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Who’s Leaking PS3 Slim Info Now?
Allegedly, the French, as a purported screen shot from retailer Micromania’s product database shows the oft-rumored PlayStation 3 “Slim” redesign. If this listing is the real deal—it’s not reflected on Micromania’s web site—it would confirm a long-standing rumor. That shot, hosted by Total Manga and via NeoGAF’s marathon thread of PS3 Slim speculation, could be…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
ESRB Assures Us Puzzle League Express Coming To DSiWare
The existence of a whittled down version of Planet Puzzle League for Nintendo’s DSiWare download service shouldn’t come as a surprise—unless you forgot Nintendo already released that miniature version of the game in other territories, as I did. Thankfully, the ESRB is here to remind us that Nintendo of America will bring the game formerly…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
“Future Of Play” Revealed Soon, Maybe Tonight
Conflicting schedules indicate that Popular Science and The Science Channel will reveal the future of gaming tonight or a week from now. The future of human bodies takes the other slot. Here’s the description of the Future of Play, possibly premiering tonight: Mixed reality lets you reach into the computer game and control it with…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Namco Bandai Brings Games, “Major” Announcements To Gamescom
Publisher Namco Bandai has big things planned for next week’s Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany. It’s bringing eight games, from Tekken to Katamari to Dragon Ball, plus “major exclusive new announcements” to be unveiled at the show. Namco pledges to drop said “major exclusive new announcements” at its Gamescom press conference, currently penciled in for…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yu-Gi-Oh Tagforce 4 Has More Cards Than Ever Before
Konami Digital Entertainment is packing more than 3.500 cards into Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s Tagforce 4, the next version of the popular card battling series for the PlayStation Portable. I’ve been following the cartoon series on and off for a few years now, but Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s is where I stopped. The latest series hasn’t so much jumped…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Who Tweeted This?
People always complain that there aren’t enough games on Kotaku. (Actually, they don’t, but just pretend that they do.) So here’s a Twitter-based, gaming-centric quiz for you starring, well, that’s the mystery! Each of the following video-game-related Tweets were added to the omnibus of important Internet conversation that is Twitter.com some time in the last…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hot Flashes: This Is The Only Level
May want to get familiar with this level, because in This Is The Only Level this is the only level you’ll ever play. But it’s one of the best you’ll play dozens of times. If that elephant looks familiar, that’s because This Is The Only Level‘s pachyderm protagonist is the same from the similarly excellent…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
The New World Of Warcraft Race Speculation Continues
Internet rumors regarding two new playable races in World of Warcraft’s unannounced new expansion continue to stir, as sources close to one website point further towards the addition of Worgen and Goblins. WoW.com reports that “multiple sources close to the situation” have laid out the two new playable races in World of Warcraft’s “Cataclysm” expansion…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
QuakeCon Has A Schedule This Week, And So Do We
Rage showcase? Check. Non-alcoholic drinking contest? Confirmed. Bethesda crashing the party? Uh-huh. This site finally showing up at a QuakeCon? Yep. It’s all set for later this week. The official QuakeCon schedule is now available for public perusal and my personal calendar has been updated. The event happens at the Gaylord Texan just next to…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Report: Halo 2 Is Holding Back Your Xbox Live Friends List
The current cap on your Xbox Live friends list is—and always has been—set to 100, a paltry figure for some Live social butterflies. The reason that number hasn’t budged in four years is reportedly due to one game. According to G4, that game is Halo 2, built on the old Xbox Live architecture and a…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Lost And Damned Loses $5 From Price
If 1600 Microsoft points was a small price to pay Grand Theft Auto IV‘s The Lost and Damned, 1200 is an absolute steal. The Lost and Damned is this week’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week, shaving $5 off the price of a new storyline and new multiplayer features for the already excellent Grand Theft…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red and Blue PS3 Controllers Hitting Next Month?
It looks like those red and blue Playstation 3 controllers may be arriving a bit earlier than expected. The two controllers were said to be arriving sometime in October when we caught a gander at them, but a photo from Gamestop seems to show that the two will be hitting on Sept. 22. And just…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Now Someone Wants To Make A Just Cause Movie
Just Cause: The Movie may be overthrowing a theater near you soon, as the Eidos action adventure game heavy on the BASE jumping is being worked into a feature film. According to Variety, producer Adrian Askarieh is working to bring Just Cause to the silver screen, securing some $30 million in financing and still shopping…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 10, 2009 - Reviews
G.I. Joe Review: Now We Know
They’ll fight for freedom, wherever there’s trouble, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is there, riding the wave of live-action movie hype to a console near you. G.I. Joe is the code name for America’s daring, highly trained special mission force. Its purpose, to defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lost’s Semi-Lost Galaga Connection
Proving that you can never know everything about Lost, some of us may have just learned that Galaga is/was/could-be part of ABC’s convoluted hit. As I was listening to the summer edition of the official Lost podcast and trying to not count the months until the show’s final season, I caught this video-game-related snippet. It’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gaming Before Chemo, A Child’s Escape
His parents can recite the days from memory. What parent couldn’t, for such watershed trauma in the life of a boy and his family. On September 4, 2008, they found out he had a tumor in his brain. He was in the intensive care unit, often screaming in pain, until September 13, when he was…
By Owen Good Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero 5 Wii’s Roadie Battle Preview: Bring On the DS
The last time I previewed a Guitar Hero game, I was drawn to the Wii version because it attracted a less-competitive crowd of music fan. Now I’m drawn to it to kick some ass. I’ve heard people criticize Guitar Hero games in the past for being too much of a video game and not enough…
By AJ Glasser Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad Screens
Here’s a set of screens for Tripwire Interactive‘s Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, the game featuring a single-player campaign that lets you play as the Germans during World War II. The single-player German campaign drew a great deal of attention when it was first revealed, but there’s much more to the sequel than strapping…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
We’ve seen video game musical performances in the past, but none that have managed to convey the underlying sense of despair so prevalent in Pong as this particular quintet. Ash Ketchum and Link, otherwise known as ArachnidianDream and Lennart Jansson, arraigned music from Mario, Kirby, Tetris, Zelda, Pokemon, Halo, and yes…Pong, for Seattle’s Marrowstone in…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Who Needs Fuzzy Dice When You Have Xbox 360 Avatars
Dirt 2 has plenty going for it from what I’ve seen of the early build I spent the weekend playing. But more on that later, right now I want you to soak in this odd use of Xbox 360 avatars. With plenty more to unlock in the rally racing game, I look forward to other…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2009