Anybody remember the days of yore when you could go to an arcade and play Time Crisis? They might still do that in Japan, but here in the States, arcade shooters have sort of died a quiet death somewhere between those hideous orange guns for Time Crisis 5 and the Wii Zapper with its lame lineup of games. You might… » 8/18/08 10:00pm 8/18/08 10:00pm

For a long time, it seemed like all EA made were Sims games and sports games. So it was surprising to see all three Sims titles confined to one corner of the showroom – but it made it easier for me to cover them all in one fell swoop. First up was My Sims » 8/18/08 9:00pm 8/18/08 9:00pm because I got it confused with My Sims Kingdom. My Sims is…

The star of EA's 08 Showcase is easily the underdog. Not much has been said about Henry Hattsworth and the release date remains firmly fixed in the far off haze of 2009; so I wasn't expecting to see so much of such a cool game when I finally got my turn to try the dual screen adventure-puzzle hybrid. I get why I… » 8/18/08 8:00pm 8/18/08 8:00pm

This has been a hell of a first week at Kotaku - I had an event Tuesday, three events Wednesday, and yesterday was EA's super-huge Showcase which contained all the stuff that didn't make it to E3. Here's how AJ earned her keep this week: Battlefield Heroes – Battling The Stigma Of Battlefield » 8/15/08 9:00pm 8/15/08 9:00pm And stay tuned next…

Accessibility is the keyword for the Battlefield Heroes dev team and I've never been happier to hear it. I like my WWII shooters just fine, but they do start to feel a little stale after the fourth or fifth version; and it gets really hard to get into a series once the established fan base is dead-set on going after… » 8/15/08 8:00pm 8/15/08 8:00pm

I made a name for myself in video games by savaging Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on DS » 8/15/08 7:40pm 8/15/08 7:40pm. It was the most awful, most painful, most broken game I've ever endured and it's my tendency to sneer at most movie-based video games anyway. So what did I expect from Half-Blood Prince on the Wii? Certainly not all…