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That’s No Moon, It’s A Force Unleashed II Collector’s Edition
LucasArts is giving Star Wars collectors something to drop an extra twenty on with the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II collector’s edition, complete with fancy packaging, digital goodies and a super-deformed Starkiller clone on which to store stuff. Sure, Starkiller with a swollen head and/or USB interface sticking out of that engorged noggin is…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Redemption Sells Many Millions
According to Take-Two Interactive second quarter financial results, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption has sold more than 5 million copies since the game’s May 18 release. Hold onto your copy, as new downloadable content will be coming out through the fall.
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
E3 2010 Preview: These Are the Big Action Games, We Think
E3 2010 is almost ready for action. Are you ready for the action games of E3? These console and PC games, we think, are going to be the biggest video games of video gaming’s big show. Games that were announced a year ago at E3 2009 and games that were just announced this week will,…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Spider-Man 2099 Makes His Official Shattered Dimensions Debut
Those Spider-Man 2099 images we posted last week were definitely from Activision’s upcoming game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, as evidenced by these official E3 screenshots and trailer starring the futuristic arachnid. We were pretty sure the images we posted last week were legit, but we had to be sure. Now we are. These screens and the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Max Payne 3 Slips, Releasing Later Than Halloween
Max Payne 3 has been delayed until some time after Halloween 2010, according to a press release from the game’s publisher issued today. The anticipated Rockstar sequel had been expected for release by then when last we heard from publisher Take Two Interactive. Take-Two’s update to investors indicates that L.A. Noire (also from Rockstar), Mafia…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Joy Of Gaming Knows No Age
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By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Game Company Sends Us Sack Of Meat
The last time the powerful people at Electronic Arts sent our boss Brian Crecente something ridiculous in the mail, he burned it on his grill. Fitting, then, that they sent him some meat. They are promoting Bulletstorm, of course! It’s a shooter game in which you shoot lots of stuff, including people, rendering them, one…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Power Gig Scores Dave Matthews, Clapton, Kid Rock, And Fake Drums
Seven45 Studios reveals agreements with Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, and Kid Rock to provide exclusive music to real guitar powered rhythm game Power Gig, along with the innovative Airstrike drums that will accompany said real guitar. When Power Gig was first revealed back in March, I had a feeling it would find strong support…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Reminder: Transformers Game Creator Live On Kotaku Talk Radio On Wednesday
Kotaku Talk Radio will be recording live on Wednesday. 11am Kotaku Time. 1pm ET. 10am PT. Host: Me. Guests: Matt Tieger talking about his new game, Transformers: War For Cybertron. Call-in and live-streaming details will be on Kotaku at showtime.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2010 - Reviews
Snoopy Flying Ace Review: Dog Fights
Everyone’s favorite canine aviator, Snoopy, takes to the skies to shoot machine guns, rockets and a whole host of weapons at small children (and the Red Baron!) in airplanes. This is war with the gang from Peanuts. This isn’t the first Snoopy fighter pilot game. Developer Smart Bomb Interactive released Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Jimmy Fallon Beats Another Professional Athlete
Last year, Jimmy Fallon beat Tiger Woods at his own game — his own Wii game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. Last night, Fallon, continued his winning streak against the fabulously attired Ian Poulter. How does he do it?
By Lauren Orsini Published June 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedIf This Is The Next Mortal Kombat, Sign Us Up [Update]
Michael Jai White as Jax? Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade? Baraka and Reptile as homicidal maniacs? This footage from what looks to be the next Mortal Kombat game or movie trailer is brutal, disgusting, and perfect. Reader Kev directed us to this video, featuring a realistic new take on the Mortal Kombat franchise that has…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Guy Had A Fancier Video Game Birthday Party Than You
One of the ways celebrities are different from you and me is that they might spend their 21st birthday party with their model girlfriend on a 140-foot yacht. And DJ Hero would be the sponsor. Actor Brandon Mychal Smith is the celebrity we’re discussing, an actor I confess I had to Google in order to…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dead Or Alive Creator Reveals New Game At E3
Tomonobu Itagaki, former head of Tecmo’s Team Ninja and creator of the Dead or Alive and 3D Ninja Gaiden series is gearing up to reveal his next big project at E3 2010 next week. Will breast physics be involved? With his long hair and trademark sunglasses, Itagaki is as much a character as the ones…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Peace Walker Only $20 (With Purchase of $150 Headset)
Astro Gaming, peddlers of high quality gaming audio solutions, is offering Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for 50% off retail price with purchase of the $149.95 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Edition A30 Headset. Astro Gaming loves its Metal Gear Solid. Earlier this year the company released a Metal Gear Solid 4 special edition of…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Was Live-Action Asteroids, And Two Other Games
Gamers young and old dream of the possibility of being sucked into the world of their favorite video game. Over the Weekend I witnessed live action renditions of Atari classics Kaboom and Asteroids at the Come Out and Play Festival. I attended the festival’s opening ceremonies Friday night and saw a few games. First: Humanoid…
By Aulistar Mark Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Chinese Internet Addicts Stage Daring Boot Camp Escape
A group of adolescents interred at an internet addiction boot camp rose up against their oppressors last week, restraining their supervisor and fleeing the facility to taste sweet, sweet freedom. At least until their parents sent them back. China admits it has an internet addiction problem, which is the first step towards recovery. The popular…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
We Are Getting Yakuza 4 After All
Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, Yakuza 4 will be making its way to the western market next spring, exclusively for the PlayStation 3, and this time Kazuma’s got a posse. Released in March in Japan as Ryū ga Gotoku 4, Yakuza 4 is now heading to the west, as we thought it might…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Carnival Games Is New Carnival Games
Congratulations to the fine people at Take Two Interactive for doing their part in promoting the use of the word “new” as an essential element of a new game’s title. Today’s newly-revealed Wii and DS game New Carnival Games can sit comfortably on alphabetical store shelves beside New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
My Own Private Architecture
In games there are three basic ways we experience architecture: as game design, as a personalized space, or through a hybrid of the two. I could tell you how many steps make up the streets rising like stairways, and the degree of the arcade’s curves, and what kind of zinc scales cover the roofs; but…
By Lauren Orsini Published June 8, 2010