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UncategorizedMake Way DS, PSP and iPhone, Here Are 10 Windows Phone 7 Games In Action
The $200 Windows Phone 7 telephones launching on November 8 will be a new portable gaming option, the first one compatible with aspects of Xbox Live. Here are eight 10 of the “launch wave” titles. Should Nintendo, Apple and Sony quake? Update: Two games added. A note about the phones in the following videos. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Arc The Lad And Alundra Grace The PlayStation Network
A partnership between MonkeyPaw Games and Gaijinworks results in the PlayStation Network re-release of two of the best games released by Working Designs for the original PlayStation: Arc the Lad and Alundra. Working Designs was a company that championed the release of more obscure Japanese games in North America. Some of the most memorable (and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedEat Them Is Secretly A Great-Looking, Cow-Hating Game
Who is talking about Eat Them, a game that lets you play building-destroying giants who can eat cows and cops? I’d not heard of the game until I saw it recently at a PlayStation showcase. Its art style is unforgettable. Eat Them is an upcoming PlayStation 3 downloadable game from development studio Fluffy Logic, and,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedAge Of Empires Online Explained For You In Video
Back in August we learned that the popular strategy series Age of Empires would return as, oddly, a colorful online game. Odd? Let’s look at 2011’s Age Of Empires Online in action, shot today in Manhattan. A Microsoft representative talked through a demo of the game for Kotaku during a showcase of the company’s upcoming…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: When Sonic Met Ivy
It’s something old, something new, something kiwi and something blue from game industry legend Yuji Naka, as two of his creations meet for the first time in this week’s Nintendo Download. Yuji Naka created Sonic the Hedgehog. More recently he created Ivy the Kiwi. Both of these creations appear in this week’s Nintendo Download, albeit…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedJak Fights In Sly Cooper’s World Thanks To A Game With A New Name
The game formerly known as Heroes on the Move is now PlayStation Move Heroes. It’s still coming the the PlayStation 3 next year, still stars Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, Clank, Sly Cooper and Bentley. Still motion-controlled. Here’s a new level. I shot video of this PlayStation Move Heroes level late last week at a Sony event…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedSonic 4 Has Exclusive Levels For Consoles
This week’s Sonic The Hedgehog 4 for Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is not identical to the iPhone version released last week. The controls are different, as are a couple of levels. This is one of the console-exclusives. I shot this level last week during a Sega showcase. Sonic The Hedgehog 4 is out…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedBlizzCon 2010 Closes Tenaciously
Blizzard couldn’t possibly top the live Ozzy Osbourne concert that closed out BlizzCon 2009, but a concert by Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D comes pretty damn close. As Kotaku’s official envoy to BlizzCon, I’m tingly all over that Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the duo otherwise known as Tenacious D, will be…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Singularity Game Developer Hit with Layoffs
The developer behind Singularity, Wolfenstein and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance was hit with layoffs today, according to sources familiar with Raven Software. About forty people were let go today, according to some of the folks directly effects by the layoffs. Reached for comment this morning, Activision had this to say: “With the recent completion of Singularity,…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Sequel In The Works
With last week’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow pulling in pretty solid reviews, the composer of the game’s score outs a sequel already under construction at developer MercurySteam. Oscar Arujo composed the aggressive soundtrack for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Spanish developer MercurySteam’s 3D take on the long-running Konami franchise. Speaking to Spanish radio, the composer teased…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
LEGO Universe Delivers a Compelling Online Experience
Working on a massively multiplayer online computer game seems akin to mining for gold. Most studios working on these virtual living words of fun and story never strike it rich, some investing so much time and money that when their game fails, so does their studio, tragically, spectacularly. But there’s always World of Warcraft’s successes…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Watch U-verse TV On Your Xbox 360 This Friday
Xbox 360 owners that subscribe to AT&T’s U-verse television service can return one of their set-top boxes this Friday, when the service goes live on Microsoft’s console. Would you pay $99 to turn your 360 into a cable receiver? Last Friday we posted information indicating that the U-verse experience would launch sometime next month. How…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Readies The Sims 3 And More For Windows Phone 7
Continuing its tradition of making a splash whenever a new gaming platform launches, EA is gearing up for the Windows Phone 7 launch with a suite of titles, including The Sims 3. Revealed during the Windows Phone 7 launch event in New York today, the Windows Phone 7 version of The Sims 3 doesn’t look…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedXbox Avatar Editing and Gaming on Windows Phone 7 in Action
Microsoft spent Monday morning walking gathered press through the release dates and details for their Windows Phone 7 phones, due to start hitting in early November. Here’s a look at the gaming they walked us through on the phone.
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Windows Phone 7 Devices Drop In November
The first wave of Windows Phone 7 devices kicks off with the November 8 release of the Samsung Focus in North America, with eight more Xbox Live-ready devices making it to market worldwide in time for the holidays. Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 initiative launches on November 8 in North America with the release of the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Windows Phone 7 Liveblog… What About The Video Games?
Here in Manhattan Microsoft is celebrating Windows Phone 7 as it heads to launch. They invited us because this phone has an Xbox Live connection. Let’s liveblog this, shall we? Also, please check out the exhaustive Windows Phone 7 coverage by our pals at Gizmodo. They have piles of previews of the final hardware.
By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
It Was A Trap, By The Cops!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft So, I went into Osaka City yesterday (fashionable Minami-Horie to be precise!) to pick up a baby present for a friend. I drove, thinking I could pick up the present and hop back into my car. Easy. I pulled into a side-street and turned into another street that sat catty-corner to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Closer Look at the Gritty Batman: Arkham City
Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City takes players into the new maximum security prison for Gotham City’s worst criminals. The sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum is set to hit the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 next fall.
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Poor, Poor Lancia Stratos
The Lancia Stratos was arguably the most beautiful rally car ever. In its rally heyday, it was covered with Alitalia and Castrol stickers. Its heyday is over. Perfect for some otaku to cover it with stickers of visual novel developer Nitroplus. There were only a couple hundred Lancia Stratos cars ever produced. And when this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2010