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Red Steel 2 was reviewed favorably, but that doesn't mean it was a success. Its disappointing sales performance, says the game's creative director, can be chalked up to gamers unwillingness "to get up and move and exert themselves for fun." More »
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The Wii-only and well-reviewed samurai Western Red Steel 2 sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S. in March, its first month of release, according to financial analyst Michael Pachter. [UPDATE: Ubisoft comments.] More »
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The man behind the most advanced video game swordplay available today says the time is now right — and the technology is now good enough — for a motion-controlled Star Wars lightsaber video game. More »
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Would you like to hear a developer speak freely about making a sequel to a game that was panned? Red Steel 2's Jason VandenBerghe did that today, from Paris. You can download one of our best hours of audio now. More »
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Kotaku Talk Radio is coming to you live RIGHT NOW with special guest Ubisoft's Jason VandenBerghe, the creative director of Red Steel 2. More »
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Just in time for the release of Red Steel 2 comes this week's episode of Kotaku Talk Radio with special guest Ubisoft's Jason VandenBerghe, the creative director of the Motionplus Wii title. More »
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A skeptical world might not see video games as essential. But we can point to many games that feel worthy of this planet. Games about eating mushrooms, arranging falling blocks, saving the world. However: A first-person shooter with motion-based swordplay? More »
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Ubisoft's Red Steel 2 hits stores this week, so you'd best get familiar with the weapons you'll be using to get the job done. More »
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While checking out Red Steel 2 earlier this month I couldn't help but notice that the game, like Mad Dog McCree, has its own form of live action. More »
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Whether Ubisoft likes it or not, for many Red Steel 2 will define the potential of Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus. More »
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Everything changed in 2001, the year Nintendo decided that the future of gaming didn't lay in faster processors and photorealistic images, but in interaction. More »
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Welcome to Caldera, a peaceful little town in the Nevada Territories, at least until a powerful secret hidden in the town's mines attracted the plot for Red Steel 2. More »
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In this latest Red Steel 2 video you'll get a closer look at how sensitive the game's controls. Specifically we get to see a player twisting a sword around with the use of the Wii's Motion Plus. More »
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I've told you, Totilo's told you and McWhertor's told you: you can't get through Red Steel 2's swordfighting combat by just flicking your wrist once or twice. More »
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My second hands-on with Red Steel 2, this time in Tokyo, confirmed to me that Ubisoft's first-person Wii sequel is the kind of Wii game that, back in 2006, I thought we would be playing more of. More »
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Ubisoft had a newly playable copy of Red Steel 2 at Gamescom, its cowboy-samurai western now full of ninja and 360-degree Wii MotionPlus-powered sword swingin'. And I nearly had my delicate wrist snapped off playing the thing. More »
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We knew Ubisoft's Red Steel 2 was going to be playable at GamesCom, and this teaser trailer doesn't tell us much more than that. More »
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There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter's notebook but didn't turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? More »
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I recently asked the creative director of Red Steel 2 what the required MotionPlus attachment adds to his Wii game. He asked me if I wanted the marketing answer or the technological answer. More »
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With less than two weeks to go before Gamescom kicks off in Cologne, the list of games that will be present and playable continues to grow. More »
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We're all taking the news of Red Steel 2's delay pretty hard here at Kotaku Towers. Some of us were really looking forward to seeing the Wii MotionPlus put to use outside of sports games and mini-game collections. More »
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The fall gaming season grows sparser still today, as Ubisoft announces the delay of Splinter Cell Conviction and Red Steel 2, with I am Alive and Ghost Recon slipping into the next fiscal year. More »
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The hazy period between Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett's untimely ends and the celebration of my our great nation's birthday was dominated by two game companies that couldn't be more different. More »
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I like to think I come to every new game with a clean slate – but Red Steel was so bad, I couldn' help but be pessimistic about what to expect from Red Steel 2. More »
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The pre-order pages for Red Steel 2 have either no art or unofficial art. Well we've got the "work-in-progress" art, from Ubisoft itself. They also send word that a preorder bonus will be announced "soon." More »
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Red Steel 2 may not have multiplayer, but it does have Wii MotionPlus. No, make that, it requires the Wii MotionPlus add-on. More »
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Ubisoft has big plans for their E3 2009 press conference, with new game announcements, thrilling special guests, and plenty of game demos, all hosted by that Talk Soup guy. More »
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As you'll see from the "Destination PlayStation" (ie a retailer-only event) title card, this isn't an official consumer trailer. Doesn't mean you can't watch it, though. More »
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Having first been teased on the magazine's website, the issues of Nintendo Power blowing the lid off Red Steel 2 have begun hitting mailboxes. So what's inside? More »
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Ubisoft finishes what Nintendo Power started as they officially announce Red Steel 2, offering few new details on the Wii MotionPlus-enabled sequel to the Wii's original first-person shooter. More »
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The newest issue of Nintendo Power gives Wii owners their first taste of Ubisoft's sword-fighting sequel Red Steel 2. Looks like the game has taken a significant turn toward the Old West—at least in design. More »
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Red Steel 2 is coming. But did you know the version we'll be getting sometime in the next 12 months or so is the second Red Steel 2 that's been in development? More »
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You'll turn blue, pass out. Well, according to this rumor French Wii news site Wiiz is running that says the game won't be out something like Winter 2009. Ubisoft's announced the game is using the MotionPlus add-on, so maybe it'll be there when the peripheral launches — but for Ubisoft's sake, we hope that doesn't happen. The last thing we need is another rushed Red Steel game. Well that, and pictures of Ubisoft devs with the Wii-mote. More »
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Back in 2006, Ubisoft was one of the first companies to release a Wii-mote title with Red Steel. Now the company is saying that it will take advantage of the upcoming Wii Motion Plus. Explains Ubisoft's Alain Corre: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5029822&view=rss&microfeed=true We all know Red Steel 2 is coming. It's like the next Rocky movie. You don't necessarily know when or how, and nobody's admitting it, but the film will get here eventually. And when it does, it'll be a suckfest. Well now we know that Red Steel 2 is coming. Published in the upcoming Nintendo Magazine (UK), this teaser ad reads: "Your Move, Young Grasshoppa...Bigger. Better. Bolder. Bloodier. First screens and hands-on impressions. Only in next month's Official Nintendo Magazine." Then they add, "And oh - it's online." So is anyone out there actually looking forward to the sequel, especially with online play? Or were you one of the million copies sold, making an impulse buy to hit your minimum Wii bundle quota? Official Nintendo UK mag confirms Red Steel 2 online [via gamingblog] More »
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Rumors of a sequel to Wii launch title Red Steel have been swirling about since late last year, but today they appear to be... completely unconfirmed. Still just rumors. French gaming site Inpact Virtuel wrote earlier in the day of official confirmation of another sword waggling first-person action title, pegging it for a 2008 release. The site also mentioned a proper online multiplayer mode would appear in the sequel. More »
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