Don’t be surprised if a new Sly Cooper collection, a new Patapon and a not-so-new Twisted Metal game are announced for the PlayStation 3 in the coming weeks. A retail source points to all three titles coming soon. Now, none of that may actually come as a surprise, as it appears that Sony is counting…
EA is hopping onto the 3D bandwagon with Crytek’s upcoming first-person shooter, Crysis 2. The sci-fi shoot ’em up will be playable in stereoscopic 3D on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC when the game ships later this year.
EA is taking its recent hit shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on a tour of Vietnam, launching an expansion named—get this—Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam this winter, just announced at its E3 press conference.
Microsoft is promising 15 games at launch for its new motion controller Kinect, which hits first in North America on November 4. Those games include Sonic Free Riders, Dance Masters, another dance based title and at least four fitness games. Microsoft’s games include Kinectimals and Joy Ride, while third parties kick out their own mini-game…
Microsoft says “We haven’t yet announced pricing details for Kinect,” but retailer GameStop is taking a stab at pricing the new Xbox 360 accessory, putting a $149 USD sticker on pre-orders. The new Xbox 360 bundles may be a better deal. While Kinect by itself may fall under “too much,” if you’re jumping in for…
The new 250GB, Wi-fi included Xbox 360, seen sitting idly by the also new Kinect for Xbox 360, as seen outside Microsoft’s E3 2010 briefing. It’s already on the way to stores.
It’s Xbox 360 E3 liveblog time here in Los Angeles. And you can watch the event live yourself. Look below for all your E3 news needs, as the biggest announcements from Microsoft of the week for Xbox 360 and Kinect go live at 11 a.m. PT. Follow our Kotaku Liveblog: Click to viewE3 2010 –…
Microsoft is holding a pre-E3 event tonight, the “Project Natal” for Xbox 360 Experience, starring the acrobatic elite of Cirque du Soleil and forcing us to don… whatever it is that Deputy Editor Stephen Totilo is wearing right now. Are those choir robes? Some sort of disco Jedi outfits? Is Gallagher going to be there…
Retro Studios, the Austin, Texas based development team responsible for making three Metroid Prime games for Nintendo—and one Metroid Prime compilation—may be ready to reveal its new project, a game reportedly starring Donkey Kong. IGN reports that it has heard “credible” talk about Retro Studios creating a Donkey Kong title for the Wii, which, one…
Today’s the day, party hounds. Kotaku is throwing its annual pre-E3 shindig in downtown LA and here are the details on the when, the where and the how old you have to be. Our brand new location this year is the lovely Broadway Bar in downtown Los Angeles. The festivities, which include boozing and schmoozing,…
Did you miss out on the first printing of our Kotaku-tan tees? Lucky for you, they’re back! Now’s your chance to grab one before we’re sold out again. Meat Bun has restocked in all colors and sizes. [Meat Bun]
Famed video game designer Tomonobu Itagaki and his select group of creative warriors at Valhalla Game Studios are making a new game, Devil’s Third, a hyper-violent shooter for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Valhalla Game Studios is allying with publisher THQ to bring its newest action game to consoles, an original effort that Itagaki…
The team responsible for the bloody action of Ninja Gaiden and the blistering head-to-head combat of the Dead or Alive fighting game series is taking its shot at shooters with Devil’s Third, coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game’s debut trailer gives players a look at Valhalla Game Studios’ stab at multiplayer…
Next week, all eyes will be on E3, as the video game industry blows the doors off the Los Angeles Convention Center with megaton-caliber announcements amid a sea of 3D games and motion control madness. What else will happen? Well, we have our suspicions! Some of those suspicions are all but confirmed, some are rumor,…
The neck-and-neck battle for weekly hardware dominance in Japan is tipped in Sony’s favor this week, with the PSP and PlayStation 3 continuing their reign at the top of the country’s sales charts. As it was in previous weeks, the PSP sits comfortably atop that list, with the PS3 and Wii again battling for second…
Countdown clocks… we love ’em! The makers of Metal Gear Solid, Burnout and Banjo Kazooie all have countdowns ticking away on their respective sites. Sony has one too, less subtly teasing what appears to be a brand new Patapon game. This particular countdown clock teases an impending beta test and appears to feature some hidden…
Dynasty Warriors and Ninja Gaiden publisher Tecmo Koei is bringing Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage, Quantum Theory, Warriors: Legends of Troy, and Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll to E3. Every game but the last is due fall 2010.
The next version of Rock Band is going “Pro,” adding a new keyboard controller, a 102-button, six-string guitar controller and a new cymbal add-on for the game’s drum controller. How much will Pros have to pay to play? Peripheral maker Mad Catz revealed the pricing of its new Rock Band 3 controllers today, the ones…
Infinity Ward provides an ETA for Modern Warfare 2‘s second map pack. PlayStation 3 owners get the “Resurgence Pack” on July 6 in the US, the next day in Europe. PC gamers worldwide get it July 6. Hoorah!
I’ll be pulling off wheelies and spectacular jumps in the similarly spectacular stunt ’em up Joe Danger on my PlayStation 3 this weekend. I need some lighthearted motorcycle stuntin’ right about now. It’s not so much a weekend as it is a Saturday here at Kotaku Towers. Sunday means E3 officially starts for us, with…
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