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Sony: Heavy Rain Selling “Incredibly Well,” No Need For PS4 Yet
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Jack Tretton seems incredibly pleased with Heavy Rain’s reception with PlayStation 3 owners, saying that the newly released game’s pre-sales were “off the charts,” underscoring that there’s no need yet for a PlayStation 4. Tretton tells Fast Company that the next generation of the PlayStation family won’t arrive until there’s a…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Tester: Episode 2: The “Communication Breakdown” Liveblog: Barmy of None
PlayStation Network reality show The Tester enters its second week, with just nine contestants vying for a Sony Computer Entertainment America QA testing job and no hope for cancellation. The newest episode “Communication Breakdown” is now live. Let’s watch! For those who may have missed last week’s debut episode, two contestants were eliminated, the bevested…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
MLB 10 Devs on Demo Delay: Don’t Blame Us
With fewer than five days until release, the absence of a demo for MLB 10 The Show raises uncomfortable speculation. An Sony San Diego Studio representative says that the demo is complete, but Sony hasn’t approved it. In an Operation Sports forum thread asking where a demo was, “Chris,” identified as a lead animator for…
By Owen Good Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Libraries vs. Zombies
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: But… How Does He Know? Yeah, kids say the darnedest things. They also check out the darnedest things from the library. Tristan is 8, so he’s well, well into the reading phase. Trish takes him to the library once a week to peruse and select titles from their children’s section.…
By Brian Crecente Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Missile Command Turns 30, Gets Remixed For Multiplayer
Atari is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Missile Command this year, offering up one more playable version of the venerable city defense twitch game, this time online and totally free. Missile Command fans and the reader looking to lose a few hours to a quality Flash game should try out OMGPOP’s take on the tried…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2010 - Reviews
Kaleidoscope Micro-Review: What a Colorful World
A world drained of color confronts you in Kaleidoscope, by the three-man studio of Morsel. As a Dream-Build-Play finalist, Kaleidoscope has well earned its indie chops, but does its gameplay fulfill the playfulness set forth by its visual design? Loved Set Design: In Kaleidoscope, you control a jet-black, inkwell-looking creature named Tint whose mission is…
By Owen Good Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Square Enix iPhone Games Go On Sale
In honor of the release of Final Fantasy I and II for the iPhone, Square Enix has dropped prices on the rest of its iPhone offerings, in case you wanted something new with your ancient remakes. Square Enix has been quite busy on the iPhone front leading up to today’s release of Final Fantasy I…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Castle Crashers Adds Xtreme Volleyball Action To PSN Port
Gosh! It’s been a while since we’ve heard about the PlayStation Network port of The Behemoth’s Castle Crashers. The game is still coming (whew!), reassures the game’s developer, making that reassurance sweeter with the addition of volleyball mini-games(!!!). Castle Crashers in its PlayStation 3 form will coming with the most robust volleyball addition The Behemoth…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2010 - Reviews
Call of Duty: World At War: Zombies Verrückt Micro-Review: Solo Fun
No longer limited to wandering the rooms of an abandoned building, the zombies of the Verrückt zombie asylum add-on pack for iPhone’s Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies are trying to break their way into the halls of an insane asylum. The basic premise of this $5 in-game purchase is the same – kill…
By Brian Crecente Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Win One of ONLY Ten Signed Greed Corp Lithographs
Feeling greedy? Enter to win one of 10 framed and signed lithographs featuring never-before-seen art from Mistbound. Only 10 of these made it back from our travels to Mistbound, so don’t miss your chance to own these extraordinary pieces of art! To enter, email us at [email protected] with “Greed Corp” as the subject line. Ten…
By Gawkercreative Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Biohazard 5 Alternative Edition Sees Gold Sales In Japan
The re-release of Resident Evil 5—aka Biohazard on that side of the Pacific—looks like it has already paid for itself, the zombie hunting adventures of Chris and Jill delivering another 143,000 scares to Japanese gamers. This week also saw another PlayStation 3 exclusive or two arrive in Japan, Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain, selling well enough…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Your Lost Planet 2 Preorder Bonus Has Changed
Remember back in November, when Capcom announced a Wesker skin as a GameStop preorder bonus for Lost Planet 2? Forget that. Now the company is giving GameStop preorder customers two exclusive underwater combat maps. What about Wesker? There’s good news, and better news. The good news is, players who preorder Lost Planet 2 will no…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
To-Do In Boston: Kotaku’s Very Own PAX East Panel
On March 27, Kotaku and my pal, consultant N’Gai Croal, will co-host a panel right at the mid-point of the three-day PAX East. Our mission: To figure out what the best game of all time is, using a foolproof method. Here are the details for you to pencil into your calendar, PAX East showgoers. Kotaku’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 25, 2010 -
UncategorizedPac-Man Battle Royale Does Quad Pac Damage
Namco is giving Pac-Man another chance to satisfy his hunger for dots and ghost flesh at arcades, unveiling Pac-Man Battle Royale at next month’s Amusement Expo show in Las Vegas. What is Pac-Man Battle Royale? It’s not a fighting game in the Tekken vein, as some of us theorized, but what appears to be a…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Windows Games On Demand Drastically Discounts Arkham Asylum
Every weekend in March, Microsoft will be discounting Games on Demand for Windows titles, kicking things off with 75% off the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum this Friday through Monday. Perhaps Microsoft’s Games on Demand program for Windows isn’t getting as much attention as the company hoped, or maybe they just feel like passing out…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Difference Between A Pinata Kill And A Hang Kill
I played Just Cause 2 today, the “sandbox Rambo” game others at Kotaku have raved about. My “Rambo,” named Rico, got killed by ninjas, but not before I learned some new terms and laws of physics. “Pinata Kill”: Just Cause 2, an open-world third-person action sequel set on 400 square miles of southeast Asian tropical…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dress Your Avatar In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
With Xbox Live Avatars all the same height, you never have to worry about being called a little short for a Stormtrooper while wearing your Star Wars: The Force Unleashed clothes and accessories, now available on the Xbox Avatar Marketplace. LucasArts delivered a fresh crop of Star Wars themed avatar goodies to the Avatar Marketplace…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Unreal Modders Win Awards, Don’t All Clone Gears of War
What can a bunch of amateurs turn Unreal Tournament 3 into? The just-completed Make Something Unreal contest offered money in order to find some answers. One is the shot top this post, but that wasn’t the winner. Top honors went to a mod called The Haunted, a horror take on UT3, developed by a six-man…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 25, 2010