- Uncategorized
Mock Trial Calls Violent Games Case For California
A panel comprised of some of the nation’s pre-eminent jurists, legal scholars and court observers pondered California’s violent video games statute, which goes before the Supreme Court Nov. 2, and concluded the high court will decide 6-3 for California. Details are sparse, provided to Game Politics by an attendee of the moot court this weekend…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Plus Cards Hitting Retail
PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to buy PlayStation Plus membership at retail, with gift cards granting access to Sony’s premium PlayStation Network now deploying to stores in North America. A Kotaku tipster informs us that cards have already arrived at Target stores in the northeast, at least in designations of $17.99 USD for…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Go High Five The Wall
The makers of Monday Night Combat were taking suggestions for official wallpapers; unsurprisingly, Pitgirl – the game’s booty-shaking NPC – figured prominently. They’re still taking requests and have turned it into a contest. You don’t have to create the wallpaper or even draw anything. Just give Uber Entertainment an awesome concept. For example, Support riding…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Black Ops Welcomes Back Nazi Zombie Hordes
Treyarch’s beloved addition of undead to the Call of Duty series looks to continue in the next entry, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Not exactly a surprise, but an returning feature apparently confirmed today by the game’s strategy guide. CVG spotted the inclusion of “Nazi zombie coverage” in the Brady Games official guide to Black…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Is What A Zombie Driving Game Looks Like
Blood Drive, Activision’s quick to market roadkill driving game, was officially unveiled earlier this month for release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this November. How does it look? Still like Carmageddon and Twisted Metal, now with zombie strippers. Like Dead Rising 2, Blood Drive is set in a Las Vegas-like city overrun by…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
NBA Elite 11 Delayed; NBA Jam To Ship Separately By Holidays
Just one week before it was scheduled to hit shelves, EA Sports on Monday indefinitely delayed NBA Elite 11 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, indicating that quality concerns raised by the demo’s dismal showing necessitated the postponement. Rumors spread quickly when several major retailers either dropped or changed the game’s release date to 2011.…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Funny Story
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Passport All Systems Go! Next Up, Ring-A-Ding-Dong A guy walks into Double Fine with a shit-ton of game development experience under his arm looking for a studio to work in… stop me if you’ve heard this one before… What you missed: Flow Recreated In LittleBigPlanet 2 Tim Schafer Hires Ron…
By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get A Little Taste Of God of War: Ghost of Sparta This Week
Charge up the PSP and download the latest firmware in anticipation of the next (potentially) great portable God of War game, which you can play a teensy bit of starting tomorrow. The official PlayStation.blog brings word that the next game in the hyper-violent series, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, will get a downloadable demo…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedFrom North Carolina … At Guard … No. 23 …
With a week to go until NBA 2K11 cannonballs the pool, 2K Sports is dropping all sorts of hype and gameplay vids, highlighted by this one stitching together in-game footage from “The Jordan Challenge.” Mild spoiler alert. I throw the SA warning because in the 10-game Jordan Challenge, when you hit milestones in recreating cover…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XIV MMO Log One: What’s My Motivation?
As part of Kotaku’s extended massively-multiplayer role-playing game review process, I spent the better part of the past week playing Final Fantasy XIV. I’m still not sure why. Kotaku’s MMO reviews are a multi-part process. Rather than deliver day one reviews based on beta gameplay, we play the game for four weeks before issuing our…
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedFingers On With Target’s Giant In-Store Touch Screen Game Advisor
Target talked about sprucing up the video game section of their stores way back in May, but I haven’t seen any sign of that at my local brand-spanking-new, Super Target until this weekend, when this video panel popped up. It looks like these giant vertical touch displays have started popping up all over the country…
By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Way To Save World War II Video Games
The cry goes out: Another World War II video game? Writer Rob Zacny argues that the war is not the problem. The tired perspective is. It grows stale fighting World War II once more from the triumphant, glorious American perspective, Zacny writes in a fantastic essay on the website Gamers With Jobs. Zacny was disappointed…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 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 on October 12. 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 when…
By Gawkercreative Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: PSP2 Hardware Now In The Hands Of ‘Numerous’ Developers
Sony is reportedly giving more and more developers access to the successor to the soon to be six-year-old PSP, with dev kits in the hands of (or en route to) “numerous development studios.” Develop cites “multiple industry sources” who claim that the “PSP2” is gearing up for a “significant launch window line-up,” with developer-only hardware…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedWorld Of Darkness Is Dark, Sexy, And Playable
When can I be a virtual vampire? While developer CCP isn’t giving out any dates for its World of Darkness MMO, EVE Online creative director Torfi Frans Olafsson tells Eurogamer the game is in a playable state. Vampire the Masquerade creators White Wolf merged with EVE Online developer CCP in 2006, leading to talk of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
How An Indie Xbox Answer To Old-School Dragon Warrior Reached 30K
Breath Of Death VII is, by at least one Kotaku reader account, the best role-playing game of the year. It costs $1 and, as of last week, sold 30,000 copies. How? This chart appears in a recent post-mortem of the game by one of the game’s creators, Robert Boyd. That Kotaku spike is a result…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Creator Gushes Over Super Mario Bros.
Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear, may not be best known for his subtlety. But rarely have we heard the man behind Solid Snake get as exceedingly enthusiastic as he does when describing Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Reflecting on the game’s 25th anniversary in the latest issue of Nintendo Power, Kojima gets gushy when…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Euro Sonic Colours Special Edition Is Filled With Toys
Not only do Europeans get an additional “U” in their version of Sonic Colors, they also get the option to pay more for a box filled with toys. I would enjoy a box filled with Sonic Colors toys. I’m already getting a snazzy hat, but what good is a hat without colorful plastic friends to…
By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead’s The Sacrifice Gets A Poster
Left 4 Dead games and expansions must be accompanied by a movie-style poster, according to some law of physics governing development studio Valve Software. The Sacrifice, which is out on October 5 for L4D 1 and 2, now has its own. The Sacrifice is the newest piece of Left 4 Dead content that bridges Valve’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2010