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Mikado Defenders Micro-Review: Sold For The iPhone, Made For The iPad
There are games that are best seen at a size bigger than a telephone. Mikado Defenders, Taito’s lovely but prickly iPod Touch and iPhone tower defense game is one of them. Gamers would best play this beauty place-mat scale. Mikado Defenders is another tower defense video game, the last thing a world of gamers satisfied…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
We Have A Hostage Situation
When Sony accidentally sent Activision’s trophy for 1.5 million manufactured units of Modern Warfare 2 to Ubisoft, the situation quickly got out of control. Will Activision come up with the brownies before it’s too late? – Thanks, Anonymous Kidnapper!
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Updates Move To Tuesdays
North American PlayStation 3 owners won’t have to wait as long for their downloadable content, as Sony is bumping up its weekly PlayStation Store digital releases from Thursdays to Tuesdays. The time shift to earlier in the week means that the PS3 crowd won’t have to sit idly by as their Xbox 360 peers enjoy…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Free Realms Makes It To The PlayStation 3 For E3
What happened to the promised PlayStation 3 version of the massively successful free-to-play MMO Free Realms? On this, the first anniversary of the PC release, Sony Online Entertainment gives Kotaku the skinny on the console version’s E3 2010 appearance. SOE’s Free Realms team is partying from 9AM to 5PM Pacific today in celebration of one…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Timeless Speculation: Exploring The Games Of Bungie’s Past
What fruit will this new partnership between Bungie and Activision bear? Perhaps the answer to that question lies buried in the Halo developer’s past games. When we think of Bungie, we immediately think Halo, so it makes sense that the knee-jerk reaction to the news that the developer has teamed up with Activision is that…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Whispered World Quietly Slips Onto Steam
Daedalic Entertainment’s acclaimed adventure game The Whispered World is finally available for purchase on Steam, letting North American players step into the role of Sadwick, the sad clown who doesn’t know that he’ll destroy the world in three days. At least that’s how the narrator introduces us to Sadwick in the opening sequence of The…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
The First Alan Wake Add-On Is Free, But The Flashlight Will Cost You
Microsoft reveals that a free token good towards the download of the first add-on for supernatural thriller Alan Wake will come packed in every new copy of the game, which should offset the price of the official Alan Wake flashlight. Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake is nearly upon us, and Microsoft is making a big push…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Will Bungie’s Next Big Thing Require a Subscription?
Bungie is a game developer that likes to create new universes and then fully explore them. Games Marathon and Myth both led to three titles, while the Halo universe will deliver six by the time Bungie is finished with it and likely more from Microsoft. Their deal with Activision for a yet-to-be named action game…
By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Penny Arcade Creators Make The Time 100
The voting has ended and Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins have officially join Lady Gaga, Robert Pattinson, and Ashton Kutcher in Time magazine’s 2010 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Sure, the annual Time 100 isn’t much more than a popularity contest, but it’s good to see a couple champions of…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brother Stabs Brother Over Video Game Argument
From Chile comes another tragic tale of a sibling murdered over a video game console. The BBC reports on an incident involving two brothers, aged 16 and 18, a PlayStation of undetermined number, and a kitchen knife. According to the report, the younger brother became angry when his older sibling turned on the PlayStation without…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bungie’s Grand Plans For Their First Post-Halo “Action” Game
The game Bungie makes after Halo: Reach will be huge, on multiple platforms — won’t be Marathon-related — and is under Bungie’s control, the studio’s Brian Jarrard told Kotaku today. With Bungie’s future clarified, we learned some new details. Our interview occurred scant hours after Bungie announced that it has signed a 10-year deal with…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
City Of Heroes Celebrates Six Years With New Graphics
NCsoft’s City of Heroes is six years old, and Paragon Studios celebrates with the release of Issue 17: Dark Mirror, a free update that brings new story arcs, huge enemies, and an extremely fetching graphical makeover. Issue 17: Dark Mirror is now live, bringing with it the promised Ultra Mode, changing the way the game…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bungie Delivers (Another) Surprise Morning Package
Imagine my surprise when a FedEx man left a package from Bungie, marked to be delivered first thing this morning, the day their ten-year publishing agreement with Activision was unveiled Slicing through the brown packing tape, I discovered a black Pelican case coiled in bubble wrap. Inside? Popping it open I discovered inside what looked…
By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Can You Believe It?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Moooooving Lotsa news buzzing this morning — big news. Bungie and Activsion, can you believe it? What you missed last night Halo Developer Joins Forces With Activision God Of War Creators Had Different Ideas On Trilogy’s Ending [Update] GameStop: It Is Not Cool To Take Pictures And Send Them To…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 29, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bungie’s First Post-Halo Game Coming To All Platforms
Bungie’s ten-year publishing agreement with Activision will bring the next game from the famed-developers of Xbox 360 exclusive Halo, to all platforms. “Today we are very proud to announce a ground breaking ten year partnership between Bungie, one of the greatest developers in the world and the makers of Halo, with Activision, the number one…
By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2010