Mobile

Rage HD Will Go Free If You Like Rage Enough

Bethesda said today that once the RAGE Facebook page reaches 100,000 “Likes”, RAGE HD for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch will be available for free for one week. Like them on Facebook.


News

New NASA Photo Suggests Signs Of Flowing Water On Mars

Revise Red Faction. Update Doom. Go back to the drawing board with that Total Recall remake (actually, please just stop making that). NASA announced today that they may have possible evidence of flowing water on Mars.


April 11, 2011
Xbox

Pinball FX2 Goes To Mars

Zen Studios is launching a new table into their Xbox 360 pinball platform on April 20, when Mars comes into orbit around Pinball FX2.


February 4, 2011
In Real Life

Humanity Poised To Take Its First Steps On Fake Mars

Following up on one of our earliest daily Kotaku science posts, the Mars500 Project is now in orbit, with three crew members preparing to become the first humans to set foot on fake Mars.


August 20, 2010
In Real Life

If People Make It To Mars, Give The Wii Some Credit

There are six men currently living in cramped isolation in Moscow, enjoying and suffering 520 days of isolation as the Russian Space Federation simulates the loneliness of a manned flight to Mars. Good thing these guys have a Wii.


July 14, 2010
News

Mars Looks Like A Great Place For Some Destructible Buildings

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to deliver an amazingly detailed view of Mars to Microsoft Research’s free Worldwide Telescope application, with images so detailed you can almost see the Google Maps camera cars roaming about the surface.


August 9, 2009
In Real Life

Latency Makes Multiplayer A Real Bitch On Mars

Depending on the orbit, it takes between four and 20 minutes for information travelling at light speed to get from Earth to Mars. So we’re not going to be playing Killzone against Martians anytime soon.