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Warriors Swag Report: This Is a Medium?!
I knew The Warriors: Street Brawl was coming out soon, but I didn’t realize how soon ’til a package with a t-shirt in it showed up on my doorstep. Now, I get a lot of swag t-shirts from events or mailed to me by publishers. I don’t want to complain about free stuff, because 1)…
By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009 - Reviews
Muramasa: The Demon Blade Review: Hot Springs Eternal
Odin Sphere developer Vanillaware brings their signature hand-drawn 2D style to the Nintendo Wii with Muramasa: The Demon Blade, a touching tale of a boy, a girl, and a whole bunch of swords. Kisuke is a young ninja in search of his past. Momohime is a young and quiet Japanese princess possessed by the spirit…
By Mike Fahey Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Toy Soldiers — It’s Ain’t Exactly Army Men, But It’ll Do
I have fond high school memories is of secretly installing Army Men on school computers. I’m not in high school anymore, thank God, but my love of toy soldiers can continue in… Toy Soldiers. The upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game is a strategy game that probably has some action-y elements (based on how close the…
By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Price Drop Timed to Wii Fit Plus Release
Nintendo’s decision to drop the price of their Wii console was driven by the launch of upcoming fitness game Wii Fit Plus, not as reaction to a slump in sales, Denise Kaigler, Nintendo of America’s Corporate Affairs VP, tells Kotaku. Nintendo’s top-selling Wii is getting a price drop of $50 to $200 starting this Sunday,…
By Brian Crecente Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Make Me Come Out There
To: The Japan Crew From: Fahey Re: Absolutely Nothing Look kids, just because you are all in Japan and I am here with Owen and AJ (collectively known now as The A-Team) in the ghostly-quiet North American Kotaku Tower doesn’t mean you can skimp on the Night Note. We came into the tower this morning…
By Mike Fahey Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy VIII Is On PSN In Japan Today
Forget Final Fantasy VII — eighth grade was all about Squall for me and nearly every other girl in my middle school. We thrived on his taciturn drama (so unwhiny, unlike Cloud!) and we worshiped mighty… uh, gunblade. Anyway, you can get Final Fantasy VIII on PlayStation Network as of today. As in right now.…
By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mac Users Will Get to Experience the Game of the Year — for 2007
Porting shop Feral Interactive has announced that they’re bringing BioShock to the Mac more than two years after its original release. Mac users’ immediate response was “What’s a BioShock?” I say that as a 23-year user and consumer of Mac products, too. It’s no fault of Feral, they can only buy the rights to games…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Nixes Plans For UMD Conversion Program For PSPGo
Playstation Portable owners will not be able to transfer the disc-based UMD games they own to a PSPgo when the sleek new digital-only system launches next week, Sony officials told Kotaku today. “We were evaluating a UMD conversion program, but due to legal and technical reasons we will not be offering the program at this…
By Brian Crecente Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Snoopy Screens For Flying Aces
It’s been a while since Snoopy vs. The Red Baron, so I for one am thrilled to see him flying the skies once again in Snoopy Flying Aces. From what I can tell based on a press release and on these screen shots, this Xbox Live Arcade game looks like it’s got online multiplayer. And…
By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
NBA 2K10 Features Rasheed Wallace Having a Fred Sanford Heart Attack
Boston’s Kevin Garnett finishes off the alley-oop in this latest gameplay trailer, and newly acquired Rasheed Wallace gets up to inform Elizabeth he’s coming to join her. Another solid minute of dunk animations and gameplay from NBA 2K10.
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pacific City Still Not Pacified in Crackdown 2
Four new Crackdown screens from Microsoft show you what to expect in Pacific City, still in the throes of a crime war. The last depicts a mutated foe, previewing the virus outbreak that will make your adventures more challenging.
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look At Tekken 6’s Scenario Campaign Mode
When you aren’t kicking the living hell out of total strangers via Tekken 6’s online multiplayer mode, you might fancy a play through the co-op Scenario Campaign mode. Here’s some new screens from it. I’ve never been a huge fan of the additional modes added to the console versions of the Tekken series, as they’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Voice Of A Master: James Arnold Taylor
I got a lot out of LucasArts’ Clone Wars junket, but the best treat was meeting the man behind the voices of Tidus, Ratchet and of course Obi-Wan Kenobi. Journalists were given about 20 minutes with Mr. Taylor (pictured, left) during the junket for a roundtable Q&A. Naturally, I had to let the TV critics…
By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Week Of Disney: When A Games Journalist Moonlights
GamesRadar is doing Disney theme week to celebrate the upcoming release of Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days and yours truly was lucky enough to participate. So if you ever wonder what I do when I’m not blogging my little heart out for Kotaku, go check out this massive feature I put together on the history of…
By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
8 Minutes Of Modern Warfare 2 Story Mode
There’s no telling where this cam-footage of an entire Modern Warfare 2 mission came from, but there’s no mistaking it for any other game. A reader pointed us to the YouTube version of this clip, uploaded by a user named “kajsghkjab” as his sole YouTube contribution, so we’re guessing that he probably doesn’t want fame…
By Mike Fahey Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve Appeals Australia Ban of Left 4 Dead 2
Couched in an update of Left 4 Dead’s ratings status in 11 locations is news the publisher on Wednesday appealed Australia’s refusal to classify the game, effectively banning it for sale there. No other comment was given in the announcement. I’ve emailed Valve to ask for a little more detail on the case they’ve presented…
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Alan Wake on the Run, in the Dark
These five screens depict the innate agility of a bestselling author as one Alan Wake dodges helicopters, crashing cars and snipers up a forest ranger tower. This reminds me, I need to finish up that book proposal …
By Owen Good Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Love Is An Open Alpha
A labor of love should be shared by all, so Eskil Steenberg has opened up the first alpha test for his procedurally-generated MMO Love to all comers, though be warned – the test is extremely limited. How limited? Downloading the alpha client takes only a moment, and that’s because there really isn’t all that much…
By Mike Fahey Published September 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Preview: Split Personality Gameplay
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a massively successful CGI show on Cartoon Network. Can its tie-in game live up to the hype? I’m still confused about how to think of Republic Heroes. On the one hand, it’s a tie-in game for a show that turned out to be way cooler than a I thought…
By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009