News

Which Console Company Will An Apple ‘Smart Television’ Kill?

There’s going to be another round of consoles. There’s another Xbox coming, another PlayStation. Anything could happen in the next couple of years before they’re released. For instance, Apple could start selling “smart televisions”.


September 8, 2011
PlayStation

Madden’s NFL Predictions — And A Few Of Our Own, Vol. 3

It’s an annual tradition for Madden NFL 12 to simulate the upcoming season and offer its predictions of how the football season will unfold. Last year it correctly picked one of the Super Bowl participants — the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. This year, the game calls for a rematch of their title game with the Pittsburgh Steelers.


December 29, 2010
In Real Life

Forbes Predicts The Rise Of Apple And Google Gaming And Decline Of Sony And Microsoft

In light of Forbes amazingly perceptive 2000 piece about the computers of 2010, Forbes’ Paul Tassi decided to take a stab at predicting what gaming will be like in a decade.


October 16, 2010
News

MLB 2K10 Says The Giants Win The Pennant – And World Series

Postseason sports means time for sports game developers to predict champions. Going against two heavy favourites in Philadelphia and the New York Yankees, MLB 2K10 says the Giants will win their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958.


September 3, 2010
In Real Life

Madden’s NFL Predictions – And A Few Of Our Own

Madden NFL has an impressive record picking Super Bowl winners; it also takes an annual stab at the much less exact science of predicting the season, which a simulation says ends with Baltimore and Green Bay as conference champions.


July 16, 2010
News

NCAA 11 Picks Alabama For The National Title

We know there’s a certain level of stagecraft and gimmickry to these sports video games picking winners. That said, EA Sports has correctly predicted the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and World Cup champion this year.


June 21, 2010

How Did My E3 2010 Predictions Go?

Kotaku AU

Badly. Spectacularly badly. My predictions for a whole bunch of surprise announcements was foiled by a show where the real surprise was the lack of surprises.


June 10, 2010

My 13 Predictions For E3 2010

Kotaku AU

Every year E3 throws up a host of hardware news, surprise deals, game announcements and much hyperbole for the future of the industry. Here are my tips for E3 2010.


February 10, 2010
In Real Life

Mass Effect 2 Predicts Super Bowl Winner – In 2185

No word on how Madden is doing with its predictions 175 years from now, but Mass Effect 2, via Cerberus Daily News, says the New York Giants, with a Krogan quarterback (pictured), beat the Beijing Dragons in Super Bowl CCXIX.


December 21, 2009

2010: Looking Back On Kotaku’s Look Ahead

We’re 10 days from New Year’s but tomorrow is the winter solstice, starting us on another trip around the sun. And a new year that will be full of its own controversies, challenges, triumphs, disappointments and delights in video gaming.