Saturday, March 20, 2010 - Page 2
News

To Do In Atlanta: Momocon – Anime, Comics, Gaming, Kotaku

If you’re in the Atlanta area this weekend, you’d be remiss if you didn’t stop by MomoCon, the largest free admission fan convention in North America, featuring anime, manga, gaming, comics and a special Sunday panel session with yours truly.


News

PixelJunk Expansion Channels Demon’s Souls, Of All Things

The stylish, HD-retro PixelJunk games are among the highlights on the PlayStation platform. But another cult favourite, Demon’s Souls, beat the series to its latest clever innovation.


News

Farmville How To: The Tips And Tricks Of The Farming Masters

With around 82 million players worldwide, odds are at some point you’re going to be playing the hit Facebook game, Farmville. Kotaku went directly to Zynga’s Farmville team for tips and tricks on harvesting your way to the top.


ModNation Racers Was My Favourite Low-Expectation Game

I care little for kart-racing games and seldom generate any user-generated content. So, to be honest, I did not rush at the chance I was given last week to play ModNation Racers at Game Developer’s Conference 2010. My mistake.


News

Puzzle Quest 2 Playable At PAX East, And So Are We

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the game that launched the puzzle-RPG genre, Puzzle Quest, will be playable at PAX East next weekend, if you can manage to pry us away from the controls.


News

Apple Bans Game After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store

Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple’s app store “awful” and “horrible”. This week, Apple yanked his game from their store.


News

Now Everyone Can Be A Lord Of Ultima

EA’s web-based strategy revival of classic RPG series Ultima has entered open beta, with thousands of players fortifying their towns for the inevitable invasion by everyone imaginable. Will you join the fray?


Street Fighter IV iPhone Review: A Party For One

Street Fighter IV was an exuberant return to the days of classic arcade fighters. It was a game designed specifically to reel back in aging gamers who once dropped pounds of quarters on virtual tournament in arcades around the world.


In Real Life

The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Flow Chart

Will you die now or survive to die in the sequel? The suspense (and zombies) is killing us, as seen on Game Informer.


In Real Life

The Spectacular Downhill Chair Racing Of Slider In Motion

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I had a chance to virtually chair-run my way through the downhill streets of a virtual city last week using the Playstation Move controller.