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Kotaku Talk Radio Signs on With CBS Radio
As part of an agreement signed earlier this month with CBS Radio, Kotaku Talk Radio will be broadcasting live from Chat About It’s broadcast studio in New York City beginning next month. Chat About It.com is heard on the CBS Radio Digital Network. The show will also be heard live on AOL radio, YAHOO launchcast…
By Brian Crecente Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade Potentially Snubs France
Paradox Interactive has a new real-time strategy game in the pipes set during the Third Crusade called Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade. Kings’ as in the possessive of more than one king. So I ask: Why does Richard I get top billing? Seriously, history buffs, are you going to let this go? The freaking Holy Roman Emperor…
By AJ Glasser Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Get Your Weekly Dose Of Dante’s Inferno
In case you weren’t getting enough Dante’s Inferno with its clever marketing tricks and Facebook app, EA is kicking off a weekly live video series, kicking off tomorrow with executive producer Jonathan Knight and senior producer Justin Lambros. Knight and Lambros will be discussing everything Dante’s inferno related in the first weekly installment of the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Choose Your Own Red Dead Redemption GameStop Preorder Incentive
Red Dead Redemption fans who preorder Rockstar’s cowboy game from GameStop will soon have the opportunity to vote for which unlockable in-game outfit they’ll receive for doing so. According to the Rockstar announcement, fans will vote for one of three sets of cowboy gear, with the winning set made available exclusively to GameStop preorder customers.…
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2009 - Reviews
PSPgo In-Ear Headset Review: A Nice Price
With any new hardware, gadget or platform comes a slew of peripherals and add-ons, some good, many worthless. The PSPgo’s pickings are still fairly slim, but there’s already several cases and one headset available for the portable. The PSPgo in-ear headsets from Sony are silky black, ring in under $20 and come with their own…
By Brian Crecente Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Update 3.15 Makes PSP minis Maxi
The PlayStation 3 gets an option 3.15 update on December 17th, adding the ability to transfer data between two consoles as well as making PSP minis playable on the PS3. The rumors were true after all. Update 3.15 will make the PSP mini emulator run on the PlayStation 3, allowing you to play your bite-sized…
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yakuza 3 Heading Westward Next Year
After countless indications that a Western release was unlikely, Sega has announced that Yakuza 3 is making the trip to U.S. and European PlayStation 3 consoles early next year. Sega has been teasing us. Ryū ga Gotoku 3, the third game in Sega’s Yakuza series, has sold half a million copies in Japan since its…
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Chart Toppers: Zombies Neeeeed YUR Brainzzz
It’s that time again. Time to look at the top grossing games on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. World at War’s zombies managed to hang on to the top spot while a skate title hit the number ten. Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone…
By Brian Crecente Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Venetica’s Traiding And Training Trailer
Let’s see how many people hop directly to the comments section before watching the Venetica Traiding and Training developer diary! Can’t say I’m liking the frame rate in this video for Deck13 Interactive‘s action RPG, due out next year for the Xbox 360 and PC, but I like the way they spell.
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Paradox Explores The Wild Console Frontier With Lead And Gold
Traditionally a PC game publisher, Paradox Interactive dons a cowboy hat and a pair of six-guns, moseying onto the console scene with Fatshark’s Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West, and we’ve got pictures to prove it. Lead and Gold first popped up in October, when developer Fatshark chummed the publishing waters with a…
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ten Years, Man, Ten Years. Crap.
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: An Event That Was Supposed To Happen Long Ago And Finally Did Nice — though, you really should’ve told that kid you were on a deadline. He’s gotta learn about stuff like that sooner or later. So…………….We made it through another decade! Hooray. We’re alive and happy. Super duper. But…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Sales Charts: Wii Stages A Fightback
Britain looks set to party like it’s 2008 this Christmas, with the weekly sales charts headed by Wii games after what seems like an eternity of 360/PS3 domination. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is at #1, followed by Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus, as Britons gear up for the Christmas season stocking up…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
World of Warcraft 3.3 Patch Is Live
World of Warcraft 3.3 patch has gone live on North American servers. This “Fall of the Lich King” patch will be the last big patch before next year’s expansion pack, Cataclysm. The 750MB patch adds three new 5-man dungeons and one new 10/25-man raid to Icecrown Citadel, a new built-in quest tracker and a new…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mirror’s Edge iPhone Trailer Slides Into The Second Dimension
As a game, it looks like it’s missing the point of Mirror’s Edge entirely. But as a trinket for Mirror’s Edge fans, who just want to hear that music and see those blue skies again, it looks great.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Report: Japanese Kids Don’t Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
According to a survey on TV Tokyo’s news, the least popular present this Christmas are video game consoles. Japanese children up to the age of 12 were asked what they wanted for Christmas. Here are the results… …drum roll please… …from most popular to less so: 1. Video game software (over 450 kids said this)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
EVE Touches Down With Dust 514
Dust 514, the shooter spinoff of popular MMO EVE Online, certainly looks great, but how does it play? Turns out it plays a little like a first-person game of Magic: The Gathering. Edge’s webiste has posted the big feature on the game that formed the cornerstone of the mag’s latest issue, which gives us our…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
2009: The Year The Xbox 360 Practically Vanished In Japan
Looking back, 2006 and 2007 were awesome years for console sales. 2008 was so-so. 2009? Blergh. This colorful graph from the TV Tokyo news shows console sales in Japan from 2005 to 2009. Each platform is color coordinated, and there is a color key in the corner. The gray box that reads その地 means “Other”.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 8, 2009