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Battlefield Bad Company 2 Players Prefer PC To Console
These days, multiplatform games tend to be dominated by console gamers. Modern Warfare 2, for example, has a relatively tiny PC-playing community. Not so for Battlefield Bad Company 2! DICE associate producer Barrie Tingle has revealed that at the moment, during the week of the game’s retail release, more people are playing the PC version…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Going Underground
Ladies and gentlemen of Kotaku Off Topic, it’s Friday night and it’s time to forget about the troubles—and there were some troubles—of the week, hopefully with a few cocktails and some well-mixed conversation. Like the White Rabbit, I am late for a very important date. That’s a platonic date, mind you, but an obligation at…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Reviews
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review: Judging A Book By Its Cover Works
The quartet of military misfits introduced in the original Battlefield: Bad Company are back and taking a backseat to a revamped (and far more exciting) multiplayer mode in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. On the single-player side of things, Marlowe, Sweetwater, Haggard and Sarge find themselves embroiled in a military endeavor that feels way above their…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Gaming Rig Has Four Tires, Multiport Fuel Injection
At least dad here doesn’t look like a doofus flailing the Wiimote. He’s still got the swervy hands and overbite that indicate the the guy was told to look like he’s playing a video game, not actually play one. We’ve seen N64’s played in a minivan, but it’s control scheme was pretty straightforward. I have…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Elite Bundle Packs In Forza III, Halo 3: ODST
If you planned on doing any Xbox 360 purchasing this weekend, it might behoove you to cool your jets for at least a few more days. Amazon is listing a new Xbox 360 Elite bundle that’s a solid deal. The 120GB Xbox 360 bundle packs in two 2009 console exclusives, Halo 3: ODST and Forza…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Games Provide Comfort to Chilean Woman Pulling Through Quake
A Chilean woman coping with the devastation wrought by last week’s earthquake has looked to games to provide some comfort and normalcy, and a fragile World of Warcraft collectible that somehow managed to survive is her symbol of hope. Karen, the gamer, was not near the worst of the shaking – she’s in Santiago, some…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Screens, Details
One look at the all-new Tomb Raider game and you’ll see why Eidos and Crystal Dynamics have put aside the famous name for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. This is a very different Tomb Raider game. The downloadable cooperative Lara Croft adventure drops the standard behind-the-back third-person camera angle from just about every…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Twin Galaxies Founder Retires
Walter Day, a former oil industry executive so captivated by the video game craze that he founded an arcade that would later become the international sanctioning authority for record high scores, has retired from his creation, Twin Galaxies. Day, 61, has chosen to leave to pursue a music career, an avocation featured in Day’s appearance…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Review Round-Up: Zombie Alice Mega Toys
What freaks out an old-school gamer more, a Sonic kart-racer or a Mega Man with an easy mode? We have reviews of those games and more, plus two unoriginal movies, all subjected to our subjective blue-and-red judgments this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Micro-Review: Hot Coals Over a Cakewalk In which Owen Good…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
DSi XL Versus iPad: The Battle of the Bigger Versions
The Nintendo DSi XL comes out on March 28; the Apple iPad on April 3. Both are essentially bigger versions of things that already exist, but how much of an improvement are they really? We know that comparing the Apple iPad to the Nintendo DSi isn’t exactly fair, but we aren’t comparing the two devices…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Majesco Faces NASDAQ Delisting — Again
Majesco’s share price has again wandered south of Wall Street’s Mendoza line, prompting NASDAQ to tell the maker of Cooking Mama to get it back north of $1 or face delisting from the exchange. Sound familiar? Majesco got the same notice back in August 2008. The company’s share price closed today only marginally below a…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Five Pounds in One Day
To: Ash From: Crecente Every three or four years for most of my adult life I get hit with this bizarre, and very nasty, stomach bug. It usually hits me in the evening and has in the past always resulted in my being taken to the emergency room where a doctor declares that he has…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Next Week On Rock Band: White Stripes & Futureheads
MTV Games and Harmonix put a little more Jack and Meg in your copies of Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and LEGO Rock Band, a trio of new tracks from The White Stripes (and more) arriving next week. That includes the radio friendly White Stripes tracks “Seven Nation Army” and “Fell In Love With A…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Jaffe: Sony Lawyers Should Start Sending Out Some Letters
On his blog, David Jaffe writes that similarities between Microsoft’s upcoming Scrap Metal and Sony’s Twisted Metal, as well as the film title “War of the Gods,” should both rate “a sternly worded legal letter,” from Sony’s lawyer-mans. Jaffe, the designer who directed both Twisted Metal and God of War emphasizes that he doesn’t own…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
How To Score Your Red Dead Redemption Preorder Bonus
The results are in for Rockstar’s choose your own Red Dead Redemption preorder outfit, but you’re not getting your Deadly Assassin just by entering a code. This here’s the Wild West, and you’re gonna have to jump through some hoops. Not only does the Deadly Assassin outfit look damn fine, it also allows your character…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fist Of The North Star Explodes Europe’s Guts This Summer
Tecmo Koei’s latest Musou crossover, the one that blends classic manga Fist of the North Star characters with Dynasty Warriors style play, is making its way to Europe. The game known as Hokuto Musou will summer in Europe, officially. Koei’s simply calling the game Fist of the North Star for now, pegging the European release…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Whispered World Is Coming To America
Daedalic Entertainment is pleased to announce that its award-winning, hand-painted adventure game The Whispered World is finally coming to North America, with Viva Entertainment publishing the German game in the states this April. I’ve been following The Whispered World for what seems like years now, so news of a North American release for the gorgeous…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Max & The Magic Marker Preview: For Those With Imagination
Already released for computers and coming to WiiWare this Monday, Max & The Magic Marker gives a good impression. Especially if you play it on a screen that’s 137-inches diagonal. For those of you who don’t have 137-inch screens, just trust me about this, ok? The people from Press Play, the Danish development studio behind…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 - Reviews
Alice In Wonderland Review: A Bitter Underland
Tim Burton once again treads on sacred fantasy ground in Alice in Wonderland, a twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s classic novels. How far down the rabbit hole does Burton go? Alice in Wonderland is a new movie from Tim Burton based on a classic work of literary fantasy, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010