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Sega Doesn’t Want Sub-par Sonic Games On Shelves Anymore
With Sonic Colors coming later this year and actually looking pretty damn good, Sega’s top men say they want to get Sonic the Hedgehog’s recent misfires off store shelves, part of an effort to “increase the value of the brand.” Jurgen Post, Sega senior VP of Euroep, Middle East and Africa, tells MCV that the…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 7, 2010 -
Too Human Creators Heading X-Men Destiny Development
Silicon Knights, the Canadian studio famous for its work on Too Human, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness, is the studio behind Activision’s recently announced game for Marvel, X-Men Destiny. X-Men Destiny was announced earlier today as a superhero game that puts players in the role of “new mutant recruits in a rich,…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 7, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: ‘The Sacrifice’ For Left 4 Dead & Left 4 Dead 2
The original beloved Survivors from Valve’s zombie-packed shooter, Left 4 Dead, return for another dramatic, bloody and brief adventure in “The Sacrifice,” the add-on that’s playable in both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 The expansion adds three new chapters, events set immediately before “The Passing,” to the original Left 4 Dead. It…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
Demon’s Souls Celebrates Its Birthday With A Black & White Affair
Atlus USA is celebrating one year of Demon’s Souls today—the “biggest success” in the publisher’s two decade history—giving devotees of the dark, dismal role-playing game a pair of World Tendency events to enjoy and/or suffer through. Starting today, Demon’s Souls first birthday in North America, the Kingdom of Boletaria is going “pure white,” which players…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
New Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Trailer Is Full of Clones
Click to viewWith just a few weeks to go until Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II hits the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC, you might be wondering what’s up with Starkiller and his master, Darth Vader, these days. Lots of complicated cloning problems, is what, a sensitive area which the new trailer for…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
Let The Call of Duty: Black Ops Ad Blitz Begin
Brace yourself for the Black Ops invasion. Billboards for Activision and Treyarch’s next Call of Duty game are already taking over Times Square, just the beginning of the publisher’s “biggest investment” ever made in the launch of a title, according to big boss Bobby Kotick.
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
Final Fantasy Meets The Jersey Shore: We Got A Situation
Click to viewGrenades, GTL, The Situation, Snooki, pickles… who knew these Jersey Shore memes and mainstays could be transformed so magically into a role-playing game? College Humor, apparently, creators of The Jersey Shore RPG. Even if you’re not intimately familiar with the inner workings of MTV’s reality trainwreck, almost any fan of the Final Fantasy…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
Report: Halo Movie Might Happen With Spielberg, But In An Unexpected Way
Microsoft’s “on hold” plans for a Halo film series may be back on again, with Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Pictures “renewing its efforts to obtain the rights and revive the project,” according to a new report. NY Mag’s entertainment column, Vulture, cites “insiders” in a report that claims DreamWorks is “focusing on using novelizations of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
Before Mario, Before Jumpman, There Was ‘Ossan’
You know Mario. Everyone knows Mario. Perhaps you even knew him once as Jumpman, the hero of Donkey Kong, before he was properly named. Maybe you even knew him as Mr. Video. But Mario was once known by another name. Ossan was the original name of Nintendo’s famous mascot, says Hiroshi Imanishi, former director and…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
What Do You Want To Know About Castlevania: Lords of Shadow?
Konami’s new take on the Castlevania franchise has arrived. We’re now in the process of reviewing developer Mercury Steam and Kojima Productions’ new action-adventure game and want to know what you want to know about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. In an effort to ensure that Kotaku’s reviews are better informing you about the content, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
Left 4 Dead ‘The Sacrifice’ Visual Guide
The cinematic trailer for The Sacrifice add-on offers a preview of some of the expansion’s key battles and dramatic events. Gameplay of the opening level in The Sacrifice, as seen on YouTube. The original trailer for Left 4 Dead 2. You won’t see any of these folks in The Sacrifice, but you will see those…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010 -
Dream Club For Xbox 360 Destroys Subtlety With Hostess Sausage Feeding
D3 Publisher is bringing more hostess dating simulation to the Xbox 360 (in Japan) with Dream Club Zero later this year, adding the option to feed nubile, doe-eyed girls sausages. We’d expect nothing less from Oneechanbara developer Tamsoft. Kudos to them.
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
It’s The Quiet Storm…
This edition of our nightly off-topic thread isn’t just for lovers. It’s for everyone. So curl up with that mouse, keyboard and the “Share” button, and let’s feel the romance with a… [soft thunder] Kotaku quiet storm. [sound of rain drizzling] It’s cold out there, isn’t it? Why don’t you join us by the fire…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
Seriously. This Should Be Illegal. Part II.
I don’t want to tell you how to spend your money, but don’t ever spend thirty bucks of it paying someone else to upgrade the firmware on your PlayStation 3. (I’ll show you how to do it for free!) One Best Buy in Staten Island, New York is offering Geek Squad services to upgrade the…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 For iPhone Looks Mostly Great
Did the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 slip your mind? It’s coming this week, landing first on the iPhone before sprinting its way to the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. If you simply can’t wait for the console versions of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I to arrive, starting next Monday, the iPhone…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
PlayStation Store Update: Deadliest Warrior, Lords of Shadow, Ultimate Alien
What game is the best of the best in this week’s North American PlayStation Store update? There’s plenty to choose from in this week’s new batch of additions to Sony’s PlayStation Network. Which will you choose? Alien Breed: Impact, Deadliest Warrior: The Game and Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction lead the list of new…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
This Custom Scott Pilgrim NES Blu-ray Case Deserves To Be Official
Edgar Wright’s adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on November 9, but sadly not in this fantastic fan-made case that accurately apes NES boxes (and cartridges) of old. A seriously talented Scott Pilgrim fan sent word and photos of the Nintendo-themed throwback to Wright, explaining “I had originally intended…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
Halo: Reach Gets First Playlist Update, Campaign Matchmaking Due Soon
Developer Bungie has deployed the first playlist update for Halo: Reach, bringing with it a long, long list of changes and tweaks to multiplayer maps, game types and playlists, with the promise of more updates to come. The most pressing of those Halo: Reach updates is the soon-to-be-released campaign matchmaking patch, which the Halo developer…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Demo Coming Soon
LucasArts will give Star Wars fans a taste of Starkiller’s wet-n-wild adventures on Kamino next week, with the release of the The Force Unleashed II demo. Double your lightsaber pleasure on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on October 12.
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010 -
The Next Gundam Beat ’em Up Now Looks Like A Cartoon
Namco Bandai’s next game built on the success of its Dynasty Warriors series and the Gundam franchise drops the series previous look for something more anime-inspired. This is what Gundam Musou 3 will look like. The series that many of us know as Dynasty Warriors: Gundam is getting a cel-shaded sprucing up for the third…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2010
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