Case Closed On Mass Effect 2 And The Curse Of The Tiny Text Mass Effect (via Kotaku) - Like some other 360 titles like Dead Rising, Mass Effect 2 has tiny text, which users on small TVs and with poor eyesight are having trouble reading. Is BioWare going to fix the problem? Nope.
Just like Dead Rising, it's no easy fix, and since BioWare feel it affects only "a small portion of SDTV owners", they "are unable to resolve it for Mass Effect 2 through a title update". Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Doodle Jump Micro-Review: Boing Review (via Kotaku) - Doodle Jump: simple title, simple game. Players are what looks like a green Snork-like creature. It's a doodle-drawing platforming test of endurance in which players try to bounce as high as they can. But does simple mean satisfying?
By tilting the iPod/iPhone, the character bounces right or left onto the platforms. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Sony Still Losing Money On Every PS3 Sold But Not As Much Business (via Kotaku) - Last we checked, Sony was losing money on every PS3 sold, at $37 a pop. Checking in this week, we find the company is still losing money on every PS3 sold. But now, it's only $18.
Yes, having reduced the functionality and the size of the console, and benefited from natural declines in the cost of component parts since the PS3 launched in 2006, Sony has got the PS3 down to the point where by 2011 the company estimates it'll finally be making money on every console that goes out the door. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Kotaku Off Topic: Dig In How Is This News? (via Kotaku) - So, I hear some of you Kotaku Off Topic readers are having some lousy weather. How's your internet connection holding up? If you can read this, we've got some off topic things to discuss.
Let's not talk about the weather, though. No small talk in this open thread, as we prefer idle chitchat and the occasional trivial conversation. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Brock Lesnar Gets UFC Undisputed Cover MMA (via Kotaku) - THQ has announced that UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will grace the cover of UFC Undisputed 2010, probably the closest he will come anytime soon to a head-to-head competition Fedor Emelianenko, on the cover for EA Sports MMA.Fans have pined for both cover fighters to duke it out in real life, but that is unlikely to happen soon, given the rivalries between both fighters and their promotional circuits (Emelianenko has the third of a three-fight contract with Strikeforce coming up in April. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
You Choo-choo-choose The Demon's Souls Valentine's Day Special Event Atlus (via Kotaku) - Atlus is gearing up for another World Tendency event for the PlayStation 3 role-playing game Demon's Souls just like it did for Halloween and the Christmas season. Since this one's for Valentine's Day, what will Atlus do? Whatever you choose.
While Halloween was appropriately Black World Tendency and Christmas was White World Tendency, Atlus is letting players decide whether their February 14 is black or white. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Tetris Gets Its Own Satellite TV Channel Wtf (via Kotaku) - And not as hot, tetromino-on-tetromino Spanktravision pay-per-view either. For $2.99 a month, DISH Network subscribers will get access to a Tetris Channel that allows them to wham on their remote button seven times just to rotate the block counterclockwise once.According to a news release from Englewood, Colo. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Left 4 Dead 2 Update, Zombie Bots Are Go Valve (via Kotaku) - Valve has issued the latest update to its cooperative and competitive zombie killing sim Left 4 Dead 2, with changes that are sure to delight the Boomer in you.
The newly issued patch, now available on Steam and arriving for Xbox 360 owners in "an upcoming title update," deals away with the dreaded "auto spawn" feature during finales. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
EA Sports Planning Facebook Version of Madden Facebook (via Kotaku) - Speaking to Bloomberg Television, EA Sports boss Peter Moore said his division will soon introduce a version of its Madden NFL game to Facebook users, saying it is essential that the football simulation be made more accessible.Moore told Bloomberg that a Facebook Madden would deliver a "simpler experience" than the console game. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Saddened Bungie Plans Halo 2 Send Off On Xbox Live Halo 2 (via Kotaku) - Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it was pulling the plug on Xbox Live support for original Xbox games. That obviously includes Bungie's Halo 2, consistently the top original Xbox title represented on Live. Bungie responds to the change.
"We're all saddened at the realization that an era is coming to an end but looking back," the developer writes on its official web site, "we're incredibly fortunate to have had such a great run and such strong support from our fans. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Europe's God Of War III Ultimate Edition Even More Ultimate PS3 (via Kotaku) - The top shelf version of God of War III coming to Europe is a bit more ultimate than the North American version, known over there as the God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition. This is what it looks like.
Europe's God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition is the only way for our friends in the PAL zone to get a local copy of the God of War Collection. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
All is Forgiven, Miss America Miss America (via Kotaku) - So Caressa Cameron, crowned Miss America on Sunday, opened her yearlong reign with some alienating things to say about video games. Chalk that up to extemporaneous speaking. Here she assures Major Nelson she wants to learn how to play them.
We mentioned that Cameron's first post-coronation comments were intended to motivate parents to set better standards for their children, but devolved into the usual shut-off-the-console cliché. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Survey: Game Devs Walking Away From Wii, Warming Up To iPhone Nintendo (via Kotaku) - Game developers are focusing less on the Wii and more on the iPhone, according to a new survey of more than 800 video game professionals, with development on Apple's platform nearly doubling over the year prior.
