- Uncategorized
A Glimpse Of Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Console-Exclusive Content
Have you already played through Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce PSP and are wondering why to play it on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3? If the online multiplayer isn’t enough, perhaps these screens of the console versions’ exclusive content will help. While I’m picking up the game this February for the online multiplayer, I’ve not played…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 -
UncategorizedBlazing Angels: Squadron’s of WW II the Arcade Cabinet
This may be widely available out there, in some forgotten arcade Shangri-la – a land of plentiful cabinets and quarters – but in the work-a-day, arcade-free world I live in I’ve never seen it. For $2 Australian wouldbe fighter pilots can climb into this cabinet and play a bit of Ubisoft’s Blazing Angels: Squadrons of…
By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Launching Their Own Wii Sports Racquet
Wii Sports Tennis taught publishers that Wii owners loved hitting things with imaginary racquets. Ubisoft takes this idea and runs with it with Racquet Sports, bundling tennis, ping pong, badminton, squash, and beach tennis in one hard-hitting package. Ubisoft takes hitting things while imagining you are holding a racquet to a whole new level with…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Authenticator Spawns Two-Headed Dog
World of Warcraft players who use Blizzard’s authenticator gadget to secure their accounts are being gifted with a two-headed fire dog so cute it almost makes up for all of those Molten Core raid deaths – almost. The Blizzard authenticator is a device that generates a one-time code that secures your Blizzard account from unauthorized…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Zelda Contest Continental Clarification
In case you missed it, we launched a pretty impressive Legend of Zelda giveaway yesterday. But one point of clarity. When we said it was open to anyone in the Americas, we did mean anyone living in either North or South America. So if you live in any of the many countries those two continents…
By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype’s Lovely Bullet Hell
SideQuest Studio’s sequel to PlayStation Network exclusive side-scrolling shooter Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is just as free with the bullets as its predecessor was, as these new screens demonstrate. Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer was released around this time last year on the PlayStation Network, so its about time we got around to playing the follow-up. This time around the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Second Brutal Legend DLC Pack Comes With A Beard
Sure, the Hammer of Infinite Fate DLC coming to Brutal Legend next week adds new multiplayer maps, weapons upgrades, and achievements, but what really matters is the beard. Eddie Riggs gets three new outfits in the Hammer of Infinite Fate DLC – Black Metal, Zaulia, and Mountain Man – the latter of which sports what…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Are You Canadian? Are You Familiar with “Moe”?
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: The Year We Make 3-2-1 Contact I’m not Canadian. But I am familiar with moe — oh yes. And probably anyone with a passing interest in current Japanese animation or gooey-eyed games does as well. In a duck press, “moe” (萌え) means “budding”, but it’s a pun on “燃え” (moe),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Excuse Me, My Lord, Your Golden PS3 Is Ready
It’s finished. Only $4999.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Games As Michael Jordan Highlight Reel
Michael Jordan isn’t available as a player in NBA2K10. Heck, he’s barely available as a player in any video game. So it’s left to super-fans like MessenjahMatt to not only get him in there, but recreate his most famous moves. I don’t even want to guess how long it took this guy to not only…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ar Tonelico 3 Goes Underwear Fan Service Silly
Upcoming role-playing-game Ar Tonelico has a new element to its game play system: the option of asking female characters to remove their clothes. Say hello to “undress”. Hello, undress! The newest issue of Famitsu shows that progression. Since Ar Tonelico is a Japanese PS3 game (and not a Japanese PC game), there isn’t any nudity,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill, The Stage Play
Konami’s scary franchise Silent Hill getting a Swedish stage send up. How frightening. Kidding! In the play’s official blog, there are images of the play’s unpainted cardboard props and painted props. Know what is scarier than any Silent Hill stage play? Series musician and producer Akira Yamaoka leaving Konami. Välkommen Till Silent Hill [Official Site…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Cluster, Or Skynet?
Last month, we told you about the United States Air Force’s plans to purchase around 2200 PlayStation 3 consoles to crunch some data with. Wonder what that kind of horsepower actually looks like? Here’s just a taste. This is the back room of the USAF Research Laboratory’s information directorate in Rome, New York, and these…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 Censored In Japan
The Japanese version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 features a discrepancy in the localization — and content, it seems. In the section “No Russian”, the player is told, “Remember, no Russian.” Here, this means “Do not speak Russian,” a plot point for this scene. However, in the Japanese version, this is localized as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Machinarium Extends Its Reach To Retail Shelves
Amanita Design‘s Machinarium, one of the year’s most charming (and sadly underrated) PC titles, has previously been available only as a digital download. Next year, however, it’ll graduate to a boxed, retail copy. Mamba Games have picked up the publishing rights to the adventure game, and will release Machinarium to stores next March in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yakuza 4 Dated For Japan
The latest entry in SEGA’s PS3 exclusive Japanese gangster franchise Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza in the West) has gotten a release date. The underworld title features celebrities like former Morning Musume singer Mari Yaguchi (pictured). The game’s release is March 18, 2010, and it is priced at ¥7,980 — US$90. This past February, Ryu Ga…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ever Wonder How Much Money Has Been Sunk Into America’s Army?
America’s Army may be the US military’s most super-effective recruitment tool, but that kind of effectiveness comes at a price. It’s been revealed today that since first beginning the recruitment-tool-masquearading-as-a-game project in 2000, America’s Army has cost the US military – well, really, the US tax payer – $32.8 million. That’s just a little over…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2009