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Crazy Taxi Port Is Faithful But Wider
The revival of Dreamcast favorite Crazy Taxi on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network won’t transform the game significantly. I recently got the quickest of looks at a build of Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast Returns) at a Sega showcase event in Manhattan for upcoming games. It is a port of both the original 1999 arcade game…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Still!
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: When You’re 7 And Have Pocket Change… I was up until 3 a.m. or so this morning working through the copious amounts of video I had captured for use in my Medal of Honor review. But you know that, we were chatting! Sometime early in the morning Tristan stumbled out…
By Brian Crecente Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero Scores A Sweet Transvestite
A trio of Rocky Horror Picture Show tracks are coming to Guitar Hero later this month, giving us an excellent opportunity to post a picture of Tim Curry in lingerie. Not that we need an excuse to post a picture of Tim Curry. Three songs from the cult-classic film will be making their Guitar Hero…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedOld Favorites Return In GoldenEye 007
They can swap out Bonds and update the plot as much as they want, as long as Jaws, Oddjob, and Dr. No are available in GoldenEye: 007’s multiplayer I’m a happy camper. Daniel Craig is my favorite James Bond, but GoldenEye was always about Pierce Brosnan, so I’m a little uneasy about the swap. The…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nick Swardson Is a Friend to Gay Robots and Wheelchair-Bound Cats Alike
Watch him embody the spirit of weird in his brand-new Comedy Central sketch show Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time. Witness him as Lady Gaga’s brother Garry, a cop who shares his sister’s sartorial gene, work the mean streets in lace tranny sleeves. Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time, Comedy Central’s brand-new sketch show starring Nick Swardson (formerly of…
By Gawkercreative Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tony Hawk Developer Robomodo Struck By Layoffs
A mere two weeks before the release of its second game, Tony Hawk: Shred developer Robomodo is hit by layoffs, with sources reporting 30 to 60 jobs being cut due to the loss of the Tony Hawk franchise. Formed in 2008, Robomodo is the Chicago-based development studio that Activision put in charge of the Tony…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mean Marvel Characters Transformed Into Cute Video Game Characters
Marvel’s Super Hero Squad Online is an upcoming MMO for kids, featuring cutesy versions of Marvel characters. At New York Comic-Con, the people behind the game wanted to surprise us, but showing us some of Marvel’s nastiest. Any and every Marvel character can be in this game, one of the game’s developers told an audience…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Capcom’s Fight Club Goes Down South
Capcom has completed testing its Fight Club events in the western and northern U.S. and is ready to bring Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 to where the real fighters live – Atlanta, Georgia. After getting a taste of what Chicago had to offer last month, Capcom takes the Fight Club show down south to my own…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
There Is A Game Inside The Game Of Fable III, And Other Details
Lagging in my awareness of Fable III, I’ve missed a few details. I caught up yesterday and learned new things about Fable III. For those coming to this even later than I am, let me toss in some basics. Fable III. It’s a big Xbox 360 medieval adventure that mixes the feel of Arthurian legend…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt’s Time To Shoot The Bad Guys And Take Their Hats
If Red Dead Redemption had been released on the Super Nintendo, and hadn’t looked like Sunset Riders, it might have looked like this instead. This is Sombreros, a top-down shooter where you shoot Mexicans and collect their hats. It’s even got a “dead-eye” aiming system! You can download it here, if you feel like you…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Jumping Not Mandatory In Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2
First we told you the new Bionic Commando side-scroller adds jumping. Then we praised the jumping. Today, we add: But you don’t have to jump. While showing Kotaku a build of 2011’s Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 last week, a Capcom spokesperson let me know that you don’t need to jump in the new game. You…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
THQ Explores Mind-Body Medicine And Spirituality With Deepak Chopra
Renowned champion of new age spirituality and alternative medicine Dr. Deepak Chopra will soon be reaching a whole new audience, as THQ signs a multi-year licensing agreement to create games based on his teachings. Deepak Chopra is one of the biggest name in spiritual medicine. He’s authored more than 55 books on alternative medicine and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Deserve 200 Points For Looking In The Right Direction
Which actions in video games deserve points? Walking? Looking? Kicking a man off a ledge? Early 2011 first-person shooter Bulletstorm answers these questions. I tried a demo of the game at a showcase for upcoming EA games last week at a nightclub in New York. My findings: You get points for shooting bad guys. You…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Dismisses Fears That Action-Packed Dead Space 2 Won’t Be Scary
The first Dead Space was quiet, too quiet. That, fans have said, is why they like it. That, fans have said, is why they worry a little about the louder, forthcoming sequel. Dead Space 2, we’ve reported before, will make players feel more heroic and powerful than they did in the original 2008 EA space…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedShe’s A Bad Mamma Jamma
It’s day 10 in the McGuire household, Kevin Butler is getting into the peanut butter, and not even vuvuzelas can stop the family’s matron from being one bad mamma jamma in Tiger Woods 11. Reader No Computers In Texas points us towards this latest feat of Kevin Butlery, as Sony’s VP of family showdowns adds…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sweeping World Of Warcraft Class Changes Detailed
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm preparation patch 4.0.1 is bringing significant changes to the way many of the game’s classes function. From the end of Soul Shards to making Death Knights viable tanks, Blizzard outlines some of Cataclysm’s biggest shake-ups. Cataclysm isn’t just transforming the face of Azeroth geographically. Many of the class mechanics players have…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Quake Arena Arcade Classified In Australia
Way back in 2007, Quake Arena was revealed for Xbox Live Arcade. Fast forward to 2010, and the game isn’t out yet. But it might be soonish After making a t-shirt and a gameplay appearance in 2009, Quake Arena Arcade has recently appeared in the Australian Classification Database, which has rated the game ages 15-and-up.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Is a New Breed of Warrior, for a New Breed of Warfare
Want to know how it feels to be a living, breathing instrument of war? Play Medal of Honor—which is in stores now. You’ll step into the boots of a Tier 1 Operator and take the fight to the enemy. Operating under the National Command Authority, a relatively unknown entity of handpicked warriors is called on…
By Gawkercreative Published October 12, 2010
