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Udon Crafts All New Endings For Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom
Capcom continues their love affair with Udon, as the Asian-influenced comic book company announces the creation of new endings for all 26 playable characters in Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. Udon has been collaborating with Capcom for quite some time now, having created multiple comic book series and art books based on Capcom properties, as…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Assassin’s Creed Briefly Appears For iPhone, Disappears
Touch Arcade was lucky enough to spot Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery, an iPhoned/iTouched version of last year’s DS game of the same name on Apple’s app store this week. Too bad the game was taken down. Discovery stars the same Ezio de Auditore featured in the hit Assassin’s Creed II, but focuses on telling a…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 2 Debuts In Mass Effect: Redemption
The first issue of Dark Horse’s Mass Effect: Redemption comic has hit store shelves, giving fans their first look at new locations and characters that will play a big role in Mass Effect 2. Let’s see what’s new! Mass Effect: Redemption is a prequel of sorts to Mass Effect 2. In the first issue, Shepard’s…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Jumps Closer To 3 Million Sold In Japan
It’s a week of no new releases charting in Japan, another week for New Super Mario Bros. Wii to dominate the competition with another quarter million plus sold. What other Nintendo games are selling like gangbusters in Japan this week? The rest of the chart that isn’t New Super Mario Bros. Wii looks like familiar…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2010 - Reviews
Trajectile Micro-Review: Testing Your Talent For Precision Demolition
Satisfying the unknown need for a thinking-person’s Breakout, Trajectile is (psst) a new DSiWare game from the veterans behind the acclaimed PixelJunk series and a brick-breaking breakthrough. It also might be the best non-golf golf game made in some time. Trajectile is the second DSiWare game from Q-Games, the small Kyoto-based company run by original…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo Meets Appleseed Meets Cowboy Bebop
In case you missed the Halo Waypoint preview of “The Package”, the Halo Legends short created under Shinji Aramaki of Appleseed fame and written by Cowboy Bebop’s Dai Sato, here’s a short clip of the CGI Spartans in action. I missed the Waypoint preview, and now I’m kicking myself. I love the art style used…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Since Brian and I will still be roaming the halls of CES and the casinos of Las Vegas this weekend, it’s doubtful that I’ll be playing much beyond games on the convention hall floor and quarter slots. Of course, there are still some interesting games still left to be played by Team Kotaku at CES.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Court Puts A Stop To CTA’s Mature Video Game Ad Ban
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the Entertainment Software Association a preliminary injunction in its suit against the Chicago Transit Authority, temporarily lifting the CTA’s ban on mature game advertising. The ESA filed the lawsuit against the CTA in July of last year, following the Grand Theft Auto IV…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Old Republic’s Home Where The Empire Roams
Welcome to rainy, dark, electrical storm-plagued Dromund Kaas, the Sith Empire’s seat of power during the time of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The Sith Empire colonized Dromund Kaas in ancient times, eventually losing track of the hyperspace coordinates to the world, which is just the sort of wacky thing you’d expect the Sith to…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Company That Paid $300K To Not Make Millions on Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero is a franchise that catapulted Red Octane and Harmonix directly into the money pit, but not everyone associated with the launch of the popular rhythm game came out of it crazy rich. There was a reason the original Guitar Hero only launched on the Playstation 2, and that reason was Mad Catz. “Guitar…
By Brian Crecente Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Heavy Rain Release Date Trudges Sadly Into View
Don’t be sad! Quantic Dreams’ interactive cinematic exploration of sorrow now has an official release date of February 23rd. At least don’t be sad now. From what I gathered from Stephen’s impressions of the game, there’ll be plenty of time for that once Heavy Rain is spinning half-heartedly inside your PlayStation 3. I’ve already bought…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
In A Twist, It Was Capcom’s Cheerful Wii Game That Flopped
Despite sharp graphics, fun gameplay, creative Wii controls and unprecedented use of a weird shirtless cartoon boy to demonstrate said controls, Capcom’s 2007 Wii game Zack &Wiki never sold big. Hey, it’s only the 13th best-reviewed Wii game ever. The news comes via Gamasutra’s coverage of the struggles third-party companies continue to face on the…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Toobin’ Controller? Super Hang-On Motorcyle? What isn’t Mad Catz Working On
Mad Catz, once known for concentrating more on quantity than quality, is turning over a new leaf, the company’s president told Kotaku. “Mad Catz used to do high-end quality, all of the controllers had rubber grips and all of those kinds of things and then in the early 2000s we became kind of became the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Would You Be A Pepper For EA DLC?
Starting this week, specially marked 20 ounce bottles of Dr Pepper will contain codes good towards exclusive downloadable content for popular EA games, including The Sims 3, Spore, and Mass Effect 2. Dr Pepper isn’t a soft drink you’d normally associate with video games. The soda brand and EA are looking to change that now,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bwah, Today is Friday?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: See. Eeeeee! Es? I…honestly had no idea. Did you know? What you missed last night Neill Blomkamp “Stressed Out” By Idea of District 9 Game So, Who’s Behind Microsoft’s New Game Room Service? More Hands-on Details From Xbox 360’s Game Room Rumor: Dead Or Alive 5 Heading For PlayStation 3?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brutal Legend’s Eddie Riggs, Now In Action Figure Form
To cash in on the launch of Brutal Legend last year, EA had 1000 statues of the game’s star, Eddie Riggs, made up. They were nice, but then…they were too nice. Too clean. Not metal enough. Reader Hugo thus decided to take matters into his own hands, and built himself an Eddie Riggs figure that…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Looking to “Take On” Modern Warfare
Right now, Modern Warfare is top of the war shooter hill. The game’s publisher Activision stands atop that hill — a hill rival companies like Electronic Arts are eager to climb. “In March we will launch Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is our first strong attack on Call Of Duty,” EA Europe boss Jens Uwe…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Darksiders Banned In The United Arab Emirates?
Darksiders seems to be the flavour of the month so far, its rugged charms leading to good review scores and media opportunities. Just don’t tell that to the United Arab Emirates, who have reportedly banned the game. No reason was given (because it seems no reason is ever given by the authorities), but if this…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2010