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TMNT: Smash-Up Gets A Pair Of Raving Rabbids Cameos
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fighting game from Ubisoft and Game Arts is getting at least two cameo appearances, whether you like it or not. Two pesky rabbids popped up in the Wii fighter at this weekend’s Japan Expo. Expect to see Splinter Rabbid and Raving Rabbid playable, from Splinter Cell and the Rayman spin-off…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
BioWare Sees A Future Of Games Without Combat As The New Shit
Dragon Age and Star Wars: The Old Republic developers BioWare may still rely on hack and slash violence to keep the game-buying masses satisfied, but it also sees the possibility in mass appeal games that don’t rely on combat mechanics. Instead, BioWare creative lead Greg Zeschuk envisions mainstream games driven by story and acting, not…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
GTA: Chinatown Wars Will Be Adults Only In Japan
Rockstar Games‘ littlest entry in the Grand Theft Auto series is heading to Japan this Fall, making the Nintendo DS title the first to be slapped with the adults only Z-rating on the platform. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars‘ 18-and-up rating isn’t anything new for the series. The Japanese software ratings board CERO shows all…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
Hey, It’s Me On The Bonus Round Again
Last week, GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Shane Satterfield, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter and Kotaku’s I talked about the future of video game controls. This week, we do it some more. In part two of our Bonus Round discussion, we chat about the high-definition “Wii Plus,” Project Natal (again), the possibilities for PlayStation Eye, and if the…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
Sony Bringing Ratchet, Clank & Drake To Comic-Con
Heading to the San Diego Comic-Con? We are too! As is Sony, bringing with it the latest and greatest from two of its upcoming PlayStation 3 games, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In time. Sony Computer Entertainment America is holding two invite-only events and promoting two panels, revealing exciting…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
Shadow of Memories Getting PSPorted
Konami’s 2001 PlayStation 2 game Shadow of Memories—we call it Shadow of Destiny ’round these parts—will find new life on the PSP later this year. The time-traveling adventure game will be scaled down to UMD format and ship to Japanese retailers on October 1, the same day the new PSPgo ships to North America and…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
SOCOM 4 Is Apparently “In Development” For PS3
A listing for “SOCOM 4” for the PlayStation 3 at production studio PCB Productions might be a good indicator that somewhere, in some capacity, someone is working on another SOCOM game. Wouldn’t that be surprising? After the listing was dug up by PS3 Center, the digital audio recording facility pulled the SOCOM sequel mention—but not…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
Wii, PS3 Help Japanese Hardware Chart Stay Positive
You know, it wasn’t a bad week for game console sales in Japan, thanks to a little boost in Wii and PlayStation 3 hardware spending. Of course, Nintendo and Sony have software sales to thank for that. Strong sales of Wii Sports Resort helped the Wii get a ten percent bump week-to-week. Don’t be surprised…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
Nintendo’s Electroplankton Returns As DSiWare Download
Bite-sized chunks of Nintendo and Toshio Iwai‘s musical software Electroplankton are coming to DSiWare, with four of those releases hitting Japan this week. Each will feature a specific Electroplankton for Nintendo DSi owners to experiment with. Eventually, Nintendo has plans to release all ten Electroplankton via the DSi download service, doling each out 200 Nintendo…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Most of my weekend will be spent playing a little real-life Tetris, as I attempt to find open slots for all the boxes, furniture and knickknacks still in boxes from the Kotaku Towers West relocation endeavor. First thing I’ll be playing in the virtual world this weekend is the iPhone version of Doom: Resurrection, in…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 3, 2009 -
How To Name A Video Game Studio — And Hopefully Get It Right
The decision to give something a name, whether that be your struggling rock band, your first dog, your only child, or your game development studio is no simple task. For better or worse, you might be stuck with it. Names carry weight. They give a group of people and the products they create an identity.…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 3, 2009 -
Infinite Space Charting Course For Spring Of Next Year
PlatinumGames third title—after MadWorld and Bayonetta—is Infinite Space, the sci-fi role-playing game co-developed by Nude Maker. Long story short, the Nintendo DS RPG now has a North American release window. According to a new trailer for the game, which can be seen here, Infinite Space will grace these shores in Spring of 2010. Yes, that…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
GameStop Out Of Its Ducking Mind With New Wii Bundles
Something is clearly amiss, to put it lightly, at GameStop corporate, as evidenced by the game retailers latest Wii promotional bundles. One comes with a squirt gun, the other with a rubber ducky. You know, for… bathing, maybe? Whether GameStop has simply found itself with a few thousand squirt guns and plastic ducks unexpectedly, or…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2’s Momiji In Action
.html The PlayStation 3 version of Ninja Gaiden II, now with extra Sigma, will feature more than just a playable Ryu Hayabusa. You’ll also play as the anatomically impressive Rachel, a trashier looking Ayane, and the expectedly stacked Momiji. This is Momiji in action, looking far more detailed than her appearance in Ninja Gaiden Dragon…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
Marvelous May Bring Its Wii Games To PS3, Xbox 360
Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment hasn’t seen the success on the Wii that it might have envisioned. Releases like No More Heroes, Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Arc Rise Fantasia haven’t captured the Wii audiences attention just yet. What to do? How about porting some of your Wii misses to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360,…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
Fez To Get Awesome On XBLA “Early 2010”
Polytron’s Fez is coming (finally!) to Xbox Live Arcade next year, the independent developer announced today. Yes, that will be a long wait on top of what seems like an already long wait for the gorgeous puzzle-platformer. Fez, which follows the platform hopping adventures of Gomez, “a 2D man on a voyage of discovery into…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
Valve: Left 4 Dead DLC Announcements Coming Soon
Making good on its intentions to continue supporting the original Left 4 Dead, Valve says that the next batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PC game will be announced sometime this Summer. Excellent! But when will it ship? Announcements of announcements make gamers grumbly too. Whether that announcement of new… something for…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
PlayStation Store Update: Hope You Like The Punisher!
Because the adventures of Frank Castle, better known as The Punisher, is this week’s new playable addition to the PlayStation Store. Not a bad way to start the holiday weekend, but PSP owners get the better end of the deal. That’s because a trio of new downloadable PSP games have been added to the store:…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
Namco Bandai Locks Down Dragon Ball License For America
If you live in the lovely continent of North America, expect all Dragon Ball games you buy (or your parents buy you) over the course of the next five years to have a Namco Bandai label on them. The publisher has secured exclusive rights to the franchise, it announced today, granting it the power to…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009 -
Club Nintendo Elitists Score Prizes Later This Year
If you’ve been diligently registering your Nintendo DS and Wii games with Club Nintendo, enough to receive Gold or Platinum status, you’ll be getting a free gift from the company. When? Some time before January 1, 2010. North American Club Nintendo members of “Elite” standing, like myself, will be notified about the opportunity to claim…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2009
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