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PlayStation Europe Product Manager Chimes In On PS3 Cross-Game Chat
PS3 firmware 3.10, announced last night by Sony, does not appear to bring oft-requested cross-game to the console that only does everything. But according to comments from the European version of the PlayStation.blog, it’s too early to give up hope. When asked about the feature, PlayStation Network product manager James Thorpe wrote “I wish I…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 17, 2009 -
EA Talks Command & Conquer’s “New Digital Model,” Medal of Honor “Re-invention”
In a memo to employees today, Nick Earl, EA Games Label senior VP, confirmed the closure of Pandemic Studios LA. He also touched on a new direction for two of its key franchises, Command & Conquer and Medal of Honor. Last week, we reported that the core Command & Conquer team would be let go…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 17, 2009 -
Reviews
Left 4 Dead 2 Review: We Don’t Care How You Did It Up North
Things go south in Valve’s uncharacteristically quick follow up to last year’s cooperative multiplayer shooter Left 4 Dead, as the walking dead creep below the Mason-Dixon line—where four new Survivors, immune to zombie-ism—seek solace from the infected hordes. Left 4 Dead 2 follows the bloody struggle of four random strangers as they fend off new…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 17, 2009 -
PS3 3.10 Update Adds Facebook Features, Fixes Up Friends List
The PlayStation 3 is due for a firmware refresh “soon,” with version 3.10 of the console’s software adding Facebook integration, improved photo browsing and an updated look for the system’s Friends list. Sony’s Facebook integration is the coolest aspect of the forthcoming firmware. It lets users bind their PlayStation Network account to their Facebook account,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Peggle, Peggle Nights Pegged For PlayStation Store Posthaste
PlayStation 3 owners are in for a double shot of Peggle this Thursday. The North American PlayStation Store adds both Peggle and the expansion Peggle Nights, PopCap Games announced today. We expect that Peggle and the darker, no-more-dangerous Peggle Nights for PSN will feature match the PC and Xbox Live Arcade versions, with Challenges, Adventure…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Twisted Metal, Heavenly Sword Action Figures Ship A Little Late
Next year, DC Comics‘ collectible arm DC Direct will ship action figures based on Sony’s Sweet Tooth and Nariko, precisely at the peak of Twisted Metal and Heavenly Sword hype. Alright, alright, so maybe Heavenly Sword will be a nearly three-year-old PlayStation 3 game by the time this Nariko action figure ships next July. But…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Super Mario Galaxy 2 To Be “Really Challenging,” Could Warrant Super Guide
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says that, like the recently released New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the Wii sequel to Super Mario Galaxy will be “a really challenging game.” Does that warrant a little Super Guide-style help? Miyamoto tells the Official Nintendo Magazine of the UK that he “cannot tell” whether the Super Guide’s hand-holding assist…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Europe Didn’t Like America’s Mass Effect 2 Box Art Either
When we posted the North American box art for upcoming sci-fi role-playing game Mass Effect 2, it was given a beating for its visual awfulness by the Kotaku readership. Apparently Europe agrees, choosing a different Mass Effect 2 cover option. Gone is Shepard’s blank stare at the consumer. Retained is ample bosom. Replaced is Shepard’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Sega Kicks Out Bayonetta Demo Early Access Codes
Did you take Sega up on its offer for early access to the Xbox 360 version of the Bayonetta demo? Then you may want to check whatever e-mail alias you gave the publisher. Early access is on. For those of you who may not have gotten one of the reported 40,000 demo slots, take comfort.…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Gyromancer, Diner Dash Spin To XBLA This Week
Square Enix brings Gyromancer to Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, a Puzzle Quest-like puzzle role-playing game that’s built upon the gameplay backbone of PopCap’s Bejeweled Twist. The single-player PRPG will set Xbox Live subscribers back 1200 Microsoft Points, should they care to invest in Gyromancer. If not, your their other option is the ultra-popular Diner…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Band Hero Offers New Ways To Torment Kurt Cobain
Maybe Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash’s respective wills demanded that their spirits live on in the form of a digital Village People cover band, meaning the option to export Band Hero songs into Guitar Hero 5 isn’t totally bad. On the other hand, seeing Cobain, Cash and Muse frontman Matt Bellamy performing “YMCA” or, say,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Call of Duty: World At War Zombies Attack iPhone
Thanks to the iPhone and iPod Touch you need never be away from the mass re-killing of hordes of shuffling, reanimated Nazi soldiers. Call of Duty: World At War: Zombies has been released via the iTunes App Store today. Call of Duty: World At War: Zombies consists, according to the official description, entirely of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2009 -
Meet StarCraft II’s Brutalisk
Blizzard has spawned a new Zerg strain for StarCraft II, the race’s biggest and most brutal, the legendary Brutalisk. So what is this giant monstrosity? And what does it do? Well, as those of you who may have read the spoiler-laden version of our StarCraft II single-player preview may already know, the Brutalisk doesn’t do…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
Expect Fewer “Hero” Games From Activision In 2010
Activision plans on shipping less product into the crowded music game genre next year, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be getting new Guitar Hero, Band Hero and DJ Hero titles in 2010. Dan Rosensweig, CEO of Activision’s Guitar Hero business, tells MCV that we will “probably see fewer SKUs” from the publisher in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
Rumor: First Fallout Online “Project V13” Screen Shots
Interplay’s attempt at a massively-multiplayer online Fallout comes three screen shots closer to reality, if these shots of Project V13, reported to be court submitted evidence of the game, are the real deal. Fallout fan Wikia The Vault believes them to be, writing today that they were acquired from an “anonymous, but reliable source” and…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
Modern Warfare 2: Fight Against Knife Spam
Hi, I’m Kotaku Senior Editor Michael McWhertor and I’m here today to talk to you about something close to my heart: random throwing knives. Have you ever found yourself just walking down the street, minding your own business, when THUNK! you look down and see a balanced throwing knife piercing your esophagus, your aorta rapid-firing…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
Getting Final Fantasy XIII? On 360? Might Want To Get A Twitter Account
Just how excited are you to play Final Fantasy XIII when it ships in North America next March? Enough to sign up for a Twitter account? And to tolerate some disc swapping? Good, because Microsoft and Square Enix are giving away something Final Fantasy XIII related if you’re willing to re-Tweet something on their behalf.…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
Alan Wake Gameplay Comes To In All-New Video
Miss last night’s episode of GameTrailers TV? Then you also missed a bevy of gameplay videos of Remedy’s Alan Wake shouting "Alice!" while Alice shouts "Alan!" followed by Barry shouting "Al! Al!" Oh and there’s so much more. Some of this footage you may have gotten a sneak peek at during this year’s E3, but…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
Mario Goes Round And Round In NASCAR Race
If our glowing review for Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. doesn’t convince you to buy a Wii, perhaps seeing Mario, Luigi and his Toad followers on a NASCAR chassis will! Nintendo and GameStop are co-sponsoring driver Denny Hamlin for this weekend’s Able Body Labor 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, forcing him to drive a New…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
PlayStation 3 Is Japan’s Bestselling Platform
Once again, Sony controls the majority of this week’s Japanese hardware chart, thanks to the company’s four platforms representing. Oh, and the fact that the PlayStation 3 is outselling everything else in Japan. And doing so by a relatively wide margin, as the PS3 outsold the Nintendo DSi by more than 10,000 units, the console’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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