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Wal-Mart Promotes Madden With Razorblades And Roses
It may sound like the title of a bad goth poem, but razorblades and roses are just two elements in Wal-Mart’s promotional blitz for Madden 10. Wal-Mart is going all out for the Madden 10 release, prepping thousands of stores for a midnight release on August 14th, with a couple of exclusive promotions to make…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Faces From Fable II
Lionhead has posted the fourth installment of their Big Hero Gathering feature, in which they assemble players’ heroes from Fable II into one giant tribute to character customization. I find it extremely interesting to scroll down through the giant collage, seeing what other players have done with the main character from the game. Through the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nothing Enhances Nazi Fighting Like A Little Zeppelin
While its August 18th release date is set in stone, some of Wolfenstein’s gameplay remains up in the air. The latest entry in the Wolfenstein series features a sequence in which B.J. battles the supernatural side of the Third Reich inside of a giant zeppelin, one of those giant flying airships that everyone thought was…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Super Star Wars Isn’t Everything
Sure, Crecente already mentioned Super Star Wars for the Virtual Console, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any other exciting downloadable Nintendo titles hitting this week! Or does it? Super Star Wars (800 Wii points) might be an intimidating presence on the Virtual Console, but brand new games will always triumph over the forces of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tony Hawk: Ride Hits North America Nov. 17
Activision today confirmed that Tony Hawk: Ride will be hitting North American retailers on Nov. 17 and U.K. and German retailers on Nov. 20. They didn’t, though, confirm the games price, which retailers places at $120. The game will be at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany next week. We’ll make sure to test out more of…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Star Wars, Other LucasArts Games Coming to Wii
Super Nintendo Entertainment System classic Super Star Wars hits the Wii’s Virtual Consol today for 800 points, kicking off a month of Star Wars releases and content for Nintendo’s console. Both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi are set to hit the virtual console in coming…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
I wonder which game will be getting talked about a lot later this week. Until then, please talk here about any and all video games, whether they satisfy your id or not. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wild Boars Are Pretty Dangerous, No?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Was cleaning the porch over the weekend when I saw a WILD BOAR run across about ten meters from where I was and scamper up the hill. I’ve heard we have monkeys and deer here were I live. But boar?! What you missed last night Steven Spielberg To Produce Halo Movie?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Sales Charts: 1-1, Baby
The #1 game in the UK last week was a Nintendo title. No surprises there. But numbers two through four were not. Nor were they EA games, or even Activision titles. They were Codemasters games. Codemasters! With England in the grip of Ashes fever, Codies’ Ashes 2009 has sold like British hotcakes (hot scones?!), with…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Iwata Explains The Pitch For An Early Wii Vitality Sensor “Game”
You’ve had your laughs at the Wii Vitality Sensor, at least in part thanks to Nintendo’s utter inability to explain what the thing is actually for. Well, during a Q&A with analysts, Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata has shed a little light. The concept for the sensor came about a few years back, around the same time…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ever Wonder How Much Activision Honcho Made Last Year?
Last year, Activision had a good year. Activision boss Bobby Kotick had a very good year. According to your-source-for-other-people’s-salaries Forbes, his 2008 salary breaks down like this: Thrilling stuff. It must be hard to tell developers to make new Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and, now after the Blizzard merger, World of Warcraft games. We’re…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo Car vs Real Car
While we can debate the merits of Gran Turismo as a game til the cows come home, nobody is going to argue against the fact it’s an excellent reference/shrine for car lovers. But just how good are Polyphony’s artists? Fansite GTPlanet has noticed that a recent batch of rendered art for the PSP version of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill, The Haunted House. For Real.
It’s the dead of summer. Halloween is months away. The folks behind the official Saw haunted attraction are planning to scare the bejeezus out of you with a new one based on Silent Hill. The maze is located in Orange County, CA and appears to have the Konami seal of approval. The maze is open…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Konami Re-Issuing Classic PS2 Titles (Metal Gear, ZOE, etc)
With no announcement and no fanfare, Konami Europe have begun slipping brand new copies of some of the company’s finest PS2 games back onto shelves in the United Kingdom “We’ve manufactured certain amounts depending on the title,” a Konami spokesperson has told Eurogamer, “and they’re being bought by wholesalers so will likely pop up in…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Better Look At No More Heroes 2 New Dual Beam Katana
Publisher Marvelous Entertainment has sent out “new” No More Heroes 2 screenshots. “New” because most of them showed up in a May issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu. May is not new — it’s an entire season ago. But those blurry magazine scans are blurry. The worst thing about blurry magazine scans? They’re blurry. Have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Six Days In Fallujah Devs Closing Down
When Konami said nothankyou to its publishing deal for controversial title Six Days In Fallujah, it placed not just the future of the game, but future of the game’s develpment studio – Atomic Games – in jeopardy. With no publisher support for the game, Atomic were always going to be facing an uphill battle to…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Tales of Vesperia Anime Images
Popular Japanese role-playing-game Tales of Vesperia is coming to the big screen on October 3 as Tales of Vesperia ~ The First Strike ~. The film is set before Tales of Vesperia. Voice actors include Mamoru Miyano (who voiced Light in Death Note and Riku in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II) as Flynn Scifo,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Civilization Revolutionises The iPhone
Just as we were wondering why Apple’s touch-screen platform is so lacking in strategy games comes the weekend release by 2K of an iPhone version of Civilization Revolution. From what we can tell (having only played a few rounds of the lite version), it’s pretty much the same game as appeared on consoles last year,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero 5 Lets You Import Older Guitar Hero Songs
You liked it in Rock Band, now like it in Guitar Hero, as Activision have announced that the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 will let users import older songs from previous games for use in the new title. Songs from both World Tour and Smash Hits will be able to be carried over into GH5. Though…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009