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Reebok Giving Away the Madden AFL Pack for PS3
Madden’s AFL Legacy Pack became available for download this past week, and official league apparelista Reebok is giving away the PS3 version for entering their sweepstakes. Just drop in your name and email and the code’s yours. It really is that simple. Well, it assumes you have both the PS3 version and a PSN account,…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2009 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Sept. 23 PvPonline published Sept. 24 ActionTrip published Sept. 21 Digital Unrest published Sept. 21 DotGif published Sept. 21 EXTRALIFE published Sept. 24 GU Comics published Sept. 21 Ctrl-Alt-Delete published Sept. 25 Dueling Analogs published Sept. 24 8-Bit Theater published Sept. 24 2P Start! published Sept. 23 Nerf NOW published Sept. 23…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bullet Hell Shooter Creators Cave Going Region-Free For Next Xbox 360 Game
Speaking with Cave’s Makato Asada at Tokyo Game Show, we inquired about the developer’s upcoming shoot-em-up release Mushihime-sama Futari for the Xbox 360, wondering if the title would be mercifully region-free and therefore import friendly. He had good news. “We had a lot of good feedback from overseas users,” Asada told Kotaku, happy with the…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Booth Check: The Warlord Armor of TGS
The Game Science Museum at the Tokyo Game Show this year housed not only video games but an exhibition of armor and helmets of Japan’s most popular warlords. The popular display, tucked away near the Level 5 and Koei Tecmo booths, also had some video games based on sengoku samurai.
By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Confirms that 2 GB is the New 50 MB
My how they grow fast, don’t they? Originally, Microsoft said that Xbox Live Arcade titles should be 50 megabytes or less. Today they’ve bulged well past the 1 GB barrier. Microsoft has confirmed that 2 gigs is the new max. At Tokyo Game Show, IGN brought up the ballooning size of XBLA games in an…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Approval Ratings: Issues of the Day
After a week’s hiatus, Kotaku Approval Ratings has returned to measure your opinions on certain games, concepts and controversies involved in the news over the past two weeks. This week we seek to measure your attitudes on the PSPgo, whose pre-release has been marred by retailer unhappiness, criticism of its price point, and disappointment in…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Hoodie Practically Begs to be Teabagged
Without getting close enough to see the UNSC sleeve patch (or the obnoxious “NOOBS GET PWN3D” crest) , I’m not sure this $88 Marc Ecko-designed Halo-themed hoodie really says “Master Chief” to me. I suppose you can cinch up the hood and create a semi-Spartan helmet visor look with it. Still, this garment seems to…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
DS Games Help Send Florida’s Lamest Fugitve Back to the Can
Not sure who looks worse, Lee Co., Florida, for being unable to catch this guy, or Daniel Larson himself, their No. 1 fugitive, caught after he strolled into a Walmart and stuffed a bunch of DS games down his pants. Because shoplifting is just textbook How-to-Lay-Low, just a shade less subtle than what the Duke…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Booth Check: Koei Tecmo
Last night Koei Tecmo threw a little party at the Hotel New Otani. They introduced all of their developers and pointed out that in the U.S. they are called Tecmo Koei, but in Japan they are called Tecmo Koei. They should probably figure that one out.
By Brian Crecente Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Giant PSP Turns Up on Vegas Strip
Sony removes one giant PSP in New York, and puts a new one up outside New York, New York. As in the Las Vegas casino. Sharp-eyed reader xRIOT spotted this while wandering the strip recently. Another pic on the jump. Update: Sharp-eyed reader Tim G. emails to tell us that the PSP is not new.…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 -
UncategorizedShut Your Mouth — I’m Just Talkin’ ‘Bout Subject Zero
Her origin doesn’t mention any childbearing, but regardless, Subject Zero is a bad mutha. Her own word choice is a bit more coarse. The tatted-up Zero is a pro Biotic, supplying firepower and sexual tension in Mass Effect 2. [via GameSpot]
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Netflix CEO: “We Want to be On All the Game Consoles”
Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix, told Reuters his company wants a presence on all video game consoles, but reaffirmed their contract limits them to just the Xbox 360. For now. Reuters asked “what about the PS3 and the Wii?” and here is his full answer: Eventually we want to be on all the…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pick Up Viking Costumes for Sackboy — Free
Apparently thanks to a cross-promo with a Sony Pictures “Family Zone” promo site, U.S. PlayStation Network account holders can make their Sackboys and Sackgirls all Ride-of-the-Valkyries with a free-to-download Norse Mythology costume pack. Go here, punch the giant “REDEEM” button (be patient) to generate your code, and then redeem that through the PlayStation Network and,…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom’s Inafune Declares Japan Game Industry ‘Finished’
As reported by Destructoid, Capcom’s Keiji Inafune – a development fixture going back to the original Mega Man – was unimpressed by the games being shown on the TGS floor. Except for Capcom’s of course. At an event Friday, Inafune asked attendees what they thought of the show, asking them to be candid with their…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Booth Check: Microsoft
The Microsoft booth at the Tokyo Game Show included signs that showed the length of the wait to play most of the big Xbox 360 games there. How else to tell which game was best? The longest was Bayonetta at 90 minutes. The second longest, at 80, was for the Forza car set-up.
By Stephen Totilo Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Survey, Web Site Indicate Planetside 2 is in the Works
Huge buzz going around the Planetside community today as a survey email said to come from Sony Online Entertainment reveals plans “to expand the Planet Side universe with another game.” Also, someone found SOE registered Planetside2.com on Sept. 21. The email sought help from “loyal player(s) and experienced shooter fan(s)” in designing this next game.…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Manual Instruction: Two Types of Learning in Game Tutorials
Who reads instruction manuals any more? These days even the most complex console game arrives with just a 16-page booklet. Increasingly, we rely on in-game tutorials, and the two modes of learning they promote both have their benefits – and drawbacks. Tutorials common to the early days of PC gaming followed an expository model of…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2009