Michael McWhertor

Daft Punk To Spin The Deadly Discs Of The Tron 2 Soundtrack

The planned Tron movie sequel (that may to borrow the name of the 2003 video game) has at least one aspect that’s promising—a soundtrack from French electronic duo Daft Punk. While the return to the video game world of Tron—which has been titled both Tron 2.0 and TR2N during its pre-production—is still shrouded in mystery,…

inFamous Charges Onto PlayStation 3s Worldwide In June

Sony has narrowed down the release date for its upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive inFamous, announcing that the game would launch worldwide in June. The game is Sucker Punch Productions first PlayStation 3 release. Its last was way back in September of 2005, the PlayStation 2 game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. Obviously, inFamous is huge…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

After the beat downs I was handed by Street Fighter “honored master” Seth Killian—his official title, I believe—it’s clear I need to re-learn how to play the thing. *dusts off arcade stick* With the PlayStation 3 version of Street Fighter IV arriving at Kotaku Towers West yesterday, I can finally take advantage of my Hori…

EA Getting Getting Into “Visceral Games”?

Electronic Arts may have one more publishing sub-brand up its corporate sleeve, filing trademarks for the name “Visceral Games.” What EA has planned for a possible Visceral brand, we honestly don’t know. But we have guesses! It’s no secret that EA loves to slap carefully market researched labels like “All-Play,” “Freestyle” and “BIG” on its…

PlayStation 3 Outsells Everything Else In Japan Thanks To Yakuza Influence

The PlayStation 3 outsold the Wii and Xbox 360 in Japan this week. It also outsold the Nintendo DSi, PSP, DS Lite and PlayStation 2, not something we’ve seen happen too often. The hardware boost, propelling the PS3 out of its regular fourth place finish, can be chalked up to the release of Yakuza 3…

Ruffian Games Concept Art Doesn’t Exactly Scream Crackdown 2

When Ruffian Games popped onto the scene, forming a new development studio comprised of ex-Crackdown staffers, the assumption was that it was hard at work on Crackdown 2. But this doesn’t look quite like Crackdown. This “goliath” piece just popped up on the Dundee-based developer’s web site, with nary a detail or hint about what…

Dance Dance Revolution Steps Over To iPhone

Konami has served iPhone gamers Dance Dance Revolution S, a portable version of its fancy footwork rhythm game that trades in frantic legwork and perspiration for lots and lots of touchscreen tapping. Gameplay is as straightforward as it gets, requiring players to tap four touchscreen arrows in time as they scroll by to the beat…

GameStop CEO Dooms Amazon’s Used Game Biz To Failure

In a shocking turn of events, GameStop CEO Don Matteo has weighed in on Amazon.com’s new attempts to enter the used video games business, saying that the online retailer has no chance of succeeding. “I give the probability of this working at zero,” DeMatteo told Edge Online, noting that the immediacy of credit and cash…

PlayStation Store Update: The End And The Epilogue

This week’s North American PlayStation Store cannot escape the watch of the Watchmen, as Watchmen: The End Is Nigh joins a handful of Watchmen promo videos, making you that much more Watchmen fatigued. The new Watchmen brawler is hardly the only thing PlayStation Store shoppers have to download this week, with the Prince of Persia…

Next GameTrailers TV Reveals Split Second, New World At War Downloadable Content

While first footage of new downloadable content for Call of Duty: World At War will probably draw the most viewers, it’s the first look at Split Second that makes the next GameTrailers TV enticing. The action racing game from Disney and Pure developers Black Rock Studios is given but a few seconds in the teaser…

Xbox Live Ushering In Weeks Of “Days Of Arcade”

Microsoft is kicking off the sequel to its Xbox Live Summer of Arcade, ushering in a batch of long-promised XBLA titles starting March 18. First up? Hasbro Family Game Night. Boom goes the dynamite! Alright, that may not get many of you as psyched as the impending release of Outrun Online Arcade or Lode Runner,…

BioShock 2 Warns “There’s Something In The Sea”

Take-Two has officially set the BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams hype machine in motion, launching a new teaser web site for the game and plastering viral marketing posters linked to the online marketing effort. There’s not much to see at the “There’s Something In The Sea” site outside of photo of the Big Daddy doll…

Army Of Two: The Sequel Now Officially Teased

EA Montreal is expected to announce the sequel to Army of Two next week, a title that we understand is currently titled Army of Two: The Sequel. In preparation, EA has begun teasing the game. The official Army of Two web site now has the splash image seen above, but little else. The site’s meta…

Yes, Yakuza 3 Is Japan’s Bestselling Game… But What About Halo Wars?

It’s no secret that Sega’s Yakuza 3 (AKA Ryu Ga Gotoku 3) has sold 372,000 copies in its debut week. That’s expected. The Yakuza series does well over there. But what about Halo Wars? Unfortunately, Microsoft did not pull off an upset with Halo Wars as it did with Halo 3, which secured the #1…

A Boy And His Blob Looks Swell In Motion Too

Scans and screen shots may not get the job done, especially when it comes to hand-animated games like the newly announced A Boy And His Blob. Thank goodness new video of the Wii game exists. IGN also has the first interview with the developers of A Boy And His Blob, a quintet of reps from…

Unreal Tournament 3 “Titan Pack” Won’t Be Hitting PS3 Tomorrow

Epic Games has some bad news for Unreal Tournament 3 fans looking forward to new content on their PlayStation 3s. That “Titan Pack” expansion planned to hit the PC and PS3 tomorrow… won’t. Originally timed for tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update, adding new maps, units, vehicles, characters and more, Epic cites unforeseen certification problems. Instead, it…

Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits Lands In June With 48 Songs

While Activision has already made Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits public knowledge, we didn’t know what the publisher considers a “greatest hit.” Turns out its four dozen tracks from Guitar Hero I, II and III. That includes, but is not limited to, (deep breath) “Them Bones” by Alice in Chains, “Killer Queen” by Queen, “Nothin’ But…

Crytek Putting On A Warface?

Crytek, developer of Crysis and Far Cry, has registered trademarks for an upcoming project dubbed Warface. Whether that’s a poorly named sequel to Crysis: Warhead, we don’t really know at this point. All we do know is that Crytek has protected the mark against the typical stuff: computer games software and electronic games, movies, instructional…

Nintendo’s DSi Commercial Explains Why White People Should Want One

With the Nintendo DSi edging closer to release in North America and Europe, good-looking potential customers who wear nothing but white in a hyper-clean utopia must ask themselves "Do I want one?" Nintendo of Europe has done its best to help answer this question, harvesting a crowd of attractive people who wear nothing but pure…

Blizzard Still Working On Diablo II, Wants Your Input

Before Blizzard puts the final touches on Diablo III, which we expect within the next decade or so, it’s patching up Diablo II. And Blizzard wants to know what you want to see addressed. The official Blizzard forums are accepting your brilliant suggestions about what will make Diablo II ver. 1.13 a better experience than…