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  NCsoft’s Heroic Booth Babes

  At a largely booth babe-less show, one MMO developer has the sheer guts to hire an aspiring actress and a model to represent City of Heroes. There aren’t many booth babes at Comic-Con, mainly because the fans tend to include pretty girls in skimpy outfits, and there’s nothing worse than a professional model feeling she’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009
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  Microsoft: Most Studios Support Netflix Party Viewing

  The ability to watch movies as a group online using Netflix and avatars is not supported by all of the movies on the service, Microsoft confirmed to Kotaku today. “We are working closely with our partners and studios to deliver Xbox LIVE Parties for as much content as possible,” a Microsoft spokesman said. “We offered…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009
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  Halo: Reach Will (Probably) Be Bungie’s Last Halo Game

  Since the company came together in 1991, Bungie have worked on five Halo games: Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach. Will they ever do a sixth? Probably not. In an interview with CVG, Bungie senior designer Lars Bakken has said in response to the “this the last Bungie Halo?”…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2009
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  Yankees Pitcher Goes For Old-School Video Game Baseball

  With a seven-year, $161 million contact, New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia could afford to play any expensive modern game during a rain delay yesterday. But he didn’t. The New York Times reports that Sabathia spent part of an almost three-hour rain delay at Yankee Stadium yesterday playing RBI Baseball. That would be the classic…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  I’ll be bobbing and weaving through the Comic-Con masses this weekend, being elbowed by Imperial Stormtroopers, buying things I really, really shouldn’t and playing a game or two. Or twenty. There’s plenty to play on the convention floor, with Activision, EA, Sega, Sony, Ubisoft, Namco Bandai, SOE and many more bringing their E3 builds for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 24, 2009
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  Scribblenauts in Action With Giant Crab, Eyeball

  Not a whole lot of new creations seen here, but we do get to see a bit more of the actual game in action. Personally, I don’t care about the game, the mechanic has already sold me. But for you gaming purists out there who want a little substance too, this video is for you.

  By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009
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  Tim Schafer, Casualty Of GWAR

  As seen at the Brutal Legend & Vice Metal Meltdown show.

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 24, 2009
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  Castlevania Icon Koji Igarashi Still At Konami, Working On New Project

  At E3, it was legendary Metal Gear developer Hideo Kojima who took the stage to announce his oversight of the next Castlevania game, not the man long associated with the series. Today, series publisher Konami addressed that curiosity with Kotaku. Koji Igarashi, who has overseen three critically-lauded Nintendo DS Castlevanias and has been involved with…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009
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  How Much Xbox 360 Avatar Clothes And Toys Cost

  Earlier today we gave you a video tour of the new Xbox 360 dashboard update (aka the love-child of Home and Miis). Now have a look at the prices for all Avatar clothing and toys… One important metric to note before you start clicking on thumbnails and preparing your shopping list: 80 Microsoft points equals…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009
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  MMO Makers Market The Genre’s Future

  At the “The State of the MMO” panel at Comic-Con, five massively-multiplayer devs weighed in on the positive changes coming to the genre, lacing as much marketing into their answers as humanly possible. At a development conference their answers might have been different, but this is Comic-Con, and this distinguished panel of guests from BioWare,…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009
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  EA Provides “Girls”, Asks Gamers To Sin To Win

  Electronic Arts is asking Comic-Con goers to “sin to win” a dinner and “sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty.” To enter the contest, conventioneers need to “commit acts of lust” by taking photos with the models working the Dante’s Inferno booth or any other booth…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009
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  White Knight Chronicles Preview: Her Head Is So Huge!

  A little hands-on time with Level-5’s PlayStation 3 RPG White Knight Chronicles last night demonstrates why you should never let a slightly-drunk journalist have a go at your character creator. What Is It? White Knight Chronicles is an action role-playing game developed exclusively for the PlayStation 3 by Sony’s Japan Studio and Level-5 of Dark…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009
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  New Brutal Legend Gameplay Delivered By Guitar Playing Cat

  Is it just me or does Jack Black seem to be running out of things to say about Brutal Legend? I mean, a cat playing a guitar? The video does deliver nearly half a minute of new Brutal Legend gameplay and a few seconds of Black headbanging. That’s something.

  By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009
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  MySpace Looking to Transform Into Gaming Platform

  MySpace, seemingly in a losing battle with Facebook, is looking towards gaming now as a way to reinvigorate the service, according to parent company News Corp. “MySpace is and will be more in the future a gaming platform, a space for people to meet and play games,” Jonathan Miller told a gathering at the Fortune…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009
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  The Uncharted 2 Catch Phrase You May Never Hear

  Of all the catch phrases muttered by Nathan Drake in Uncharted 2, the best one comes from the unlikeliest of sources – voice actor Nolan North’s son Cooper. During an Uncharted 2: Among Thieves panel yesterday at Comic-Con, Nolan and the other voice actors present – Emily Rose, Robin Atkin Downes, and the new girl,…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009
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  Wii Bowling Leagues Taking Over Chicago

  Wii bowling has been all the rage at retirement homes pretty much since the Wii started selling with Wii Sports packed in, which was day one. But instead of fading away, the Wii Bowling movement seems to keep growing. In a recent piece in the Chicago Tribune, Alicia Fabbre talks about a particularly popular Wii…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009
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  We Get It, Her Thighs Are Huge

  As seen at NECA’s San Diego Comic-Con booth.

  By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009
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  Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Manga Kicks Off

  Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days isn’t due out in North America for another two months or so, but maybe the manga will tide you over ’til then. The July issue of Shounen Gangan features an eight-page preview chapter of the manga which basically re-hashes all the names and some of the neuroses of Organization XIII‘s members.…

  By AJ Glasser Published July 24, 2009
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  Dev: DSi Is “A More Powerful Platform” Than DS Lite

  One of the top DS development houses in the industry doesn’t see the DSi as just a DS Lite plus gimmicks. “It’s not just a DS with cameras in it as some might think,” video game producer David Nathanielsz told Kotaku in an interview earlier this week. “It’s a more powerful platform.” Nathanielsz is the…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009
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  NECA’s BioShock Toys Are Disturbingly Awesome

  NECA’s Comic-Con 2009 display was chock full of BioShock playthings, from sisters big and little to full-sized ADAM extractors. As we saw last week, NECA is taking great care to make sure their line of BioShock toys is of the highest quality, staying as faithful as possible to the game designs. I find it nice…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009