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Five More Screens Show Off The Show
Five new MLB 10 The Show screens sent our way from Sony highlight some of the special animations for this year’s game, including a bang-bang play at second and an attempt to throw out a would-be base thief. That view of cover man Joe Mauer throwing down to second isn’t from Road to the Show…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Plenty of Contractions, and a Lower Birth Rate in Sports Gaming
Although hardly a shock, the demise of the NCAA Basketball series is still on some level surprising. It’s a publisher with an uncontested, major team sports title throwing in the towel, after all. NCAA Basketball was not a poor game, but nor was it exceptional, and as such it didn’t have either the sales figures…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Three Original Command & Conquer Games are Now Free
And the weekend parade of free stuff keeps marching on. PC gamers can now get all three original Command & Conquer games free through the official website. The freebies are a promotion for the release of Command & Conquer 4 next month. The free games include Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun with…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
No, This is Not Confirmation of the ‘Wii 2’
Some of you might have noticed that in the latest edition of Nintendo Power, which is someone holding a Wiimote labeled “Wii 2.” We contacted the editor and were told it was a straight goof-up, not a surprise leak. The story behind the error sounds a little familiar. Nintendo Power’s editor, Chris Slate, said the…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Weekend Coupons: The Make Good
Remember that profile we ran Thursday about the newly launched reselling marketplace? The one that got, as we say around here, Kotaku’d by all the traffic? All’s well now and they’ve thrown our readers a coupon as a goodwill gesture. Glyde, the site that’s been a big hit with gamers since well before its official…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Today Only: Fl0w is Free on PlayStation Network
Headline says it all: Sony’s made Fl0w, the acclaimed indie hit adapted by thatgamecompany for the PS3 in 2007, free for today only over the PlayStation Network, so run go get it. The offer’s good in the North American PlayStation Store (if the deal’s active in other regions, let us know in the comments.) The…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: Ronnie the Hedgehog
Who better to guest star on Kotaku in Valentine’s Week than porn star Ron Jeremy? His opinion on sex versus violence in video games was one top story in a week that saw major reviews and news from X10. Kotaku Talk Radio Top Stories Activision Shutters Guitar Hero Creators, GH: Van Halen Developers [Update] The…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
I got like five e-mails asking me that question after the last WTAY. Hopefully this clears it up. BTW, Totilo always posts the painting’s name and creator when he changes these in the first TAY of the month. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
X10: Microsoft Shows Its Hand For 2010
Yesterday, Microsoft drew a green line in the sand, showing off much (but not all!) of the platform holder’s lineup for the remainder of the year. There were screenshots, trailers, even interviews. Here’s the pick of it all. What most excited you? For me, it certainly wasn’t Peter Molyneux’s promises. While I admire what the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
“Free” Copies Of Red Faction Going Out To Early Darksiders Purchasers
If you were among the first people to pick up THQ’s Darksiders, you will have noticed a coupon inside the box, with a code on it and instructions to hang onto it. Hope you did. Because the publisher finally got around to finding a use for them today, announcing that those who still have a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Alan Wake Won’t Be Shining A Torch On The PC
Once upon a time, Alan Wake was a game coming for both the PC and Xbox 360. Then mention of the PC version began to simply disappear, culminating in the final announcement yesterday that the game’s for the 360 only. A statement from Microsoft reads: Some games are more suited for the intimacy of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Should BioShock 3 Revisit Rapture?
Now that BioShock 2 is out, a sequel that didn’t initially didn’t seem “necessary” but, upon release, sure played like it, what’s next for the franchise? Can BioShock 3 return once again to the underwater city of Rapture? That’s the question we posed to BioShock 2 creative director Jordan Thomas during today’s podcast, wondering when…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Pho Time
After working for the weekend, it’s here, a few days off that we’ll celebrate with this special edition of Kotaku Off Topic, where anything goes. Well, almost anything. I’m kicking off the weekend with a little pho tonight, perhaps a few big Kirin Ichibans and some relaxation. It’ll be a frosty 50 degrees Farenheit here…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Final Fantasy XIII Screens Let You Compare Xbox 360, PS3
Square Enix has summoned a batch of new screens for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Final Fantasy XIII, perfect for those still unsure which version will win the fidelity contest. There’s good news for both camps. There’s plenty of new, gorgeous looking screens of the game’s battles, the wide open fields, a…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mom Sells Old NES and 5 Games — for $13,105
A mom in North Carolina listed an NES and five carts on eBay last week for $9.99. Final winning bid: $13,105. One of the games in the lot happened to be the ultra-rare Stadium Events, in its original box. What’s Stadium Events? Well, according to its Wikipedia entry, it was a Bandai exer-game that used…
By Owen Good Published February 12, 2010 - Reviews
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 3 Review: Fire In The Hole!
SOCOM: Tactical Strike and Confrontation developer Slant Six Games gives the franchise another go, picking up where Zipper Interactive left off with SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 for the PSP. There are weapons of mass destruction in the fictional country of Koratvia, and it’s up to you and your crack team of Navy…
By Mike Fahey Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
China Approves Warcraft’s Burning Crusade
The Burning Crusade, the World of Warcraft expansion pack, has been cleared for launch by Chinese censors, a positive step in an oft-troubled relationship between the MMO and a country where four million people play it. NetEase, the company that operates the MMO within China, had planned to block all new registrations while it applied…
By Owen Good Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Love In Hell: Dante’s Inferno’s Take on Romance
While religion and an allegorical journey through a medieval hell remain the central themes of the video game adaption of Dante’s Inferno, an exploration of love and lust and what separates the two is nearly as important in the game. In both works, Dante Alighieri comes across different relationships in hell that ended poorly, from…
By Brian Crecente Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japan Is Still Big Portable Country
In Japan, the PSP and Nintendo DS platforms are still outselling the home console competition. And it’s the bigger versions of each portable platform, the standard PSP-3000 and Nintendo DSi LL, that Japan’s buying more of. Sony’s PlayStation Portable once again tops the charts, thanks to strong sales of God Eater and the three-way split…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 12, 2010