Just when you think that Assassin’s Creed II is going to feature throat-slitting violence and fountains of blood in a family friendly manner, Ubisoft crosses the line by putting “strong sexual overtones,” as thoroughly described by the ESRB. The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has issued the Assassin’s Creed sequel a “Mature” rating, pointing out the…
A morbid scene from First4Figures’ Zora and Goron Tunic Link assembly line.
Left 4 Dead 2 fans with two or more fingers and access to a camera will be delighted to learn that Valve is issuing a sequel to the Left 4 Dead-themed contest it ran last year, now with improved prizes. The “Dude, Where’s My Thumb 2” contest rules are pretty simple. Take a photo of…
Arc System Works’ BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is getting downsized for a release on the PSP next year and Famitsu.com has first shots of game in lower resolution action. Dubbed BlazBlue Portable, the PSP edition of the 2D fighting game runs mostly feature-for-feature with its arcade and console counterparts, but adds a few new modes to…
Club Nintendo of Japan is offering a new present to its Nintendo-loving fan base, announcing Wii de Ultrahand for WiiWare. The two-player Wii game is based on the Ultrahand toy released by Nintendo in 1966. The Club Nintendo present, currently announced only for Japanese customers, will set members back a mere 50 points. What they’ll…
PC gamers choosing to get their Modern Warfare 2 fix through Steam were expecting to have to wait until November the 12th to fight the global virtual war on terror. As of right now, they’ll wait a little less. While the Steam release of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is bizarrely being held…
Electronic Arts announced yesterday it would be eliminating 1,500 jobs, cutting a dozen in-development games and closing “several facilities.” According to multiple sources, those cutbacks include studios like Pandemic, Maxis and nearly the entire Command & Conquer team. Sources tell Kotaku that the team working on Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was warned of…
Rockstar Games’ downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV look to be making the platform jump from Xbox 360 to Games For Windows Live, giving PC gamers a chance to experience The Lost And Damned. Grand Theft Auto fan site GTA4.net spotted the five Games For Windows Live Achievements specific to Rockstars’ first downloadable episode,…
Sergeant Gary “Roach” Sanderson answers the call of duty in the highly charged Modern Warfare 2, developer Infinity Ward’s immediate successor to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Modern Warfare 2’s single-player campaign picks up five years after the events of the previous game, telling the bloody story of a new conflict between multinational military…
This Friday, North American Final Fantasy fans will want to pay close attention to Square Enix, as the company promises “a FINAL FANTASY XIII announcement you won’t want to miss!” Yes, as the Final Fantasy faithful have likely already predicted, this Friday, November 13, Square Enix plans an announcement, announcing that announcement of announcements on…
This morning, when I jumped back into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, over 37,000 Xbox Live gamers were there to join me, laughing in the face of the outmoded concept of “street dates.” How’s it looking now? About double that, as our European friends join in the fray, helping to bring the current…
Electronic Arts will be revealing its plans to “revitalize” its more successful “core IP”—specifically the Medal of Honor series—in the coming months, EA Games label president Frank Gibeau said today. The currently dormant Medal of Honor series—the most recent entries, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Medal of Honor: Vanguard and Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, were…
The sixth circle of Dante Alighieri’s version of Hell, also the sixth level of EA’s Dante’s Inferno does not sound like a nice place. A bit balmy, what will all the hellfire and such. Of the levels we’ve seen thus far in Visceral Games‘ journey to hell, Heresy looks the most Hell-ish. Like, how I…
Skateboard controllers aren’t born of the brilliance of executives and market research firms. No, like the Tony Hawk Ride skateboard controller seen in the above video, they’re the product of inanimate objects having sex with each other. Or, so the above video, a Tony Hawk Ride “love story” would lead us to believe. Just a…
Gearbox Software’s Borderlands will expand its borders on November 24, with the release of The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the game’s previously announced downloadable expansion, the one that puts a little check mark in the now-obligatory “Has zombies.” box. The first in a series of downloadable content packs for the multi-platform game will arrive…
Electronic Arts has taken the ax to hundreds of employees at locations in Burnaby, Orlando and San Francisco today, according to chatter from former EA employees, issuing layoffs the same day it confirms a buyout of social gaming publisher Playfish. Said to be affected are EA’s Tiburon and Black Box studios, located in Orlando, Florida…
Eidos sequel to the 2007’s Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, likely titled Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days and likely teased in this fascinating but brief video, may be giving your eyeballs more Kane and Lynch than you bargained for. According to a potentially spoiler-filled e-mail—yes, spoiler alert in effect!—from a regularly reliable tipster, Messrs.…
Midway’s seminal twin-stick shooter Smash TV, the bloody, futuristic game show arcade game of yore, may be getting a proper update from Midway. And the guy saying that’s in a position to know. Mark Turmell, programmer on the original Smash TV and its spin-off Total Carnage, says on the RetroGaming with Racketboy podcast that Midway,…
Wii game Wiiwaa, highlighted earlier this week, is all about puppet-waggling, a concept from Sweden’s Zoink Games. If you caught the previous video, involving sticking Wii Remotes in private puppet places, note that this one is easier to swallow. Like we said last time, Wiiwaa looks interesting as a concept—at the very least from a…
EA Sports may not have the UFC license, but it does have Strikeforce. The publisher of the very descriptively titled EA Sports MMA announced the mixed martial arts promoters as one of the game’s “premier” leagues. Not only is EA Sports getting the Strikeforce brand, it’s getting some of its talent. That includes commentary team…
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