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This Week In Comics
There are gaming comics in comics shops across America this week. But there’s also a rare Marvel comic that interests me. See? Mass Effect: Redemption #3 Written by Mac Walters and John Jackson Miller. Drawn by Omar Francia. Summary Via Dark Horse Comics: Liara T’Soni finds herself both pursuing Commander Shepard’s abductors and on the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend, I expect to rack up some losing records in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online multiplayer, fully ensnared by the hunt for Xbox Live Achievements, of which I have but half as of right now. I’ll not only be playing Bad Company 2 this weekend, I’ll be playing it right now. Since some of…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Portal 2 Adds Multiplayer Co-op, New & Familiar Characters
Officially released details on Valve’s sequel to Portal were scant. Fortunately, retailer GameStop comes through with some major details, including the addition of a two-player cooperative campaign mode and all-new characters. GameStop‘s description of the PC and Xbox 360 game indicates that Portal 2 is due later this year—the online retailer lists an October 26…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
The First Ever Gloriously Big, Gloriously Detailed Shots of an iPad Game
There has been much talk about gaming on the iPad, but not a whole lot of delivery. In fact, I can only think of one game that I know of that will be made specifically for the iPad: Trism Spinoff. But even that didn’t have much in the way of details. Today, though, Secret Exit…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cheadle And Jackson Lend Credibility, Value To Iron Man 2 Game
Sound-alikes be damned! Renowned actors Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson bring a little class to Sega’s Iron Man 2: The Videogame, signing on to lend their voices to their in-game counterparts. Academy award-nominated actor Don Cheadle plays James “Rhodey” Rhodes, aka War Machine in Iron Man 2, while Samuel L. Jackson is S.H.I.E.L.D. director…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Games’ Team Coco Moment
Billions of dollars? Got it. “Astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed“? Alleged. Video games are so close to being Hollywood, that we must celebrate a breakthrough: A possibly boring contract dispute that could be as juicy as Leno vs. Conan. We’ve got an executive that the Internet fans love to hate We’ve got not one, but…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
An Insider’s Guide to Portal 2
Today’s Game Informer cover unveiling is just the latest in a year and a half’s worth of Portal 2 news that has been steadily leaking about the Valve game since 2008. The cover hints at a chance to leave the labs, and GLaDOS, behind, but we’ve known plenty more than that for quite awhile. Be…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedGo All John Woo On City Of Heroes
City of Heroes players who pre-purchase the alignment-changing Going Rogue expansion pack today gain immediate access to the new Dual Pistols power set, which goes a little something like this. The Going Rogue expansion is now available for pre-purchase through NCsoft’s online store, and watching this clip might help you justify the $29.99 cost. Players…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Digimon Battle Digivolves Into Open Beta Registration
WeMade Entertainment’s North American release of online digital pet simulator Digimon Battle is moving right along, with registrations now open for the March 10 open beta test, with virtual goodies in store for those who participate. It’s only been a week and a half since WeMade Entertainment announced Digimon Battle for North America, and the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
BioShock 2’s First Expansion Pack Hits March 11
The Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, the first in a series of single and multiplayer downloadable content for Bioshock 2, hits Games for Windows Live, the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace March 11 for about $5. The Sincliar Solutions Tester Pack, which will include a rank increase to level 50, two new playable characters, 20…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
You Must Be Brave To Wear These Shirts
Nintendo DS title Love Plus is a popular game. It a dating sim with young girls and has sold something like 180,000 copies in Japan. But nobody walks around advertising their adoration for the game. That is gonna change. Outfit retailer NijigenCOSPA is offering Love Plus t-shirts that features characters Manaka Takane, Rinko Kobayakawa and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bullying Is Bad
To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Any Doctors On Board Kotaku? Read this story about Princess Aiko, granddaughter of the emperor of Japan, has been having problems at school being bullied. Apparently, she’s even missed a few days of class because of it. Feel sorry for her! Hope she gets everything straightened out. Bullying seems to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy Nixed on Xbox 360 Live
A change to the Xbox Live code of conduct this morning now allows gamers to express their sexual orientation in Xbox Live profiles or Gamertags. The new policy states: “You may use the following terms to express your relationship orientation in your profile or Gamertag: Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, Straight. Other terms regarding relationship orientation…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Retail Deathmatch: DSi XL and Apple iPad Hit the U.S. Within Days of Each Other
Apple’s over-sized iPad will be hitting stores in the U.S. on Saturday, April 3 for WiFi models and later that month for WiFi plus 3G models. All models of the iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Pre-orders for U.S. orders of the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedGogo Is A Good Gundam Singer
Last week, Chiaki Kuriyama, best known in the West as Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill, released her first CD single “Ryusei no Namida”, the theme for Gundam Unicorn. Based on a series of popular light novels, original video anime Gundam Unicorn debuted on Sony’s PlayStation Network on February 20 with the six-episode series getting a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Joe Danger Leaps Fearlessly Onto The PlayStation 3
Joe Danger, a game about a man called Joe, who faces danger, is one of the most high profile games in this year’s Independent Games Festival awards. And it’s coming to the PlayStation 3. Yes, all this time people had been growing slowly, and gently excited by his adorable brand of stuntmanship, they’d been doing…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Australia’s Moral Defender Has Hurt Feelings, Interest In “Research”
As the most public – and pivotal – opponent of an adults-only video game rating in Australia, Michael Atkinson is a rather public figure. Just don’t call him a crook. You may end up being sued by him. Last year, a user-submitted comment on an Adelaide-based website called Atkinson a “crook”. That’s it. It had…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Platinum Games’ Third-Person Shooter Won’t Have Multiplayer
These days it seems like every game has multiplayer. Multiplayer isn’t just expected, it has become a given. That makes it all the more noticeable when a game does not have the feature. Upcoming third-person shooter Vanquish features a protagonist in an armored suit wielding cool weapons. Third-person shooter. Armored suit. Cool weapons. The game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010