For a long time, perhaps because the medium was still in its infancy, there wasn’t a “right” way to promote home video games. As a result, some of the earliest video game companies – including some that we now recognize as major industry players, such as Nintendo – created some of the most bizarre TV ...
Capcom’s street fighter The series has brought us some of the most recognizable and iconic game characters in history. But when it’s attached Street Fighter V, a game that got off to a rocky start in 2016 from which it never fully recovered, these characters received relatively little attention. Thank God, street fighter 6 has ...
The Summer Game Fest is now The big gaming event of the summer season. As it seems increasingly unlikely that E3 will ever return, Geoff Keighley is solely responsible for all your big game announcements. And we have this year’s show coveredwith every single game being announced, shown or even murmured in a handy list. ...
Picture: NetherRealm Studios/Kotaku/SMXRF/Star Max (Getty Images) It sounds like that Mortal Kombat Movie sequel has found his Johnny Cage in The young And Lord of the Rings Actor Karl Urban. This Wacky Magical Girl anime is triggered to perfection The wrap broke the news first, and IGN has now verified it with its own sources. ...
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a real hit. In its first five days in cinemas, the new animated film grossed over 375 million dollars worldwide. And despite many negative and meh reviews from critics, it is expected to soon surpass $1 billion at the box office. Indeed acc Shigeru Miyamoto– Mario’s father – actually ...
photo: Enlightenment I observe The Super Mario Bros Movie in its opening week with the intention of writing this article about easter eggs and references only to find that the film is nothing but easter eggs and references. A thorough synopsis would be indistinguishable from a comprehensive synopsis of the entire film. The plot for ...
Dedicated fans keep uploading new squads for old sports games but this new update for 2010 NBA jam goes above and beyond by adding so many new things that it’s practically a whole new game. The 2010 edition of NBA jam had igamesnewsal player models, updated graphics and played smooth as hell, and in 2011 ...
screenshot: CBS/Kotaku In a recent wide-ranging interview with late-night host Stephen Colbert, the hugely successful director Steven Spielberg spoke about his family, his long career and his love of film. But we’re not here to talk about that. Instead, what’s that over there behind you, Stephen and Steven? Is that… oh yes. It is a ...
photo: Rodin Eckerroth (Getty Images) A retranslated 1986 interview between Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Namco’s Masanobu Endo reveals some neat details about the games the two designers were playing at the time, what music Miyamoto liked, and his hopes for Mario’s future. A little background on these two before we get into the fun stuff. ...
