Mike Fahey

Forza 3 Speeding To 360 This October

The next installment of the popular Forza racing series is heading to the Xbox 360 this fall, with a new engine, a video editor, and more cars than you can shake a stick-shift at. Shipping in October from Turn Ten, Forza 3 will feature a brand-new engine that runs at a sliky-smooth 60 frames-per-second. And…

First Two Modern Warfare 2 Map Packs Timed 360 Exclusives

Revealed at Microsoft’s 2009 E3 press conference, the first two downloadable map packs for Inifinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 will be timed Xbox 360 exclusives. The news was delivered by Microsoft’s John Schappert following a gameplay demonstration of the game involving climbing up the side of an icy mountain, which is perhaps an appropriate parallel…

The Beatles: Rock Band Music And DLC Detailed

New details dropped for The Beatles: Rock Band today at Microsoft’s E3 2009 press conference,a partial song list, Xbox exclusive DLC, and the first downloadable album. The three-part harmony feature debuted as the Harmonix folks took the stage. Three vocal bars scrolled across the top of the screen as they played through “Day Tripper”, just…

LEGO Harry Potter And The Teaser Trailer Of Doom

Here’s the first teaser trailer for LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, to go along with this morning’s official game announcement. I’d like to think that I am a completely grown man and completely immune to the Harry Potter franchise’s mysterious draw, but dammit, that music starts up and I want to start waving my wand…

New And Old Monkey Island Adventures In The Works

The rumors of a remake of the original Monkey Island for Xbox Live Arcade are true, but it gets much better, as LucasArts and Telltale team up to deliver all-new episodic Monkey Island adventures. Starting this July, Telltale will be releasing Tales of Monkey Island, a five-episode monthly adventure game series for the PC and…

Achievements Reveal Halo: Reach, Joy Ride, Shadow Complex, And More

Blank achievement pages at Xbox.com may have outed some of Microsoft’s big game announcements before the press conference has even begun, with Halo: Reach, Joy Ride, Shadow Complex, and more showing up on the page. Credit Xbox360Achievements.Org with discovering the Halo: Reach page on Xbox.com. In the course of keeping abreast of the latest achievement…

Bit Boy!! Covers All The Bits

Why settle for 8-bit or 16-bit retro gameplay when you can run the whole gamut from 4 to 128 in Bplus’ newly announced WiiWare title Bit Boy!! From the creators of Niki – Rock ‘n’ Ball, PLÄTTCHEN – twist ‘n’ paint and Vektor Tank comes Bit Boy, an adventure starring a one-pixel hero Kubi on…

The Nintendo Download: Final Fantasy IV Continues

Thanks so much, Nintendo. You decide to release the sequel to Final Fantasy IV on WiiWare while we’re all stuck at E3? Boulder Dash! In a move that is completely not fair to me in particular, Nintendo has chosen today to release Square Enix’s Final Fantasy IV: The After Years on WiiWare today, while I…

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Please Pardon My Face

Covering E3 2009 became a little bit more difficult for me on Friday, when half of my face suddenly stopped responding to my brain. I was sitting in front of my computer at home around noon Eastern time, typing up the final Robot Wars post, when I blinked, only I didn’t. One moment everything was…

We’ve Entered The Asylum

While it might not be the wisest marketing choice, associating your hotel with an asylum for the criminally insane, the Holiday Inn City Center gets a pass for its convenient access to E3 2009. Our hotel room keys this year are sponsored by Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum. One features the art from the game’s cover,…

Kotaku Robot Wars: The Final Battle

It’s all come down to this. From thirst five robots down to two. Now Xenosaga’s Kos-Mos and Knights of the Old Republic’s HK-47 square off in the final round of the Kotaku Robot Wars. More than just a battle between fictional robots, the Kotaku Robot Wars has been a battle between human intuition and robot…

Tomorrow Is Your Last Day To Not Get BlizzCon Tickets

In case you missed out on the first round of BlizzCon 2009 tickets, make sure you make it to the BlizzCon website tomorrow morning to miss out on that batch as well. Just like the amazing vanishing first batch, the remaining BlizzCon tickets go on sale at 10am Pacific time at BlizzCon.com tomorrow. Hopeful ticket…

Madden NFL 10 Introduces Online Co-op

EA Tiburon has big plans for this year’s installment of Madden, kicking things off with the announcement of online co-operative play – a first in franchise history. For the first time, two players will be able to take their game online together with online co-op play in Madden NFL 10. Team up online with your…

Wolfenstein 3D Coming To PSN And XBLA With A Twist

The original Nazi-killing first-person shooter returns next week, as Activision announces the release date for Wolfenstien 3D for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. All 60 levels of Wolfenstein 3D will be hitting both consoles on June 4th, giving gamers something more constructive to do than refreshing gaming websites for the latest news out…

Robots We Love: Dog

The only thing better than man’s best friend is a giant, robot version of man’s best friend, and that’s why we love Half-Life 2‘s Dog. Dog is the sort of robot that can appeal to both men and women. He’s loveable, fiercely loyal, and downright cute at times, but he’s also capable of tearing open…

LEGO Indy 2 Revisits The Original Trilogy

Since Kingdom of the Crystal Skull barely had enough content for a movie, Traveller’s Tales is including reworked versions of the original trilogy and a level editor in the newly-announced LEGO Indiana Jones 2. LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues isn’t merely a repackaging of the first game with additional content from the fourth…

Lionhead Teases Big News At Microsoft’s E3 Presser

Lionhead will definitely be playing a part in Microsoft’s E3 2009 press conference this Monday, joining the growing horde of game development studios using Twitter for evil teasing purposes. As if all the news slipping out in the days leading up to E3 2009, this year we have to deal with the growing number of…

SOE Pulls The Plug On The Matrix Online

After nearly four years in operation, the machines now greatly outnumber the players and The Matrix Online is no longer necessary. July 31st is the day the machines finally triumph. Sony Online Entertainment has held on to The Matrix Online for far longer than we ever expected they would, but as producer Dan Myers puts…

The Saboteur’s E3 Trailer Shies Away From Nudity

For a game as unashamed about showing female nudity as Pandemic’s The Saboteur, you’d think they wouldn’t feel the need to censor naked artwork in the E3 trailer. Let’s peek behind the blur. As you watch the trailer, you’ll notice two things. First, the game is looking pretty damn fine. Second, there’s blur all over…