Kotaku: gamestop expo 2008

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Sticks Under Glass

Mike Fahey — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:20:00 MDT

Straight from the GameStop Expo 2008 in Las Vegas, here are some shots of Mad Catz's official line of Street Fighter IV controllers. They come in three different flavors - the decorated gamepad version for $39.99 (meh), the definitely-a-console-accessory stick for $69.99 (hmmm), and the ripped-directly-from-the-cabinet premium arcade stick for $139.99 (tissue please). Shin-RoTeNdO from Shoryuken got to play on one of the premiums, and reports that it feels just like the arcade sticks, with "some other cool features" he wouldn't mention. Damn stick-tease.

Street Fighter IV Sticks [Shoryuken Forums - Thanks Shenakuma!]

GameStop Expo Video Explosion - Gears 2, Fight Night 4, Ozzy

Mike Fahey — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:20:00 MDT

You want videos from the GameStop Expo 2008 in Las Vegas? Oh we've got videos. We've got a metric ass-ton of videos thanks to Kotaku reader Neoguyver, who happened to be in the right place at the right time with the right camera. Highlights include the exclusive Gears 2 footage seen here, complete with a sincere message from Dude Huge, who couldn't make it due to being busy making us a new video game, a brief snippet of Peter Moore introducing Fight Night Round 4, Ozzy Freaking Ozborne shilling Guitar Hero World Tour and tons of GameStop managers from all over the country cheering as they are filled with the information to secure pre-sales and therefor their precious, precious jobs. Make some GameStop noise!

Fight Night4 GSMC intro

Fight Night4

Red Faction intro

Ozzy Guitar Hero World Tour intro

Prince of Persia in Action

This post is dedicated to all the assistant managers and "keyholders" out there who sat on their ass while their bosses got free stuff with Ozzy Osborne.

Rumblings Of PS2 Chain Of Memories At GameStop Expo

Mike Fahey — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:30:00 MDT

A tipster who chooses to remain anonymous dropped us a line to let us in on a juicy little tidbit from the GameStop Expo in Las Vegas. According to the source, yesterday during Square Enix's presentation, mention was made of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for the PS2.

Once Square-Enix was up, there was a small mention of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. When asked if it was the one that was included with Final Mix II in Japan, they confirmed it with a nod. There hasn't been any official announcement through Square, just a small mention...

Of course until we get an official announcement this is still firmly in the realm of rumor, but combined with the rumors that ran rampant back in July about Square Enix auditioning an English voice cast, there could very well be some truth behind it. With a hungry fanbase desperate for anything Kingdom Hearts related, it would be silly for this not to happen.

GameStop Expo Details

Brian Crecente — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:00:00 MDT

Tonight publishers and celebrities will descend on the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas to talk games with the country's GameStop employees.

The annual GameStop eXpo has quickly become a great way for folks to leak tons of video game details to us each year.

This year around the retailer-only show will give folks their hands on time with Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2, Wii Music, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Spore, Call of Duty: World at War, Animal Crossing and, I'm told, a first ever chance to check out Halo Wars.

All of the big publishers will be on hand as well as a gaggle of GameStop execs and an impressive line-up of celebrities including Todd McFarlane, Ozzy Osbourne, Mark McGrath, Travis Barker, Shaun White and "other surprise guests."

If you're attending you know our email address, that's all I'm saying.