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Play Dress Up With Dead Rising 2 DLC
The Dead Rising 2 dress-up fun never stops, as Capcom reveals four themed packs of downloadable content that add new looks and new abilities to Chuck Greene’s arsenal. Capcom is releasing a fresh set of gear for Dead Rising 2’s protagonist on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network every week through November 2, starting with…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo Creators Tease MMO As Their Next Big Thing
Speaking at Game Developers Conference Online 2010, creative director Joe Staten hinted that Bungie’s next project could feature “a world that was always there for you.” Does Bungie have a shooter MMO up its sleeve? Kotaku contributing columnist and Gamasutra news editor Leigh Alexander was in the audience this morning as Bungie’s creative director Joseph…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Free Realms Does The Mac, What About The PlayStation 3?
As Sony Online Entertainment reveals plans to release the free-to-play MMO Free Realms on the Mac later this fall, fans are still wondering what happened to the PlayStation 3 version. We tapped SOE for an update on the console port. Back in 2008 Sony Online Entertainment let the world know that MMOs The Agency, DC…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Where Are You On The 2010 Map Of Online Communities?
Randall Monroe from the webcomic XKCD just released his massive 2010 Map of Online Communities. Can you find Kotaku? Hint: Look for the fish. We had to add the fish ourselves, but since Kotaku is an island nation in the blogosphere, one can assume there would be plenty of fish there anyway. This map is…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedN.O.V.A. 2 Looks Amazing
Here a look at upcoming iPhone game N.O.V.A. 2 in action. The graphics look unbelievable, but I wonder if they’ve tweaked the controls at all. I’m starting to think the auto-fire method is the best way to go on iPhone shooters.
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Blizzcon 2010 Schedule Has Diablo III, No New StarCraft
You can now stare at the Blizzcon 2010 schedule and dream. What will they reveal at the keynote if we got Cataclysm revealed last year? What’s with the Diablo III panels? Where is StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm? This is the official Blizzcon schedule, revealed today for anyone attending the annual convention for all…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
This is your place to talk about video games. Don’t mind the fish. Thanks to reader KindaGamey who is on a roll with these images. You too can have your work featured in Talk Amongst Yourselves. Submit your image to #TAYpics
By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedDead Rising is coming to the iPhone
Dead Rising is headed to the iPhone for the holidays, bringing with it the ability to beat up zombies with a wide assortment of objects, but not, it seems, the ability to separate zombie limb from zombie body. Slide to Play says the game won’t have boss fights, escort missions, photography, costumes or driving vehicles.…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedDead Rising 2 Visual History
Dead Rising: Case Zero introduced gamers not only protagonist Chuck Greene and his cute-as-a-zombie-button daughter, but also the game’s love of alcohol, vomit and funny, but crass humor. Case Zero also gave Xbox 360 owners a chance to check out the new gunplay mechanic for the game. Dead Rising 2 isn’t just about wading through…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Time To Get A Jump On Halloween
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: I Should Read That Today was Halloween costume fitting day at chez Ashcraft. Micro-Bash is going to be a pirate. We didn’t ask him what he wanted to be. He’s one! Pirate is fine. Mini-Bash wants to be a racing driver on the McLaren Mercedes team. Anyone is okay, he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Most Delayed Game Of 2010 Must Be…
“Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi” (“The Bridge over the Starry Sky”) was originally slated for release on December 11, 2009. Then it was delayed. A whole bunch. The next release date for the 18-years-old-and-up adult adventure game was penciled in for February 26, 2010. The release slipped to April 23. And that turned to May 28,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hey Video Game Industry, You Are Not Hollywood’s Junior Varsity!
Does the game industry have a Hollywood complex? BioShock designer Ken Levine seems to think so. “I think there’s a sense in the entertainment fields that video games are seen as the junior varsity,” Levine tells Develop. “There’s this feeling of ‘oh one day you can come up to our league’.” Back in the late…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedStarcraft II Becomes Survival Horror In This Incredible Mod
Granted, this mod – turning Starcraft II into what’s essentially Dead Space in the Blizzard universe – may never see the light of the day. But its creators deserve credit just for this demonstration video. The basic goal of the mod, called Project Vector, is to turn Starcraft II – a real-time strategy game –…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedWatch A Pac-Man Moleskine Gobble Stuff Up
As previously posted, the Italian notebook maker is marking Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary with notebooks that white people everywhere should love. And if you don’t like the Moleskine journals, perhaps you like stop motion photography? Moleskine Pac-Man – Moleskine ® English [Moleskine via Technabob]
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedTurn Off The Lights On This Dreamcast Mod
Ryan recently modified this Dreamcast as a commission piece, giving it this amazing Skies of Arcadia theme. He e-mailed us saying “People said I should email your website as you might enjoy it”. People were right It may not look like much at first, but that detailing on the case is some beautiful work (it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Yes, There’s Another Pokemon Movie
There have been new Pokemon movies every summer since 1998. And in 2011, there will be a new Pokemon movie. The anime will be out next summer and tied into Pokemon: Best Wish!, the current Pokemon anime running on Japanese television. The embedded link below has some footage of the upcoming flick. Last year’s Pokemon…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Auto-Aim, Coming Soon To A Real Army Near You
To compensate for the stickiness of control pads and the low resolution of televisions, video games that involve shooting have long employed the use of automatic aiming. It’s a luxury about to be enjoyed by real soldiers in the field. Last week, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $6.9 million…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedRolling A Fiat In GT5, Second Time’s A Charm
A young woman named Yurina Takiguchi wearing a siren on her head is about to test drive a Fiat in Gran Turismo 5. She has never driven a car before and doesn’t have a license. Yep, this is Japanese television. Takiguchi is from the television program Sakiccho. She’s a student at the University of Tokyo,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010