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Valve Gets Classically Cryptic In Hidden TF2 Update Clues
Today’s Team Fortress 2 update may have more to it than originally met the eye. A series of hidden update files reveals… well, we’re not yet sure what the hell this stuff is alluding to, if anything at all. While Valve’s write up on the 18 new hats and single new Arena map stressed that…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stride Gum Is Out To Save An Arcade (Or Two)
Stride Gum, makers of those commercials that seem to follow me everywhere, is offering $25,000 to an arcade on the verge of closing after already shelling out $10,000 to save the Philadelphia-based Challenge Arcade last week. The company has selected four independent arcades eligible for the prize money and left the result up to a…
By AJ Glasser Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Unmanned Aircraft System Hovers Over America’s Army
America’s Army 3 is bringing Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System to the digital battlefield, allowing players to experience some of the military’s newest technology. America’s Army, known for portraying a realistic take on today’s wars and United States military operations, is now bringing in new machinery that you’ll be able…
By Andrew Freedman Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prison Break: The Video Game Busts Out
Another piece of licensed flotsam recovered from the crash of Brash Entertainment have been recovered, as Deep Silver and Koch Media announce, officially, the video game version of Fox’s Prison Break. Slovenian developer Zootfly, made famous for their work on Panzer Elite Action and that Ghostbusters video game concept, will be the ones responsible for…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero 5 Music Studio Impressions: Jamming With Bach and Rimsky-Korsakov
Of all the differences between Guitar Hero 5 and its predecessor, World Tour, the changes to Music Studio seem to be the most dramatic. Before, the music-making mode was limited in what it could do, what kind of music it could produce and the interface was less than intuitive. Now, the UI has been overhauled…
By AJ Glasser Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Remote Chargers Recalled After Going On Hand Burning Spree
Warning, Wii owners! The machines are rebelling! Specifically, the Psyclone Essentials and React Wii 4-Dock Recharge Stations, which have been reported to overheat and have caused at least two reports of burns. Those products are being officially recalled. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the Wii Remote chargers, distributed by Griffin International of Minneapolis,…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk All the Time
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Watch Out! I Will Eat Real Pizza We’re on to our second podcast tomorrow. We’ll have MTV’s Russ Frushtick on hand to help with the live calls in Totilo’s place. Totilo is winging his way to Quakecon tomorrow to get a belly full of id and perhaps games from a…
By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameTrailers TV Reveals New L4D2 Campaign Thursday
Gamers on board with the slow trickle of Left 4 Dead 2 reveals will want to look up the Spike TV channel listing this Thursday, as GameTrailers TV reports straight from Valve on its upcoming games. The show promises to reveal at least one new campaign from the zombie shooter, plus bug Gabe Newell about…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Team Fortress 2 Update Features 18 Hats, Zero Class
There’s a new Team Fortress 2 update coming down the pike, full of fancy hats and new maps. Not coming? A new class update. The game’s latest changes feature absolutely no class. Hats? Those they got in spades up there at Valve, with 18 new pieces of headwear coming to the class of your choice,…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Box Art Might Blow Your Mind
Gearbox Software let loose final box art for Borderlands today, certainly one of the more unique game covers we’ve seen this year. Really, how often do you see what appear to be in-game assets on the front of the box? With the exception of game compilations like Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection the odd Nintendo Touch…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Flashlights in the Night: Shattered Memories Screens
Due out this fall, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories has you exploring the streets of Silent Hill for Harry Mason’s missing daughter Cheryl. The screens give you a glimpse of the PSP and Wii game’s flashlight controls, which give the game a bit of extra creep.
By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Batman Studio Rocksteady Named In Hitman 5 Development
Are Batman: Arkham Asylum developers Rocksteady Studios working on the next Hitman game? British voice actor and motion capture suit wearer Mark Sloan says they are. But in what capacity? Probably not as much as Hitman series developer IO Interactive—developers of the first four games in the Eidos published series—probably are. While Sloan may list…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bushnell’s Battleswarm Enters Betaswarm
Battleswarm, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell‘s online PC game that pits real-time strategy players against first-person shooter fans, is now allowing players to sign up for beta in advance of next month’s release. Battleswarm seems to be coming along well for a game we only heard about just last month. That’s probably because the title, being…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prepare For Kotaku Talk Radio: QuakeCon
We were so happy with how well our pilot episode of Kotaku Talk Radio turned out that we’ve decided to shoot for a weekly live, call-in podcast. This week on Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about QuakeCon, playing easy in Red Faction: Guerrilla, buying your way to victory in Madden, the posh office settings…
By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Says Let’s Party! In New Trademark
Sega of Japan is apparently bringing the party, registering a trademark and logo for Let’s Party. It could represent the latest in a line of software from developer Prope, responsible for Wii games Let’s Tap and Let’s Catch. Sega’s trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office doesn’t tell us much, other than Let’s Party…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Capcom Classics To PS3 Soon
Following up on a story from this morning, Capcom has released a list of classic games coming “soon” to the PlayStation Network, with just about every major Capcom property represented. It’s a much smaller list than the one we got at the end of 2008, but it’s a fine collection of Capcom Classics nonetheless. The…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2009 - Reviews
Art Style: Precipice Micro-Review: But What If It’s Art?
Skipping past dull debates about whether games are art, consider this new DSiWare puzzle game that is labeled as art. Okay. So it’s art. What to make of that fact? Hammers, hula hoops and other things you use with your hands or hips are not often described as art — at least not as frequently…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Forget To Redeem Your Club Nintendo Rewards!
Don’t squander your Club Nintendo elite status like I almost did! If you reached Gold or Platinum with Nintendo of America’s version of Club Nintendo, today is your last day to score that sweet Mario hat! Me? I’m going for Doc Louis’s Punch-Out!!, somewhat reluctantly. I dig physical goods, but what am I going to…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2009