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Weekly Wii Update – Mercs Get Lit
It’s Monday morning, and despite Fahey’s mini-cation from Kotaku Tower, the Nintendo Wii truck just dropped its weekly goods on our doorstep. I caught a glimpse of puzzles and Mercs before staggering up stairs. WiiWare title LIT, but Wayforward Technologies, offers a single-player horror puzzle game for 800 Wii Points. Dark creatures have taken over…
By Brian Crecente Published February 9, 2009 -
Silicon Knights Hires Bean Counter as VP, Has Him Hand Out Swords
Too Human developer Silicon Knights hired Michael Mays, a “skilled financier” with nearly 20 years financial experience, as their new vice president. Mays will work closely with Denis Dyack to “to drive the company forward by fostering continual growth for Silicon Knights, as well as the games industry in Ontario and the Niagara Region. ”…
By Brian Crecente Published February 9, 2009 -
XIII The TV Movie Airing Now
Well it is if you live in the Kotaku time zone at least. XIII: The Conspiracy, the two-part TV mini-series based on the comic later turned into a video game, was first aired in France last October. But this is its first airing in the U.S. The two-parter stars Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff. My…
By Brian Crecente Published February 8, 2009 -
Reportage
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Good Night Baby Milk Barf And Snoring 5 Year-Old So today was slightly, just slightly more hectic than usual. Fahey was out on vacation. The New York Comic Con was busy churning out screens, videos, news and impressions. I had to finish playing around with, what turned out to be,…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Electronic Arts Won’t Run From Risk
Despite the cuts, despite the layoffs, despite the economic apocalypse, Electronic Arts will continue to take chances with its upcoming games. That was the message Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello delivered to the more than 9,000 employees earlier this week at the company’s annual town hall meeting. The company-wide meeting came just a day after…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Trailers
With Ubisoft’s flight sim with an arcade-twist nearing release, the publisher is starting to roll out videos showing off a bit more of the game’s details. Like the experience system, seen in the vid above, and the cockpit view, seen below.
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
F.E.A.R. 2: Fear Alma Again
Some titles may be trying to rework how people are scared in a video game, others, others are just fine with the classic scares. Judging by this short look at F.E.A.R. 2, it looks like it’s more of the latter. Don’t forget, boys and girls, you need to be 18 or older to watch the…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Could This Be Dead Rising 2?
This just popped up all over the net. Our take? Too slick, too inside to not be a real, brief, tantalizing taste of Dead Rising 2. The setting, a zombie-filled casino, certainly jibes with info we heard last Summer about the Las Vegas setting of Dead Rising 2, rumored to be in development at The…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Resident Evil 5 Preview: A Building Sense of Dread
It only took one and a half chapters of Resident Evil 5 to convince me that everything I thought about the game, everything I disliked was totally off base. What It Is Resident Evil 5 is, more than anything else, an evolution of a franchise once rooted in the survival horror genre. Spoken or not,…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
People Try Harder When Gaming Against Humans
A recent study on brain patterns shows that people who think they are playing against real people try harder, then when they believe they are playing against computers. Granted the study used gambling games to monitor brain activity, but I think it could also offer some interesting insight into what motivates video gamers as well.…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Wii-Sporting, Foot-Pedaless Foot Pedal Hits The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe has a short but sweet piece in their paper today about the man behind the Nintendo Wii hack that turns a remote into a wireless foot pedal of sorts. Rob Morris’ Wii hack for his guitar gets quite a bit of play in Marros’ Boston band Vivian Darkbloom, the Globe reports. Morris…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Funniest MoCap Features Stinger, Unfortunate Crickets
I have to admit, when the words motion and capture cross in front of my eyes, I sort of pass out a little on the inside. But this one woke me right up. OK, so it’s animated, but it’s also pretty damn funny.
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Booth Babes Get Their Own Calendar
Earlier this month Yvonna Lynn contacted me about her modeling company Charisma +2 Models. Charisma is a company that specializes in providing models for gaming events who know their way around video games. It’s a smart idea that seems to be doing quite well at shows like the Tokyo Game Show. She said she sent…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
U.S. Army Now In on Zombie Invasion of Best Buy
Best Buy’s zombie-packed Resident Evil 5 launch event will be getting some help from the U.S. Army which will be on hand with M16’s for a “staged event”, we’re told. Earlier this week we reported that the Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Best Buy would be holding a special Resident Evil 5 premiere event for the launch of…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
Colbert Jams with Congressman on Rock Band
What’s creepier than a stalker song as song by Stephen Colbert? Colbert singing his epic Charlene (I’m Right Behind You), with freshman congressman Jason Chaffetz playing back up, that’s what. And all that plunking you hear pocking Colbert’s velvet voice? That would be Chaffetz bombing in Rock Band. He landed a 24 percent. Booooo! Watch…
By Brian Crecente Published February 6, 2009 -
New York Comic Con and Previews
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Time To Get Excited For Valentine’s Day! New York Comic Con doesn’t technically start until Friday for us, but we went to Activision’s event tonight to check out a slew of their games. Hopefully those impressions will be going up tonight or tomorrow. Then we have Friday, Saturday and Sunday…
By Brian Crecente Published February 5, 2009 -
The Punisher: No Mercy Hits PSN This Spring
Zen Studios released a half dozen screens and a trailer today for their upcoming “arena-based” first-person shooter The Punisher: No Mercy. The game is set for a spring release on the PlayStation Network. The online multiplayer shooter runs on the Unreal Engine 3 and allows players to choose from Punisher allies and villains. The areas…
By Brian Crecente Published February 5, 2009 -
LittleBigPlanet’s Co-Creator Speaking at DICE
Alex Evans, co-founder of Media Molecule and co-creator of PS3 gem LittleBigPlanet, will be talking about the design philosophy behind the gamer-drive title at this year’s DICE Summit. “Our take on ‘Creative Gaming’ is that it’s an incredibly broad church, and Little Big Planet represents our particular first take on User Generated Content,” said Alex…
By Brian Crecente Published February 5, 2009
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