Kotaku Originals

The Week In Review: One Hundred To One

12:00AM July 18, 2010 | Owen Good

News that 1 vs 100 wouldn’t see a third season was hardly shocking. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t disappointing. More »


The Week In Review: Let’s See Your ID

12:00AM July 11, 2010 | Owen Good

Blizzard may have shrugged off coordinated community discontent in the past, but this week, we weren’t talking about LAN support in Starcraft II. It was, instead, the MMO maker’s decision to put everyone’s real name on their forum messages. More »


The Week In Review: He’s One, But Not The Same

12:00AM June 27, 2010 | Owen Good

The man’s a gamer. Maybe not one of us – we don’t run Electronic Arts after all – but this week’s profile of EA boss John Riccitiello portrayed a man who thinks earnestly about games, in ways we gamers do. More »


The Week In Review: Who ‘Won’ E3?

12:00AM June 20, 2010 | Owen Good

The word “game” implies something with a winner. And the planet’s biggest gathering of video games, and those who make them, fairly begs for one, too. More »


The Week In Review: The 3DS Comes Into Focus

12:00AM June 13, 2010 | Owen Good

The week before E3 is always a gathering storm of rumour, hype and anticipation. Friday, however, delivered something unusual even for the usual pre-expo chatter: A potential look at what could be a show-stealer for Nintendo. More »


The Week In Review: Promise Keepers

12:00AM June 6, 2010 | Owen Good

The weeks before E3 see lots of speculation about what it will take for one of the big three to “win” this year’s gathering. Stephen Totilo instead recounted the promises of last year’s showing, to remind everyone someone’s keeping score. More »


The Week In Review: The Xbox Does A 180

10:00PM May 29, 2010 | Owen Good

Two of the top men responsible for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 strategy left the company this week, depicted as departing on good terms, but nonetheless announced as “retiring” from the company. More »


The Week In Review: The $10 Solution

12:00AM May 23, 2010 | Owen Good

This week Ubisoft, publisher of Assassin’s Creed and other top franchises, indicated it would join the trend of locking games content behind a one-use code. Perhaps it was music to investors’ ears, but it struck a harsher tone with gamers. More »


Kotaku Originals: A Day Late

1:00AM May 10, 2010 | Owen Good

But, like this guy, not a dollar short. We still had plenty of news – LucasArts’ power outage, Activision’s financials, Fallout: New Vegas and the Black Wii – worth rounding up in the five-star final edition of Kotaku’s original reporting. More »


Kotaku Originals: What’s Happening Now!!

1:00AM May 2, 2010 | Owen Good

Talk about cramming it all in at the end of the quarter. First the Modern Warfare team decided to sue Activision for the GDP of East Timor (roughly) Then it got interesting. More »