EA Announces Ferrari Racing Series DLC for Need For Speed:Shift (via PS3 vault) - The truth is revealed, EA and Ferrari have come together once again after an eight year hiatus.
Ferrari is returning to Need for Speed for the first time since 2002’s Hot Pursuit 2, and we think the Ferrari Racing Series – only available for Need for Speed SHIFT – will be worth the wait for fans [. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 477 | 6 months ago
Sucker Punch Productions prepping for Infamous 2? (via PS3 vault) - Back in May 2009, Sucker Punch Productions released Infamous, an open-world, electrically-charged title that was deemed one of 2009’s must-have PlayStation 3 games by the likes of Play Magazine, IGN, OPM and many more.
It’s almost one year on, and the development team has set its sights set on creating a second game. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 477 | 6 months ago
Verizon confirms block of 4chan sites (via After Dawn) - Christopher Poole, founder of the infamous meme site 4chan came out this week claiming that Verizon was "explicitly blocking" access to the site, and it appears Poole may have been right.
Jeff Nelson, a public relations employee for the ISP said via Twitter this morning: "2 of 4Chan affiliates were staging for attacks. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 441 | 6 months ago
The Pirate Bay blocked in Italy, a second time (via After Dawn) - After first being blocked in 2008, an Italian court has once again ruled that ISPs in the nation must block access to the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay, leaving millions of users without access to one of the most popular sites on the planet.
In the original case, after an appeal by the Pirate Bay, the Court of Bergamo ruled that foreign websites cannot be blocked over alleged copyright infringement. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 438 | 6 months ago
Hold the Phone, NHL 2K11 May Not Be Dead After All Rumor (via Kotaku) - After telling everyone that NCAA Basketball and NHL 2K might be getting passive cancellations, I've been sent this tip from an anonymous reader: According to an ad listing, 2K Sports is seeking artists for an NHL 2K11 soundtrack.The listing, at Sonicbids - a music gigs site pairing artists with clients - 2K Sports was looking to pay a $3,000 flat fee to bands "who can provide a song to help round out the NHL 2K11 soundtrack. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 435 | 6 months ago
Nook e-reader is available again (via After Dawn) - The Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader, which sold out within hours when it launched over the holiday season, is finally available for sale again, says the company, with the company ramping up supply and making the device available in-store and online.
If you are looking to buy it in-store, B&N has created an online locator to see if the store near you has any in stock. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 435 | 6 months ago
What Does A Hamster Have To Do With Super Mario Galaxy? Shigeru Miyamoto (via Kotaku) - Screw focus groups. Or corporate brainstorming. Shigeru Miyamoto gets many of his game ideas from real life.
Take The Legend of Zelda, which was inspired by Miyamoto's childhood spent playing outside, or Pikmin, which was inspired by gardening, or Nintendogs, which was inspired by his experience owning a pet. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 435 | 6 months ago
Sharp and Samsung settle LCD patent disputes (via After Dawn) - Sharp and Samsung have decided to end all ongoing patent infringement disputes over LCD displays this week, although it is unclear what the financial details are of the agreement.
"We have a confidentiality agreement but we can say these conditions will be in favor of Sharp," added Sharp spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 429 | 6 months ago
The Decade That Was: Influential Faces (via 1up) -
The Decade That Was: Influential Faces
A look at the five people who most influenced the industry over the past ten years.
By Jeremy Parish
Now that we're firmly ensconced in the year 2010, we at 1UP would like to pause and look back at the century's first decade* and all the changes it brought to videogaming. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 426 | 6 months ago
EA Plans Dead Space 2, Next Dragon Age For 2011 It's A Date (via Kotaku) - Electronic Arts has is aiming for the first quarter of 2011 for two of its bigger upcoming releases, pegging Visceral Games' Dead Space 2 and BioWare's next Dragon Age title for release by March 31 of next year.
EA also lists the Dead Space and Dragon Age sequels as bound for handheld platforms in addition to consoles in its quarterly financial update, with "Dragon Age Title TBA" also coming to the PC. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 426 | 6 months ago
Hudson Porting Dream Chronicles to XBLA and PSN (via 1up) -
One of the remarkable stories of this generation is the rebirth of the adventure game genre. With developers like Telltale Games experiencing success on all of the major consoles, Hudson has decided to jump in with a port of their own. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 426 | 6 months ago
Square Enix Trademarks Deus Ex: Human Revolution (via 1up) -
Deus Ex 3 'Debut' teaser HD
Deus Ex 3 was announced well before Thief 4, but we still don't know much of anything about the Eidos Montreal project. That could change though, with the game possibly gaining a new name. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 423 | 6 months ago
2K10's Pitching and Hitting 101 Clips (via Kotaku) - Since we just got off this discussion of how hitting will work - now with check swings! - in MLB 2K10, here's a video showing how at bats will play out in the game, for both pitchers and hitters.It also offers a good three-minute look at gameplay. While MLB 2K10's visuals are not as crisp as the uncommonly good MLB 10 The Show, they have improved noticeably over last year's game. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 423 | 6 months ago
Rise of the Triad Getting iPhone Port (via 1up) -
First-person shooter aficionados will soon be able to relive another classic shooter on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Mobila Interactive has announced that they will soon be bringing back the much-loved Rise of the Triad for the platform. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 423 | 6 months ago
BenQ releases 'world’s slimmest' LED monitor (via After Dawn) - BenQ has introduced the world's thinnest 21.5” W LED monitor, which promises "top of the line" performance as well.
