The dream of playing Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram for the Xbox 360 as it was intended, with arcade-style twin sticks, may become a reality. While it still sounds unlikely, someone at Sega is exploring it. That’s according to a post from the developers of the Xbox Live Arcade version of Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, by…
The folks at Blockbuster would really appreciate it if you’d pay your overdue late fees, renters. The company has warned it has “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern. Yes, Blockbuster, the 24-year-old chain that rents “more video games than any other company, store-based or online, in the nation,” is in…
Halo fans making the trek to San Diego for this year’s Comic-Con might want to earmark an extra Jackson, as McFarlane Toys will be bringing an exclusive Grifball Spartan action figure to the show. Seen here in Recon armor and in a lovely “safety orange” paint scheme — no batteries required — the Grifball Spartan…
Nintendo may be the console king of the mountain, thanks to its runaway success with the Wii and Nintendo DS. But it wasn’t always so, as Edge Online explores. Before the glory of motion control and touchscreen gameplay reversed Nintendo’s fortunes, it settled for third place in the console wars, delivering the sometimes spectacular, sometimes…
It’s been a while since we’d heard anything new from Gearbox Software on its original open-world sci-fi shooter Borderlands. But 2K Games says the delayed title is “still on the radar” for a 2009 release. That’s according to 2K Games reps who tell CVG the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC game is still on…
Sure, Worms is already out on the PlayStation Store here in North America, but who are we to deny the readership “new” screens of the PlayStation 3 version of Worms. Frankly, we didn’t make a big deal of Worms‘ release on the PlayStation Store, but we’re trying to make it up to Team 17. Besides,…
If there’s one thing Brütal Legend and Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer doesn’t want you spending valuable brain cycles on, it’s the sales figures for video games—especially his own. The Double Fine Productions founder tells MTV Multiplayer that even though sales of last-gen effort Psychonauts didn’t quite line up with its critical reception, things are cool.…
With the PlayStation 3 outselling the Wii in Japan for the month of March, one might think that Nintendo executives are in a panic, concerned this whole motion control thing is a fad. Not so! Nintendo seems rather nonplussed by the monthly change in console domination on its home turf, which by Enterbrain’s figures meant…
War, for Konami, has changed again. The publisher is heading back to the Middle East with Six Days in Fallujah, a new, documentary-style video game set in the Iraq War. According to the Wall Street Journal’s report on the Atomic Games developed title, Six Days in Fallujah will be a commentary-free “game-amentary” that deals with…
Have a Netflix subscription? Are you able to stream “Watch Instantly” movies over the internet? Did you like Dead Space? Did you really like Dead Space? Then this is the post for you! For the Kotaku readership that finds itself in the tiny wedge of the Venn diagram we’re imagining to represent the above market…
Not even the trio of Spongebob Squarepants songs coming to the Rock Band 2 in-game music store for Wii owners can detract from the feel good quality of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing,” arriving on Tuesday. Journey joins a list of new Rock Band 2 tunes that Wii owners can start enjoying on April 7th, a…
The release of Puzzle Quest: Galactrix on Xbox Live Arcade has been a longer time coming than expected. But it certainly isn’t a surprise that D3Publisher’s hexagonal space puzzler joins the Arcade lineup this week. The sequel to Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords—which doesn’t seem to stack up as well as the original—joins the…
.html This week’s episode of GameTrailers TV, now airing one day earlier, will be packed with the game footage exclusives you’ve come to expect… no, demand from Geoff Keighley and crew. That includes our first look at BioShock 2 and its Big Sister in action. Exciting! Joining 2K Games blockbuster hit sequel in the making…
When one thinks of South Central LA and illegal underground street racing, one also thinks “Pizza!” Logically, Rockstar Games and Pizza Hut have partnered to promote Midnight Club: Los Angeles with the power of pie. The Midnight Club: Los Angeles South Central Pizza Hut Showdown will give the budding diabetic an opportunity to enjoy an…
The official Assassin’s Creed web site gives us a brief taste of the second entry in the series and clues us in on when we can expect concrete details on Assassin’s Creed 2—next Thursday. The teaser consists of little more than a short Flash animation, rendered in a hand drawn style noticeably similar to that…
While Harmonix senior designer Dan Teasdale had intentions of talking about LEGO Rock Band during his GDC talk, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: Design Lessons Learned From Rock Band,” that obviously didn’t happen. However, according to a PDF of an earlier version of the designer’s session, the version “sent for speech approval rather than the…
The creator of titles like Virtua Fighter, OutRun and Shenmue has “retired” from his Creative Officer position at Sega of Japan, Sega announced this week. But the company isn’t done with Yu Suzuki just yet. While Sega-Sammy notes that Suzuki has “retired” from his role as Creative Officer of the AM Plus R&D department, he’ll…
*That is, unless you actually attended this year’s Game Developers Conference and the associate Independent Game Festival Awards, because these two skits aired during the ceremony. And they’re quite good. As good as Mega 64’s Metal Gear Solid spoof? That all depends on your point of view. Particularly if you’re a fan of indie gaming.…
Spike TV‘s video game exclusive packed weekly video game show, GameTrailers TV, is getting a slightly more sane time slot and giving you some weekly Geoff Keighley face time an entire day earlier. The show is moving from “Friday nights at 1 AM”—which was technically early Saturday morning at 1 AM—to “Thursday nights at 12:30…
When Activision ships its “best of” Guitar Hero compilation this summer, it will be called Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, not Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits, as previously announced. Why? You got me. Perhaps Activision is saving Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits for yet another installment, as it’s due to run out of Guitar Hero sequel and spin-off…
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