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Activision Boss Explains Firing Of Modern Warfare Creators, What’s Next For Infinity Ward
The canning of Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella was not a decision that Activision took lightly, says big boss Bobby Kotick, saying that the pair’s conduct was a disappointing “compromise of our friendship.” The man at the top of one of the world’s biggest video game publishers laid out Activision’s side of…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Indie Developer Caught in the Blast of Arizona’s Immigration Law
Outrage over Arizona’s controversial immigration-enforcement law figures to have a comprehensive effect on all business there, video games included. One indie developer says he must move operations to California because the actors he needs won’t travel to the state. G4 noticed a report by local Arizona television in which the CEO of a casual-games developer…
By Owen Good Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Boulder’s APB
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I drove up to Boulder today to meet with Realtime Worlds’ llead developer on upcoming cops versus robbers pc game APB. Nice guy, we sat down for about an hour to chat about the upcoming massively multiplayer online game from the guy behind Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown. I’ll be…
By Brian Crecente Published May 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedJockey Riders: Playing Left 4 Dead 2 The Wrong Way Looks So Right
With Valve offering up weekly “Mutations” in its zombie apocalypse shooter Left 4 Dead 2, the gameplay variety will flow as thick as Boomer bile. But will Valve go this far out, adding Jockey races to the game? Jockey Riders is a fan made variation on Left 4 Dead 2’s sprint to the safe room…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
On Deck For Millionaire Gamer: Starting a Family
When Katy McGilberry of Semmes, Ala. came home from work Monday to find her husband, Wade, surrounded by cameras, holding a ridiculously large check for a ridiculously large amount, she felt like she was going to have a baby. Literally. On March 2, Wade (pictured) had tossed a perfect game while playing MLB 2K10 on…
By Owen Good Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Alpha Centauri & Railroad Tycoon Sequels Are On Sid’s List
During our chat with Sid Meier earlier this week, fans couldn’t help asking about classic games like Alpha Centauri and Railroad Tycoon. They want sequels. While Meier couldn’t reveal any in-development titles, he did add them to Firaxis’ list of games to possibly revisit someday. You’d think a man like Sid Meier, father of Civilization,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Frankenreview: Alan Wake
Can the combined video game reviewers shed light on the quality of Xbox 360 exclusive survival game Alan Wake? Find out in the first (and only) episode of the Alan Wake Frankenreview. Just because Alan Wake spends the majority of his relaxing Northwestern mountain vacation in the dark doesn’t mean you have to. Will it…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Second Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack Coming Out In Late 2010
The second map pack for the blockbuster Modern Warfare 2 will be released in the second half of 2010, an Activision executive confirmed today. That will be the first fresh dose of Modern Warfare since the recently-issued Stimulus Pack. During a company financial earnings call, Activision’s Thomas Tippl said that the back half of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Casting A Hex On Civilization V
During this week’s broadcast of our Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, legendary game designer Sid Meier explains how the new hex-based map enriches Civilization V, and why it took so long for the series to go six-sided. The first question that comes to mind when many see Civilization V’s gorgeous new hex-based geography is why hasn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Did Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Do In Japan?
The arrival of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker in Japan was outshone by the arrival of another big portable game, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2. It put Snake in his place—second—in this week’s contest. The latest Dragon Quest spin-off moved an impressive 624,000 copies in week one, outperforming Peace Walker’s still impressive 434,000…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 6, 2010 - Reviews
Dante’s Inferno: The Trials of St. Lucia Review: Totilo’s Inferno
The new expansion to Dante’s Inferno was partially developed by me. And one of you — one of you how can’t appreciate sublime game design — gave my contribution one out of five stars. Dante’s Inferno: The Trials of St. Lucia is a downloadable expansion of the EA Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Dante’s Inferno…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Disney’s Dark Epic Mickey Also Coming To Children’s Book Form
The edgier, more epic Mickey Mouse adventure coming to the Wii later this year is also making the leap to print. Don’t just play Disney’s Epic Mickey project… read it! A pair of Epic Mickey books are planned for release after the Disney video game, one of which sounds like a straight up novelization with…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cheaper Time-Limited StarCraft II Sold In Mexico And South America
StarCraft II fans south of the border will have two ways to pay for the game, with Blizzard revealing a less-expensive, time-limited version of the game for players in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. Here’s how this works. Players in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil can pay $299 MXN, $119 ARS, $13,900 CLP, and $49.90…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Recruit Metal Gear Creator In Next Metal Gear Game
Metal Gear Solid creative mastermind Hideo Kojima is now also a video game character. The PSP’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker lets us recruit virtual Kojima and put him to work. Hideo Kojima is the God of Peace Walker [Andriasang]
By Stephen Totilo Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Who Needs Health Packs When We’ve Got Lasers And Nanotech?
While we’re busy fumbling through dark corridors and navigating twisting platforms searching for health packs, food, and other esoteric life-saving items, the Air Force is healing wounds with lasers and nanotechnology. Even the futuristic space adventurers in Star Trek Online are chowing down on food to help regain health, while our military pioneers technology that…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Every Girl’s Crazy ‘Bout a Sharp Dressed Avatar
Clothing puts flesh on the avatar. I’m with Tim Gunn on this one (and really in a sense anthropologists and sociologists before him, like Erving Goffman), fashion is a form of rhetoric. What you put on tends to communicate, be your desire to align yourself with your favorite sports team or with a musical subculture,…
G. Christopher Williams Published May 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Gears Of War 3 Is Like Waterworld, Minus Kevin Costner [CORRECTION]
According to translations of a big Gears of War 3 piece in a Russian gaming mag, giving us our first real details on the game, Epic’s upcoming shooter will take place on the open sea. The story below was originally published on Kotaku on May 5, based on a translated article. A correction/clarification follows. There…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedEVE Online Pumps Out Another Amazing Trailer
CCP makes outer space look good, and the trend continues with the trailer for EVE Online: Tyrannis, an expansion pack due out this month for the sci-fi MMO that finally opens up New Eden’s planets to resource-hungry players. For seven years now, EVE Online players have been mining asteroids, ignoring planets filled with delicious, profit-heavy…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2010 - Reviews
Gurlz Vs Robots Micro Review: 11 Fingers of Fun
Gurlz Vs. Robots is the first 11-finger, simultaneous four-player retro arcade game for the iPad. Players gather around each side of the device as it lays on a flat surface and drag directional arrows onto the screen to try and guide the stream of robots away from the other players’ escape pods and to their…
By Brian Crecente Published May 6, 2010
