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Dead Rising 2 Gets Hassle-Free Australian Certification
Last time a zombie game put in for classification down under, it was refused, appealed and, finally, spitefully whitewashed of violence just to be approved for sale. Dead Rising 2 faced no such difficulties this year. Gamespot reports that Capcom’s zombie chop-shop got an MA15+ from the country’s Classification Board. It’s the toughest handed out…
By Owen Good Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ratchet & Clank Creators Won’t Work On HD Update Of PS2 Games, But…
The Ratchet & Clank and Resistance developer is moving on to greener, multiplatform pastures, perhaps the reason Insomniac Games doesn’t appear too interested in developing an HD remake of its PlayStation 2 games for the PS3. But that doesn’t mean it’s not interested in seeing it happen. The Burbank-based dev said on its Twitter account…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Unintentional Immortality for the NBA’s Gentle Giant
Manute Bol may have had an NBA career remembered more out of curiosity or as a trivia answer, but the man lived an honorable life that, sadly, is now getting recognition mostly because he died on June 19. Bol’s inclusion in NBA Jam for the Wii probably isn’t intentional to his untimely passing. The folks…
By Owen Good Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2’s Engineer Goes Golden, May Build Not-Dyin’ Machine
Brace yourself for the long awaited, sure to be slowly deployed Engineer update for Team Fortress 2. Valve’s kicking anticipation off for the final (for now) class update by giving the sentry-buildin’ Engie a golden wrench and… something else. What clues await us in the newest TF2 comic? More information about the long running BLU…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2010 - Reviews
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures Review: Robots In Disgrace
Remember that really great Transformers: War for Cybertron game we reviewed last week? This isn’t it. This is Transformers: Cybertron Adventures, and it is not the Wii version of War for Cybertron. While the story may cover similar ground and contain many of the same characters, Next Level Games’ Cybertron Adventures trades the third-person shooting…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rollin Rollin Rollin
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Would I Like This Voltron USB Drive? Yes, I Would We’re heading down to El Paso, Texas for the long weekend to hang out by the pool with my mom and step-dad and our combined five dogs. FIVE! This should be fun. What you missed: Apple Engineers “Totally Wrong”, Nintendo…
By Brian Crecente Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
FIFA’s U.S. Date Confirmed for Sept. 28
Yesterday we mentioned that two major retailers listed FIFA 11 releasing on Sept. 28 in the U.S., roughly two weeks ahead of its annual slot. EA Canada today confirmed that release date for North America. A release date for Europe will be announced after the World Cup.
By Owen Good Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Infamous 2 Gameplay Is Over Over The Top
Sucker Punch will apparently not be supporting subtlety in inFamous 2, the PlayStation 3 sequel to its lightning charged superhero/anti-hero game. Instead, inFamous 2 makes way for more explosions, more limo chases and even more in-powerline-skating. Enjoy.
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption, By The Bloody Numbers
Red Dead Redemption players, you’ve done some very bad things. Just pretending, of course! GameSpy has been collecting data from players of Rockstar Games’ hit Western and the results are amazing. 12.6 million characters trampled by horses. 5,600 cumulative years spent in virtual jail. And that’s just in two weeks! Earlier this week, we posted…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pro Evolution Soccer Intends to Win Back Hardcore Fans
Acknowledging that they’ve rested on their laurels as EA Sports’ FIFA siphoned off their fans, Konami’s gunning “to win back the hardcore,” with Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, a senior executive vows. Jon Murphy, the PR and marketing boss for Konami in the United Kingdom, told CVG the series – which was top dog not too…
By Owen Good Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Eye of Judgment Is Closing (Its Online Servers)
Sony’s card-based, PlayStation Eye-powered strategy game The Eye of Judgment is going offline forever this September, losing its online multiplayer component, arguably its best feature. A moderator writes on the official Eye of Judgment forums “The online battle service for this product will terminate on 30 September 2010. Offline play will remain available even after…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
BP Oil Spill Seeps Into PlayStation 3 Game
This is a user-created race car in ModNation Racers. Its paint job comes with a twist. Covered in oil splatters and BP logos this kart proves no matter how cuddly the medium, the BP oil spill is serious business. For the environmentalists, and angry American Kotakuites, the paint job is listed as “BP Spill Awareness”…
By Aulistar Mark Published July 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedVuvuzela Hero In Action, In Our Nightmares
I’ve seen Vuvzela Hero jokes for a while. Yes, the World Cup’s most annoying musical instrument could be merged with Guitar Hero. The results would be slightly more annoying to my neighbors. Let’s finally watch this fakery together and chortle.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Is The More Diablo-like Version Of The Grinder
The Conduit developer High Voltage Software is making two games that share the same name. The Grinder is both a first-person shooter (on the Wii) and a top-down shooter (on everything else). This is The Grinder in motion. This version of High Voltage’s horrific shoot ’em up is more Diablo-like in its perspective, but plays…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Multicellular Life: It Might Be Older Than You Think
Remember when all of those scientist people told us that multicellular life on Earth began about 1.9 billion years ago? New evidence suggests they might have been off by a few hundred million. Is it time for a Spore patch? The earliest life on Earth were single cell creatures. Long before the dinosaurs, creatures like…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Inconvenient Truth Of Buying Video Games?
What do you consider when shopping for a new video game console? The games available for the console? How much it will cost you? What about the ethical impact of your choices? Do you weigh what the creation of that console does to the environment, whether it was built in sweat shops or contains supplies…
By Brian Crecente Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This extended holiday weekend, a slime will appear many times and I’ll issue successive commands to deal with those slimes in Dragon Quest IX, a Nintendo DS game that (fingers crossed!) will appear at Kotaku Towers West. I’ll just say that it’s been a while since my last Dragon Quest encounter, but I’m looking forward…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Grand Theft Auto Blamed For Failed Teen Firebombing
“They appear to have crossed the line from virtual reality to reality,” said Police Chief Lou Pachec of the two teens who allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at an apartment building in Raynham, Massachusetts over the weekend. Two teens, one 16 and one 12, claim to have been playing Grand Theft Auto on Saturday night when…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2010