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2010 Will Bring Us More Call Of Duty, More Guitar Hero
During an earnings Q&A earlier today, Activision spoke a little of their 2010 product line-up. A line-up that you may be stunned to hear includes new Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and Spider Man games. You can no doubt imagine the kind of shambling corpse that’ll be trotted out as Guitar Hero 6 (or whatever…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo President: Majority Of Video Games Digital In 20 Years
The clock is ticking on bricks and mortar game retailers. But according to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, the clock will be ticking for another 20 years before digital distribution takes over and rules the school. “Most radical people even dare to say that retailers will be replaced by digital distribution in no time,” Iwata said…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter IV: Smash Car, Smash Barrels
Super Street Fighter IV is bringing back some old Street Fighter favourites: bonus stages. Towards the end of this trailer, you’ll get a good look at the new additions in action. Poor car. Poor barrels. Click to view
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
International Edition of FFXIII *Could* Be Out Before April 2010
This December, the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII is going to be released in Japan — and if we are lucky, it might be out in The West before next April. At a recent financial briefing in which Square Enix announced that sales were up 33.2 percent and profits dropped 55.7 percent, Square Enix…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resonance of Fate Won’t Have Tiny Text
Tiny text — readable on HDTVs, but it’s plagued gamers who own Standard Definition televisions for years. SEGA and tri-Ace are sensitive to those who haven’t yet joined the hi-def revolution. In upcoming tri-Ace developed, SEGA published role-playing-game Resonance of Fate, the game’s models are designed to take advantage of HDTVs, but the text is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Media Molecule: LBP Sequel Would “Fragment” Its Community
Media Molecule leaves little doubt it has no plans for any kind of a sequel to LittleBigPlanet, with a designer calling it “the most counterproductive thing you could do,” in an interview with Critical Gamer. “We’d never want to do that,” said Danny Leaver, adding that a sequel would fragment the game’s community. Producer Martin…
By Owen Good Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2
Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year’s biggest game – Modern Warfare 2 – won’t be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course! Activision’s shooter includes mandatory installation of Valve’s Steamworks, which the game uses for stuff like installation, DRM and save-game management.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
id: Probably No Dedicated Servers for Rage
id Software’s John Carmack is mindful of the anger over Modern Warfare 2 dropping dedicated server support. That’s why he’s glad Infinity Ward is going first, because he plans to do the same thing with Rage. “It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don’t think we will have dedicated servers,”…
By Owen Good Published November 5, 2009 - Reviews
Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Review: Hero We Go Again
Developer 5th Cell returns to the world of Drawn To Life with the straightforwardly titled DS adventure Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter, picking up where the first game concluded, with a new brand of evil threatening the adorable Raposa. As in the first Nintendo DS title, Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter asks the…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Queen Guitarist Demanded Perfectly Molded Lego Hair
OK, here’s one guy who won’t be suing a rhythm game maker. That’s because Queen guitarist Brian May paid strict attention to the use of his likeness, and insisted that his flowing tresses get a pristine Lego sculpt. “I think my Lego character is wonderful. I want one,” he said, according to BangShowBiz.com “We had…
By Owen Good Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
I Heart Me Some Apocalypse
Here’s a fiery, brimstone-y Darksiders trailer for you to savor the day after I posted my impressions of the fiery, brimstone-y game. Alas, there’s no Mark Hamil voice over to be heard here. But Moon Bloodgood gets a line and everything is as epic as you’d expect it to be. Enjoy!
By AJ Glasser Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Talks About Its (Possible) HD Future
When will Nintendo join us in enjoying the clarity of high-definition? While it’s had impressive, money-printing success with the Wii, twice as powerful as any GameCube, it’s going to have to step things up graphically at some point. Right? Nintendo execs were asked when the company plans to make the move to high-definition graphics, joining…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yahoo: NES, Dreamcast Best Toys Of All Time
That time of year when parents have to invest in the newest hot toy for Christmas is at hand. Too bad not many of these Best Toys of All Time are still hot. From classic scooters and teddy bears to Furbies and Cabbage Patch Kids, this Good Housekeeping list documents the hottest of hot toys…
By AJ Glasser Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fluuuuuu
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: College, Why The Hell Are You So Expensive? I woke up feeling pretty ick this morning. Ick turned to sick by the afternoon. I’ve been muscling through the rest of the day, trying to get stuff lined up for tomorrow in hopes of taking it easy and going to Tristan’s…
By Brian Crecente Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Happy Birthday, Sackboy
Celebratory LittleBigPlanet costumes may get the headline in this week’s North American PlayStation Store update, but there’s much, much more to this week’s new batch of digital goodies than just cake and spacesuits. There’s Military Madness, Numblast and a Trine demo for PlayStation 3 owners to enjoy, with a little something for the PSP crowd…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Activision: Improvement In Consumer Experience Will Outweigh Modern Warfare 2 PC Complaints
On an earnings call today, Activision president Mike Griffith said his company is “not overly concerned” about gamer complaints regarding the lack of support for dedicated servers in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2. “We’re, of course, watching this very carefully and paying attention to it,” he said in response to a financial analyst…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders 4 Times The 1st
Despite the boycotts, despite the un-Valve-like speedy turn around time, despite complaints that Left 4 Dead 2‘s cast of Survivors can’t possibly live up to the first, pre-orders are four times that of the original, says Valve. The developer tells CVG that perception about the sequel seems to have changed since the original E3 2009…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero, WoW & World At War Give Activision Better Than Expected Q3
Things are lookin’ up for old Activision Blizzard. The publisher announced today that business is good, better than expected, even, resulting in a $755 million quarter for the company. Activision Blizzard had kind words for the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, which apparently many of you bought over the last three months, helping…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Old News ’96: BioWare Started For $100,000
Before they were a part of Electronic Arts and bringing Dragon Age: Origins to the masses, BioWare was small and scrappy. And one of their founders walked around the office barefoot. You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (sort of) journey back to yesteryear. We’re back in 1996 and the Calgary Herald paid a visit to the…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach Beta Shots Sneak Out Of MS HQ [Updated]
Somewhere, somehow, someone managed to get blurry digital camera shots of what appears to be Halo: Reach, Bungie’s next Xbox 360 game then post ’em all of the internet. Those shots appear to have originated from Bungie’s own forums, reposted at Bungie.org and finally at NeoGAF, offering a look at what may be Reach’s arsenal,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009