Brian Crecente

A First Look At Archon’s Return to PC

With classic and 3D graphics, this work-in-progress look at Archon Classic has whet my appetite for a little online battle chess multiplyer.

Dog Bites Man’s Live Account?

This is the story of a man, his dog and an Xbox Live bill. You should probably, despite the photographic evidence, take it with a grain of salt. Kotaku reader Greg says that while he slept his year-old Lab/Hound mix, Oscar, attacked his Xbox 360 controller managing to both turn on the console and purchase…

No More Heroes 2: Now With Playable Henry

Don’t bother trying to understand this trailer for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, set to hit the Wii in January, just sit back and enjoy it. Don’t forget, you have to be 18 to watch this video showing Henry as a playable character in No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.

3GS iPhone Games Get Special Code

Games designed to take advantage of the iPhone 3GS’ more robust chipset are starting to quietly make their way onto the App store. Released this June, the iPhone 3GS added a magnetic compass, video capture capabilities, more built-in memory and a faster processor when it hit. But it hasn’t been until recently that games designed…

Capcom Pondering Super Street Fighter IV In Arcades

Capcom hasn’t yet decided whether they will be bringing Super Street Fighter IV to arcades, a spokesman told Kotaku, but if they do it will be a fairly easy transition. Back when games like Street Fighter II filled arcades, an upgrade to a new version of the famous fighter often meant switching out dedicated boards,…

Metro 2033 Shooter Brings Apocalypse to Moscow

Tired of post-apocalyptic games set in the U.S.? No worries, THQ has your back: They’ve just unveiled a post-apocalyptic game set in Moscow. First-person shooter Metro 2033, which is due to hit the PC and Xbox 360 in 2010, has you taking on the role of a man born in the days before most of…

Draco Malfoy Spotting

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: About halfway through dinner with Capcom last night, several of us couldn’t help but notice a young man walk into the restaurant with nearly white blonde hair gelled back from a high forehead. Turns out the 20-something, who appeared and disappeared with an older couple, was Tom Felton, the actor…

The Gears of War Snuggie

“It really does exist…” according to Epic Games rep Dana Crowley and her Twitter feed. She tells Kotaku that the snuggie pictured is a “prototype” that sadly won’t be mass produced.

The Good, Bad and Ugly of The Modern Warfare 2 Server Decision

This was a doozy of a week for Kotaku Talk Radio with Totilo, myself and oodles of listeners weighing in on the issue of Modern Warfare 2 and dedicated servers. Is it a sign of things to come? What far-reaching consequences could it have? Tune in to find out and to get a pulse of…

Microsoft Confirms They Are Testing Live Reward Program

Yesterday word rumbled in, via countless tips and screengrabs, that Microsoft was preparing to roll-out a test of some sort of Xbox Live rewards program for the Xbox 360. Today Microsoft confirmed to Kotaku that they are indeed looking into it. “We are always exploring ways to provide the most value for our members and…

PS3 PAIN Developers Hit With Lay-Offs?

The Colorado-based developers of Playstation 3 downloadable game Pain were hit with lay-offs today, sources at the company tell Kotaku. We’ve contacted Idol Minds for comment but have not yet heard back. The layoffs at the company, based in Louisville, Colorado between Boulder and Denver, have been coming in waves we’re told, with the latest…

Write a Walk-Through Maybe Win Kick-Ass Stuffs

We know you’re out there! You game-obsessed walk-through writers. With the launch of our new commenting system we want to see what you can do with the system and maybe win some cool crap from us. Here’s the deal: We want you to write up a complete and original walk-through of a game in our…

Kotaku Talk Radio: Past, Present and Future of PC Gaming

In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about PC gaming, where it came from and where it’s headed. Are you a PC gamer? A console gamer? Both? With the roll out of Windows 7 later this week and recent news of Modern Warfare 2‘s lack of hosted servers I’m sure you…

Write up your own comprehensive walk-throughs here.

What Don’t We Know about Dead Rising 2’s Multiplayer?

Dead Rising 2‘s taste of multiplayer, dressed up in a faux game show Terror is Reality, seems to be hiding something. During a presentation this week of Capcom’s upcoming zombie-killing action game Dead Rising 2, game writers got to once more check out the game’s four modes of multiplayer, robust mini-games that have gamers competing…

Podcast Fever: The PC Game Blues

Don’t forget to join us later today for our weekly live episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. We will be broadcasting live from New York… though since no two Kotaku editors can be in the same place at the same time, I’ll be at Gawker HQ while Totilo broadcasts from a secret location in Brooklyn. This…

Hands-On With Frank West And His Zombie Horde

Dead Rising’s Frank West can beat down opponents with golf clubs and baseball bats in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, but it’s his ability to call on shambling zombies that makes him a formidable opponent. Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, with its colorful cast of Capcom characters and throwbacks from Japanese animation company Tatsunoko productions, is almost more about…

Gawkerville

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I. Am. Sick. I spent the day checking out Capcom goodies and hanging with Totilo at the SoHo Gawker HQ. Nice digs, nice music, nice people. New York, it seems, rolled out the beautiful weather for me. Good times. Off to try and catch the tail-end of Capcom’s meet-up. What…

Bakugan Battle Brawlers Review: Almost There

Part marbles, part Pokemon, anime and toy sensation Bakugan Battle Brawlers brings 2008’s Toy of the Year to the console in a game that drops players into the Bakugan world, battling transforming monsters in a race to save the planet. But can a video game capture the essence of a toy made popular by it’s…

Capcom: Seth Will Be Cheaper In Super Street Fighter IV

Super Street Fighter IV wasn’t always super. Initially, franchise producer Yoshinori Ono thought the next iteration of Street Fighter, landing just a year after the release of Street Fighter IV, should get a new number. Maybe not five, but perhaps 4.9. But Capcom thought that might be too confusing and instead slapped the game with…