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Six Years’ Worth Of Game Time Destroyed In Pirate Raid
For several reasons, EVE Online subscriptions – “pilot license extensions” – have become an in-game item to be bought and sold among players – and stored in cargo holds of the sci-fi MMO’s ships. You know where this is going. Seventy-four “PLEXes” – these 30-day subscriptions – were in the cargo of “a lone Kestrel…
By Owen Good Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gears of War Lancers Now Come In ‘Deadly Cute’ Pink
Now that lady COGs are joining the fight in Gears of War 3, it’s time to put a proper pink paint job on those Locust-eviscerating Lancers. As seen on Microsoft Game Studios’ lead producer Chris Wynn’s Twitter
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bizarre Modern Warfare 2 Glitch Makes Some Xbox Live Arcade Games Free
The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has had a curious side effect on a handful of Live Arcade games. Infinity Ward’s modern military shooter is unlocking the full versions of five SNK games for free. According to a report on Worthplaying, Modern Warfare 2—the full version of the game and…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedFive Minutes With Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game
Ubisoft’s game adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s six volume comic book series is now available on the PlayStation Network. We’ve played it for five minutes so the Xbox 360 owners can see what they’re waiting until August 25 for. So far, so good! Look for a full review of Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedNBA Jam Checks Off Its Creator’s “Hit List”
When Mark Turmell – the lead designer and programmer on the original NBA Jam – came to EA Sports’ reboot, he brought a list of 60 things the team needed to get right to make a true Jam. The series’ creative director explores what “The Turmell Hit List” and another original Jam personality – announcer…
By Owen Good Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Activision: Call of Duty Creator Infinity Ward Will ‘Rise From The Ashes’
Embattled Call of Duty and Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward lost a good portion of its top tier talent this year following the well publicized firings of its founders. But Activision believes the developer’s “very specific culture” can be rebuilt. Activision executive VP David Stohl, head of the mega-publisher’s worldwide studios, tells Develop that the…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Only Imperial Stormtroopers Are So Precise…
LEGO enthusiast and master squirrel photographer Chris “Powerpig” McVeigh is either offering the Empire a much-needed tactical strategy learned from Taito’s Space Invaders or proposing the next LEGO Star Wars game. We’re not sure which. Seen on Flickr via Gizmodo
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Bit More on Monday Night Combat’s Second Certification
Sunday we reported that Monday Night Combat passed certification twice when Uber Entertainment found some things not up to snuff after it went gold. Penny Arcade learned it’s because of the game’s ability to tune itself without a patch. Jerry Holkins was intrigued by the claim that Monday Night Combat can make balance adjustments “on…
By Owen Good Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Quakecon Cometh
To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Weepy Toy Story 3 (An Answer For Ron Gilbert) Wacky day tomorrow, Ash. We’ve got the Madden podcast. I have an evening obligation that’s work-related. And then, I get to take an early-morning flight on Thursday to Dallas for QuakeCon… somewhere in there I’ve got to write up some new…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update Vs. The World
Beat up street thugs and ex-boyfriends in the name of love with the arrival of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World for the PlayStation Network. Ubisoft’s side-scrolling brawler leads this week’s North American PlayStation Store update. Should you not want to drop the ten bucks American, you can download the demo, which is also available alongside…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Football With The Madden Man Tomorrow
Madden NFL 11 is on shelves now, and tomorrow we’ll have the series’ senior producer, Phil Frazier, take us inside this year’s game and how it was built. Plus a special guest appearance by yours truly! Frazier will be taking our questions and your calls, hopefully fully recovered from whatever hangover “Madden Gras” delivered down…
By Owen Good Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Plants Vs. Zombies Goes ‘Game Of The Year’ With New Stuff
PopCap Games’ garden of the living dead strategy game, Plants vs. Zombies, gets an upgrade today, touting its “Game of the Year” status with a handful of upgrades (and one downgrade). Valve is now hosting the newer, less Michael Jackson estate-infringing version of Plants vs. Zombies, adding Steam Achievements and Steamcloud support for the casual…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Stephen Hawking Thinks The Earth Should Probably Start Packing
“I see great dangers for the human race,” begins noted theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. As a human myself, that’s exactly the sort of thing I don’t like to hear. Perhaps they are words I , or more accurately we need to hear, however. As part of website Big Think’s Dangerous Ideas series, Hawking suggests that…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Here’s What Square Enix Is Bringing To Gamescom
If you’re going to this year’s Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany—like Kotaku is!—you’ll be among the first to see games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Final Fantasy XIV in action. Those are the two titles that Square Enix will be showing off next week only in its special cinema, where the first public showing…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Aeris Is Dead, Get Over It Already
The latest episode of GameTrailers’ Mythbusters-esque Pop Fiction series adds a few more nails in the coffin of Final Fantasy VII’s flower girl. Are fans still insisting there’s a way for Aeris (or Aerith, in Japanese) to come back to life thirteen years after the release of Final Fantasy VII? Can’t we just let the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Double Fine’s Next Game Is Costume Quest, A Halloween RPG
The creators of Grim Fandango, Psychonauts and Brutal Legend aren’t making a sequel to their Jack Black-starring heavy metal action game. Instead they’re making four new games, one of which is the Halloween-themed role-playing game Costume Quest. According to a first look from UGO, Double Fine’s new downloadable game—which is due for a timely release…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Assault Horizon Rebuilds Ace Combat From The Ground Up
After yesterday’s trailer piqued our curiosity, Namco Bandai delivers more details on Assault Horizon, a game being called a “complete rebirth” for the Ace Combat franchise, or “steel carnage in the sky.” According to today’s press release, Project Aces has always wanted more out of the Ace Combat series. They wanted a game that not…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
‘Hot Piece of Ass’ Busts Boss For FarmVille Obsession? [UPDATE: Probably Fake]
Young woman has job. Boss calls young woman “hot piece of ass.” Young woman quits, uses dry erase board to fire back. Boss, it seems, loved playing FarmVille during work hours too much. [UPDATE: Skeptics vindicated. Appears to be fake.] This is a story told in photos. A sampling, picking up at the point where…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Everything Exciting About Guild Wars 2 In One Video
From now on whenever anyone asks me what excites me about Guild Wars 2 as an MMO player, I’ll save myself a lot of time and just point them to this video. Click to view ArenaNet and NCsoft could have saved themselves a lot of time as well, skipping the past year’s worth of blog…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2010