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The Making of MotorStorm Arctic Edge
With MotorStorm Arctic Edge set to hit the Playstation Portable in two weeks, Sony put together this developer diary showing us how the game came to be. In it folks from developer BigBig Studio show off a bit more of the upcoming racer. With Gran Turismo PSP on the horizon, are you planning on picking…
By Brian Crecente Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Slim Gets A Huge Slice Of Japan’s Hardware Pie
PlayStation fans in Japan lined up to get their hands on the newer, slimmer, cheaper PS3. Over 150,000 of them invested in the revised PlayStation 3, leading to a giant red slice of Sony dominance at home. That’s a considerable change from the console’s representation from the week prior, when it moved a paltry 1,040…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Oozes Atmosphere
Developer GSC Game World excelled at crafting a heavy, tense atmosphere in its previous games, and it looks like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat with follow suit. Where S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky was a prequel, Call of Pripyat is a sequel to the original Shadow of Chernobyl, taking place after the events in the original game, in…
By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Movie Frankenreview: Gamer
Gaming is taken to the extreme in Gamer, a movie about a not-so-distant future where video game players take control of other humans for sport. 300’s Gerard Butler plays Kable, a wrongly-convicted felon who has been injected with a substance that essentially gives his brain an IP address that can be accessed by a player…
By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look At Daft Punk’s DJ Hero Appearance
DJ Hero won’t just be for hip-hop fans, electronic music, in the form of Daft Punk, will also be playable on the rhythm game, Rolling Stone reports. The game will feature 11 exclusive mixes by Daft Punk as well as in-game avatars and set designs. It will be the first time the duo have participated…
By Brian Crecente Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Next Week: This Is Just A Tribute
Next week the Rock Band Music Store gets a trio of songs from Anvil, a couple from The Guess Who and Dinosaur Jr., and the greatest song in the world – tribute. Rejoice, for there is more Tenacious D headed to Rock Band! Joining Rock Band 2’s “Mater Exploder” next week is “Rock Your Socks,”…
By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cobain Attorney Calls For Activision To Limit Musician’s Use in GH5
Earlier this week the appearance of a digital Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5 irrupted into controversy with Courtney Love and former Nirvana band members calling for Activision to patch the title. Now Love’s attorney is involved. “Ms. Cobain is extremely upset about Activision’s use of Mr. Cobain’s likeness to sing the songs of others…
By Brian Crecente Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tim Schafer Finally Gets His Date With Fallon
Brutal Legend designer and Double Fine head honcho Tim Schafer will be appearing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in early October, the show’s co-producer tells Kotaku. Schafer will be the second guest on the Oct. 2 show, appearing sans Jack Black, just like was asked, Gavin Purcell says. Purcell says he will be talking…
By Brian Crecente Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pac-Man World Record Broken
The official Pac-Man world record has become a little less attainable, as the sixth person in history to achieve a perfect score in Namco’s arcade classic is also the fastest to date. The first perfect Pac-Man score was achieved by hot sauce mogul Billy Mitchell in 1999, and once the perfect score was achieved, there…
By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Forza 3 Demo Speeding Towards Xbox Live
Forza Motorsport 3 isn’t out until October, but eager racing fans can get an early taste later this month when the Forza 3 demo hits Xbox Live. Forza 3 has gone gold, and to mark the occasion, Microsoft and Turn 10 have announced that a demo for the game will be hitting Xbox Live on…
By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look At Just Cause 2’s Island of Panau
Really, I don’t care which island this is located on, all I care about is that it features water, jungles and lots of tall structures to, hopefully, jump off of. These latest screens of Eidos Interactive’s free-roaming adventure game are keeping me interested. Head over to the official site if you want to check out…
By Brian Crecente Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scenes From The Edge Of Twilight
The folks at Fuzzyeyes have a keen eye for gorgeous scenery, as displayed in this latest set of screenshots for the upcoming hack and slash platformer Edge of Twilight. Planescape, Planescape, Planescape. Just had to get that out of my system, as I do every time new assets from Edge of Twilight are released. It’s…
By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madden Cover Athlete Hurts Himself
Madden NFL 10 co-cover athlete Troy Polamalu did just fine in the season opener between the Titans and the Steelers last night, until an injury put him out of commission for 3 to 6 weeks. This is just another one of those silly little coincidences that has nothing at all to do with supernatural powers…
By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
DJ Hero In-House Impressions
My experience with DJ Hero has always come in short little bursts, never affording me enough time to really play the game. Until now. Yesterday a demo build of DJ Hero landed on my doorstep. The build features a short playable tutorial hosted by DJ Grandmaster Flash, three DJ-only mixes and a DJ-guitar mix. The…
By Brian Crecente Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
North Korean Booze
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Come As You Are I’ve just been given a bottle of North Korean booze. I’ve never had North Korean booze…. What you missed last night Sony Cuts Nigeria Line From PS3 Slim Ad Sony: PS3 Sales Up 300% Gabe Newell Boycotting L4D Modder’s Campaign [Update] Torture In Video Games Brand…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP Minis Might Hit PS3, UMD
Sony’s PSP Minis range was originally believed to be a way the PSPgo could compete with the iPhone’s successful App Store, but comments today from Sony Europe suggest they could go a little further than just the new PSP. SCEE’s Zeno Colaco has told Develop “The most successful Minis titles will probably transition to UMD”,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lucasarts Unveils Lucidity, An Original Platformer
Perhaps aware of criticism that Lucasarts only survives by milking Star Wars and Indiana Jones dry, the company has tonight unveiled on GTTV a brand new puzzler/platformer called Lucidity. Starring a young girl by the name of Sophie, Lucidity will be out on Xbox Live later this month, and is part 2D platformer, part 2D…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
What PS3 And PSP Games Are Playable At Tokyo Game Show?
Sony is coming to TGS and bringing games with it. Some games you can play — that is, if you are going. But what games? What, what, what? These games. • PS3 1. FIFA 10 2. Lost Planet 2 3. Shin Sangoku Musou MULTI RAID Special 4. Pro Evo 2010 5. Final Fantasy XIII 6.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: A Treasure Trove
The last couple of PAL PlayStation Store updates have been a little barren. Not to worry. They were obviously saving all the good stuff for this week’s update. Not only are there four playable demos, but they’re all great: FIFA 10, Katamari Forever, Fat Princess and LittleBigPlanet. Not to mention there’s a full-game download –…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009