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Project Gotham, Audiosurf Coming To Zune HD
This is agonising. I mean, on the one hand, my favourite racing series of all time – Project Gotham – has a new game coming. But on the other…it’s not for the Xbox 360. It’s for the Zune. It’s called “Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition”, and can be glimpsed oh-so-briefly in that Zune gaming video…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Releasing New 360 Wi-Fi Adapter
When the Zune Store opens up on the 360 later this year, you’ll need a 802.11n network in your house if you want to stream HD content. Microsoft’s current wi-fi adapter can’t do 802.11n. So they need a new one! This adorable little bunny is Microsoft’s new wi-fi adapter, currently doing the rounds at the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Info About FFXIII’s Young Girl Serah
There’s more to Final Fantasy XIII character Serah Farron than simply looking reminiscent of an erotic game character. Much more. Serah is the headstrong, independent younger sister of heroine Lightning and lady friend of bandana-wearing hero Snow. Lightning does not approve of her sister’s engagement to Snow. Like Lightning, Serah is a L’Cie and has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Firmware Update Fixes Uncharted Problems
Sony, in the future, when you release a firmware update, it would be really helpful if you told us all exactly what it was for. Earlier this month, it became apparent that the PS3’s upgrade to firmware 3.0 was causing problems for some people playing Uncharted. Yesterday, Sony released firmware 3.01. What was it for?…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Developer: Microsoft Making PS3 Development Easier [Update]
Tales of Vesperia was originally announced for the Xbox 360. Microsoft touted it as an exclusive, but the game ended up on the PS3. How did this go down? A blogger who was apparently a developer on the title explains why the game was originally developed for the Xbox 360. “For developers, it’s way easier…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trine FINALLY Coming To PS3
Frozenbyte, the developers behind Trine, have announced that their fantasy platformer will finally, after a long delay, be making an appearance on the PlayStation 3. It’s due as part of this week’s PlayStation Store update, but how much it will cost, and whether it will appear in all stores or just Europe’s (the news being…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
NieR’s Hermaphrodite Character
Like female characters? Male characters? How about both? You know, a two-for-one. The Square-Enix-published Cavia-developed action adventure NieR stars main character NieR and his AI-controlled partner Kainé. According to these magazine scans, Kainé is a hermaphrodite after being possessed during a demo fight. Her, his, its Kaine’s attitude and manner of speech are manly —…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill 2 Movie Official
Writer Roger Avary and producer Samuel Hadida are returning to Silent Hill for Silent Hill 2. The two worked together on the 2006 prequel, which grossed nearly $100 million worldwide. The Hollywood Reporter reports that filming will begin next year after Hadida and his studio Davis Films finishes Resident Evil: Afterlife with Milla Jovovich. Earlier…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Releasing 250GB Xbox 360 For Modern Warfare 2 [Update]
Infinity Ward announced at a press event in Los Angeles today that, to commemorate the release of the game, Microsoft will be releasing a brand new model of the Xbox 360 based on Modern Warfare 2. This new console will be black, with Modern Warfare 2 branding, and will also come packing a 250GB HDD…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 Conference: Call Of Liveblog
Infinity Ward and Activision are, as you read this, holding a Modern Warfare 2 press conference. Not a press event, a press conference. Must be some good stuff in store. We’re there, and through the magic of liveblogging, so are you! – Microsoft will be releasing a special MW2 version of the Xbox 360, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trademark Filed for True Blood Game
Crap!!! Is it too late to splice a post with Bloodcopy? We’d actually have some news for that thing. HBO’s filed a trademark registration for its show “True Blood,” in relation to video games. Noted USPTO watcher Superannuation first caught the filing, listed last Friday. Doesn’t mean they’re gonna make a fangbanger video game, they…
By Owen Good Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Another Professor Layton Move Trailer — Now With English
Level-5 told Kotaku we can’t expect Professor Layton‘s first animated feature stateside anytime soon, but trailers for the film have me hoping that it eventually makes the jump. This second full-length movie trailer (with some handy English fan subtitles) again skips out on the puzzles the teaser trailers had. But it adds an exploding boat.…
By AJ Glasser Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Atari Gets a New Money Man
Atari found its new chief financial officer from TheLadders.com. Not that they went literally advertising on the service, which promises careers paying more than $100,000 annually. They got the guy who was its veep for finance. Philip Veneziano, say hello to a customer base even more finicky and prone to complaint than high-strung white collar…
By Owen Good Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
OKCupid Dating Survey Gives Gamers An Edge Over Literature Nerds
You don’t need to be embarrassed about visiting dating sites unless you’re into literature instead of video games, insist on using netspeak and cannot spell the word defenestration. Okay, I made that last part up. But this survey conducted by dating site OKCupid — which analyzed over 500,000 first messages exchanged between users — shows…
By AJ Glasser Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
3D Dot Game Heroes Trailer Is Seriously Pixelated
FromSoftware and Silicon Studio’s 3D Dot Game Heroes, revealed as a PlayStation 3 exclusive last month, an adorable action-RPG that voxelizes a very simple looking 2D game, making for a fantastic 3D presentation. Whether the game plays as good as it retro-looks remains to be seen. And FromSoftware’s plans for a release outside of Japan…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Activision: Sequels Offer “Road Map For Innovation”
Pity the video game sequel, perpetually scapegoated as an evil of the industry. To the rescue of its reputation this week came Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick. The exec recently explained what sequels are good for, besides profit. During his hour-long — and highly quotable — presentation on Monday to the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
And Then There Were Three
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Headache, Headache, Headache McWhertor leaves first thing tomorrow for Japan. He’ll be spending a bit of downtime this week in Tokyo before the rest of us arrive on Sunday to prepare for next week’s Tokyo Game Show. It sounds like we may have the venue nearly nailed down for our…
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bungie’s Throwing A Halo ODST Launch Party (And You Can Go)
Bungie is throwing a party next week in Seattle to celebrate all things Halo, an event that just so happens to coincide with the release of Halo 3: ODST. Should you go? Well, Halo 3: ODST creative director Joseph Staten from Bungie and Halo franchise development director Frank O’Connor from 343 Industries will be there,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2009