That survey of developers from North America "and beyond" was performed by Game Developer Research and consists of video game professionals who "read Gamasutra, subscribe to Game Developer magazine, or attend Game Developers Conference. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Friday Note (via Kotaku) - To: Ash
From: Crecente
Re: Why Is It Called China?
I don't know about you, but it's been an exhausting week for me. Between the features, breaking news and reviews and handling a lot of manageminty and behind the scenes stuff, this week has zipped by.
Next week has me traveling to San Fran on a 6 a. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
John Romero Bows Before Gaming's Masters Game Masters (via Kotaku) - Speaking last night at The Art History of Games symposium in Atlanta, Doom developer John Romero talked about the "masters" the game industry should look to for help creating games today. Which industry figures could make Romero their bitch?
The first thing that Romero made clear during his talk, titled "Masters Among Us," is that John Romero should never follow three scholars discussing art in games on stage. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Has A Secret Platform It's the iPhone Sega (via Kotaku) - Sega will be milking the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 for all its worth, doling out additional announcements and countdown clocks to drum up hedgehog hype. Perhaps the most interesting tease is the game's fourth platform.
Sonic 4 (nee "Project Needlemouse") has been officially announced as a PlayStation Network, WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade download, but a handful of observant readers have pointed out that an additional platform appears imminent. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Download The BioShock 2 Soundtrack On Tuesday Music (via Kotaku) - Fans not opting to purchase the Limited Edition of BioShock 2 can get their hands on the soundtrack next week, when 2K Games releases two versions of the soundtrack digitally, packed with the greatest hits from the 30's, 40's and 50's.
Between BioShock and Fallout 3, I've grown quite fond of music from the 30's through the 50's lately. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Review Round-Up: More MAG, More Tower Defense, But No More Heroes List (via Kotaku) - Some reviews we ran this week made people angry. Well, honestly, some of the reviews made us angry too.
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Review: Repetitious Rebel
In which, I guess I zigged when other people zagged.
MAG Review: World of Shadow Warcraft
In which Brian Crecente made a game pay for its poor instruction manual. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
EA's Road Rash Reboot, Oliver Twist Game Could Have Looked Like This Electronic Arts (via Kotaku) - Road Rash fans are likely aware that Electronic Arts has flirted with reviving the violent racer on "next-gen" platforms, a project that has reared its head in video and trademark form. But did you know that EA was also working on an Oliver Twist game?
It got at least as far as the concept art stage, according to old artwork from concept designer Ross Dearsley unearthed by the man who prefers to be called superannuation. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Get Acquainted With Dante's Sins Clips (via Kotaku) - The latest Dante's Inferno trailer provides us with a quick recap of the sins of man - lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud, treachery, and using leetspeak. I might have made up one of those.
It's a lovely trailer and all, but I can't help but wonder what changes Dante Alighieri would have made to his sin lineup had he written The Divine Comedy today. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
What Are You Playing This Weekend? Lazy Sundays (via Kotaku) - BioShock 2! BioShock 2! On Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, that's what I'll be playing this weekend, drilling my way toward the end of the game and hopefully unlocking a World's Greatest Big Daddy coffee mug reward for my Avatar.
Oh, they don't actually have such a thing (as far as I know) in BioShock 2, but that would be a fine unlockable, something that would quickly replace the Left 4 Dead 2 medpack that my Xbox Live Avatar is currently sporting. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
I Will Now Attempt To Explain A Battle System Battle Systems (via Kotaku) - Ladies and gentlemen of Kotaku, children of all ages. I will now attempt to explain to you the battle system in Sega and Tri-Ace's upcoming role-playing game Resonance of Fate. Drumroll please. (And let me know if I lose you.)
Resonance of Fate, fine people, is a role-playing game set in a fantasy future. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Panelfly Comic Reader Makes The iPad A Bit More Attractive Ipad (via Kotaku) - I thought Apple's new iPad was a completely ridiculous waste of money, until I saw pictures of the iPad version of Panelfly's comic book reader. Now it's just slightly ridiculous.
There was absolutely no way I was shelling out $500 plus for an iPad in March. There was no application Apple could show me, nor game you could have me play that would sway my resolve. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
This Was Kotaku's Star Trek Week Star Trek Online (via Kotaku) -- Star Trek Online launched this week, which was a good enough reason to investigate what Star Trek means to games and gamers. Below are special links to all our Star Trek Week stories, from STO impressions to rants and recollections.
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Finding The Art In Video Games The Art History Of Games (via Kotaku) - Where is art found in video games? Ian Bogost and a panel of experts tackled this question and more yesterday at The Art History of Games symposium in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Art History of Games isn't simply another venue to show off particularly lovely screenshots or paintings inspired by gaming. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Tournament of Legends Preview: Two-Fisted Combat Preview (via Kotaku) - You've seen the ancient gods fight in video games before. You may have seen them use giant hammers. But have you seen a fighting game on Wii that allows for two-handed combat, shot from an unusual camera angle?
Tournament of Legends is the next Wii game from High Voltage Software, makers of last year's Wii first-person shooter The Conduit. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
