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From Gears To Deals To Games On Demand, This Is Xbox Live For April
April is shaping up to be a big one for Xbox 360 owners, especially if they like getting their hands on Gears of War 3 early. That multiplayer beta leads a long list of content that Microsoft confirmed for April today, from Xbox Live Arcade games to deals on tons of other stuff. If you’ve…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 12, 2011 -
PlayStation Store Update: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, Steel Rain and the Gun Sonata Arrive
Well this is certainly an exciting week for PlayStation 3 owners. Not only is tasty puzzle-RPG Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes finally here in high-definition, new add-ons for Bulletstorm, Killzone 3, and Super Stardust HD have also flooded the North American PlayStation Store. There’s also Dungeon Hunter: Alliance and demos for Swarm and Clash…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 12, 2011 -
More Talk Of Portal 2 Arriving Early As GLaDOS Invades Bit.Trip Beat
Could Valve actually release Portal 2 ahead of schedule, forcing us to rethink the properties of the universal constant known as Valve Time? Because the developer of Bit.Trip Beat, one of the title participating in Valve’s Potato Sack Pack offer and its associated alternate reality game, are hinting at that very thing. Gaijin Games just…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 12, 2011 -
Sega Says It Had Streets of Rage Remake Pulled To ‘Protect Our Intellectual Property Rights’
The fan-made Streets of Rage homage released earlier this month after eight years in the making was recently pulled at the request of Sega. The original maker of the 16-bit Streets of Rage games says it took action to “protect our intellectual property rights.” Sega’s full statement is here
By Michael McWhertor Published April 12, 2011 -
Ubisoft Tries Motion Controlled Fighting Again With Kinect’s PowerUP Heroes
Your Xbox Live avatars can engage in mortal combat with the Kinect powered PowerUP Heroes, scheduled to brawl on the Xbox 360 this June. Along with the announcement, in Ubisoft’s trademark oddball style, comes a deliciously goofy live action trailer for the game. Ubisoft calls PowerUP Heroes “the ultimate super power-infused full-body fighting game for…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 12, 2011 -
See The New SSX In Action, Feel A Little Better
After a less than thrilling debut, EA appears to have taken the new SSX in the direction many of us were originally hoping for—by making it look like an SSX game. Yes, this is one of those “developer diary” type videos, but there’s some good stuff buried within. We get to see some of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
Disco Ball Sonya Blade
Greetings, Kotaku readers, and welcome to another week of pure work fun. My week started off alright with a trip to Beverly Hills to talk to the key players in Mortal Kombat: Legacy. More about that tomorrow, so let’s talk tonight. Seven of Nine was nice enough to do some posing with me at the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
Get Your Brain Trained For Free If You Buy A Kinect This Week At GameStop
Hey, you buying a Kinect this week? Maybe do so at GameStop, because the video game megastore is giving away a freebie if you pick one up soon. Now, before you beat feet to your local GameStop, that game is Body and Brain Connection. That’s the brain and body fitness game that Namco Bandai released…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
Fan-Made Streets Of Rage Remake Pulled After Request From Sega
Streets of Rage Remake, the exhaustive, fan-made homage to the classic Sega Genesis beat ’em up series, looks to have finally gotten the attention of Sega. The creators of that freely distributed Streets of Rage title have pulled the game after a request from Sega. Released last week after some eight years in development, creators…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
Our First Look At The New Backbreaker
Backbreaker developer NaturalMotion offered fans of the series a sneak peek at the next installment in the unlicensed football video game, one that takes a different approach that EA Sports’ dominant and NFL backed Madden game. What is it? The developer isn’t talking just yet, but Backbreaker fans are kicking around theories in the game’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
A New Look At The Dark And Lovely Armored Core V
Do you like your giant mech games dark, grainy and gorgeously lit? Then you may want to eyeball these new screens of FromSoftware’s Armored Core V, the next entry in the long-running and prolific series of mech-versus-mech games. And if you’re just realizing now that there is such a thing as Armored Core V—this one’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
The Creator Of The Video Game Cartridge Has Died
Jerry Lawson, the engineer that lead the Fairchild Channel F development team, has died, reports Vintage Computing and Gaming. The Fairchild Channel F became the first cartridge-based video game console when it was released in 1976 and Lawson was instrumental in its design. Lawson, pictured at left, joined Fairchild Semiconductor in 1970, going on to…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
And Now, The Conclusion Of Portal 2: Lab Rat, Valve’s New Digital Comic
The second part of Portal 2‘s digital comic, Lab Rat, is now live at IGN. The comic, which fills in some gaps between Portal and its sequel, shines new light on protagonist Chell and the mysterious Rat Man, and may have some clues for those partaking in Valve’s ongoing ARG
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
Two Hours Worth Of Video Game Fatalities Spills Blood 500 Ways
In advance of the release of the new Mortal Kombat, one YouTube user with some free time on his hands stitched together nearly two hours worth of fatalities and finishing moves from more than two dozen video games for your viewing pleasure. The hits are all here, from many Mortal Kombats to Killer Instinct to…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 11, 2011 -
AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!
Suck it, work week! We just kicked your ass. Time to celebrate with some cold brews, hot pizza and conversation of a still to be determined temperature! That’s right, we got an open thread people, so let’s talk hard!! Ahem, sorry. Got a little carried away there. Anywho, the most interesting thing that happened during…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 8, 2011 -
You Won’t Have To Wait So Long For L.A. Noire‘s Pre-order ‘Bonuses’ To Become DLC
Next week, a trio of Red Dead Redemption‘s pre-order bonuses—the Deadly Assassin Outfit, the Golden Guns Weapon Pack and the War Horse—will finally be made available as downloadable content via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. If you’ve been waiting for those digital rewards, you’ve been waiting for close to year. Rockstar says that won’t happen…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 8, 2011 -
Alice: Madness Returns Returns With Some Very Lovely Images
Spicy Horse’s long-in-the-waiting sequel to 2000’s American McGee’s Alice looks lovelier than ever in a quintet of new images released by Electronic Arts today. See the intricate detail of Alice’s vorpal blade and pepper mill-on-evil teapot action in the gallery above. Alice: Madness Returns comes to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac and PC on…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 8, 2011 -
The Shadow of E3 Looms In The Distance
Famicom Carts | Mint condition Nintendo games from Super Potato, from a long time ago. (Photo: Michael McWhertor) Bedtime Stories The Time Michelle Pfeiffer Healed a Lizard, and Other Ghost Stories from the Filming of Super Mario Bros: The Movie There’s a reason most people remember The Super Mario Bros. Super Show or The Wizard…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 8, 2011 -
You’ve Never Heard A Game Boy Make Music Like This Before
Nintendo’s Game Boy is the instrument of choice for some musicians, due to its charming chiptune sound and the prominence Little Sound Dj. But artist Sebastian Bender has taken a different approach to using the 8-bit handheld as musical maker. Listen as Bender flicks, taps, scratches and drums the body of the Game Boy to…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 8, 2011
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