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2K Sports Finishes Multiplayer Fix Patch
The patch that presumably will solve MLB 2K10’s connectivity problems in online multiplayer has been finished and submitted for certification on the Xbox 360, meaning the fix should be arriving shortly. There are no details on what the patch will entail but a multiplayer fix has got to be among them. I can suggest a…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 2 Carried Over 700 Plot “Hooks” From Original Game Saves
Players of the original Mass Effect had a big impact on the story of the second, if they imported their character save from the first game. BioWare imported some 700 player choices and associated plot points into Mass Effect 2. BioWare lead cinematic designer Armando Troisi said during today’s Mass Effect 2 Game Developers Conference…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guess Which Nintendo Game Spore’s Creator Plays Most In His Life
Speaking to a packed house at the conclusion of the Game Developers Conference this weekend, famed game developer Will Wright told the crowd he plays a Nintendo game everyone morning to kick off his day. Every morning, Wright said, he gets up and has a cup of coffee. “While I drink my coffee I pull…
By Brian Crecente Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2’s “Stimulus Package” Brings Back Two Classic Maps
An early listing of the Modern Warfare 2 “Stimulus Package” on the Xbox Live Marketplace web site reveals it is comprised of five maps, two of them old favorites from the first Modern Warfare The Stimulus Package isn’t due out until March 30 on the Xbox 360 (dates for the PC and PS3 versions are…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Comes After Dirt 2? Dirt 3, Of Course
After following up Dirt with Dirt 2 last year, the studio behind the rally racer confirms that it’s working on a Dirt 3 Gavin Cheshire, the vice president of Codemasters Studios, told Edge magazine that the U.K. publisher is indeed working on a sequel. Characterizing Dirt as a reboot (of the Colin McRae Rally series)…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Home Now 12 Million Users Strong
PlayStation Home director Jack Buser bragged about the social network’s latest population accomplishment, saying that Sony now has an impressive 12 million users signed up for the service worldwide. Why was Sony broadcasting that particular figure at GDC? Buser was courting developers looking for a new platform, part of Sony’s attempts to transform its 3D…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Medal of Honor Trailer: A Breakfast of Rehashed Grit
Something tells me that most every Medal of Honor trailer between now and its release is going to feature the kicking-the-booby-trapped-torture-victim-out-the-window sequence. It’s compelling, sure, but not after seeing it the second time. That is just a small component of this two-minute video, which Totilo mentioned would go live this week in an earlier writeup…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Do You Want Gears of War 3 To Look Like This?
Epic Games makes Gears of War and, if Kotaku had to guess, maybe someday a sequel. At Game Developers Conference, Epic showed their latest Unreal game engine upgrades, including fancy foliage tech, pictured here. Want it in a Gears?
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Overcoming a New Fear of Old Failures … and Vice Versa
This is heresy to the cults of both sports and video gaming, but I’d really rather gnaw off my fingers at the first knuckle than play a human in either. This goes back a long ways, longer in real sports than in the computer, of course. On an organized level, my sole team sport has…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Wait a Minute, $200 — for a Faceplate?
Two years ago, Xbox Live gave away 72 limited edition Xbox 360 faceplates with a Need For Speed: ProStreet design. Some guy decided to get rid of his on eBay and has found it commands a price above $200. The seller, out of Queens, N.Y., billed it as an “extremely rare” collectible but listed it…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Electronic Arts Cuts Ties With In-Game Ad Brokers
Apparently tired of giving space to “Knobby Tires” and “Synthetic” on its virtual stadium walls, Electronic Arts is dropping its two in-game advertising partners and moving that sales operation in-house, beginning with Madden NFL 11 EA, according to the digital marketing site ClickZ, will end its partnerships with IGA Worldwide and Massive Inc., after their…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Weekend Coupons: High-Value Targets
Lots of hardware deals highlight the roundup, but don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten the games that make them go. Weekend Coupons happens … NOW. Hardware • Quick reminder, that Xbox 360 Elite bundle, which delivers Forza Motorsport 3 and Halo 3: ODST for $299.99, went live at Amazon this week and is still selling. [Amazon]…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Return of NBA Jam, in All Its Catchphrase Glory
Here’s the launch trailer for the Wii re-boot of the arcade and early console classic NBA Jam. All your favorites return, and by that I don’t mean Raiden or Bill Clinton, but “Boom Shaka-Laka,” “He’s On Fire,” and “Kaboom!” Remember last week when I said, “If any sports game is capable of selling a console…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: Gee, Didya See?
Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco was a power plant of news this week, introducing us to the PlayStation Move. We still found time to review God of War III and report on Steam’s arrival on the Mac. By no means does this week exhaust our GDC reportage. We’ll have much more on the…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Crysis 2 Footage Looking As Nice As Expected
Crysis 2 is at the Game Developers Conference, seemingly there not just for its own ends, but to help developer Crytek shill its engine, CryEngine 3. It’s doing a very good job. Even though this is off-screen footage, the point still comes across that this is one good-looking game, especially so when you consider most…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Tester-Free
It’s a pretty slim week on the PAL PlayStation Store, but then, looking at the stuff Europeans and Aussies are missing out on – like the Tester – maybe that’s not such a bad thing. What you will notice is there’s plenty of DLC, plenty of random PlayStation One games and, best of all, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Ratchet & Clank Devs Going Multiplatform?
According to “a trusted source”, IGN is reporting that Insomniac Games – creators of both Resistance and Ratchet & Clank – is about to abandon the land of PS3 exclusivity and become a multiplatform developer. Despite long ties to the PlayStation brand, Sony doesn’t own the studio, so if the team decided to go and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Am A Master of Picross 3D, At Least The Tutorial Part
I may have liked Tetrisphere, but I am not a man who believes the puzzle games, like Mario games, can be as good in three dimensions as they are in two. I am ready to make another obsession. I beat the tutorial of Picross 3D on a Nintendo DS XL yesterday. I now understand how…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony Says PlayStation Move Precise Enough To Play StarCraft
There’s been a flood of information coming from Sony about the new PlayStation Move controller for the PS3, but Sony’s technically inclined folks showed off some of the more technically capable members of GDC, getting down to the finer details. PlayStation researcher Anton Mikhailov, platform research manager David Coombes and developer support engineer Kirk Bender…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 12, 2010