Brian Crecente

Sony Says “Watch this Space” at Gamescom

Sony’s potentially news-heavy press conference kicks off live here in Cologne at 10:30. a.m. We’ll be there live blogging it from the floor so make sure to check on Kotaku to follow along. In the meantime check out pics of some of the ads plastering the E Werk including one mammoth tease.

Inside GamesCom’s Halls One Day Early

Koelnmesse, home to Gamescom, is a mammoth, sprawling complex of buildings, streets and boulevards, so it’s not surprising that Mike and I got lost on the way to the press room. Our wanderings had us walking through GDC Europe and all four of the show’s halls, where we couldn’t help but notice what we’d be…

Diablo III Confirmed At Gamescom

Blizzard has said its upcoming games will be here at Gamescom and playable, but they’ve been a bit coy about which games specifically that means. You’ll be happy to know that we’ve seen World of Warcraft, StarCraft II and Diablo III all on the yet-to-be open show floor. While I can’t confirm that Diablo III…

Ich Bin Gamer

To: Ash From: Crecente Mike and I are settled in a hotel next to a mammoth cathedral in Cologne today. I popped over to GDC Europe today to see what was going on and sat in on an interesting post-mortem for PS3’s Flower. Hanging out for dinner and drinks tonight we ran into a bunch…

PS3’s Satin Silver Dualshock

The Playstation’s Dualshock 3 is getting three spiffy new colors this fall: Satin Silver, Deep Red and Metallic Blue. The silver controller, shown here resting in my knobby hands, is already available at GameStop through September. Then in October all three colors will be available at most retailers.

QuakeCon Faces a Crossroads

The lights in the cavernous room are off, but an electric glow fills the 70,000-square-foot room. The darkness dances in an erratic sizzle of colors from thousands of computer monitors, the pulsing pixels illuminating an electronic shanty town of home-built computers, neon, pillows and people. This room of humming computers, quietly clicking keyboards, and energized…

A Peek At Bungie’s Office and One Really Big Halo ODST Map

Today’s peek inside a development studio offers a bit more than just a look at the desks behind some of today’s greatest games. This picture of Paul Bertone, Bungie’s design director for Halo 3: ODST, also affords us a chance to steal a look at what appears to be some maps for upcoming shooter and…

Red Steel 2 GamesCom Video

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. I am excited that I’m finally going to get a chance to go hands on with the Wii MotionPlus title. I was so excited about Red Steel and so, so, so…

I Should Probably Start Packing

To: Owen From: Crecente Totilo is homeward bound after spending a chunk of the week in Texas at Quakecon (expect a lot more from him in the coming days). And it’s just in time too. Mike and I are both flying out on Sunday for Germany. I just realized that it’s Friday night and that…

Tony Hawk To Vert at GamesCom

Former pro-skater and current video game namesake Tony Hawk plans to demonstrate Activision’s upcoming motion-based skating title at next week’s Gamescom. The 41-year-old skateboarder will also be tackling Gamescom’s vert ramp, located in the conventions sports zone in hall 7, to wow the crowd on Friday evening. I suspect we won’t be seeing any 900s.…

Former LucasArts President Running For Congress

Jim Ward, former president of LucasArts, is running as a Republican to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s election, according to Ward’s official election site. “It’s time politicians who just want to be politicians got out of the way and let people who have run businesses, created…

What in the World is Peter Molyneux Promising Now?

Yesterday we guessed that Lionhead’s new front page, featuring a headshot of and quote from Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, was perhaps a countdown to next week’s GamesCom. Today’s change on the site’s front page seems to confirm that. Visitors landing on Lionhead Studio’s website are now greeted by the visage of Maximilien Robespierre, a key…

Wolfenstein: The Launch Trailer

Featuring disintegration guns that don’t just evaporate Nazis, but their hats too, the latest iteration of Wolfenstein hits stores next week. This launch trailer was shown off yesterday during QuakeCon’s epic keynote, covered by our very own Stephen Totilo live. The trailer may have been slightly eclipsed by the first in-depth look at Rage, but…

QuakeCon: It’s On

To: Bash From: Crecente QuakeCon kicked off this morning with plenty of id news including a new Rage trailer, a peek into future iPhone games we can expect from the developer and Carmack’s annual speech. Expect plenty more from the show with Totilo digging deep one-on-one with developers and some of the games present. Here’s…

id Working on Three Lines of iPhone Games, One Potentially Rage-Themed

id Software’s interest in iPhone games may have started out with the the company testing the waters, but moving forward the company plans to develop three lines of games for the platform. The first is the classics line which includes Wolfenstein 3D, which will be getting the ability to download user created levels in a…

Making Sloppy Cartoons with the DSi’s Flipnote Studio

Yesterday the free-to-download animation creator for the DSi hit North America. As you’ll see in this video, Flipnote Studio is a surprisingly robust little toy. Be warned, though, I have zero artistic ability.

An Apocalyptic Look At id’s Rage

id Software’s upcoming Rage will be set in a post-apocalyptic world that some fans of Fallout 3 might find surprisingly familiar. Good thing Rage has all of those gun-toting cars thrown into the mix.

Providers, Not Apple, Led to Soulpatch Hitler in iPhone Game

Hitler’s new soulpatch-sporting look in recently released iPhone title Wolfenstein RPG was the byproduct of the game’s earlier life on mobile phones and not because of overzealous censoring by Apple, id Software president Todd Hollenshead told Kotaku today. “It was a hold over from the Brew and Java development of the game,” Hollenshead said. “Wolfenstein…

Lionhead Teases Impending News with Che’s Head?

This morning, visitors to Lionhead Studio’s webpage were greeted with the iconic visage of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara. Under the black and white image is a single quote from Guevara: “At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love.” Che Guevara (1928 –…

QuakeCon Kicks Off Tomorrow

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Learning For The Pokemons Totilo flew to Texas today, he was actually in the air as we recorded our second live podcast, preparing for tomorrow’s launch of QuakeCon. It’s sounding like there’s going to be some interesting news, at least Rage news, coming out of the show. Stay tuned! What…