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Frankenreview: Assassin’s Creed II
Ezio faces off against a squad of game reviewers in the Assassin’s Creed II Frankenreview. Does he triumph, or does he get lost in the crowd? Assassin’s Creed II picks up where the first game left off, with assassin descendent Desmond Miles once again delving into his genetic memories to explore the life of another…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Impressions: Looking For XII
Despite the enthusiasm among gamers for Final Fantasy XIII, I have, from afar, assumed and feared that the game represented a creative backslide. On Friday, during a demonstration of the game, I was able to test my opinion. A pair of Square-Enix representatives was in New York to show the company’s holiday lineup and tease…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Isn’t LittleBigPlanet PSP On The PlayStation Network Yet?
Several readers have emailed us wondering why the downloadable version of LittleBigPlanet PSP wasn’t yet available on the PlayStation Network, with the UMD version already hitting stores. Sony responds. Like many of you, we assumed the UMD-less PSPgo meant that popular new PSP titles would be released for download on the same day the retail…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio is Live: Lets Talk With Tim Schafer
In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking with Tim Schafer, about the recent spate of layoffs, holiday gaming and anything else that crosses our phone lines. Call now! Ask away. To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website. Want to be…
By Brian Crecente Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tony Hawk: Ride Versus Skateboarding Dog
This dog obviously has had more time to play Tony Hawk: Ride than 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I’m going to assume you’ve all seen at least one skateboarding dog video in your lifetimes. If not, welcome to the internet. This rather obvious viral ad for Tony Hawk: Ride plays off the skateboarding dog…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach To Premiere At Spike VGA Awards
GameTrailers TV host and extreme Twitter enthusiast Geoff Keighley has announced that the world premier for Halo: Reach will be aired during the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards. Voting is now open for Spike’s 2009 VGAs, with 28 categories awaiting your input to help determine this year’s winners, though according to a Keighley tweet, Halo…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hey, Modern Warfare 2, Lighten Up
Modern Warfare isn’t funny. Not intentionally, anyways. In an effort to make it funny, our brothers at sister site Gizmodo asked their readers to hit the Photostop circuit, see what cold be done. Here’s just a small selection. There’s over 50 at the link below. One featuring Captain Commando. 56 of the Most Hilarious and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Supreme Commander 2 Secures Spring Release
Square Enix has announced a Spring 2010 release window in Europe for Gas Powered Games‘ RTS Supreme Commander 2, dispatching a celebratory batch of screenshots along with the news. Set 25 years after the original Supreme Commander, Supreme Commander 2 features an extensive campaign mode and online multiplayer, all wrapped up in an engine that…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Oh Look, More Leaked Witcher 2 Footage
Witness our hero Geralt fighting a giant, blurry Kraken in the latest leaked footage of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which CD Projekt has decided to talk about openly. This marks the second time leaked footage from CD Projekt’s sequel to the hit PC RPG The Witcher has surfaced on the internet, and the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mastiff Rights The Wrongs Of The Duck Hunt Dog
After more than 25 years of relentless hunter-mocking, Mastiff’s Remington Great American Bird Hunt introduces Rockford, a hunting dog that won’t laugh at your obvious shortcomings. Hunting video games don’t get a lot of play here at Kotaku, as I feel they are marketed towards a demographic that doesn’t read things on the internet on…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Makes Kane & Lynch 2 Official
After trademarks and teases and rumors of naked grizzled men, Square Enix finally announces Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, with developer IO Interactive taking inspiration from documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era. That last bit certainly explains the teaser video that McWhertor posted awhile back, featuring the two criminals running through a Chinese restaurant…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Chat With Tim Schafer Today on Kotaku Talk Radio
Later today, Double Fine‘s Tim Schafer, the man behind Brutal Legend, joins us on Kotaku Talk Radio to chat about gaming and take your calls. If you’ve ever had a burning question for Schafer, now is the time to get it answered. We expect a high volume of calls during this show, so it’s probably…
By Brian Crecente Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Me Too, Me Too
To: Crecente From: Luke Re: Xbox Going Down Funny you mention that. I got home from my honeymoon to find my third Xbox 360’s power supply had died while I was away. When it wasn’t even being used. The machine itself still works, but the power supply just…gave up the ghost. Good times. Less good…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 By the Xbox Live Numbers
Luke already pointed out that Modern Warfare 2 is an entertainment industry record setter, so today’s Activision confirmation isn’t too surprising. But the Xbox Live numbers included along with that confirmation sure are. More than 2.2 million gamers logged more than 5.2 million multiplayer hours playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first…
By Brian Crecente Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Gets Updated A LOT
There’s an interesting statistic to be found in a Gamasutra interview with Steam’s Jason Holtman, published earlier today. Concerning Team Fortress 2, and just how often Valve feel the need to tinker with and improve the game. Apparently since the game was released two years ago, there have been 97 updates for the game. 97!…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Report: 60% Of Britain’s Xbox 360s Have Died
Following in the wake of Game Informer’s armchair survey earlier in the year – which found that 54.2% of American Xbox 360s had broken down – CNET have done a similar study for the British market. With similar results. 1,128 gamers were polled (note: it was a self-selected survey, not a blind study), with 562…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Game Store That Only Sells One Game
Kooky, but true: EA Sports have, in the run-up to Christmas, opened two actual storefronts dedicated entirely to EA Sports Active (and, we guess, it’s expansion). One is in San Francisco, the other, Boston. Can’t say we can remember the last time a single game got its own store. Actually, it’s rare a game company…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP Comics Service Dated, Priced (For Japan)
Sony today announced the final launch plans for the PlayStation Portable’s comic service, whereby a range of manga will be made available to PSP owners in Japan. There’ll be a PSP firmware update on the 19th to 6.20, which will add the comics store ahead of the service’s launch a few weeks later on December…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009