Kotaku: Updates

Wait, Don't Cancel Yet! Check Out What's Coming Soon for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Mike Fahey — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:30:00 EST

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With yesterday's patch 1.1 player-versus-player debacle stemming a flood of threatened account cancellations, BioWare has released a video showing off what the coming months have in store for Star Wars: The Old Republic, in case you choose to stick around. More »

A Much-Improved Version of Gran Turismo 5 Hits Stores January 17

Mike Fahey — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:30:00 EST

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If you were one of those driving fans that passed up Gran Turismo 5 at launch in favor of waiting for a more complete edition of the game at a lower price, your patience pays off January 17 with the Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition. More »

Xbox Live Update Will Add Paypal on May 19th

Mike Epstein — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:40:00 EDT

Microsoft plans to release an Xbox Live update beginning in less than two weeks, according to Joystiq. The update will add support for Microsoft's new disc format and add Paypal as a payment option for Xbox Live. Meanwhile, Microsoft will also be launching Avatar Kinect on May 27th as a separate download. [Joystiq] More »

Updating Kills The Joy Of Broken Games

Mike Fahey — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:20:00 EST

Remember back when broken console games stayed broken? Commenter Don't forget to bring a towel! does, pining for the pre-update era in today's Speak-Up on Kotaku. More »

EA Sports Reverses Stance on WiiWare Updates for NBA Jam

Owen Good — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:20:00 EDT

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Last week, in explaining why the beleaguered NBA all-star Gilbert Arenas wasn't a part of voting for NBA Jam's roster, EA Sports indicated it could later add him to the game with a WiiWare update. They've backtracked on that statement. More »

Unauthorized Memory Units Won't Work in Next 360 Update

Owen Good — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:40:00 EDT

Unauthorized memory units are verböten under the next dashboard update to Xbox Live, which isn't of mainstream concern right now, but will be to those participating in the Xbox Live Preview Program. More »

Noby Noby Boy Updates Coming

Mike Fahey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:20:00 EST

With Noby Noby Boy making its small yet stretchy debut tomorrow on the PlayStation Network, creator Keita Takahashi talks about the quirky little game's update potential. More »

LittleBigplanet Updates Bring Moderation Changes, LittleBigStore

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:40:00 EST

Two days; two LittleBigPlanet updates. Updates 1.06 and 1.07 for LitleBigPlanet have arrived right next to each other, bringing big changes to level moderation and an in-game store for buying LBP goodies. More »

Asheron's Call - 100 Updates And Growing

Mike Fahey — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Before I started my four-year run with the original Everquest, I spent a couple months in the world of Dereth in Asheron's Call. That was nine years and one failed sequel ago, and I was almost certain the game had long since faded away into nothingness. Apparently I was wrong, as the title is now celebrating its 100th update since release. Originally published my Microsoft, that company dropped the torch and Turbine picked it up and ran a very, very long way with it. More »

Burnout Paradise "Cagney" Update Arrives Tomorrow

Owen Good — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

The "Cagney" update for Burnout Paradise on the Xbox 360 will arrive via Xbox Live tomorrow. Developer Criterion posted confirmation of the release date on Friday, and commenter Sean Beanland mentioned it in yesterday's discussion of Burnout Bikes. More »

TF2 Updates: May I Ax You A Question?

Owen Good — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Limber up your fast-twitch weapon-switch reflexes. Valve's dropped word that the next update for Team Fortress 2 - centering on the Pyro class - will include a new weapon called the Axtinguisher, among other things. More »

Metal Slug 3 Hits XBLA This Wednesday

Mark Wilson — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:40:39 EST

In my humble opinion, PSN is outrocking XBLA in terms of new and original titles. But more and more I'm seeing the two services as separate entities. PSN takes risks and finds incredible new talent and fresh IPs. XBLA gives us an easy way to play our old favorites. More »

Sony Attempting Fewer PS3 Firmware Updates And In-Game XMB

Mark Wilson — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:40:45 EST

Sony's Eric Lempel is the man behind your PS3 and PSP firmware updates. And anyone who owns a PS3 can tell you, that translates to a lot of work over the past year. So will Sony keep up their intense PS3 firmware update schedule?

We're trying to certainly cut down on the amount of times we do it. But on occasion when we've got these good features ready to go, let's give them out to the consumers. Let's get them out there. We definitely understand that it does happen frequently and that can be somewhat annoying to some users.

Honestly, I think these updates will prove more annoying to developers than to gamers. So what about in-game XMB? More »

Golden Axe: Beast Rider Sounds a Lot Like Lair

Mark Wilson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:20:18 EST

Golden Axe, a personal favorite during one particularly Dirty Dancingesque summer vacation of my youth, is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360. And while we already knew that, we had no idea what that meant. Sidescroller? 3D fighter? RPG? What? More »