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New Left 4 Dead 2 Poster Needs A Tagline
Valve recently detailed the new downloadable Left 4 Dead 2 campaign, The Passing. It will reunite the heroes of the first game and the sequel. There’s an official poster for it. But without the expected witty tagline. Suggest one, please.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 12, 2010 -
This Post Was Written While It Was Dark Outside
To: Our Man In Japan From: Our Man In New York Re: This Is It Should there be more sunshine? What you may have missed during this very newsy day: Mile Marker 28: Trauma Dev Eyes Call of Duty: World at War for iPhone Married By Master Chief, One Year Later Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note
Danger. You are at risk of discussing January’s U.S. video game sales data without the proper analysis at the ready. Grab a marker and consider scribbling the following cheat-sheet notes on your hand. For the raw data, check out the NPD’s U.S January video game hardware sales and video game software sales. Fact: The PlayStation…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
Alan Wake Slated For May 18, Looks Good
The long-in-development Alan Wake, one of the most enigmatic titles in development for the Xbox 360, will finally be released on May 18, Microsoft announced today. Earlier this week, the game’s developers gave Kotaku a live demonstration. It was impressive. Alan Wake has been in development by Max Payne makers Remedy Entertainment for more than…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
We’re At X10, In The Shadow Of Apple?
Fable III is at X10. Alan Wake is at X10. Bungie is at X10, presumably with you-know-what. And so too is Kotaku. Brian Crecente has just hustled himself into Microsoft’s big 2010 gaming showcase out in San Francisco. He shot me over some photos and notes that the event’s got some signage issues. Outside, you’ve…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
This Time We Mean It: Top Bioshock 2 Dev Takes Your Calls Friday
We at Kotaku now know what it’s like to have a release date slip. Tomorrow, thanks to the melting of yesterday’s New York blizzard, we’ll finally do our live weekly podcast. Bioshock 2’s creative director will take your calls. May I quote my own post from pre-blizzard Monday, back when everything was so much sunnier?…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
Key Bragging Stat: How Your Demo Did
Word just hit from EA that their Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo is “on pace to become the fastest downloaded demo in EA history.” It has been downloaded to Xbox 360s and PS3s more than two million times. In the past week EA has also said that its Dante’s Inferno demo was downloaded three million…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
Married By Master Chief, One Year Later
A year ago, I attended a Halo wedding. It was in Orlando. The bride entered to a live rendition of the Halo 3 menu music. A man dressed as Master Chief married bride and groom. Here’s what happened next. A year past their wedding, Desirai Labrada and John Henry have become an inspiration to the…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
Apparently, Playing Xbox Is Not An Infidelity Solution
A person writes in to UK Daily Star sex advice columnist Just Jane. He’s got some problems. He’s dodging the consequences by playing Xbox. Jane says that’s no good. The problem: He was caught having sex with his boss’ secretary in the boardroom, was fired, can’t get the courage to confess any of this to…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 -
StarCraft II Closed Beta Launches This Month
Finally, for real, the StarCraft II beta is about to begin. Activision Blizzard president Mike Morhaime announced today during a company earnings call that the closed beta of the highly-anticipated real-time strategy game will launch this month. The beta will be offered in North America, Europe, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and, of course, the place…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2010 -
New Tony Hawk, With Board, Is Coming In Late 2010
Activision Blizzard isn’t going to let poor reviews of Tony Hawk Ride get them down. Sticking to its schedule of annual skateboard releases, the company announced today that it would release a new Tony Hawk game, using the board peripheral. Activision CEO Mike Griffith said in an earnings call today that the new Tony Hawk…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2010 -
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Impressions: The Tougher Battle
If EA wants its upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to begin wresting military first-person shooter dominance away from Modern Warfare, excellence in multiplayer is only one mission objective. How important is the campaign and can it be as good? Yesterday, I played portions of two missions from Bad Company 2’s single-player campaign on an Xbox…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2010 -
Alpha Protocol Impressions: Looks Deceive
Like the spy agent depicts, the espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol is stealthily approaching its release, now slated for early summer. And it’s still a tricky game to size up. A few observations from a recent demonstration of the game: It Doesn’t Look Like A Role-Playing Game: At least the Mass Effect games are science…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2010 -
Reviews
Heavy Rain Review: No Wrong Conclusion
You’re a man trying to rock a baby to sleep. You’re a woman trying to look sexy for a sleaze. Who cares if you’re having fun, as long as you’re interested? You’re playing Heavy Rain, a video game about people. Many years in the making and a successor to what could most kindly be called…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2010 -
Analyst: 15-20 Console Games In 2010 To Be In 3D
Is Avatar-style Sterescoppic 3D going to be big in video games? A report in Consumer Electronics Daily finds few video game publishers ready to sound excited about 3D gaming, except Disney, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t 3D games coming. From the report: Insight Media predicted 15-25 console games will be released in 2010 supporting…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2010 -
Kotaku Programming Reminder: Talk Live With Bioshock 2’s Jordan Thomas On Wednesday
As noted yesterday, Jordan Thomas, creative director of Bioshock 2, will be our guest on tomorrow’s live Kotaku call-in podcast. Show time’s 11am MT, 1pm ET. Call-in and listening details will be live on the site at show time.
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2010 -
The Daddening Of Video Games
I can buy video game’s depiction of intergalactic war, sure. Gaming portrayals of romance are a tougher sell. But there’s another kind of love that’s suddenly popular in games and is being done well: The love of being a dad. I write this article from the disadvantaged position of being married and not being a…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2010
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