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EA Backing Slowly Away From Wii Development?
EA’s Montreal studio (Army of Two) certainly is, putting Wii development on the back-burner in favour of more big budget titles for the 360, PS3 and PC. “The Wii market is a little bit unpredictable these days.” EA Montreal‘s GM Alain Tascan told Edge. “We’re going to see how Christmas is going to do and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics
Square Enix Japan released a new Final Fantasy XIII trailer today. It’s great, because it’s super-long, has some gameplay footage towards the end, and there’s not a late-night infomercial host in sight. Click to view
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
The DSi Extra Extra Extra Extra Large
As seen on 読みゲー.
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Working On In-Game FAQs?
Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii has a thing called “Super Guide”. Helps you out when you’re stuck. Nintendo will almost definitely be using the technology again, but trademark filings reveal they may not be the only ones. Microsoft filed a patent in 2008 for a similar system for the Xbox 360, only instead of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
More DLC for Tekken 6? Maybe. Would It Be Free? Definitely
Tekken 6‘s producer told PlayStation Europe his team is eyeing additional DLC for the game, and it doesn’t sound like he’s talking about the Cardboard Tube Samurai outfit or online modes. Whatever comes out, if anything, will be free. Asked about plans for more downloadable content, Katsuhiro Harada, the Namco Bandai producer over Tekken 6,…
By Owen Good Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Crackdown 2 Screenshots, Artwork
Crackdown 2 has been running quiet for a while now, rarely popping its head up for a look. That changes today, with more screenshots and pieces of concept art than you could shake a zombie’s leg at. Zombies, cops, weapons, cars, proper screenshots, it’s all here. Knock yourselves out. Might want to grab a cup…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pick Up Your NCAA Basketball 10 Named Rosters
If you’re tired of playing PG#11 for Kentucky or C#45 for Kansas in NCAA Basketball 10, Operation Sports has put together a full named roster file for the Xbox 360 version that’s free and available for download right now. To grab the file, follow these steps: • Go to the NCAA 10 Main Menu •…
By Owen Good Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Behold, Spirit Tracks Multiplayer Screens
Those of you familiar with The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords will have no trouble recognizing the color coded chaos going on in these screens. The rest of you will want to check out my multiplayer preview.
By AJ Glasser Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tekken 6 PSP Is Out, And This Is What It Looks Like
The tiny handheld version of Tekken 6 is in stores and on the PlayStation Network today, and we’ve got a video showing you what you can expect from the tiny fighter. It looks like Namco Bandai did as fine a job porting over Tekken 6 to the PSP as they did Soulcalibur IV. I’d run…
By Mike Fahey Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Games, Games, Games
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: When Did You Stop Believing in Santa Claus? I spent today doing my posts, pre-writing columns and features, and playing fames lots and lots of games. Fun. No sarcasm this time. What you missed: The DS and DSi Gift Guide Excitebike: World Rally Micro-Review: Race back to 1985 It’s Amazon…
By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Old News ’95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
Talk of urinals and deodorant ads in games got me wondering how long people have been talking about in-game ads. I found some chatter from 1995. The era of “Cool Spot,” the 7Up video game and other in-game ad dreams. You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (early this week!) journey back to yesteryear. It is March,…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
The PlayStation Portable Buyer’s Guide
The Playstation Portable got a fun, new little brother this year in the form of the slide-n-go, download-only PSPgo. The PSPgo launched on Oct. 1, kicking off an impressive glut of download-only games on the Playstation Store. It also marked Sony’s promised push for new, triple-A games for the Playstation Portable including MotorStorm, LittleBigPlanet and…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
WoW At 5, The Video
Fahey wrote a superb chronicle of Warcraft and World of Warcraft yesterday to commemorate that latter’s fifth birthday. If you want more, a lengthy, funny and sometimes emotional series of interviews is live at WoW’s official site. Standout stories include Blizzard chief Mike Morhaime discovering that World of Warcraft would be a hit based on…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 24, 2009 -
UncategorizedA Holiday Message From The Society Against PlayStation
The recent batch of PlayStation 3 ads hearkens back to a simpler time, when all you needed to market your console was a little song, some puppets, and a stick. Ah yes, the 90’s. The console wars were so much better back then, when companies weren’t afraid to create obviously fake protest groups in order…
By Mike Fahey Published November 24, 2009 - Reviews
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Review: Three’s A Welcome Trend
The Year of the Wii Lightgun Shooter continues with a Resident Evil entry that is two-thirds fun retro, never scary yet surprisingly generous. Too bad it makes a poor first impression. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is a follow-up to 2007’s Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Both Wii games are lightgun takes on gaming’s most…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Far Cry 3 Is Go
According to a comment by Ubisoft’s Kevin Shortt, development on the third installment of the Far Cry series is underway, and so far things look “pretty exciting.” Shortt made mention of Far Cry 3 during a recent media junket on the Avatar video game. UK magazine OPM asked the writer whether or not he was…
By Mike Fahey Published November 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Makes Mercs Inc, A New “Pandemic” Game, Official [UPDATE]
Less than a day after the game’s existence was leaked, EA confirmed that a new Mercenaries is in development. The publisher announced the title as the next release from Pandemic, the studio that was all but shut down last week. The new game is in development at EALA, the studio where a core group of…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 24, 2009