Brian Crecente

A Glimpse at Uncharted 2 Single Player Gameplay

Here’s your first look at Uncharted 2: Among Thieves gameplay. It looks like this time round Drake will have a lot more melee options and check out how detailed those environments are.

Bears!

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: How Much Do Your Surroundings Matter? Real email I received this morning from our neighborhood association: Emergency message: A bear has been seen in the area. At this time it is not threatening. Please bring your pets and children inside and stay inside your home. The Division of Wildlife is…

Brutal Legend: Battle of the Bands… With Axes… Real Axes

We already know from Tim Schafer’s “subtle” talks on his upcoming rock epic that Brutal Legend will be “drenched in heavy metal goodness.” But until last week we didn’t know how heavy metal goodness was going to translate into massive battles. Now we do, and be warned, it includes demon wings. While what we’ve seen…

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Story Walkthrough

Both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg helped LucasArts craft the story for upcoming Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. The story kicks off, we’re told, the year after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Cover E3 with Kotaku

It’s the big show. Gaming nirvana. E3 has in the past been the place for gaming news and this year is shaping up to be a doozie. In the midst of planning our coverage I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone come along who could offer a unique perspective? Maybe a reader who…

Latest Mx Vs. ATV Gives You Control of the Rider

In MX vs. ATV Reflex, due out this holiday, gamers will have separate control of the rider and the vehicle in a terrain-deforming world sporting a new physics engine, THQ announced today. In Reflex, gamers will control the vehicle with one thumbstick and the rider with another, according to the press release. The game will…

NCsoft Shifts NC West Leadership to Korea

Korea-based MMO developer NCsoft has appointed their chief financial officer, Jaeho Lee, as the new CEO of NCsoft West, the company’s recently formed European and North American subsidiary. NCsoft West was formed last September, unifying NC Interactive, NC Europe, NC Austin and ArenaNet under one group based in Seattle. Lee is replacing Chris Chung, who…

Carpet Versus Dogs: FIGHT!

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Hardwood Floors Vs. Carpeting FIGHT! I’m on the line about the whole carpet/hardwood floors thing too. On the one hand carpets feel nice on your feet, back, head, whatever happens to hit the floor quickly. On the other hand they aren’t just dust magnets, they’re also germ, stain, fluid magnets…

Bionic Commando’s Giant 360 Box of Schwag

With Bionic Commando due to hit consoles next week and Capcom trying to maintain their absurdly high standard of schwag, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when this arrived in the mail. Inside was a cornucopia of Bionic Commando goodies including an action figure, polo, poster, lanyards and the swankiest USB drive I’ve ever…

One World Record, 500 Pounds of Quarters

Steve Wiebe, famed King of Kong underdog, just got 500 more pounds of incentive. UGO is reporting that Stride Gum is offering the one-time Donkey Kong champ $10,001 in quarter if he’s able to beat Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong high score. The current score sits at 1,050,200. “Steve Wiebe is an inspiration to gamers everywhere,…

EA Plans MERCH Attack

Creative Minx Marketing and Electronic Arts penned a deal today to turn a slew of EA games into t-shirts, collectibles, peripherals and accessories. Among the list of games getting future merchandising are The Sims, MySims, Dead Space, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Dante’s Inferno and Army of Two. “Creative Minx is proud to be working…

PETA Targets Ringling Bros. Game

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are at it again, shifting their sights from Cooking Mama to the virtual big top. PETA today launched a campaign to try and put a stop to Take-Two’s Wii game featuring Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, saying that the famed circus is “looking to take…

Apple, Game Devs Prep For New iPhone Update

The week after E3 the iPhone will be getting some pretty major new additions including the ability to sell DLC through the phone and expanded multiplayer support. The new firmware will arrive during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference which kicks off on Monday, June 8 at 10 a.m. with a keynote that may also deliver…

90 Percent Booked

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: I Think I’m Afraid of Heights I’m dong to about a half dozen developers and or publishers who I need to book still. I’m kinda surprised I was able to book our full E3 schedule in essentially two days. It’s tight, but not insane, sort of like every year. With…

Scratch DJ, Activision Set to Do Cash For Code Swap

Scratch DJ Games should be getting the source code for their upcoming DJ sim from 7 Studios tomorrow, but not until the publisher places a bond with the court, according to a 34-page court transcript. Last week a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered that 7 Studios needs to turnover the code for Scratch:…

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Kung Fu Hustle Preview: Do The Hustle

Based on Stephen Chow’s over-the-top martial arts movie Kung Fu Hustle, this free massively multiplayer game hopes to make its money through micro-transactions and its name through casual side-scrolling fights. What Is It? Kung Fu Hustle is based on Stephen Chow’s movie of the same name. In the game you play as a computer nerd…

Dragon Age: Origins Preview: Violence, Lust and Betrayal

Dragon Age: Origins isn’t just a role-playing game, it’s a world of violence, lust and betrayal. Or so says BioWare lead designer Mike Laidlaw who walked us through the game last week at Electronic Arts. Does spicing up an RPG with a trifecta of sins give the game enough to separate it from all of…

Book It

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Where Is My Canned Coffee? Do You Have It? I Think You Do. Trish finally published her book in Amazon’s Kindle store. I talked her into going the digital route, because I think with the increasing pressure agents and book publishers are under, the best way to get any attention…

DC Universe Online Preview: Doomsday Smack Down

DC Universe Online gives gamers a chance to become a super hero or villain in a world familiar to any comic book fan. You may not be able to play as Batman and Superman, but that doesn’t mean you won’t see them, talk to them, and maybe even help them at times. What Is It?…