Brian Crecente

Lit Devs Working on New DSi Game

WayForward, the developers behind Lit and A Boy and His Blob, are working on a puzzle game for the upcoming launch of the DSi. Mighty Flip Champs will be available through the DSi’s download service as a DSiWare game. In the game players control Alta as she warps through a stack of levels filled with…

A Glimpse At The New Game From Castle Crashers Dev

The Behemoth will be unveiling their new game on March 18, the developers said today. The developers behind Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid also said they will be showing a very early version of the game off at the Tokyo Anime Fair on March 20 and 21. Until then they’ve posted this single shot from…

A Sad Passing

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Has Spring Started Yet? Over the weekend I learned that someone I knew from work died as the result of a bicycle accident. James Meadow was a talented, charming writer and a genuinely nice guy. I’d hesitate to call us friends, I didn’t know him that well. But I always…

Stranglehold Getting Movie Treatment

Midway’s John Woo-backed shooter Stranglehold may be turned into a movie, according to Hollywood Reporter. The 2007 video game is a sequel to John Woo’s 1992 Hong Kong action flick, Hard Boiled. The game stars Chow Yun-Fat, who played inspector Tequla Yuen. The video game was the first project the two had collaborated on since…

Castlevania Cake

We don’t really write about cakes that often anymore, but this one is pretty amazing. The sides of the cake show a typical level in the early days of side-scroller Castlevania. Happy birthday Matt!

PC Game Featured in NY Contemporary Art Show

The New York Times has an interesting story up about the art of the computer generation. In it they talk about the opening, next month, of the New Museum of Contemporary Art and how one of the exhibits there will be Flywrench, a sort of puzzle game meets art creation by Mark Essen. The images…

A Closer Look At God of War III

In this pop-up video treatment of the God of War III trailer we get a few new tidbits of information. The trailer was shot in-engine and was edited down to be much less violent than the video game; expect spilled entrails in the game itself. We also learn that God of War III will be…

Killzone 2 Patched

Update 1.20 hit Killzone 2 over the weekend, bringing with it a bunch of stability fixes and some gameplay tweaks. Here’s the breakdown: * Stability issue regarding randomly named games has been resolved. * Stability issue where rapidly tapping (X) causes a crash on spawn-select has been resolved. * Stability issue regarding the Saboteur’s disguise…

Capcom Announcing New Game At RE5 Launch Party

On Thursday the Resident Evil 5 development team will be gathering at the Union Square GameStop in San Francisco to celebrate the game’s release and make some new game announcements, Capcom says. Co-producers Takeuchi and Kawata will be on hand with the motion capture and voice actors who played Chris, Sheva and Josh in the…

Boom Blox Bash Party Trailer

It looks like Boom Blox Bash Party is mostly about new settings for the popular Wii action puzzle game, with levels in space and underwater. I sorta enjoyed the first game, but I’m not sure it was enough to make me want to play the second.

Ten Strange Wii Controllers

PC Mag has a fun rundown of the ten coolest Wii controllers, from scalpels to pom poms and rifles, over on their site. Here’s a look: Thrustmaster Glow Sabre Duo Pack NW What it does: Two 17-inch LED light sabers that house Wii remotes. Price: $25 CTA Digital Maracas for Wii What it does: Colorful,…

Video Games Live Coming to Colorado

Finally! Video Games Live is coming to Colorado. In a sad irony, my Rocky editors told me I could cover it for them when it did. Unfortunately, the paper isn’t around to see that happen. I’m still planning on going to cover it for Kotaku. If you’re in the Colorado area you should try and…

Big Sisters Stalk Onto BioShock 2

A sleek, female version of the lumbering Big Daddy that menaced players in the original BioShock will be featured in the sequel to the well-received shooter, sources tell Kotaku. We’ve heard that this Big Sisters will be an amazonian version of the Big Daddy, wearing similar, though svelter, gear. Earlier this week, the teaser site…

Who Watches the Watchmen?

So this isn’t really a gaming post, but with the Watchmen movie out this weekend and the downloadable game already reviewed, I thought it was relevant enough. Tonight my wife and I are going out for a rare Tristan-free movie night. The question is, should I be taking her to see the Watchmen or is…

iPhone’s App Store Packed With Nearly 6,200 Games

Games make up nearly a quarter of all applications available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, according to mobile analytics site Mobclix. The site shows that there are currently 6,165 games available in the App Store. Of those 1,485 are free and the rest are for purchase. Mobclix also has an interesting breakdown of categories…

A Look at Pure Dev’s Split/Second

GameTrailers TV wasn’t just about Wii hardcore gaming, they also showed us our first real look at Black Rock Studio‘s upcoming racer Split/Second. The game seems to be blending Death Race with Burnout. Instead of weapons, though, the drivers seem to have the ability to trigger things on the enclosed race course like blowing up…

How a Major News Show Blames Crisp’s Death on Pro Gaming

I mentioned earlier this week the CBC’s misguided attempts at laying the blame of Brandon Crisps’ death at the feet of pro-gaming, and not society, his parents or Crisp himself. The segment of Fifth Estate aired last night and is now available to watch on their website. It is as frustrating as you might expect…

The Conduit To Support Wii Speak

In this GameTrailers segment we get to see and hear a bit more about The Conduit and Dead Space: Extraction, both Wii titles for hardcore gamers. Among the new details, The Conduit won’t include MotionPlus, but will use Wii Speak support.

Kotaku Originals: Street Fighting Podcast and The Beatles

Owen may be driving cross country this weekend, but that doesn’t mean you will be left high and dry without a rundown of Kotaku originals. It may have felt like a slow news week, but looking back quite a bit of things shook loose from new BioShock 2 teasers to a Street Fighter Podcast, to…

Rumor-A-Thon

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: “Wondering About The Girls In My Class…” Some interesting leaks are starting to shake loose as we approach the Game Developers Conference. Some new news came out today about Army of Two-Two, and The Beatles: Rock Band. Other tidbits should be hitting over the weekend and tomorrow. Has your rumor…