Mark Beaumont, Capcom COO, Dies Suddenly [Update]

Capcom has announced that Mark Beaumont, its chief operating officer for North America and Europe, died suddenly this morning. Beaumont, in his late 50s, was officially Capcom’s executive vice president, officer and Head of North America, South America and Europe consumer software publishing. He was promoted to the position in 2008. He joined Capcom in…

MLB 2K10 Demo Released to Xbox Live

With both baseball titles running up against a March 2 weekend date, MLB 2K10 today was the first to pull the demo trigger, but only for the Xbox 360. The 711-megabyte download is available on Xbox Live but it won’t be coming to the PlayStation Network until March 4, two days after both MLB 2K10…

The Trailer Of The Secret Armory Of General Knoxx

Downloadable content as expansive as Borderlands’ Secret Armory of General Knoxx deserves a trailer just as big, and here it is. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is out now for the Xbox 360, bringing with it all the goodies you see in this trailer and more for the low price of 800 Microsoft points.…

Get Your Superior Heavy Rain Box Art Here

How far would you go to improve the box art of the game that you love? If that game is the newly released Heavy Rain, fortunately, you don’t have to go too far to upgrade it. As promised Sony Computer Entertainment America has offered purchasers of today’s release a more pleasing, less tank top-highlighting Heavy…

Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares Micro-Review: Less Fighting, More Frightening

The brief new downloadable episode for Resident Evil 5 isn’t very scary, but it does show how a Resident Evil 5 can be more terrifying than the original game Capcom released in 2009. Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares is a flashback scenario starring Mark McGwire-bodied Resident Evil 5 hero Chris Redfield and his partner…

New Novel Bridges The Gap Between Guild Wars 1 And 2

What happens in the 250-year gap between Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2? Find out this summer in Ghosts of Ascalon, the first novel based on NCsoft’s popular MMO series. NCsoft is taking Guild Wars offline and into the bookstore for the first time this summer with Ghosts of Ascalon. Written by Jeff Grubb (The…

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echoshift Timed For PlayStation Store Release This Week

The PlayStation Portable’s spin-off of the equally puzzling echochrome, echoshift will be making an appearance on the North American PlayStation Store this Thursday. The PSP-exclusive game plays with one’s perspective on time in a way that its predecessor for the PlayStation 3 and PSP did with one’s perspective on… well, perspective. The game’s time-shifting and…

While You’re Waiting For Heavy Rain To Install…

Heavy Rain is in U.S. stores now, and hopefully in the hands of many U.S. PlayStation 3 owners as well. While you’re waiting for the game to install, why not check out our review, or create your own origami swan? Reader Kyle sent us a link to this video, showing off the install process for…

Mile Marker 16: Vessel

Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Vessel. In A Sentence Man uses backpack that shoots fluids to solve puzzles in a 2D game that’s nothing like waterpack genre leader…

God Of War III Is Installation Free

Your inevitable purchase of God Of War III won’t inflict massive damage on your available hard drive space. The highly anticipated PlayStation 3 exclusive will be one of the console’s games that doesn’t require a hard drive install. So says Christer Ericson, director of technology at Sony Santa Monica, a person in position to know.…

Across Age Micro-Review: Slam Evil

Take a trip back in time with Across Age, an old-school action role-playing game with a time-traveling twist, now available for the iPhone. Across Age, co-produced by FDG Entertainment and Japanese developer Exe Create, tells the tale of the brave knight Ales, on a quest to rid the world of an evil overlord who’s been…

Are You Playing A Video Game Before You Are Playing It?

Last week, Will Wright was talking in New York City and saying brainy things. Among them was an idea I’d never considered before, that people will play the virtual reality that is a video game before they physically play it. Specifically, Wright, while speaking about toys, was exploring the concept of model-building, in the context…

The Activision-Wants-Harmonix Theory

Over at the blog Dubious Quality, Bill Harris has been spotting some dots and trying to connect them. The picture he’s got is of Activision making a play for MTV-owned Rock Band studio Harmonix, something that is pure speculation. Harris notes recent comments from an MTV person saying the Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero format…

The Toys That Amazed Me

Gaming tends to take over things. We get video games molding movies, video games infesting Facebook. At Toy Fair 2010, I expected to see gaming infecting and influencing toys. I did. But I also saw so many other delightful things. See, you go to a Toy Fair in New York City’s cavernous Jacob Javits center,…

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When A Spartan Loves A Stormtrooper

They say Stormtroopers can’t hit the broad side of a barn, but there’s one that can hit the hardest target of all – the cold heart of a Halo Spartan. When you’re a crack commando encased in battle armor, it doesn’t matter if you spend all day fighting The Covenant or the Rebel Alliance. You…

Two Guests Are Better Than One: Chat with David Jaffe and Scott Campbell Live

This Wednesday, the founders of Eat Sleep Play, Scott Campbell and David Jaffe, joins us for our weekly podcast and to take your calls. Scott Campbell, former head of Incognito Entertainment and co-director of Twisted Metal, and David Jaffe, director of the Twisted Metal series and God of War, will be on Kotaku Talk Radio…

Assassin’s Creed II Novelization Comes To The U.S.

U.S. Assassin’s Creed II fans looking to delve deeper into Ezio’s story should check out Assassin’s Creed Renaissance, the novelization of the game, released today at book stores around the country. Assassin’s Creed Renaissance, written by someone named Oliver Bowden who I’ve never heard of, follows the story of Ezio Auditore da Firenze as he…