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UncategorizedFrobot Starts You With… 30 Lives, 50 Lives On Easy
Frobot is a WiiWare game that mixes Robotron shooting with gameplay riffing on the dungeon design of the original Legend of Zelda. It adds an afro-wearing robot and is tough enough that you’ll start on normal difficulty with 30 lives. We last covered the game at PAX East in Boston, where it was revealed that…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Classic Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Coming To Mac, Says Rockstar
Answering reader mail, Rockstar Games today said it will be bringing Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City and San Andreas to Mac gamers “later this year.” “Look for the long-awaited release of the classic Grand Theft Auto Trilogy (Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) for Mac…
By Owen Good Published September 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedRetro City Rampage Has A Proper Homage To The NES Zapper
As with Slam Bolt Scrappers, Retro City Rampage was one of the games I saw at Penny Arcade Expo last week during my “lightning round.” In PAX’s final hour, I raced to get to more games. Hark! An exclusive! Game developer Brian Provinciano pretty much had his finger on the button of his Wii development…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt’s A Topsy-Turvy World, Because Firefall Is Going To Be Free
Video game designer Dave Perry predicted a few years ago that a day would come when a company released a high quality game you’d expect to pay full price for but will play for free. It would change everything. When the polished free games come out, Perry speculated, it will be hard to pay $60…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Laws Of Physics May Vary By Jurisdiction
The laws of physics describe basic behaviors of nature that are, to our knowledge, universally constant. According to a new study conducted by astrophysicists based in Australia and England, these universal constants might not be as universal as we thought. The laws of physics are handy little things that help scientists make sense of a…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Free Scouting Reports In Madden This Weekend
Scouting reports, the Madden multiplayer data that tells you your opponents’ tendencies – and your own as well – are normally bought with the in-game currency accrued free in multiplayer games. This weekend, they’re 100 percent free. Beginning mid-day tomorrow and lasting through the end of Sunday, grab as many scouting reports as you want…
By Owen Good Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Technically, Billy Mitchell Never Set The Donkey Kong Jr. Record
The notorious arcade champion Billy Mitchell was certified as the new world record holder in Donkey Kong Jr. at his induction to the International Video Game Hall of Fame last month. But Mark Kiehl had already beaten his score. Kiehl (pictured) from whom Mitchell took the record, posted a score of 1,307,500, on July 19,…
By Owen Good Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Busy Little Bee
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Do You Know Any Good Swimming Exercises? You should sign up for triathlon training, Trish did it for a couple of years and I joined her a bit for the swimming and jogging bits. It will kick your ass. This is going to be a great next couple of days.…
By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Valve Figured Microsoft Would Fix The Xbox Live “Train Wreck”
In an interview with PC Gamer, Valve’s Gabe Newell discusses the lack of updates for the Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2, saying the team figured Microsoft would fix the “train wreck” that is Xbox Live’s downloadable content rules. Putting your faith in Microsoft to change its rules seems like a losing strategy, and…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden’s Newest In-Game Sponsorship Is For A Good Cause
Tuesday’s title update for Madden NFL 11 included the “Breast Cancer Awareness” presentation mode reflecting the league’s support – and Electronic Arts’ – of the campaign. It’s a lot more than a banner across the bottom of the screen. Simply from the perspective of gameday realism, always a priority of any sports developer, the mode…
By Owen Good Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Need For Speed World Goes Free
More than a million users have signed up to drive around in massively multiplayer online racer Need for Speed World, and EA shows its appreciation by removing level restrictions for non-paying customers, making all current and future content free-to-play. When EA’s Need for Speed World launched earlier this year, anyone could create an account and…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedAbout A Blob Is, Roughly, A Side-Scrolling Katamari Damacy For Thinking People
The developers say it is a little bit of Katamari Damacy and a little bit of Gish. Before Penny Arcade Expo I didn’t know know Tales From Space: About A Blob existed, let alone what such a combo makes. This single or co-op game launches in January as a downloadable game for the PlayStation 3.…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden NFL 11 Breast Cancer Awareness
The official NFL pink ribbon field logo supporting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, in Madden NFL 11. Player uniform accents include pink receiver gloves and shoes, like like those worn by players during games in October. EA Sports also recreated the official football used in October. More pink uniform accents. More pink uniform accents. NFL…
By Owen Good Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Celebrate PlayStation’s Fifteen Years With Infographics
Did you know that 33 percent of PlayStation gamers don’t eat while playing, and that seven percent won’t date non-gamers? Learn more fun facts and explore the history of the PlayStation brand in a pair new infographics direct from Sony. The PlayStation brand turns 15 today, and Sony is helping us celebrate with a pair…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedIlomilo Looks Lovely, But Don’t Skip That Tutorial
Ilomilo (first letter is an “i”, second an “L”) is great to look at. But how do you play this game about two cube-people needing to meet? Maybe let a Kotaku guy and a Giant Bomb guy play, sans directions. On second thought, maybe that’s not how you do it. Giant Bomb‘s Brad Shoemaker and…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
There Will Only Be 6,000 Physical Copies Of DJ Max Portable 3
You’d be wise to act now if you want a physical copy of PM Studios’ DJ Max Portable 3 next month, as the publisher reveals only 5,000 UMD copies and 1,000 Special Bundle Editions making it stateside. The age of the digital download is upon us, or at least it is for any DJ Max…
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt May Take You 60 Seconds To Understand This Game
It has not been easy to explain to people why Slam Bolt Scrappers, an early 2011 downloadable PlayStation 3 exclusive, is a lot of fun. Watch the video here with the sound off and you may still not get it. But… perhaps I narrated this video of Slam Bolt Scrappers well enough that you will…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Heroes Star Stares Down The Locust Horde In Gears 3
Greg Grunberg, formerly Matt Parkman from the TV show Heroes, screams defiantly in the face of a Locust warrior while doing some voice recording for Gears of War 3, as seen on his Twitter feed
By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2010 - Reviews
BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den Review: Thinker Man’s Game
The battle at Minerva’s Den may be your last chance to visit Rapture, the undersea utopia gone haywire of BioShock 2. It’s a waterlogged journey both familiar and new, a proud send-off to 2K Marin’s capable follow-up to the original BioShock. As Subject Sigma, you step into the suit of a Big Daddy, drill in…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 9, 2010
