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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Eyes-On: What’s A Better Word For Reboot?
Crystal Dynamics is going digital for Tomb Raider star Lara Croft’s next adventure, an isometric, puzzle-focused and arcadey spin on the 15-year-old franchise. is Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light rebooting in the right direction? Now, it may not be fair to label Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light a “reboot” as Crystal…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
A New Way To Navigate PlayStation Home
Taking a cue from the popular PlayStation 3 cross media bar, PlayStation Home 1.35 goes live tomorrow, with an all-new navigation interface that makes getting around easier than ever. The changes in PlayStation Home version 1.35 focus on speed and ease-of-use, making the experience of logging in to Sony’s virtual world as easy as making…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Don’t Miss Our Liveblog Of Sony’s GDC Press Conference
Sony’s 2010 Game Developers Conference press conferences kicks off at 4PM Pacific, and we’ll be there live, bringing you up-to-date news on the big announcement, interesting tidbits, and what music they’re playing before the speakers take the stage. Sony is hosting a large press event this year at the Game Developers Conference, and we expect…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Join Kotaku Talk Radio Live From GDC With God Of War III
Kotaku Talk Radio is coming to you live from the Game Developers Conferce today, where God of War III director Stig Asmussen will be taking your calls. Join us! Call in now to talk to Stig about everything and anything God of War III, while taking note of how frazzled we get while covering a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedWaterloo Wasn’t Quite Total War, But It Was Awesome
Fun fact: I’m a history graduate, so when a Total War game comes along, I’m normally first in line. Especially when it involves pipes, muskets and rad uniforms, because they remind me not of Napoleon, but of Waterloo. The movie. I bring this up because, taking place long before motion picture, audio recordings or even…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Are A Cat Eating Sushi Playing Peggle
If you enjoy Peggle, felines, and raw fish rolled in rice, the you’ll love Sushi Cat, a game about getting a cat fat enough to activate an automatic door. Sushi Cat has found the love of his life, but she’s inside a building, and he isn’t big enough to use the automated entryway and gain…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Here Is Some Info About Final Fantasy XIV
Upcoming online role-playing Final Fantasy XIV will take place in a sci-fi meets fantasy universe. That we know. But that’s not all. According to recent Japanese game magazine articles, there’s more. Much, much more. Website FFXIVCore.com has a long laundry list of all the nitty gritty, but here are some selected highlights: • The PC…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
LEGO Universe Beta Ready To Brick Your Computer
NetDevil’s massively-multiplayer LEGO Universe has reached the closed beta testing stage, with invites flooding the inboxes of beta test hopefuls across the country. It’s nearly time to join the fight to save imagination from The Maelstrom, but first, a select few must save NetDevil’s development team some time and effort by going through LEGO Universe…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
80’s Icon Corey Haim Dead At 38
The star of classic films such as Silver Bullet, Lucas, and The Lost Boys, as well as Digital Pictures’ Double Switch for the PC, Sega CD, and Saturn, actor Corey Haim died today at the age of 38. Perhaps best known along with frequent co-star Corey Feldman as one of the two Coreys, Corey Haim’s…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Scenes of Video Game Hell Invades San Fran Hotel
Video game art folks will be taking over San Francisco’s Hotel Des Arts, on Thursday, packing the five-floor boutique hotel with art from Dante’s Inferno and inspired by other video games. The second-story lobby of the hotel will be filled with last year’s Into the Pixel exhibits, while the walls of the fourth floor of…
By Brian Crecente Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Civilization V To Eradicate Road Spaghetti?
Civilization games teach us to respect culture and science, to honor learning and the sharpness of swords. But roads? This series would make you think that progress equals covering one’s kingdom with ugly tangles of roads. Civ V changes that. During a theater demonstration here in San Francisco of this fall’s Civilization V that I…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
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By Stephen Totilo Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter IV: The iPhone Case!
This has got to be my favorite iPhone case to date. Unfortunately, they don’t plan to ever sell this bit of kick-ass swag which handed out to a few fortunates at Capcom’s Game Developer Conference on Tuesday.
By Brian Crecente Published March 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedI Really Dig This Lady, She’s Cool
To: Crecente From: Bash Cleaned out a bunch of CDs this morning. (CDs, I know!) Found a bunch of old UA discs. Back when we were dating, Mrs. Bashcraft gave me a couple of UA’s CDs. I always feel tremendous gratitude when someone introduces me to music I end up loving and cherishing. UA is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Maybe The Best Akira Bike Model…Ever
With the Hollywood feature film version of cyberpunk yarn Akira languishing in development hell, it’s good to know something connected to the landmark manga and anime is progressing well. This model of the “Akira bike”, or Kaneda’s powerbike, is still in the production stage blog Otaku2.com points out, so the final version might be slightly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedWii Remote Controlled Laser Pew-Pew!
Inventor-by-day, DJ-by-night Henry Strange’s latest creation is a laser beam that is controlled by a Nintendo Wii Remote mounted in a white, plastic gun casing. This is Henry’s walk through. It does have a laser pointer, which probably could put someone’s eye out or blind them or something horrible like that. But do not worry,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Prince Of Persia LEGO Playsets: Chesty Jake Wears A Shirt
We’ve seen the figures for LEGO’s Prince of Persia range before, but not the actual playsets. So let’s look at those playsets. And yes, there are ostriches. There are also camels, men in turbans and palm trees. So far, so good. In fact, the only thing we can see wrong so far is that Chesty…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Don’t More Game Songs Have Video Clips?
Shatter, already available on the PSN, is one of the more prominent titles from this year’s Independent Games Festival awards. It’s also got an amazing soundtrack, and now, video clips to boot. This is Amethyst Caverns, one of the tracks from the game, which was released last year by Kiwi development house Sidhe (who also…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Does Japan Really Think About Game Consoles?
Ask Google. The Japanese language version of the search engine catalogues the most popular searches. Those automatically pop up when searching. So what displays for the Nintendo Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360? The thinking here is that by listing what Japan searches for, this will provide a window into what the country is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guess How Many Copies Of Final Fantasy XIII Are Out There
Go on. Guess. Or, if you don’t feel like guessing, read on to see the shipment figures for Final Fantasy XIII Square Enix released overnight. With two million units shipped in Japan since the game’s release there in December and three million sent to stores in the West for its release here this week, that…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010