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And The Oscar Nominated Writer Goes To… Dante’s Inferno?
Dante Alighieri will have to share writing credit with screenwriter Will Rokos, should the game win any awards for its screenplay. The Academy Award nominated Rokos has been pegged as responsible for the story line for Dante’s Inferno. That means that Visceral Games‘ action game could be as good (or even better!) than Monster’s Ball,…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
In An “End Of An Era,” Listen Up Podcast Bids Its Host Farewell
It may have been two years ago when a friend told me I needed to be listening to the main podcast on 1Up.com. Dirt was being spilled on it. In part because the wrong people weren’t listening. I’ve been behind on listening to what used to be called 1Up Yours and, more recently, Listen Up,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scribblenauts Dev Moves On To Consoles, “Pretty Big” XBLA Game
Having sufficiently conquered the handheld platform with clever games like Drawn To Life and Scribblenauts, developer 5th Cell is moving onward and upward to console platforms. That includes a “pretty big” unannounced Xbox Live Arcade game. 5th Cell co-founder Jeremiah Slaczka teases his studio’s XBLA game in a new interview with Gamasutra, one that goes…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Rocket Knight Remake Trailer Is Go!
Konami’s modern-day revival of the Rocket Knight Adventures series was formally announced this week. Good news, for those of us who remember Sparkster’s 16-bit outings. Today, we get another taste, now in trailer form. GameVideos has the first HD clip of Sparkster in motion, sporting sharp new polygons and more pixels than all other Rocket…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
When the Going Gets Tough… Let the Game Play Itself
Like many younger brothers I had a contentious relationship with my older brother. We butted heads, fought, lied, accused each other of unimaginable atrocities and genuinely despised one another — while secretly caring deeply what the other thought. But there was one thing that always brought us together: Difficult video games. In the 70s and…
By Brian Crecente Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead Map Recreates Zombie Film Fest Theater For Zombie Film Fest
Skilled modder “ZapWizard” is going above and beyond for a project tied to the “Dismember the Alamo” zombie film festival ambling to Alamo Draft House later this month. He’s recreated the theater in great detail in Left 4 Dead. What’s more, Mr. Wizard is aiming to have the Alamo Draft House-gone-horribly-wrong playable at said film…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jak And Daxter Find That Frontier In November
Jak and Daxter make their triumphant return after a three-year hiatus next month, as Sony announces a November release date for Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier for the PSP and PlayStation 2. They’re back, and they look mighty pissed, at least in that screenshot above, posted on the PlayStation Blog along with news of…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Light-Gun Shooter Built For Romance
While we’ve misplaced the video evidence, senior editor Michael McWhertor and I recently pretended to go on a date. For work purposes. We were in Tokyo. We were at an arcade. He wielded a blue, plastic gun. I used a pink one. We were playing House of the Dead EX, which is the only light-gun…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2009 -
UncategorizedSee The Road Rash HD That May Never Be
While we were certain that Electronic Arts was going to revisit classic racer Road Rash last year—we trust ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach without reservation—the publisher denied it was in development. Well it was at one point. An early, pre-vis clip from the seemingly canceled Road Rash was sniffed out by blog superannuation, a game…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Reviews
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Review: Crisis Hearts
Our time with the Nobody Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II was far too short. Square Enix rectifies this oversight with Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for the Nintendo DS. 358/2 Days tells the tale of Sora’s Nobody Roxas from the time he first came into being up until he finds himself among friends at the beginning…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The fourth quarter game release onslaught has begun, meaning there’s no lack of games to play at Kotaku Towers West this weekend. What will make the cut? Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection for one. Forza Motorsport 3 for another. And, time willing, I’ll get a little Left 4 Dead “Crash Course” DLC time…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Clash of the Titans Hits U.S. Shores In Spring 2010
Erasing any doubt that the video game based on the Clash of the Titans remake wouldn’t, for some strange reason, come to these United States, Namco Bandai has reassured us today that it will. Whew! That was a close one. Officially announced at Gamescom to be in development by developer Game Republic—known for its work…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Command & Conquer Red Alert On Your iPhone
EA Mobile sure has a busy Facebook page. First they reveal iPhone Rock Band, and now they drop details on the iPhone version of Command & Conquer Red Alert. Due out later this month, Command & Conquer Red Alert for the iPhone and iPod Touch puts you in the boots of either to Soviets or…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Your Amazing, Disturbing Wii Play Times
Kotaku readers, you never let me down. I asked you yesterday to share your Wii playing history — as determined in the Nintendo Channel — and you provided the disturbing details. Stunned by the intense workouts some of you give your Wiis (you weren’t making these up, were you?) I had to highlight a few…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Your PlayStation Home Avatar Can Have Adamantium Claws
Watch where you do the Running Man in PlayStation Home, PS3 owners. As of today, it gets a little more dangerous with the addition of wearable Wolverine claws in Sony’s virtual social space. In an effort to promote the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, this year’s best mutant action-comedy, on Blu-ray and DVD, Twentieth Century…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watchmen Composer Scores Army Of Two: The 40th Day
Tyler Bates, the man behind the music for 300 and Watchmen is also the man behind the music for Army of Two: The 40th Day. See him talk about what he’s done. Perhaps it isn’t all that interesting to some, but I’m always fascinated by the approach Hollywood and television composers take when developing music…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 Goes Past 11, And 69
Infinity Ward revealed some key numbers and details about Modern Warfare 2 on Game Trailers TV last night. Plus they made it clear that at least one part of the game will be tough. GTTV host Geoff Keighley got word that character-leveling in Modern Warfare 2 will go to level 70 this time, with the…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madagascar Kartz Combines Madagascar, Kartz
Those funny animals in DreamWorks’ Madagascar movies are funny and all, but why can’t they be racing around in little cars? Oh thank goodness, it’s Activision’s Madagascar Kartz. Madagascar Kartz combines the whacky animals from Madagascar with over-the-top kart racing. So over the top that the Nintendo Wii version comes both with and without a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Chat Live With the Man Behind Tony Hawk: Ride Next Week
Next week Robomodo president Josh Tsui joins us live on Kotaku Talk Radio to chat about his company’s upcoming game Tony Hawk: Ride. Before co-founding Robomodo in 2008, Tsui worked at Midway Games on the Mortal Kombat series. He went on to co-found Studio Gigante in 2000, which developed both Tao Feng: Fist of the…
By Brian Crecente Published October 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Rock Band Multiplayer In Action
The guys at IntoMobile have posted this video demonstration of Rock Band for the iPhone, putting 4-way Bluetooth multiplayer to the test. The multiplayer works very much the same way as it does in the console version, only without the bad singing. 4-players link their iPhones together using Bluetooth and go to town in any…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2009