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UncategorizedGolden Tee: The Song Is Deadly Ear Poison
Golden Tee, the rare arcade game with mainstream jock appeal, is teeing up for its annual release. How to celebrate? Country music, natch! Brace yourself for the best theme song for an arcade golf game you’ll ever hear. The Ira Dean Band’s “It’s Golden Tee” really captures the essence of viciously attacking a Golden Tee…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Week In Video Game Comics
Here’s a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. this week, including staples Street Fighter and Sonic. Plus… some Zelda that may bring back memories of the GameCube era. Click the thumbnails for more details. Street Fighter IV #3 (of 4)… Written by Ken Siu-Chong. Drawn…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Final, Hagar-Free Guitar Hero: Van Halen Song List
Activision has released the finalized list of songs for Guitar Hero: Van Halen, featuring 28 tunes from the David Lee Roth era of the band, not a Sammy Hagar (or Gary Cherone) vocal track in sight. Included, according to a reveal from MTV Multiplayer, are classic Van Halen tracks such as “Running With The Devil,”…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
Activision Blizzard reported another quarter of growth today but announced it expects to make $250 million less in 2009 than originally forecast. The company reported $1.04 billion in revenue for the company’s second quarter of 2009, ended June 20, 2009. Executives credited sales of franchises World of Warcraft, Guitar Hero and Call of Duty as…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Sports Resort Sells Half A Million In 8 Days
Nintendo’s follow up to the best-selling game of all time, Wii Sports, is off to a good start in the United States. The company boasted today of Wii Sports Resort‘s first week sales, some 500,000 copies in eight days. That’s still a long way from the more than 45 million copies the original game sold,…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
ActiBlizz Confirms Tony Hawk, Bond For 2010, Dances Around Diablo
Activision Blizzard execs listed a bunch of new games for 2010 during a conference call today but declined to be anything other than cagey on the topic of Diablo III. The company’s CEO, Mike Griffith said that, in addition to the delayed Singularity, now expected between January and the end of March, the company will…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Castle Wolfenstein Has Come A Long Way
Okay, so it might not be THE Castle Wolfenstein, but it’s a castle in Activision’s upcoming Wolfenstein game, so we’re running with it. Wolfenstein is, of course, another prequel to the game that started it all, Wolfenstein 3D. It may seem funny, this game being set before that relatively primitive example of 3D technology, but…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Console Market As Of Next New Year’s Eve, According To Activison
During Activision Blizzard‘s conference call annoucning its second quarter results today, the company shared its best guess for the North American and European console market circa 12/31/09. The biggest change? Blaming the economy, the company lowered expectations for console sales in 2009 by one million units.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
StarCraft II Officially Delayed To 2010
It’s official. You won’t be playing StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty this year, as Blizzard has moved the release date of the real-time strategy game to the “first half of 2010.” No, they never dated it; but they have now. Activision Blizzard’s reason for the delay of StarCraft II is reportedly tied to the relaunch…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Persona PSP Gets PlayStation Network Release
Come September 22nd, PSP owners won’t even have to leave their homes to pick up Atlus’ Persona remake, which is now launching simultaneously at retail and on the PlayStation Network. With the PSPgo coming out in October, it makes sense that Atlus would choose to release Persona PSP on the PlayStation Network simultaneously with the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2009 - Reviews
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A Darklord Micro-Review: A Horrifying Thought
A terrible notion lingered in my mind as I played Square-Enix’s innovative tower defense WiiWare game: I might have to pay extra to beat this thing. There may be no scarier issue in gaming than the clash of creativity and commerce. There are a range of possible problems: A great game idea doesn’t get financial…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
These Midway Games Are Now Warner Bros. Games
When Warner Bros. snapped up ailing publisher/developer Midway, it bought most, but not all of the company’s assets, including intellectual properties like Mortal Kombat and This Is Vegas. What else did Warner Bros. grab in the Midway closeout? Lots. While we were well aware that the WB would secure popular franchises like Joust and Spy…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Your U.S. Xbox 360 Games On Demand Launch Titles
The Xbox Live summer update is right around the corner, and Microsoft has released a list of the Xbox 360 games you’ll be able to download directly to your hard drive at launch. Along with Avatar clothing and accessories, movie sharing, and the ability to update your Netflix queue directly from your television (yes!), one…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio: The Pilot Episode
We did it. The show is in the can and you can now listen to it not live and pretend you can call in. Despite one technical snafu (Fahey’s early bit is quite quiet), the show seems to have worked out quite well. UPDATE: And here’s the iTunes link for Kotaku Talk Radio. Please subscribe…
By Brian Crecente Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Military Madness For PlayStation Network Detailed In Detail
When the PlayStation Network version of Military Madness: Nectaris was announced, there wasn’t much meat to that announcement. Today’s update on the turn-based strategy game corrects that, overpowering us with details, including multiplayer info(!). Turns out the PSN version of Military Madness: Nectaris‘s single player game is largely a remake of the TurboGrafx-16 original, now…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
World At War Map Pack 3 Launch Trailer
The third map pack for Call of Duty: World at War comes out tomorrow for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which means it’s time for a launch trailer, complete with monkey. Honestly I haven’t had much time to play World at War outside of the initial launch and our video podcast with the developers,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Trademarks P.S. Thanks, Which Is Interesting
A new trademark filed by Sony Computer Entertainment America may point to a new “incentive rewards program” dubbed “P.S. Thanks,” something that could be a positive benefit for serious PlayStation fans. The trademark specifically protects P.S. Thanks—presumably short for PlayStation Thanks—against “entertainment services” for an “incentive rewards program geared toward quantifying, identifying and motivating top…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Serious Sam Slightly More Serious In HD
Feast your eyes on the latest set of screens for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, the high-definition makeover of the tongue-in-cheek shooter, coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PC this fall. These screens are from the PC version of the HD update, but considering they aren’t doing a full-on current generation PC update, there…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio Live: We Were Taking Your Calls
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. In this first show we’ll be talking about the DSi’s new Facebook photo integration, playing outside with video games, racism in gaming, Comic-Con and listening to some music from Supercommuter. We’ll also be taking calls from you. To participate just listen in starting at 11 a.m.…
By Brian Crecente Published August 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Steering Wheel For Your iPhone
From CTA Digital, creators of the Wii Bowling Ball, comes an innovative steering wheel controller and stand for the iPhone. If I were a big face of racing games on the iPhone and had really large pockets, this product might be right up my alley. Your iPod Touch or iPhone fits snugly in the middle…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2009