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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 - Uncategorized
First Screens Of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine
It’s been nine months since THQ officially announce the Warhammer 40K action RPG Space Marine, and we’re finally getting the first screenshots for the game. Are they worth the wait? Announced in May of last year and shown in footage form at E3 a month later, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine seems to be a title…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA’s Salt Lake City Studio Expands For “Groundbreaking” New Project
EA’s Salt Lake City, Utah studio, home to The Sims, Littlest Pet Shop, and Nerf development teams, is moving to a larger location and hiring developers for a “groundbreaking” unannounced new project. EA’s announcement reads less like a studio expansion announcement and more like travel brochure for Salt Lake City, discussing the numerous ski resorts,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Heavy Rain Explores Player Depression With Freezes And Glitches
Players across multiple regions are reporting technical issues with their copies of Heavy Rain, with word of out-of-sync audio, full-on freezes, and unloadable auto-saves filling the official forums, giving players an ironic taste of the depression the game explores. Despite having to download a rather substantial patch on launch day, or perhaps because of it,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bad Company 2’s Pre-Owned Sales-Stifling DLC Revealed
EA’s “Project Ten Dollar” initiative marches on in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with four multiplayer maps included on the disc, unlocked via VIP codes found only in new copies of the game. Using the VIP code that comes packed in every new copy of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, players will be able to unlock two…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy I & II Available Now on iPhone
For those of you chomping at the bit for Final Fantasy XIII, here’s a fun little surprise to tide you over: Both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II are now available on the iPhone for $9 a pop. The original Final Fantasy includes the five bonus dungeons, The Soul of Chaos pack and The Labyrinth…
By Brian Crecente Published February 25, 2010