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Halo 3 ODST Motorcyle Helmet Perfect For Headshot Protection
While our cats have been enjoying the comfort of Halo helmets for years now, the human market is sadly underserved. At least one human will be well protected, thanks to this Halo 3 ODST motorcycle helmet. MotorcyleNews.com has concept shots of the X-Lite X-802 helmet fashioned in the Halo 3 ODST style, set to be…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
We’re going to make it rain bullets at Kotaku Towers West this weekend, playing through both Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, shooting (almost) everything in sight. It may the shootin’-est Saturday and Sunday ever! Being a huge fan of the first Left 4 Dead, I’m dying to stop working…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 -
PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
The Japanese release of Sony’s PSPgo may have been low-key in terms of numbers, but we’re only getting a look at one day of sales of the platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week. Media Create‘s tally of PSPgo sales in Japan was 29,109—about what we were expecting—good enough…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 6, 2009 -
Reviews
Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Review: Hero We Go Again
Developer 5th Cell returns to the world of Drawn To Life with the straightforwardly titled DS adventure Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter, picking up where the first game concluded, with a new brand of evil threatening the adorable Raposa. As in the first Nintendo DS title, Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter asks the…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
Nintendo Talks About Its (Possible) HD Future
When will Nintendo join us in enjoying the clarity of high-definition? While it’s had impressive, money-printing success with the Wii, twice as powerful as any GameCube, it’s going to have to step things up graphically at some point. Right? Nintendo execs were asked when the company plans to make the move to high-definition graphics, joining…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
PlayStation Store Update: Happy Birthday, Sackboy
Celebratory LittleBigPlanet costumes may get the headline in this week’s North American PlayStation Store update, but there’s much, much more to this week’s new batch of digital goodies than just cake and spacesuits. There’s Military Madness, Numblast and a Trine demo for PlayStation 3 owners to enjoy, with a little something for the PSP crowd…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders 4 Times The 1st
Despite the boycotts, despite the un-Valve-like speedy turn around time, despite complaints that Left 4 Dead 2‘s cast of Survivors can’t possibly live up to the first, pre-orders are four times that of the original, says Valve. The developer tells CVG that perception about the sequel seems to have changed since the original E3 2009…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
Guitar Hero, WoW & World At War Give Activision Better Than Expected Q3
Things are lookin’ up for old Activision Blizzard. The publisher announced today that business is good, better than expected, even, resulting in a $755 million quarter for the company. Activision Blizzard had kind words for the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, which apparently many of you bought over the last three months, helping…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
Halo: Reach Beta Shots Sneak Out Of MS HQ [Updated]
Somewhere, somehow, someone managed to get blurry digital camera shots of what appears to be Halo: Reach, Bungie’s next Xbox 360 game then post ’em all of the internet. Those shots appear to have originated from Bungie’s own forums, reposted at Bungie.org and finally at NeoGAF, offering a look at what may be Reach’s arsenal,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
The Incredibly Bizarre Kane & Lynch 2 Teaser
It might be the least graphically impressive video game trailer we’ve ever seen, clearly by design. It might also be the first teaser for Eidos’ sequel to Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. A sequel is certain, reported to have been in development as early as October 2007. The likely name of that sequel, Kane &…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
Bayonetta Brushes Back Pokemon, Tops Japan’s Game Charts
PlatinumGames and Sega’s Bayonetta kicked her way to the top of the Japanese game charts, moving nearly 200,000 copies during week one, making it the country’s bestselling game. So long Pokemons! It was the PlayStation 3 version of Bayonetta, responsible for 135,000 of those copies sold in Japan, that secured the top spot on Media…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
Atlus Brings Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Stateside
Atlus, publishing a Shin Megami Tensei game in North America? I know, I was pretty shocked too to learn that Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, the company’s first-person science fiction RPG, was being localized for a stateside Nintendo DS release. The latest in the SMT series, already released in Japan to favorable reviews—the highest Famitsu-rated…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
I Clothe Gamers
It wasn’t my idea to start a clothing line. It took some convincing, gentle arm-twisting from a friend who often knows me better than I know myself. That coercion worked. We started a business. And I had no idea what I was getting myself into at the time. Looking back, the timing of founding Meat…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 -
New Modern Warfare 2 Trailer: Spoilers, Space & Slim Shady
Still sensitive about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spoilers? Then this explosive new trailer for the game might not be for you. But if you like explosions cued to Eminem songs, you’re gonna love it regardless. Seriously, there are video snippets of just about every major event in the game here, if not every…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 4, 2009 -
New Kids On The Block NES Box Fetches Ridiculous Sum
How much would you pay for this New Kids On The Block sample box for the NES game that was never released? If you’re off your rocker for NKOTB, then surely $589 isn’t too high a price. Or so said box, obviously in terrible shape, commanded when auctioned off on eBay last month. As spotted…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 4, 2009 -
Xbox 360 Owners “Defecting” To PS3 For Sequels?
Multi-platform console gamers may be making the switch to the PlayStation 3 for sequels to games they may have owned on the Xbox 360, analysis from consumer research and consulting firm OTX shows. Gamasutra‘s report on that OTX Gameplan Insight research shows that, for at least two titles, Xbox 360 owners are planning to invest…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 4, 2009 -
The World Series Comes To PlayStation Network
The PlayStation Store’s video delivery side got a shot in the arm this week, thanks to the addition of new watchables from LucasFilm, TNT and more. Also new to the video store is the World Series. Major League Baseball is offering games from the showdown between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, just in…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 4, 2009 -
Smoke Retro With Namco’s Game Zippo Lighters
Namco Bandai‘s Zippo lighters may not hold a candle to similar—okay, far superior—recent combustible offerings from Sega, but if you’re a huge Xevious fan, Banpresto has a lighter for you, buddy. Four Zippos themed on classic Namco properties Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious and Galaxian are yours for the pre-ordering and importing, should you have the…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 4, 2009 -
Wiiwaa Lets Wii Owners Penetrate, Play With Puppets
Swedish game developer Zoink Games presents Wiiwaa, a Wii adventure game “designed around the concept of puppeteering” that’s based around the concept of playing with a stuffed puppet with a Wii Remote jammed inside. Is this for real? Zoink’s trailer of Wiiwaa in action, which largely involves violently shaking a stuffed creature to “explore, jump,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 4, 2009 -
Tekken 6 Update Coming To Combat Online Lag
Namco Bandai has promised that an update to Tekken 6 is en route, one designed to “improve the online game experience,” a common complaint among reviews of the new fighter. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 fighter was knocked for having unforgivable lag in our own Tekken 6 review. And we weren’t the only ones…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 4, 2009
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