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  Third Eye Blind Re-Records For Rock Band

  The band that no one could escape in the late 90’s is coming to Rock Band, with Third Eye Blind‘s drummer Brad Hargreaves tweeting about re-recording “old hits” for Harmonix’s rhythm game. Step back from that ledge, Third Eye Blind fans! According to the band’s drummer, six of the band’s older songs are heading to…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2009
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  Monster Hunter TRI Finally Goes West

  Four-player online co-operative monster hunting is coming to the Wii in 2010, as Capcom finally stops teasing and officially announces Monster Hunter TRI for North America and Europe. Fans have been clamoring for the North American and European release of Monster Hunter TRI ever since the first gorgeous screens trickled over from Japan, and now…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2009
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  Nintendo Download: Sexy Poker And Friends

  This week’s Nintendo Download is dedicated to those of you who felt that the poker games already available for the Nintendo Wii just weren’t sexy enough. North America gets its first M-rated WiiWare title this week in Gameloft’s Sexy Poker (500 Wii points), which features six anime-flavored women stripping to their underwear if you’re good…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2009
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  Let The Sims 3 Expansions Begin

  Travel around the simulated world this November, as EA announces The Sims 3 World Adventures, the globe-spanning first expansion to the top-selling threequel. The Sims 3 World Adventures introduces several exotic new locales for your little fake people to visit, all based off of real-world locations. China, France, and Egypt are represented in Shang Simla,…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Hey, it’s Breugel everyone! Enjoy the art and please chat some about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2009
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  Don’t Interview Pretty Actresses When You Have A Runny Nose

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Been fighting off a cold. Mustered enough energy to jet up to Tokyo recently to interview Kill Bill actress Chiaki Kuriyama for a book I’m writing about Japanese schoolgirls — I guess it’s the follow up to Arcade Mania. She was a great person to talk to, honest, friendly and so…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009
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  Modern Warfare: Mobilized Coming to DS

  The latest DS-version of Modern Warfare will include multiplayer and horde modes, Activision announced today. Modern Warfare: Mobilized is being developed by n-Space for a Nov. 10 release. Previous DS titles by n-Space include Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Mobilized will have…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2009
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  Start Sending Your DSi Pics to Facebook Tonight

  The ability to upload photos to Facebook with your DSi hits North America tonight, Nintendo said. The free downloadable system update should be available after 5 p.m. Pacific, according to Nintendo. The update will allow DSi owners to tap on a Facebook icon while reviewing pictures in the portable to send them to the user’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2009
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  British Sales Charts: Two Party System

  Here’s what last week’s British sales charts look like: Nintendo, Nintendo, EA, EA, Nintendo, Nintendo, EA, EA, EA, Nintendo. That’s what it says in the “publisher” field next to the top ten games in the UK last week. Nintendo and EA. You have to get to #12 to find a game not published by one…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009
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  The Making Of A Video Game Cover

  You may think, by looking at the state of most of them, that making a video game cover is easy. It’s not! It’s hard, hard work, and is a process that results in a lot of unused artwork. Something Fluidesign, who did some work for Sega designing the box art for House of the Dead:…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009
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  Dynasty Warriors PSP Game Coming To Xbox 360/PS3

  PSP game Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid is coming to home consoles as Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid Special. Hitting the Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 1 in Japan, hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid Special features improved graphics, full voice acting and a new co-op mode. There’s also a new character for consoles: “Moukaku.” Check out…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009
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  No Friend Codes For Guitar Hero 5 On Wii

  Vicarious Visions, developers of the Wii version of Guitar Hero, have some good news for Nintendo’s long-suffering online gamers: Guitar Hero 5 won’t be using Friend Codes. Nope! Not at all. Instead, it’ll tap right into your Wii address book and share those contacts, cutting out a lot of frustrating data entry. Of course, that’ll…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009
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  Sony Says Girlz Play Too

  OMG! And they use the letter “z” at the end of their words, rather wordz. The website also lists PSP games, er gamez, for girlz, we mean girls. Those six games, gamez, are Patapon 2, LocoRoco 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Pangya, Hannah Montana and, wait for it, Petz. If those fine titles…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009
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  Fat Princess Problems Detailed, Fix Coming

  Fat Princess is great fun, but also – at least at the moment – a pain to play over the PSN, courtesy of some choppy online performance. Developers Titan Studios hear your pain, however, and promise a fix is on the way. The cause of the issue is the game’s matchmaking, which is accidentally pairing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009
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  Man Sentenced To 2.5 Years In Prison, Fined $96,000 For DS Downloads

  The Kyoto District Court has ruled against 38 year-old company employee Yoshiaki Asagiri, who was put on trial for distributing DS games online without permission and breaking Japanese copyright law. Asagiri has been sentenced to 2 and half years in prison and fined approximately US$21,000, plus an additional fine of $75,000. Late last year, Asagiri…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009
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  Goodbye, Matrix Online

  The Matrix Online never really caught on, did it? Didn’t help the second and third movies poisoned people’s interest in the franchise. And that it wasn’t World of Warcraft. Regardless, until last week, it was still around. But not any more. Over the weekend the long, pointy plug that had kept the game connected to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots, You’ve Changed

  Time passes, things change. Me, you and that guy over there. We all change. Even Final Fantasy XIII. Above is a screenshot Square Enix released in August 2008. Below looks like the same screen, but this was released in June 2009 along with the overseas version of Advent Children Complete. The biggest difference graphic-wise appears…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009
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  Watch Four Full Songs From The Beatles: Rock Band

  No jaw-dropping cinematics here. Just four full tracks, from start to finish, showing everything you can expect from The Beatles: Rock Band. [via Joystiq]

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009
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  Phantasy Star Portable 2 Coming This Winter

  Phantasy Star Portable was a big hit and one of the biggest selling PSP games in Japan last year. So what do you think of the chances for a sequel? Pretty good. According to this notice for “The Best” budget version of Phantasy Star Portable, a special UMD will be bundled that shows off Phantasy…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2009
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  Anyone Want To Make A Heat Game?

  Anyone out there keen to buy the rights to make a game based on Michael Mann’s 1995 classic Heat? Because Gearbox – who currently own said rights – don’t really want them anymore. The Borderlands and Brothers in Arms developers, who first announced that they’d be making a game based on the movie all the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2009