Mike Fahey

Global Agenda: Two Ways To Pay; Two Ways To Play

Hi-Rez Studios has revealed the innovative pricing model for their upcoming persistent-world online shooter Global Agenda, which allows players to choose which type of game they want to play – online shooter, or MMO. Global Agenda is an online shooter that, on the surface, plays a great deal like many other online shooters. You gain…

PSP Launch Brings New Chinatown Wars Social Club Features

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is now out for the PSP, and Rockstar has added new features to the Rockstar Social Club to celebrate the eagerly anticipated release. Today sees the introduction of two new features to the Rockstar Social Club to help players of both the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions of Grand…

Aion Wings It To The Top Of September PC NPDs

The NPD PC charts for September have arrived, bringing with them several new entries amidst the old favorites, with Batman, Champions Online, and Aion slipping into the top 20. Well, Batman: Arkham Asylum slips into the top 20 at least, taking a respectable number 16 position. The two MMO titles more or less storm the…

A New, Improved KORG DS-10

Fans of the KORG DS-10 music creation software for the Nintendo DS will be happy to know that cavia, inc. and Procyon Studio are working hard on an enhanced version, aptly named KORG DS-10 Plus. KORG DS-10 Plus isn’t a sequel, but rather a revamped version of the original application, already released in Japan, with…

Namco Bandai Defies Gravity With Inversion

A cop and his neighbor scour the gravity-twisted, alien-infested streets of their city in search of a missing boy in Inversion, a 3rd person shooter for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from Namco Bandai, The alien Lutadore have invaded the Earth, their gravity-twisting weapons riddling major cities with areas of zero gravity and vector…

World Of Goo Birthday Sale: The Results Are In

2D Boy celebrated the World of Goo’s birthday by allowing folks to pay whatever price they wanted for the PC version of the game, from a penny on up. Let’s see how that worked out. The good news? The World of Goo birthday sale was such a huge success that 2D Boy has extended it…

NCSoft’s Halloween Plans

MMO companies love delving into their bag of tricks for Halloween, and NCsoft is no different, with events planned across all six of its active Western games. NCsoft is operating six games at once? Yes they are, and Halloween is coming to each one of them. The Mad King Thorn returns to Guild Wars, Scarecrow…

Games On Demand: Fist-Bumping, Werehogs, And LA Traffic

Whether you enjoy shooting, driving, or bemoaning the sad decline of a once-beloved franchise, today’s additions to the Xbox 360 Games on Demand lineup have something for you! Three old Xbox 360 titles are made new again this week, thanks to the magic of digital delivery. Today you can download Army of Two, Midnight Club:…

PAX East Tickets Go On Sale

Are you an East Coast gamer tired of watching the West Coast gamers having all the fun? Registration has opened for PAX East, the more sensible version of Penny Arcade’s celebration of games and gaming. After several years’ worth of trial shows in Seattle, the Penny Arcade team is ready for the main event. PAX…

And Then There Was LEGO Queen

Guitarist Brian May may have beat them to the punch, but that won’t stop Warner Bros. Interactive and MTV Games from proudly announcing tiny LEGO versions of super group Queen in LEGO Rock Band. Sure, Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury might have passed, but including a virtual representation of him in LEGO Rock Band is…

Our Hands All Over The Xbox 360 Dashboard Update

In case you missed them earlier today, our own Stephen Totilo spent some time with the preview for the next Xbox 360 Dahboard update, putting Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM, and streaming HD video to the test. Xbox 360 Update Hands-On: Facebook And Twitter Microsoft provided Kotaku with an early version of the November Xbox 360 dashboard…

Feel The Gravity Of Shattered Horizon’s Zero-G Gameplay

Futuremark delivers the first in-game footage of its zero-G multiplayer PC shooter, Shattered Horizon. We all float up there. We’ve seen screenshots of shattered moonscapes and still shots of men in colorful space suits firing weapons at each other, but this is the first we’ve seen of actual zero-G fighting in Shattered Horizon. A terrible…

The Beatles: Rock Band Walks Abbey Road Tomorrow

The first downloadable album for The Beatles: Rock Band hits this week, with the remainder of Abbey Road allowing fans to play the entire 16 minute B-side medley all at once. The Abbey Road Complete the Album pack hits Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, and the Wii this week, finishing off what “Come Together,” “something,”…

Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed

The world’s most powerful collection of video game music remixes has delivered yet another outstanding free fan-made tribute album, as OverClocked ReMix releases Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed. Humans + Gears consists of 33 arrangements of composer Yasunori Mitsuda‘s original score to the 1998 Square Enix game Xenogears from 30 different remix artists. The two-disc…

I Kept Playing — The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction

“I hated level 40,” she said with a sigh. It was the first time we’d spoken in eight years, and she had never forgotten the night I spurned her advances in favor of gaining a level in EverQuest. During the course of my tenure at Kotaku I’ve referenced my days in EverQuest on many occasions,…

Welcome To Halo Waypoint

Microsoft has released a new trailer and screenshots showcasing the Career Mode of Halo Waypoint, Xbox Live’s destination for everything Halo related, launching on November 5th for Xbox Live Gold and Silver subscribers. Yes, Xbox Live Silver subscribers will have access to Halo Waypoint, but only for a limited time. From the November 5th launch…

A Fresh Look At Assassin’s Creed: Lineage

Ubisoft gives us a sneak peek at Assassin’s Creed: Lineage, the short film series prequel to Assassin’s Creed II, launching next week on YouTube. Announced at the San Diego Comic Con earlier this year, Assassin’s Creed: Lineage follows the story of Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, the father of Assassin’s Creed II protagonist Ezio. The first…

Need For Speed: Nitro – So Fast It’s Coming Two Weeks Early

In a fall season filled with game delays, it’s nice to see a release date jump forward a couple weeks, as is the case with Need for Speed: Nitro for the Nintendo Wii and DS. Originally scheduled for a November 17th release in North America, the stylized arcade racing of EA’s Need for Speed: Nitro…

The Nintendo Download: Domo Arigato, LostWinds, Shootanto, Domo Domo, Domo Domo

Nintendo loses more winds this week, and they’re passing the savings on to you before the furry Japanese television mascot Domo completely devours the DSi. It’s a Domo invasion on DSiWare today as five titles starring the adorable whatever the hell it is show up for 200 DSi points apiece. We’ve got your Crash-Course Domo,…

Press Start 2: Your Princess Is In Another Movie

The unapologetically cheesy video game homage film Press Start gets the inevitable sequel next year, as Dark Maze Studios announces the brilliantly named Press Start 2 Continue. I was a big fan of the original Press Start, a direct-to-DVD affair that had a shoestring budget, ridiculous characters, and a great deal of heart. It was…