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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Moves Over 420,000 Day One In Japan
The Japanese release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii is looking pretty positive for Nintendo, with the Wii game moving an impressive 422,000 units on day one, according to reports. Japanese retail blog Sinobi’s estimates put New Super Mario Bros. Wii’s first day sales ahead of that of Super Mario Galaxy’s, which managed 256,000 units…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Review Round-Up: Borderlands DLC, Tropico, Tony Hawk And More
We reviewed stuff this week, including stuffs that were not released recently. Know what that means? It’s December and we’re doing catch-up reviews of games we missed in 2009. (I bet I know what half of the comments will say.) Ravensword: The Fallen King Micro-Review: Hack, Slash, and Finger-swipe In which freelancer Matt Cabral explains…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Giant Bomb’s MW2 Parody Tee Is Oscar Mike For Child’s Play
Modern Warfare 2 fans with torsos and a taste for parody and charity should take note of Giant Bomb‘s new “Oscar Mike” charity tee, which is now available for purchase, marked down from $486.32 to just $20!!! Zounds! [Giant Bomb]
By Michael McWhertor Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo DSi LL Has Strong Second Week, Wii Squeaks By PS3 In Japan
The bigger, larger and more enormous Nintendo DSi LL continued to outsell the competition in its second week on the market in Japan, another 67,000-plus hardware units sold. It’s a stark contrast to competitor Sony’s most recent PSP revision. While the PSP continues to sell well in Japan—another 38,000 handhelds sold—the PSPgo managed to move…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil In Motorcycle Form
If you could condense all of the brutal zombie-killing action of the Resident Evil franchise into one sleek, sexy package and ride it about town, odds are it would look something like this – Capcom’s official Resident Evil custom chopper. The Resident Evil custom chopper is the result of a partnership between Capcom, production company…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 -
UncategorizedAion Banhammer: Behind the Rabbit? It IS The Rabbit
Wielding the banhammer on Xbox Live and other static virtual communities (like this little blog here) can be a strangely disconnected experience. One second you’re here, the next you’ve vanished. Not so in Aion: Tower of Eternity. In that game, you know when you’ve been banhammered because a giant freaking rabbit shows up or a…
By AJ Glasser Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sunsoft Rises Again In West, Promises Blaster Master For Virtual Console Soon
Japanese publisher Sunsoft, perhaps best known for its NES release Blaster Master and subsequent sequels, will be resuming operations in North America the company announced today, soliciting a little relaunch help from Gaijinworks. For those unfamiliar with Gaijinworks and their singular title Miami Law for the Nintendo DS, the company was formed by ex-Working Designs…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioWare Labs Gives The Gift Of The Yeti
BioWare’s new R&D group, BioWare Labs, gives us The Gift of the Yeti, a Facebook game that could raise up to $10,000 for Child’s Play while giving gamers $10 off Dragon Age: Origins. Help out a sick Santa by maneuvering your yeti through town, avoiding police and delivering as many gifts as you can within…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 -
UncategorizedSee The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks’ Whirlwind In Action
It’s hard to call this small sample of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks‘ gameplay spoilerific because in truth it looks awfully familiar to anybody who played Ocarina of Time. The Whirlwind is new, though. You can see it in action as the primary strategy to beat this beetle boss. To activate the Whirlwind, you…
By AJ Glasser Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Dated For North America
Konami has made a date with Naked Snake for his next North American outing, penciling in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PlayStation Portable, expected to arrive on these shores May 25, 2010. Snake’s ’70s era sneak attack will hit North American PSPs just a few days before Europe gets a crack at it,…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
It’s once more into the Nexus, friends, as I revisit Demon’s Souls this weekend—hopefully to wrap the things up—so that catch-up review can be written and so the world might be mended. So the world might be mended. I’ve also got some more New Super Mario Bros. Wii to play, helping me make those all-important…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
White Knight Chronicles Goes International In February
Level-5’s epic PlayStation 3 RPG finally makes it to the states in February, filled with extras and re-branded as the White Knight Chronicles International Edition. The International Edition of White Knight Chronicles contains all of the action-RPG gameplay of the original Japanese release, along with a slew of updates and downloadable content, all packaged together…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
What’s In The Star Trek Online Collector’s Edition?
GameStop has posted details on the Collector’s Edition of Star Trek Online, featuring $30 worth of extra collectible Star Trek goodness in a brushed aluminum 3dX holography case. The fancy case is only the beginning for Star Trek fans willing to spend $79.99 instead of the normal retail price of $49.99 on Star Trek Online,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Age of Conan Content Update Lets You Fight Thoth-Amon
Update 6 to Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures wil have to tide you over ’til the expansion, Rise of the Godslayer, comes out next year. Luckily, they’ve got Conan’s number one nemesis to do the job. In addition to a Guild Renown leveling system for guilds, inc Gamers reveals that Update 6 will introduce Thoth-Amon’s…
By AJ Glasser Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hitting Zombies With Cars Never Gets Old
Independent Polish developer EXOR Studios proudly presents Zombie Driver, a PC game that combines the fun of driving through zombies with the joy of shooting them and setting them on fire, available today on Steam and GamersGate. Zombie Driver’s name caught my eye, and then the gameplay trailer we posted in October took said eye…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Alien Breed Evolution Hits Xbox Live This Month
The first episode of Team17’s remake of the classic 1991 Amiga game Alien Breed Evolution hits Xbox Live Arcade on December 16th, with PC and PlayStation 3 versions due out sometime next year. The Unreal Engine 3 remake was promised a release by the end of 2009, and by gum its getting it, if only…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fewer Games, Better Games Is EA’s Stated Goal
The publisher of Madden, Dead Space and The Sims will release fewer games next year, reacting to market changes and embracing lessons its competitors are just now learning, the head of EA told Kotaku. “We’re building our games differently and we are building fewer of them,” EA CEO John Riccitiello said in his interview with…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guild Wars 2 Explores The Five Races Of Tyria
ArenaNet recruits top-notch voice actors to introduce players to the five playable races of Tyria, with tons of Guild Wars 2 gameplay footage included. While I wasn’t a big fan of the original Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2 is shaping up to be the sort of game I can really get behind. It’s got amazing…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rebellion Refuses To “Sanitise” AVP For Australian Release
Responding Australia’s refusal to classify upcoming shooter Aliens vs. Predator, developer Rebellion says it will not cut violent content for “territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices.” Ouch. The refusal to classify Aliens vs. Predator in Australia is effectively a ban, as the country…
By Mike Fahey Published December 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
One Of Pandemic’s Biggest Problems Was Being In California
Readers of Kotaku can discern this week that EA CEO John Riccitiello covered many topics during his recent interview with this site. One of those, of course, was EA’s Pandemic Studios, which was all but shut down last month. Timing is never good for an action that lays off 200 employees and shutters a studio’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 4, 2009