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Crackdown 2 to Get More Colorful With DLC
Among many criticisms of Crackdown 2 was the game’s duller color palette, which swapped out the bright hues of the 2007 hit for duller, grittier tones. The developer said while this was intentional, it will be remedied with DLC. I suppose a spoiler alert is in order here. Haven’t played the game myself, but the…
By Owen Good Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update Adds ‘Hightower,’ Police Academy References Ensue
Faithful followers of Team Fortress 2’s week-long update focused on the Engineer will have a few new items to mull over today, including the new map “Hightower” and a painful looking new wrench. Today’s lower key dose of the Engineer Update for TF2 is largely focused on a new Payload-style map for Valve’s class-based first…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Space 2 Prequel Hits PS3, Xbox 360 This Fall
Visceral Games’ sequel to sci-fi horror game Dead Space won’t touch down on the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 until January 2011, but a new “interactive comic-style game” will hit those consoles this fall. The downloadable Dead Space Ignition will take place just before the events of Dead Space 2 and will pack in…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Much Would You Pay to Work in Video Games?
For a New York graphic artist, it’s $1,000 – just $998.95 more than the price of freedom. He’s offered $1,000 for information that leads to getting hired to a video games gig, but there are conditions. For starters, he means permanent, full-time and salaried work. And it has to be in New York – ideally,…
By Owen Good Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Roommate Charged In Murder, Dismemberment of Thundercats Writer
Florida police charged James “Jimmy” Davis in the gruesome murder of former Thundercats writer Stephen Perry (pictured here), who went missing from his Florida home in May and was reported dead later that month. Authorities found Perry’s arm and torso in two separate locations since the writer’s disappearance and today charged Davis with first-degree murder…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Shipping Out
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Rarely Use A/C Hey, it looks like we got the day note, night note bug fixed. Wheee! I’ve been a bit quiet about this, but I spent the weekend and part of the week in El Paso with my mom and step-dad because my step-dad’s health has been deteriorating recently.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Is Microsoft’s New Billion Dollar Business (And Activision Wants A Piece)
Microsoft’s Xbox Live service has pulled in an estimated $1.2 billion for the Xbox 360 maker, with annual Gold subscription fees and sales of digital content combined, according to Bloomberg. Good news for… Bobby Kotick? According to Microsoft’s Dennis Durkin, the Xbox’s chief operating officer, sales of Live content like movies, TV shows, Avatar items…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
NBA Jam Calls Its Catchphrase Winners
NBA Jam may be headed for PS3 and Xbox 360, but don’t forget it’s definitely coming out on the Wii on Oct. 5, where original series announcer Tim Kitzrow will use four fan-submitted catchphrases emerging a surprisingly entertaining contest. The four winners actually came in June 25. Whoops. They cover three blocked-shot calls and one…
By Owen Good Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Space Wolves, Daffy Duck, And Coraline Have Graham Annable In Common
The man behind the look of Telltale Game’s twisted Puzzle Agent further explores the experiences that made him the delightfully twisted creator he is today, in part two of Graham Annable in His Own Words In part one of this Telltale-produced Graham Annable biopic, the artist discussed his early years with LucasArts, working on games…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
How To Score A Beer Belly In Halo: Reach
If you want to look like a battle-hardened, Covenant-crushing space marine type, yet don’t want people to forget how much you love to party, then GameStop has the Halo: Reach preorder incentive for you. The UA Multi-Threat Mjolnir Mark V(B) Armor is a special bonus suit customers will score by preordering Halo: Reach in any…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pounds Have Been Lost While Making Dance Central
How many pounds has the lead developer of Kinect game Dance Central lost while making the game? Listen to today’s Kotaku Talk Radio, now available for download, to find out. Kasson Crooker, Harmonix project lead for the Kinect-exclusive Xbox 360 game Dance Central, joined me for today’s show, touching on everything from Dance Central’s music…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010 - Reviews
Singularity Review: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey
Activision and Raven Software release a first-person shooter with a time-traveling twist. Is this Sierra’s intriguing yet disappointing TimeShift all over again? Of course not! TimeShift had a time-shifting suit. In Singularity you have a time-manipulating device that slips onto your arm, so the rest of your body can breathe. You’ll stumble across this device…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Lucky Two Won Five Great Scott Pilgrim Shirts
You missed the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World party at E3, but maybe you won’t miss out on winning five shirts from the event. And they’re pretty kick-ass shirts too. We used Random.org to randomly select two lucky, lucky readers to win a set of these shirts each. Without further delay, here are your shirt…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
NBA Jam Dunking PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360?
EA Sports’ revival of arcade classic NBA Jam may have been pitched as a Wii “exclusive,” but Nintendo’s console might not be the only one to get the over the top basketball game. Germany’s ratings board, the UnterhaltungssoftwareSelbstkontrolle, has just approved EA’s new NBA Jam for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, two platforms for…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Witness The Wild StarCraft II Collector’s Edition
From CVG comes video of the lavish collector’s edition of StarCraft II, pawed at breathlessly but an eager fan, three weeks ahead of the game’s official release date. Revealed in April, the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition contains everything a StarCraft II fan needs to truly enjoy the game. It also has an…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Real or Faking?
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees played games with a fan in Times Square yesterday as part of a Madden NFL 11 commercial shoot. Real gaming emotion here? Or acting for the commercial? PIC: Natalie Behring/AP Images for EA SPORTS
By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Americans Turn To Their Phones For Gaming And Internet
A report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project shows an increasing number of Americans using their mobile phones as personal computers, with substantial leaps in gaming, internet use, and other non-voice applications over the past year. Playing a video game on your mobile phone might seem silly to a hardcore PC…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: High-Speed Cell Service Could Come to Nintendo, Sony Devices
Sony and Nintendo are in talks to add 3G network connections to their next line of handheld game machines, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reports that Ryuji Yamada, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s biggest wireless carrier by subscribers, is in talks with video game hardware makers to allow…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Penny Arcade Expo East Inks Deal For Three Years in Boston
The organizers of Penny Arcade Expo have signed a three year agreement with the Massachusetts Convention Center to bring PAX East back to Boston for at least three more years, the Boston Herald reports. The show’s first year on the East Coast brought nearly 60,000 fans and developers to the three-day event in Boston. The…
By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010