The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony’s own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. When placed side-by-side against some of the current portable gaming competition, the PSP Go illustrates just how different it is from its…
Valve has issued one more update for Team Fortress 2 today, apparently another attempt to bring balance to the method that allows for unlockable weapons and items. Achievement based unlockable items are back. But according to the newest update, those milestone achievements are an “additional way” for Team Fortress 2 players to get newly added…
EGM is dead. Long live EGM! The struggling game magazine that shut down in January after nearly twenty years in print is returning later this year, courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly founder Steve Harris. According to an announcement, Harris has acquired publishing rights and trademarks to EGM, with plans to restart the print publication in…
MTV Games will ring in this year’s Bonnaroo music and arts festival with a batch of downloadable tracks featuring artists from the show. If you’ve ever wanted to jam along with Phish, this one’s for you. A half-dozen tunes will comprise the “Bonnaroo Pack,” due for release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions…
Undertow developer Chair Entertainment has been hard at work on video games based on Orson Scott Card’s Empire novel, the first of which is likely to be the recently trademarked Shadow Complex. Sources claiming to have already played that game told us about their experience with the title, a side-scrolling shooter likened to classics Super…
Buy a PlayStation 3 next week and you might just get a free copy of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu-ray as part of a new bundle for Sony’s console. While not yet officially announced, GameStop locations are receiving copies of the Blu-ray movie based on Final Fantasy VII with instructions…
Yes, LEGO Rock Band is for real. And yes, this alleged E3 trailer is completely in French, which might lead one to believe that somewhere in the European PR pipeline, a leak has sprung. Totally pre-rendered stuff, our first look at LEGO Rock Band in motion via JeuxVideo is as disarming as we’d hoped. Minifigs…
Publisher XSEED has announced its Wii, DS and PSP heavy E3 2009 lineup, taking the opportunity to announce that its bringing Lunar: Silver Star Harmony and Half-Minute Hero to North American PSPs. The recently announced PlayStation Portable remake of Lunar: Silver Star Story will arrive in English this Fall, thanks to XSEED. It’s also bringing…
Me? Probably squat and bupkis, as with the impending arrival of E3 and Sunday’s Kotaku and Meat Bun party, I’ve got my hands full. Crap! And my parents are in town! No games for me. Maybe I’ll be able to sneak in a little Rock Band Unplugged during more private moments, but there’s just too…
E3 2009 is getting a massive dose of Square Enix next week. The company is bringing along a few games you might expect—Final Fantasy XIII, Dissidia Final Fantasy—and some brand new games. That includes the newly announced NIER, a PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 action adventure from developer cavia. According to official Square Enix word,…
LittleBigPlanet creators Media Molecule are teasing two new enticing additions to the decorative Sackboy (and Sackgirl) lineup with a new Ico themed teaser image. Happy coincidence, or telling of Team Ico announcements? A full-size version of the Ico LittleBigPlanet mash up is available at fan site LittleBigPlanet Central. And yes, it’s legit, as confirmed by…
Kotaku’s annual pre-E3 party is happening this Sunday, giving you a chance to buy those shots you owe me, rub elbows with fellow Kotaku readers, and drunkenly hit on video game PR reps. Good times. Yes, the Kotaku crew is once again heading to the lovely and historic Golden Gopher in downtown Los Angeles for…
Minor fluctuations in the currently tepid Japanese console race don’t make this week’s Media Create chart all that exciting, to be honest. A slightly slinking PlayStation presence and marginally expanded Nintendo one isn’t exactly thrilling. But neither was the software contest, which saw a pair of Nintendo DS titles beating out the Japanese release of…
Publisher Namco Bandai doesn’t seem quite ready to reveal its entire E3 lineup for 2009, but it has let us know which of its games are definitely going to be there. Any surprises? No, silly. Why would there be surprises in a partially-revealed lineup of games that Namco Bandai is showing off at E3? It’s…
Namco Bandai and tri-Crescendo’s role-playing game Fragile is coming to North American Wiis later this year, thanks to publisher XSEED. If you were a fan of Baten Kaitos or Eternal Sonata, this one’s for you. According to IGN, XSEED has picked up Namco Bandai of America’s publishing slack, with Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon…
MTV Games and Harmonix’s Rock Band is getting a little heavier the week after E3, as the game’s community ‘zine has revealed that a dozen new Iron Maiden tracks will be released as downloadable content. The Iron Maiden track pack brings 12 classic tracks and new live concert performances to Rock Band and Rock Band…
The transition to new, higher-definition 2D sprites in The King of Fighters XII didn’t just happen overnight. SNK Playmore illustrates why that process has taken so long with its animation showcase, “2D Dot Gallery.” Five of The King of Fighters XII‘s characters get the showcase treatment, letting fans peruse each frame of three animation sequences,…
Rockstar San Diego’s sequel to Red Dead Revolver has been a long time coming, with the original released in 2004 and a current-gen follow-up teased via video at Sony’s E3 2005 press conference. That four-year-old teaser for what is now called Red Dead Redemption is hardly indicative of what the final product plans to offer.…
Bankrupt game publisher Midway has today “established the timeline” for selling of its assets, studios and intellectual property to the highest bidder, meaning that Smash TV and Joust could be yours… for the right price. Midway already has a $33 million offer from Warner Bros. to acquire a good deal of the company’s goods, including…
While BioWare’s Mass Effect didn’t score top placement in this week’s Japanese software sales chart—Sloane to MacHale: Nazo no Monogatari did—it had a pretty damn good showing, considering the platform’s last place position. Mass Effect‘s first week sales were a solid, if not spectacular 18,000, making it the third bestselling game in Japan, according to…
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