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Force Unleashed: Seven Million Served
Sure, it wasn’t the greatest of Star Wars games, but The Force Unleashed didn’t suck. Which in terms of recent Star Wars releases, made it special. So special it’s sold a ton. Lucasarts announced today that since going on sale almost 18 months ago, the game has sold over seven million units worldwide. I only…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tales of Graces Recalled!
Namco Bandai has recalled Wii title Tales of Graces for being too buggy. The company has confirmed ten defects in the title and has set up an exchange program for those who have purchased the title. Bugs include the inability for players to acquire certain items, music glitches, walking in place, freezing and more. Buggy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 2 Wins Writers Guild Of America Award
Five games were nominated by the Writers Guild of America for the award of “Best Video Game Writing”. Only one could win. And no, it wasn’t Modern Warfare 2. Even though Activision’s shooter was nominated (perhaps based on the quantity rather than quality of the game’s writing), along with Assassin’s Creed II…X-Men Origins and…Wet, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ready To Fall In Love With Love Plus Manga?
Konami’s popular love simulator Love Plus is getting a handful of manga, it seems. Japanese publisher Kodansha hints that it will be launching five new manga series in five different magazines, reports Anime News Network. While nothing official has been announced, the advertisements for these new manga feature silhouettes of the Love Plus girls. What…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
BioShock 2’s PC Widescreen Problems Getting Patched
Steamed that 2K screwed up BioShock’s PC widescreen not once, but twice? S’OK, PC users, a patch will soon be with you. 2K will release tomorrow an update for the game that will fix the burning issue of mouse clicking in multiplayer matches. Oh, and also the game’s widescreen problem, which again has seen the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Ubisoft On The Campaign Trail Over New PC DRM Measures Comment by: miquonranger03 Nominated by: Tarr First they raised the console game prices, but I did not speak, because I was a PC gamer. Then they started using StarForce, TAGES, and SecuROM, but I did not speak, because I was not a software pirate. Then,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter IV’s iPhone Roster, Lineup Revealed
When Street Fighter IV lands on the iPhone in March, it won’t be as full-featured as 2009’s console versions. Then again, it won’t cost $50, either. Capcom confirmed today that there will only be eight fighters available in the handheld version of the game, those being Ryu, Ken, Guile, Blanka, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, M. Bison and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Australia’s Proposed Internet Censorship Will (And Won’t) Affect Video Games
While the lack of an adults-only rating for video games hogs all the headlines when it comes to gaming and Australia, there’s a far more sinister threat lurking on the horizon: internet censorship. But how does this affect gaming? Proposals currently working their way through the system (it’s important to note these aren’t law yet,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off-Topic: D-FENS
Let’s all just relax with a big swig of Kotaku Off Topic, shedding our individual cases of the Mondays with some random chatter, whether it be video game related or not. Like, we could even talk about traffic. See, I spent a little time on the road today, a trip down the 101 to the…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
IRS Plane Crash Flash Game is Quick and Tasteless
The gentleman who created this Flash adaptation of last week’s civilian divebomb attack on an IRS building says he enjoys “making stupid games in 24 hours or less.” Mission accomplished. This is “Tax Time!” based on Joe Stack, who on Thursday crashed his civilian airplane into a government building in Austin, Texas, housing the Internal…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2010 - Reviews
Plants Vs. Zombies iPhone Micro-Review: Touch The Dead
PopCap Games’ unlikely match up between the walking dead and the powerful flora that keeps your brains and well-kept lawn intact is more than just an attention-grabbing title. Plants Vs. Zombies is simply an excellent “tower defense” game. And now it’s on the iPhone. Trading towers and cannons for stalks and stems, Plants Vs. Zombies…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
‘Xbox Effect’ Cited in Chick Flicks’ Rise
This weekend The Sunday Telegraph noted that, for the past three months, the box office charts in the U.S. have been dominated by the, shall we say, estrogen-infused variety of movies. It’s not because more women are watching more movies, it’s because more guys are watching fewer – and in fact, are assumed by Hollywood…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Network, iPhone Getting A Kick-Ass Game
The movie based on the Mark Millar created comic book series Kick-Ass is getting its own adaptation in the form of a video game for the PlayStation Network and iPhone. It will be simply Kick-Ass. IGN reports that WHA Entertainment will be handling the downloadable Kick-Ass game, which should follow the same kids-turned-super heroes plot,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rebellion Calls AvP ‘Critical Success’; Talking Sequel
Discounting “three totally sh— reviews” from American sources, Rebellion reasons that Aliens vs. Predator is a “critical success”, just as becoming the U.K.’s fastest-selling title of 2010 makes it a commercial success. They’re already thinking sequel. “The reviews have been mostly good,” Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley told Develop Magazine. “We’ve had three totally sh— reviews…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Valve: No “Tiresome” Zombie Decapitating Mini-Games For Natal, Promise
Half-Life and Portal developer Valve won’t be getting into the shitty mini-game business with the advent of Microsoft’s Project Natal for the Xbox 360, at least not if Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek has anything to do with it. Despite expressing a fondness for the camera add-on, Faliszek tells CVG that Valve won’t be…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedSix Stadiums From the Days Before Naming Rights
Although I suppose Polo and Forbes are big brands in modern times. I just doubt they’d put it on a baseball park. SCEA’s released this video of the six classic ballfields available with an MLB 10 The Show preorder. The Polo Grounds, Forbes Field and four other fields will be unlockable from within the game,…
By Owen Good Published February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fat Bastard
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: SUPER BIZZY! I had my physical today. Here’s what I learned: *I put on 20 pounds in the past year. *I have high cholesterol. *I have borderline high blood sugar. I suppose I could blame all of this on my increasingly sedentary lifestyle, as dictated by long hours sitting at…
By Brian Crecente Published February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Visceral Games Has Some XBLA, PSN Games In The Works Too
Fresh off the release of Dante’s Inferno and with plenty of time between now Dead Space 2’s release, developer Visceral Games has other unannounced titles in the works for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network to keep them busy. Visceral general manager Nick Earl tells Gamasutra that the developer famed for its Dead Space games…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2010