6: Another Fallout: New Vegas Story

Kotaku AU

It’s the last week of the year, so we’ve decided to go into the Kotaku backlogs and pick out the most popular stories of 2010. Some are interesting, some are funny, some are flat out stupid.


News

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Nabs ‘Most Pirated Game Of 2010′ Distinction

Not only is Call of Duty: Black Ops one of the fastest selling video games of all time, racking up more than a billion dollars in sales in 2010, it’s also impressively enough one of the most illegally downloaded.


In Real Life

When Larry Niven Reinvented The Green Lantern Universe

Larry Niven is best known as author of Ringworld novels and creator of the Known Space universe — but did you know he also helped to reinvent the Green Lantern Corps and their masters, the Guardians?