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Fall’s Biggest Games Discussed On The Bonus Round
Last week, we visited GameTrailers HQ to chat about fall’s biggest games, from Uncharted 2 to Brutal Legend to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. This Bonus Round clip is the result of that visit. Join me, Michael McWhertor, Geoff Keighley, Michael Pachter and Tom Russo as we shoot the shit about video games in part…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Attempts To Ban Violent Games In Venezuela Progress
The Associated Press reports that the Venezuelan government’s attempts to ban violent video games such as Counter-Strike, is weeks away from passing, though it isn’t likely to affect widespread sale of pirated games. While the arguments for and against the ban of violent video games are familiar, they are set against a more violent state…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Some UK Retailers Discounting The PSPgo
Sony’s digital download-only PSPgo is, at its launch price, a hard sell for some portable gamers spoiled by the less expensive, UMD-playing PSP-3000. Some UK retailers are doing something about it, discounting the portable in its first week on sale. According to a report from Eurogamer, at least four retailers in the region are asking…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Epic Mickey Revealed, Warren Spector Speaks
It should come as little surprise that Warren Spector and his Junction Point development studio have been working on Epic Mickey, a game half-revealed by rumor, concept art and sparse details. But now it’s official. Disney’s Epic Mickey is also the subject of the latest issue of GameInformer magazine, which should appear in subscribers’ mailboxes…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Game Journalist Shake-Up Shifts Personnel At Several Outlets
John Davison, former boss at What They Play and 1Up is in at GamePro. In the last week, significant personnel changes have also been made at 1up, Shacknews, G4 and Crispy Gamer. Tomorrow GamePro will officially announce that John Davison, who recently sold his start-up, parent-targeted gaming site What They Play to IGN, will assume…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lucidity, South Park Tower Defense Reinforce XBLA This Week
Xbox Live Arcade expands with twice the animated action this week as Doublesix’s South Park LET’S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY! and LucasArts’ Lucidity arrive on Marketplace this Wednesday. The former is, as one can likely infer from the title, a tower defense game starring the residents of South Park. It could also quite possibly be…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009 - Reviews
Spyborgs Review: Not-So-Heavy Metal
Part man. Part machine. All beat-em up. This is Capcom’s Spyborgs for the Nintendo Wii. First introduced at Capcom’s 2008 Captivate event, a ho-hum reception cause Bionic Games to go back to the drawing board, changing what was a cartoony action-adventure puzzler into a darker, somewhat grittier cooperative beat-em up. What could have been a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Preview: All The Modes, All The Chaos
Not content to just finally explain how New Super Mario Bros. Wii’s Super Guide works today, Nintendo also showed how the game really works. We here at Kotaku have also learned how not to ride a roller-coaster into lava. Finally, a month before it comes out, the biggest game of the Wii for the fall…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Buys TrackMania Developers Nadeo
Valve isn’t the only developer makes moves to expand this week, as French publisher Ubisoft has acquired Nadeo, the also French developers responsible for the wildly popular TrackMania racing game series. That’s a good get, as not only does Ubisoft fill a hole in its line-up—the publisher is weak in the racing genre—it also helps…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Another Reason To Preorder MAG From 7-Eleven
Preorder MAG from 7-Eleven and receive an exclusive recruitment kit and poster on top of potentially getting the game far too early thanks to the company’s sporadic acknowledgement of street dates. MAG isn’t out until the 26th of January, but you can get a head start with the 7-Eleven MAG recruitment kit. It contains all…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve Snaps Up Defense of the Ancients Dev
Valve has made a hire that should perk up the ears of the Warcraft III mod community, as “IceFrog,” the current developer of ultra popular Defense of the Ancients Allstars, has found gainful employment at the house of Half-Life. The announcement was made via the DotA forums, with IceFrog writing that he is “now leading…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prepare For A Left 4 Dead 2 Advertising Onslaught
Valve is expecting Left 4 Dead 2 to be its fastest-selling in the company’s history, launching a $25 million advertising campaign to make sure that happens. The original Left 4 Dead sold like gangbusters, thanks largely to word-of-mouth, positive reviews, and the $10 million that valve sunk into making sure everybody knew what the game…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Konami Revisits Rocket Knight Adventures For XBLA, PSN
The retro revival streak at Konami has already spawned a handful of new downloadable releases: Gradius, Contra and (soon) Castlevania have all been given the “ReBirth” treatment. Konami will also be revisiting Rocket Knight Adventures, but in a different fashion. Unlike the ReBirth revivals, the newest Rocket Knight, as revealed by 1UP, will be given…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 5, 2009 -
UncategorizedYahtzee’s GameDamage Evolves And Improves
Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw of Zero Punctuation fame and pals Yug and Matt polish off their GameDamage television show, removing a bit of the awkward in favor of more funny. When Crecente wrote about the original GameDamage pilot in December of last year, he suggested the dynamic trio keep at it and polish up the writing…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tripwire Brings Zeno Clash To Retail
ACE Team‘s first-person melee combat game Zeno Clash is getting the retail box treatment courtesy of Tripwire Interactive, a publisher that truly understands the plight of the independent developer. Tripwire Interactive started off as a modding team, taking its win in the Make Something Unreal contest for Red Orchestra and transforming themselves into a full-fledged…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Challenges MySpace Music Artists To A Beaterator-Off
Rockstar wants to see what MySpace Music artists can do with Beaterator, and they’re providing the PSPs, the games, and a $5,000 prize for the best track. Hopeful MySpace Music artists who want to take a stab at making music with Beaterator can visit http://beaterator.ign.com/ to apply for a chance at being one of up…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Other Wii Nerf Gun
Electronic Arts isn’t is the only company selling a Nerf gun that doubles as a Wii remote holder. Performance Designed Products sent me this N-Strike Switch Shot Ex-3 last week (which they produced in conjunction with EA). The Nerf gun comes with three whistler darts and a red viewfinder. You can take the viewfinder off…
By Brian Crecente Published October 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age And Army Of Two Launch EA Comics Imprint
EA teams with IDW to release Army of Two and Dragon Age comic books under the EA Games imprint, with talent like Peter Milligan, Humberto Ramos, and Orson Scott Card already signed on. This isn’t your average video game comic book deal. The agreement between EA and publisher IDW actually creates a separate imprint, EA…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2009