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Reggie Dates Next Wii Zelda For “When It’s Perfect”
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is taking names and setting expectations in the latest edition of the Wii’s Nintendo Week program, saying that the next announced Legend of Zelda game for Wii will “come out when it’s perfect.” That’s not “before the end of 2010” as Nintendo president Satoru Iwata reportedly told Japanese newspaper…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Six Faces Of Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic
Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic hits DVD and Blu-Ray the same day the game drops in stores, with six limited edition covers showcasing Dante’s different animated looks. Six acclaimed anime directors take a stab at EA’s hero in Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic, each bringing their own look and feel to this companion piece to…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Games Let Down Mike Tyson On Live TV
If you are Mike Tyson, the former baddest man on the planet, and you are appearing on WWE’s Monday Night Raw, make sure that the boxing video game running behind you doesn’t show Muhammad Ali thrashing you. The blurry image above shows Tyson confronting WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels on Monday Night Raw last night. Tyson…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Former Staffer Compares Rockstar NY To The Eye Of Sauron
Following a blog post last week describing unfair work conditions at Rockstar San Diego, a former Rockstar New York staffer spoke to MTV Multiplayer of the fear the East coast office instills in the developer’s West Coast employees. Last Thursday’s blog post, signed by “Determined Devoted Wives of Rockstar San Diego employees,” described mandatory long…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fight: Double Impact Puts You Back In the Arcade
The most impressive thing about Capcom’s download ports of arcade classics Final Fight and Magic Sword aren’t the gameplay, it’s the frame that the game plays within. Gamers have the option of turning on a frame for the games that turns the sides of the monitor into replicas of the old gaming guides that used…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Star Trek Online Boldly Enters Open Beta
Prepare to pick out your uniform, christen your starship, and boldly go where only closed beta participants have gone before, as Cryptic launches the open beta test for Star Trek Online. It feels like only yesterday that Cryptic was revealed as the developer of Star Trek Online. The game was officially announced in July of…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lost Planet 2’s Debouse Has a Big Mouth
These screenshots of Lost Planet 2 creature Debouse go great lengths towards explaining why they decided to lose the planet in the first place. When you’ve got a cross between those frilled, spitting dinosaurs from Jurassic Park and a Sam Keith drawing wandering around your planet, losing it is probably your best bet. Capcom’s Lost…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Razer Reinvents, Perfects the Xbox 360 Controller
The second to last thing I was expecting to be writing about my visit to Razer’s CES booth was an Xbox 360 controller. The last thing? That I like it more than Microsoft’s version. The Razer Onza includes two programmable bumpers, a 15-foot braided cable, a more-responsive directional pad and the ability to adjust the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2010 - Reviews
Army of Two: The 40th Day Review: Co-Op Shooting At A Crossroads
Jonah Wade is a madman whose paid soldiers are blowing up Shanghai. Also, he used to make action movies to recruit soldiers. That’s one of the many absurdly excellent ideas in the unfortunately choppy Army of Two: The 40th Day. The mutli-million selling Army of Two series is back with a console sequel, the first…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
BioWare Confirms Spring 2011 Release Window For The Old Republic
BioWare today confirmed the spring 2011 release window for Star Wars: The Old Republic that EA CEO John Ricitiello mentioned yesterday, promising exciting updates and reveals throughout 2010. Ricitiello spoke about the release window yesterday during an EA financial update conference call. Now BioWare’s Sean Dahlberg confirms the news via a message posted this morning…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 2 Sets Its Sights on the Modern Warfare Crowd
Famed role-playing game developers Bioware are going after a surprising audience with their upcoming RPG, Mass Effect 2: Fans of first-person shooters. While Mass Effect 2 will remain very solidly in the realm of role-playing game, the combat has been reworked specifically to try and attract the same sort of gamer who plays Modern Warfare…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Naughty Bear Is Slightly Disturbing
A disheveled teddy bear casually wielding a machete is exactly the sort of thing I used to have nightmares about as a small child. When AJ previewed Artificial Mind & Movement’s Naughty Bear for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, she neglected to mention the machete. What kind of nightmare world do we live in where…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ace Combat Returns To The PSP
Project Aces returns to the PlayStation Portable this summer in Ace Combat Joint Assault, bringing fierce aerial battles to the skies of London, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Those are just three of the locations you’ll be swapping missiles over in Ace Combat Joint Assault, the second game in the venerable flight combat series for the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
iPhone Chart Toppers: Trenches Hits the Charts
Zombies still cling to the top spot and only one new game managed to break into the list: Trenches. Have any of your played it yet? Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews. Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Call…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
TVs Getting More Natal-y This Fall
Late 2010 will improve our ability to play video games without a controller in our hands. But even if you skip getting a Project Natal, there will be ways for you to motion-control your TV with a hand wave. The New York Times reports that the Xbox 360’s Project Natal is just one of many…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mad Catz Wants to Take on Fight Stick King Hori in Japan
Hot off the success of their licensed Street Fighter tournament edition fight sticks in the U.S., Mad Catz is hoping to expand their reach into the land of Street Fighter: Japan. Currently popular fight-stick manufacturer Hori has the licensing rights to Street Fighter in Japan, said Alex Verrey, the Mad Catz’ spokesman. But they’d like…
By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s Your Opinion Of 3D?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Kotaku’s Newest Day Note Slated For Release January 11 Welcome back from CES. Wanted to ask you our thoughts on 3D? The jury is still out for me — I actually like the flatness of, you know, regular HD TV. Remember when that was a big deal? What you missed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo, Beyonce Can’t Quit You
Pop diva Beyoncé has renewed her partnership with Nintendo of America, but this time she’s back to shill more than Nintendo products: She’ll be shilling her own, too. Through Nintendo, she’s promoting her own fashion line, Deréon, which was co-created by Beyoncé and her mother, designer Tina Knowles. Last year, the singer appeared in ads…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Another Perfectly Good Piece Of Box Art, Ruined By Americans
What is it with American publishers – Sony Computer Entertainment in particular – and ruining nice pieces of foreign box art that should otherwise have been left untouched? Take Heavy Rain, for example. Above is the PAL cover to the game, revealed a month or so ago. It’s dark, it’s mysterious, it’s slightly menacing. Exactly…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2010