Dubbed the BenQ V2220/V2220H, the 15mm-thick monitor has a 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and offers Full HD 1080p playback.
DeviceMag adds that "the LED monitor has been designed in such a way that it possesses the ability to reveal detail in darkly lit areas of the screen rendered as undifferentiated blocks on less capable displays. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 423 | 6 months ago
British Sales Charts: Dante's Disco Inferno Britain (via Kotaku) - Just Dance ahead of Mass Effect 2? Sort it out, Britain. I don't care if you have to hit the streets shouting, placards in hand, you sort this out.
Chart regulars aside, you'll see a healthy debut from Dante's Inferno there at numbers five & six, suggesting EA's brawler may have a little more clout at the register than its dour demo would have led you to believe. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 423 | 6 months ago
There Will Never Be Another Final Fantasy Game Like FFXIII FFXIII (via Kotaku) - Final Fantasy XIII has been in development for over five years, has involved hundreds of staff and has cost the publisher a ton of money. So you can see why there'll never be another Final Fantasy game like it!
Speaking with Sony on the official European PlayStation blog, the game's producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama have said:
If you consider that during Final Fantasy XIII's development, at peak time the team consisted of over 300 people. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 420 | 6 months ago
Loooooove Note (via Kotaku) - To: Ash
From: Crecente
Re: This Night Note Is Late
Hey man, don't know if you saw, but we launched another mini-theme week today. This one is all about Love and we've already run two stories on the topic: this month's column by Lisa Foiles is about buying gifts for that important gamer in your life and Luke wrote up a compilation piece on the emotion,and humor of Mass Effect 2's romantic interludes. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 420 | 6 months ago
Finding The State Of The HD Generation Kotaku Helpu (via Kotaku) - You know, for all the talk of this being the "HD generation", we've got our suspicions that many of you are still toiling away on standard definition TV sets. It's time to turn those suspicions into science.
Below you'll find some polls. The second allows you to select multiple options, since there may be more than one factor contributing to your decision. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 417 | 6 months ago
Kotaku, Your Complete Reader Guide Announcement (via Kotaku) - Commenting. Regular features. Kotaku culture. If you are new to the site, there's a lot to absorb. It would be great if somebody condensed everything into one easy to follow guide. Somebody did.
Reader deanbmmv did. His guide explains the star system, profile pages, the hashtag system and even how to view a NSFW-free Kotaku. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 417 | 6 months ago
Check That — Check Swings Are Back in MLB 2K10 Sports (via Kotaku) - A mini-foofaraw stirred up after MLB 2K10 previews revealed the game had no check-swing mechanic. 2K Sports felt an improved batting eye and new "defensive swings" eliminated their need. But they've backtracked, and said check swings will be patched in.So you'll now have four swings in MLB 2K10, all executed by the right analog stick. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 417 | 6 months ago
Super Mario Galaxy Inspired by Pet Hamster (via 1up) -
Shigeru Miyamoto's hobbies are a well-guarded industry secret at this point, and for good reason: Games like Pikmin, Nintendogs, and Wii Fit all sprung from the day-to-day occurrences in the Mario creator's personal life. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 417 | 6 months ago
How To Survive In Aliens Vs. Predator Clips (via Kotaku) - I've noticed from my time playing an Alien in the Aliens Vs. Predator multiplayer demo, that many of you don't know how to block. Sega fixes that, with this helpful close combat techniques video, dammit.
I've been dominating rounds in the Aliens Vs. Predator PC demo for several days now, and now Sega wants to ruin my fun. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 417 | 6 months ago
Relax, Square Enix Is Doing Just Fine Final Fantasy XIII (via Kotaku) - The past nine months have been rough for many Japanese game companies. But those companies didn't release Dragon Quest IX and Final Fantasy XIII.
Oh, and Square Enix arm Eidos released Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Net sales for Square Enix are up 31 percent and net income is up 48 percent when compared to the same time last year. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 417 | 6 months ago
Wonder Festival Brings New Toys For Tales, Muramasa, Yakuza & More Toys (via Kotaku) - Wonder Festival 2010 Winter was held over the weekend in Japan, and featured loads of cosplayers. It also featured loads of new video game toys.
While we've shown you some of the figures on display ahead of time, many more made public debuts at the show, like these guys: Jack Frost from Persona, Muramasa's Momohime, Virtual On goes cute, some Tales of Vesperia figures and a blurry, yet still tempting, "Super Action Statue" of Yakuza's Kazuma Kiryu. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 414 | 6 months ago
Kotaku Off Topic: Straight Into Compton How Is This News? (via Kotaku) - Welcome to Kotaku Off Topic, the nightly open thread in which Kotaku commenters talk about anything and everything. Tonight you can do it with attitude.
Speaking of Compton, I drove down there today for something Kotaku related, something that we'll probably reveal within the next week or two. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 414 | 6 months ago
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