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Modern Warfare 2 Sells Nearly Five Million Copies In A Day
According to “internal Activision estimates”, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 didn’t just have a good launch, it had “the biggest launch in history across all forms of entertainment”. This claim is based on sell-through sales, with Activision bean-counters reporting the game managed to pull in $310 million in its first 24 hours on sale.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Some Old Friends Return In Valkyria Chronicles 2
And you thought there were only new kids to send off to die in Valkyria Chronicles. Not quite! Turns out two of the stars of the first game, poster-girl Alicia and Welkin, are back for more in Valkyria Chronicles 2. They’re not reprising starring roles for the PSP sequel, but still, they’ll be in there…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Seven Indie Hits For The Price Of One
Online PC store Direct2Drive, flush with cash from their first “Best of Indie” bundle deal, have decided to offer another, with seven great games at 75% off. The Best of Indie: Volume 2 includes Crayon Physics Deluxe, Aquaria, Aaaaaa!, I-Fluid, And Yet it Moves, Project Aftermath, and Acceleration of Suguri. All told, these seven games…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eleven Secret Herbs Of Fighting
As seen on Masao, via Tiny Cartridge.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Turn Your DSi Camera Into A Slightly Better Camera
The DSi’s camera is OK for quick snaps but, like the early days of mobile phone cameras, it’s quite limited in what it can do. Which leaves a gap in the market for clip-on accessories like Thrustmaster’s Studio Kit. It includes a range of add-ons to help bring the camera up to speed, like a…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Aliens vs Predator vs Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle
This story involves Germany and a video game packed with violent content, so yeah, you can already imagine where things are headed from here. Seems Sega know that the upcoming Aliens vs Predator is so violent, and packed with so much gore, that they’re not even going to bother submitting it to the USK, Germany’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Is About As Sexy As Ultima Gets
Origin’s classic Ultima series was many things, but sexy, it was not. It was anti-sexy. Which is what makes this sexy “Ladies of Ultima” calendar all the surprising. And…sexy. It’s not actually called “Ladies of Ultima”, as EA obviously own the rights to the brand. So it’s called “Mystik” instead. But it does depict characters…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Sequel A “No-Brainer”
So, Borderlands turned out to be a successful little title for Gearbox. And we all know what that means in this business, don’t we kids? That’s right….ssseeeeeeeqquuueeellssss. Speaking with VG247, Gearbox’s Mike Neumann said “Everyone here loves the franchise, and it seems like the public is really coming back with praise and love. So yeah,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 Sells 1.2 Million, In One Day, In One Country
This should give you an idea of what to expect during next month’s NPD figures: it’s been announced that in the first 24 hours on sale, Modern Warfare 2 sold 1.2 million units in the United Kingdom. Seeing as almost any other game on the planet would take 1.2 million as a great worldwide figure,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo Series Might Get Bikes
Project Gotham did it. Burnout did it. So if Gran Turismo creator Kasunori Yamauchi is toying with the idea of putting motorcycles into Gran Turismo, you can’t say it’s without precedent. In an interview with IGN, the Polyphony Digital boss was asked about the possibility of bikes making their way into the game, to which…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii-Bowling Drug Cops Get Off Lite
A-member them law enforcement perfesshunals down in Florida who killed time on a raid by bowling up big scores on a drug kingpin’s Wii? Well, 11 of them got sanctioned for their conduct, but not too hard, now. All of them, whose names aren’t being published because they were working undercover, got nastygrams and retraining.…
By Owen Good Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Here’s Some Possible New PSPgo Colors
According to a report on Destructoid, Sony may be looking at adding a little spice to the PSPgo’s lineup via the addition of the some new colour options for the handheld. The above chart was apparently sent out to consumers by a market research company in the UK. While it’s hardly an official statement from…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Sells for $5,000
A sealed-in-the-box copy of “The Music Machine” – rated “Unbelievably Rare” by Atari Age – just went for $5,250 on eBay. The game, sold only in religious bookstores, is prized by collectors. “The Music Machine” was based on a line of other products, including albums – back when they were, in fact, albums. The seller…
By Owen Good Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Home To Show All New FF XIII Trailer Friday
Obviously, something Final Fantasy XIII is going down this Friday because even PlayStation Home is getting some love from Square Enix in the form of a “special, never-before-seen” video for the epically developed role-playing game. Since we’re expecting an announcement from Square Enix on the FFXIII front this Friday anyway—and expecting a North American release…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Read the Bible on Your Xbox 360
If four-hour gaming sessions of killing, stealing, coveting thy neighbor’s ox or donkey, and breaking every other Commandment leaves you feeling distant from the Lord, a Bible application is coming to Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel. B&H Publishing Group has put together “Bible Navigator X” for the Xbox 360. Unlike the Gideons, they’re not giving…
By Owen Good Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Meet Final Fantasy XIV’s Gladiator & Pugilist
Final Fantasy XI stalwarts hotly anticipating starting the grind all over again in Square Enix’s newest MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, have two more character class updates to pore over, the Gladiator and Pugilist. The former specializes in swords and shields, specializing in close combat. The latter prefers to engage in even closer combat, using hand-to-hand…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
So, How Different Does Modern Warfare Wii Look?
Want to know how serious the graphical disparity is between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex on the Wii and the PlayStation 3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare? Check this out. Digital Foundry has a side-by-side video comparison up that starts to walk you through the opening boat mission with Soap. At time of…
By AJ Glasser Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Zune Game Revue, Coming Right At You
A batch of new, free, 3D games have shown up on the Zune Marketplace for the new Zune HD. How do titles like Audiosurf and Project Gotham Racing fare on Microsoft’s handheld? A total of five new titles appeared in the Zune Marketplace recently, each taking advantage of the HD version of Microsoft’s handheld’s increased…
By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
For That Guy I Met In Japan Who Only Reads Kotaku Day/Night Notes…
To: Mr. Ashcraft From: Mr. Totilo Re: {Insert Night Note Here} Sir, The esteemed Brian Crecente was indisposed today and left the duty of writing the Day Note to me. I intended to reply to your previous missive with great cheer but was flummoxed by its lack of verbs. And yet, maybe it contained a…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Report: Xbox Live Bannings Upwards Of 1 Million
Microsoft’s ban hammer may have whacked as many as one million Xbox 360 owners following a new wave of cracking down on modified consoles. That figure comes from InformationWeek who reports on the bans that effectively lock out consoles, not just Xbox Live gamertags, from playing games online. Microsoft spokesperson Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb warned…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2009