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4:39 Of Uncharted 2 Singleplayer Footage
1UP have been running a big Uncharted 2 special all week long, and as part of that have just uploaded this all-gameplay clip showing Nathan engaging in a spot of singleplayer gunplay. Oh, and Elena’s in it, too, if that helps. Exclusive Uncharted 2 Single-Player Gameplay Footage Now Live [1UP]
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2’s Latest Campaign Takes You To The Fairgrounds
During tonight’s episode of GameTrailers TV, Valve have shown for the first time footage of one of Left 4 Dead 2’s hitherto unseen campaigns: The Fairgrounds. Bright lights, screaming, rides…it’s everything you expect from zombie killing at an amusement park. Hopefully there’s some dodgem cars and a ball pit in there somewhere as well. To…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yoko Ono “Gave The Designers Hell” On Beatles: Rock Band
Yoko Ono. Were Ron Burgundy to translate the name, he would say it meant “destroyer of worlds.” So it was to be expected that the wife of John Lennon would give the team at Harmonix a hard time. An interview with some of the developers working on The Beatles: Rock Band over at Wired reveals…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Panzer Generals Is Back, Yo
In the turn-based strategy genre, two series (for me, anyways) reign supreme: Advance Wars, and Panzer General. So it’s with great delight that I see today that Ubisoft will be bringing the latter back, this time on Xbox Live Arcade. Delight quickly turns to concern, however, when you see what they’re doing with it. See,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Already, ARMA II Gets An Expansion
ARMA II only just came out! And as you’d expect from such an ambitious game, is still pretty broken! Neither of which seems to matter, since an expansion for the game has already been announced. Called Operation Arrowhead, it’s set three years after the events depicted in ARMA II and takes place in an all-new…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Should Digital Games Be Region Locked?
Hey, it’s Friday, do you know — Wait, a sec. It’s not Friday. It’s Thursday. But this week is Obon in Japan. We’ve got to go visit graves and stuff. Still before that, let’s talk. You and me. And that guy over there. And that girl sitting next to him. Here’s how it works: We…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wow, There Really ARE A Lot Of WWII Games
It’s a common complaint: there are too many damn games set in the Second World War. But did you know just how many? This “casual census” performed by 1UP has the depressing results. This graph here tallies the number of games released since 1980 set during six of the biggest conflicts (at least for Westerners)…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Risen Banned In Australia, “Sexual Activity And Drug Use” Cited Comment by: mcderek3000 Nominated by: Dlord I fully support the decision made by the Australian classification board. As an adult gamer, I have often found my life controlled by the media I watch. Watching Gandalf smoke pipeweed in the Lord of the Rings turned me…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Did You Get Your Secret Team Fortress 2 Medal?
To close out a week of update announcements (and updates!), Valve had one final surprise in store for Team Fortress 2 players tonight, offering the first 11,111 players to reach this hidden site a shiny new medal. Being limited, the offer is of course already done for, all 11,111 medals claimed within a matter of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Mass Effect 2 Screenshots, Wallpaper
It’s “Meet Thane” day over at the official Mass Effect 2 website tonight, as BioWare release some screenshots and wallpaper featuring the green-skinned alien guy we first met back in the E3 trailer for the game.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is Japan’s PS3 Supply Drying Up?
Buying one is hardly an impossible feat; however, recently there do seem to be a higher percentage of retailers with the machine sold out. Take that sign, which says that all colors of the PS3 are sold out. At a Sofmap retailer, there are no laminated PS3 tickets you can take to the register to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
More than 3,500 people, including U.S. Rep David Loebsack and Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, attended a kickoff event today for the International Video Games Hall of Fame, which Ottumwa, Iowa leaders plan to build in their community. Chris Hoeksema, a member of the Hall’s exploratory committee, said the 3,500 figure represented those who donated…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo 3 Still Being Played, By The Truckload, Every Day
We’ve noticed. Many of you are sick to death of Halo. To a certain extent that’s understandable, but then, sometimes you have to applaud the efforts of a game that, two years on from release, is still so damn popular. How popular? According to Bungie, on average, every single day, there are over 1,000,000 unique…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Aussie Madden Has No Free Online Franchise Codes. Here’s Mine [Update]
Australia, homeland of beloved former Chargers punter Darren Bennett, got Madden NFL 10 a day earlier than the rest of the world – part of that whole day-ahead, winter-is-summer, up-is-down, toilets-flush-in-reverse thing. But they didn’t get free Online Franchise codes. EA Sports spokesman Rob Semsey confirmed that the codes were, mistakenly, not printed on the…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Journalists In Video Games — An Anniversary Celebration
One year ago today I started officially blogging for Kotaku. What better way to celebrate this anniversary than by ticking off a list of journalists that appear in video games? I got going on this idea because my first night on the job for Kotaku — covering a Godfather II event — I sliced my…
By AJ Glasser Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Beatles: Rock Band Full Soundtrack Revealed In New Game Informer
This newest issue of Game Informer magazine has already landed in the hands of subscribers, featuring a cover story on MTV Games and Harmonix’s The Beatles: Rock Band. Beneath that cover lies the game’s final track listing. Final minus one, that is. Game Informer appears to be keeping one of the game’s songs under wraps,…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Send Us Your Madden Launch Pics, Stories
This year’s Madden launch is midnight Friday, rather than Tuesday. So if you’re picking it up at 12:01 a.m., if you’re going to a retailer party, if you’re already playing with a broken street date copy, send us your pics. We’ll round them up tomorrow to show sports gamers indulging in their holiest of days,…
By Owen Good Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jenny McCarthy Signs On To Shill Your Shape
Hey guys, the list of celebrities endorsing Wii fitness games just a little longer today, as Ubisoft has signed Jenny McCarthy as its Your Shape spokesface, presumably in hopes that people will think she knows something about fitness. It seems to be a winning formula for Wii fitness games thus far, as Majesco has tapped…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
QuakeCon: It’s On
To: Bash From: Crecente QuakeCon kicked off this morning with plenty of id news including a new Rage trailer, a peek into future iPhone games we can expect from the developer and Carmack’s annual speech. Expect plenty more from the show with Totilo digging deep one-on-one with developers and some of the games present. Here’s…
By Brian Crecente Published August 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Classless Update – It’s Over! It’s Out!
The third and, unfortunately, final day of updates to Team Fortress 2‘s “classless update” is out there. No hidden last minute update for this one folks, as the game has already been updated with the latest batch of changes. That includes a long, long list of updates, including the new addition of two “new” maps—Sawmill,…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 13, 2009