In Real Life

Gears Of War 2 Ripped-Off, Crying Marcus Fenix And All

YouTube’s Ashens takes a delightful look at a Marcus Fenix “Bionicle of War 2″ figure for ages 3 and up!


September 27, 2011
News

Taking The Taboo Out Of Mature Gaming

It’s like clockwork; Moments after popping open any game that has a mature rating, my 10-year-old son seems to appear at my elbow to ask if he can play it with me.


August 25, 2011
Xbox

Today, Canada Gets The World’s Best Xbox 360 Bundle

Starting today, and for a limited time, an Xbox 360 bundle will go on sale in Canada that is, well, better than any other I’ve ever seen for the console.


July 16, 2011
News

The Faces Behind Gaming’s Blockbuster Voices

Today is unofficial voice-acting day here at Kotaku. We’ve considered how important voice actors are to video games. We’ll be listening to how their work would have impacted the classics.


May 12, 2011
News

Are Foreign Games Losing Their Stigma In Japan?

For decades, the term “youge” (洋ゲー) or “Western game” was pejorative. In Japanese, “you” (洋) is used to denote Western things, whether that be “Western music” (洋楽) or “Western clothes” (洋服). These words are not pejorative—not like youge has been.


February 9, 2011
Xbox

Gears Of War For Kinect An On-Rails Shooter, Says Source

Microsoft’s Kinect may get its first taste of hardcore flavour – made a little bit softer – in the form of an on-rails Gears of War shooter, pictured above, said to be in development for the Xbox 360.


February 1, 2011
In Real Life

Buy This INSANE Gears Of War Game Chamber On Ebay!

Kotaku AU

Australian Gamer writer, and Kotaku regular, Cav was wandering aimlessly around ebay when he discovered this, an insane ‘Game Chamber’ filled with eights LCDs, eight Xbox 360s and a bloody air conditioner. The only catch? You’ll have to cough up at least $25,000 for it.


September 10, 2010
In Real Life

Heroes Star Stares Down The Locust Horde In Gears 3

Greg Grunberg, formerly Matt Parkman from the TV show Heroes, screams defiantly in the face of a Locust warrior while doing some voice recording for Gears of War 3, as seen on his Twitter feed.


July 27, 2010
News

Gears Of War Movie "More Like District 9"

Third-person shooter Gears of War looked set to get the Hollywood treatment until the movie’s director Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) decided to focus his attention on another motion picture.


July 16, 2010
In Real Life

Take Home 32 Inches Of Marcus Fenix

Let’s say you love Gears of War. Love Marcus Fenix. Want to mark that love with a piece of memorabilia. Would you love Marcus and his enormous neck enough to spend $US350 on an almost life-size bust?