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  What in the World is Peter Molyneux Promising Now?

  Yesterday we guessed that Lionhead’s new front page, featuring a headshot of and quote from Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, was perhaps a countdown to next week’s GamesCom. Today’s change on the site’s front page seems to confirm that. Visitors landing on Lionhead Studio’s website are now greeted by the visage of Maximilien Robespierre, a key…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 14, 2009
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  BlazBlue Coming To Europe In 2010 With New Characters

  European fighter fans who haven’t already imported Arc System Works’ BlazBlue will be rewarded for their patience early next year, with exclusive characters and moves only available in the European release. The release comes as a result of publisher PQube and Zen United, a consortium of Japanese and Asian developers targeting the European market. The…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009
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  Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge Rolls Ric Flair To Consoles

  Previously exclusive to the PC version of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, EA is bringing the Commander’s Challenge add-on to consoles this fall, adding much-needed (Ric) Flair. The Commander’s Challenge add-on provides the player with a series of 50 challenges against a set of nine different commanders, one of which is “Nature Boy” Ric…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Barely awake from QuakeCon, it’s TAY! Comment about video games, please. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 14, 2009
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  The Hills Are Alive…With The Sound Of Me Complaining Endlessly

  To: Crecente From: Luke Re: QuakeCon: It’s On So, the wedding draws near. Exciting. But the lady friend is on the exercise regime from hell, and guess who’s being dragged along for the ride? Yesterday, it was up early so we could walk up a mountain. Fortunately, it’s literally right behind my house. Unfortunately, it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  White, Pink DSi Coming To America

  America, your long wait for a white DSi may soon be over. Along with your equally long, perhaps slightly less agonising wait for a pink DSi. According to this Toys ‘R’ Us database listing, both colour schemes – which are already available in Japan – will be out…well, who knows, since there’s no date on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  The Beatles: Rock Band Preview: Story Mode, Beatles Beats & Beyond

  Harmonix offered us a preview of The Beatles: Rock Band, giving us a chance to see what separates the Fab Four’s entry from previous Rock Band titles. Most notable among them are the game’s story mode, prizes and “Beatle Beats.” As Harmonix and MTV Games have said from the beginning, The Beatles: Rock Band will…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 14, 2009
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  Wolfenstein: The Launch Trailer

  Featuring disintegration guns that don’t just evaporate Nazis, but their hats too, the latest iteration of Wolfenstein hits stores next week. This launch trailer was shown off yesterday during QuakeCon’s epic keynote, covered by our very own Stephen Totilo live. The trailer may have been slightly eclipsed by the first in-depth look at Rage, but…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 14, 2009
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  Some PSPgo Games Will Be Very, Very Cheap

  With the PSPgo championing itself as a digital download-only device, it’s going to run into stiff competition from Apple’s cheap-as-chips App Store. Or, it will if its games aren’t priced to compete with those $0.99 iPhone apps. So it’d be a smart move by Sony to price many games at, well, a similar point. Which…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Another Games Mag Bites The Dust

  The sad, slow decline of gaming print media continues, with the announcement overnight that Future Publishing’s PSW (PlayStation World Magazine) is no more. One of Future’s three PlayStation-focused publications (along with the Official PlayStation Magazine and PSM3), PSW’s first issue went on sale in the UK all the way back in 2000, and with the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Rugby League Comes To The Wii

  The Wii has thus far been a haven for developers with last-gen experience lacking the money to make the jump to 360 or PS3. Today’s announcement of Rugby League 3 for the platform is no different. This will be the third game in the “Rugby League” series, which have all been developed by New Zealand…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Lost Planet 2 Demo Emerges From A Giant Bug Next Week

  Next Wednesday, Capcom will be giving Xbox 360 owners a taste of Lost Planet 2’s fist-bumping, bug-hunting co-operative mode by releasing a demo. The co-op demo will let you take on the “salamander” boss, give you access to a variety of weapons and suits, then let you climb inside the thing’s guts and blow it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Korean Girls, Meet Giant Sand PlayStations

  As seen on Siliconera.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Valve Not Even Bothering With The PS3 Any More

  Valve, Valve’s boss Gabe Newell and the PlayStation 3 have a history. A history of not getting along. And it doesn’t look like that’s about to change any time soon. Here’s a little chit-chat the Valve head had with host Geoff Keighley on tonight’s episode of GTTV: Keighley: Are you guys working on PlayStation 3…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  4:39 Of Uncharted 2 Singleplayer Footage

  1UP have been running a big Uncharted 2 special all week long, and as part of that have just uploaded this all-gameplay clip showing Nathan engaging in a spot of singleplayer gunplay. Oh, and Elena’s in it, too, if that helps. Exclusive Uncharted 2 Single-Player Gameplay Footage Now Live [1UP]

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead 2’s Latest Campaign Takes You To The Fairgrounds

  During tonight’s episode of GameTrailers TV, Valve have shown for the first time footage of one of Left 4 Dead 2’s hitherto unseen campaigns: The Fairgrounds. Bright lights, screaming, rides…it’s everything you expect from zombie killing at an amusement park. Hopefully there’s some dodgem cars and a ball pit in there somewhere as well. To…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Yoko Ono “Gave The Designers Hell” On Beatles: Rock Band

  Yoko Ono. Were Ron Burgundy to translate the name, he would say it meant “destroyer of worlds.” So it was to be expected that the wife of John Lennon would give the team at Harmonix a hard time. An interview with some of the developers working on The Beatles: Rock Band over at Wired reveals…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Panzer Generals Is Back, Yo

  In the turn-based strategy genre, two series (for me, anyways) reign supreme: Advance Wars, and Panzer General. So it’s with great delight that I see today that Ubisoft will be bringing the latter back, this time on Xbox Live Arcade. Delight quickly turns to concern, however, when you see what they’re doing with it. See,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Already, ARMA II Gets An Expansion

  ARMA II only just came out! And as you’d expect from such an ambitious game, is still pretty broken! Neither of which seems to matter, since an expansion for the game has already been announced. Called Operation Arrowhead, it’s set three years after the events depicted in ARMA II and takes place in an all-new…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Should Digital Games Be Region Locked?

  Hey, it’s Friday, do you know — Wait, a sec. It’s not Friday. It’s Thursday. But this week is Obon in Japan. We’ve got to go visit graves and stuff. Still before that, let’s talk. You and me. And that guy over there. And that girl sitting next to him. Here’s how it works: We…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 14, 2009