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A Sight-Slicing Tour Of Muramasa’s Locales
We know we’ll be killing tons of strange creatures when Ignition releases Muramasa: The Demon Blade for the Nintendo Wii, but where will we be killing them? This locations trailer has the answers. They will fight in the forests…the will fight on the beaches, and in the fields, and on the rooftops…the two main characters…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Poker Game Kept Gabe Newell From Naming Valve “Gearbox” [UPDATE – Story isn’t true.]
We know large rodents helped determine the name of game companies. We now also know that Randy Pitchford vanquished Gabe Newell in a poker match on a riverboat to win the name of the house of Borderlands. [UPDATE: Valve denies.] So reports Joystiq, in a new series that looks at the secrets behind the names…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Earthworm Jim Coming To Wii, PS3, and 360
Seems like your vote for the 20th anniversary Sega Genesis title to hit Xbox Live might not matter much, as Gameloft and Interplay announce Earthworm Jim for WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade, and the PlayStation Network. Interplay has granted Gameloft exclusive rights to develop, distribute, and publish Earthworm Jim as a downloadable title across the current…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta Still Turning On Game Reporters
Before beating up a towering boss, Sega’s new hard-bodied heroine told the monstrosity to save the pillow talk for later. The games reporter sitting next to me, watching this cutscene, then said something. “She’s a bitch!” the reporter exclaimed. Then he paused and re-phrased that: “A sexy bitch.” I’ve been to two demos of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Academy Of Champions Got Moves
Check out Altair performing his Eagle Strike and the Rabbids’ Plunger Shot in this batch of Gamescom clips and screens of Ubisoft’s Academy of Champions. Ubisoft’s magical cartoon soccer academy game basically does what Nintendo did with Mario Strikers and gives it an Ubisoft spin, with characters from your favorite titles appearing amongst generic children…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Celebrate EverQuest’s 10th With A Coffee Table Book
First announced at CES earlier this year, The 10th Anniversary EverQuest Collector’s Edition coffee table book is now available for purchase at Sony Online Entertainment‘s store, or on my recliner. More than just an art book, this large, hard-bound special edition tome is filled from cover-to-cover with the history of the EverQuest franchise, from the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Howard: Five Was Enough For Fallout 3 DLC
“I think we’ve put enough content out there for this game,” Fallout 3’s Todd Howard told Kotaku in Dallas last week, having finished offering gamers an unprecedented amount of content fot a single-player game. The August release of the fifth downloadable mission-pack for Fallout 3 wrapped up a hefty mid-year helping of new content for…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
DiRT 2 Is Rally Rally Good
Don’t blame us for the horribly punny headline. Responsibility lies squarely on the shoulders of Codemasters’ marketing and PR department. This DiRT 2 vid features the hottest cars on the hottest tracks, with real-life and in-game footage mixed together in an inspirational music video format that rally fans just can’t resist. Can you tell the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Swine Flu: The Video Game
While it might not actually be Swine Flu: The Video Game, a flash game created by Dutch researches aims to raise the awareness of similar outbreaks by having the player control the deadly Gamers Flu. The Great Flu casts the player as the head of the fictional World Pandemic Control. Pick a strain of flu…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
QuakeCon Faces a Crossroads
The lights in the cavernous room are off, but an electric glow fills the 70,000-square-foot room. The darkness dances in an erratic sizzle of colors from thousands of computer monitors, the pulsing pixels illuminating an electronic shanty town of home-built computers, neon, pillows and people. This room of humming computers, quietly clicking keyboards, and energized…
By Brian Crecente Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Phoenix Wright Gets UDON Art Book Treatment
How big a following does the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series have? Large enough to spawn a 240-page art book, due out in October from UDON Entertainment. The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney collects all of the artwork from the three Nintendo DS Phoenix Wright titles as well as Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, into…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Mini Demo Of Mini Ninjas This Week
Take Eidos’ adorable little assassins for a spin later this week, as a demo of IO Interactive’s Mini Ninjas hits the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Join mini-ninja Hiro, maxi-ninja Futo, and girlie-ninja Suzume as they embark on an epic adventure to bring harmony to a world teetering on the edge of total chaos.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Peek At Bungie’s Office and One Really Big Halo ODST Map
Today’s peek inside a development studio offers a bit more than just a look at the desks behind some of today’s greatest games. This picture of Paul Bertone, Bungie’s design director for Halo 3: ODST, also affords us a chance to steal a look at what appears to be some maps for upcoming shooter and…
By Brian Crecente Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
What’s German for: “Please write about games here”? Welcome to GamesCom week. And get ready for some other convention, too. Plus, QuakeCon stuff that you’ll all like is still coming. Your turn, now. Have at it and start chatting. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guten Morgen!
To: Crecente From: Luke So you and Mike have touched down in Germany, eh? Enjoy! Good food and beer in Germany, and places that do good food and beer are good places to spend a week in. Especially when you throw video games into the mix. Here’s what you missed while you were scoffing down…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hey Capcom, What Did You Think Of Bionic Commando?
While some people cling to the belief that you could wring some enjoyment out of Bionic Commando, like blood from a cold, heavy stone, most people ignored it. Didn’t buy it. Why was that, Capcom? As part of a Q&A from the company’s recent fiscal earnings conference call, Capcom President Haruhiro Tsujimoto gave his two…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Britain Gets A 360 Price Increase
While there are 360 price cuts on the horizon in the US market, in Britain, consumers don’t have things as easy, because instead of price cuts, Microsoft have instead announced an impending price increase. According to a report on Eurogamer – who spoke with ShopTo and another “corroborating independent retail chain source” – Microsoft sent…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
id: No More Monster Closets, Promise!
If you remember Doom 3, you’ll remember that the amazing visuals and creepy setting were ruined by two things: too much darkness, and those stupid “monster closets.” Looks like id have learned their lesson on the latter. To those who may not know what they are, “monster closets” were areas of a map where an…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Hits 9 Million In Europe
Much like the US in recent months, in Europe the Xbox 360 has been bucking the 2009 trend of downward sales, registering positive sales growth as it moves past the 9 million sold barrier. That’s according to Xbox Europe’s Chris Lewis, at any rate, who says that so far in 2009 the 360 is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009