Mike Fahey, Author at Kotaku

Capcom Struts Its 2009 Lineup

Capcom has an excellent line up of games hitting consoles during the first half of 2009, and they’ve got the Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV-filled press release to prove it. It’s not all about the fifth Resident Evil and the fourth Street Fighter, but those two titles do make up the brunt of…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

GameStop Offering Girlie Mags With Fitness Games

Game Informer gets a little feminine competition as GameStop announces a special promotion that delivers free 12-month subscriptions to popular female-friendly magazines with the purchase of select fitness titles. From now until February 22nd, shoppers that spend more than $34.99 on select fitness-themed products (Wii Fit, My Fitness Coach, etc.) at GameStop will be eligible…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

XBLA Kicks Off The New Year With Interpol

The last few weeks of Xbox Live Arcade games were a boon to the more casual gamer, and the first game of the new year continues the trend with TikiGames’ Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos. Interpol is a puzzle game in which players travel the world, searching amazingly cluttered crime scenes for clues to…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

EVE Online Breaks Concurrent User Record

Five years old and growing! EVE Online celebrated the beginning of the new year by reaching a new record for concurrent users connected to the game, with more than 45,000 players online at once. The exact number is 45,186 users, all going about their business in New Eden. Perhaps not impressive numbers when compared to…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

Xbox’s Best Euro Christmas Ever

Gather round for a rousing bout of back slapping and carousing as the Xbox brand celebrates its best European Christmas season in six years, with 100% growth over last December. The press release is filled with quotes, specifically from the likes of Xbox’s Regional Vice President of Interactive Entertainment Chris Lewis, who could go on…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

Microsoft Wants Radiant Silvergun For XBLA

In an interview with Gamasutra, Treasure CEO Masato Maegawa reveals that Microsoft has requested the classic Saturn shoot-em Radiant Silvergun for Xbox Live Arcade, but Treasure has yet to say yes. Radiant Silvergun is a classic shooter that’s developed a cult following despite the fact that it never saw release here in the states. In…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

Bungie Relaxes Halo 3 Push To Talk Restrictions

And here I thought no one was listening. In Bungie’s latest weekly update Urk reveals that the push to talk feature in Halo 3 is getting a bit less restrictive. Since the game was launched, any player on a team larger than four had to press the d-pad in order to talk during a match.…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

Weekly Wii Update: Kirby And Crab Battles

It’s a brand new year for Nintendo Wii downloadables, and while this week sees only a game a piece released for the Virtual Console and WiiWare, there’s enough Kirby and crab battles for 20 titles. Yes, I said Crab Battles. Today Konami releases Sandy Beach for WiiWare (500 Wii Points), a title that lets you…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

A Field Guide To Second Life Animal Hybrids

As some of you were confused about the difference between what Second Life denizens call furries and what they call nekos, or hybrids, I thought I would take a moment to clear things up. Since the dawn of time, man has had close bonds with the animal kingdom. Many Native American tribes revered animal spirits…

By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2009

Star Trek Online Takes Us To The Year 2383

Cryptic continues to expound on the future history of Star Trek Online, updating their game time line with the year 2383, in which the Romulans continue to fall apart and the Klingons get increasingly pissed. If you’ve not been keeping up with the Star Trek Online time line, Cryptic has been doing an excellent job…