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How Shadow Complex Was Inspired By Super Metroid (And Never Looked Back)
Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is due to land on Xbox Live Arcade this summer, a two-dimensional adventure that’s unabashedly inspired by Nintendo’s Metroid series, only rendered in 3D—pretty much exactly what Metroid and Castlevania fans regularly demand. So why did Chair opt to pursue a Metroid-style adventure for its second Live Arcade title? We sat…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Update Preview Invites Going Out Now
Get thee to an e-mail inbox, Kotaku reader, as invites for the “2009 Xbox Live Update Preview” have been going out to those who opted in to the early look at new changes to the Xbox 360 dashboard. Those updates include things like Netflix movie party sessions, Games On Demand via Xbox Live, interface tweaks…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bayonetta Box Art Has A Big Full Moon
Sega has released what looks to be the final box art for PlatinumGames’ Bayonetta. Like each of the game’s trailers, the Bayonetta box art features prominent mooning, a little yin and yang, and a reminder that Bayonetta outdoes double-wielding. Too bad the game was recently pushed back in North America, because it was one of…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
THQ Expanding UFC Beyond PS3 & 360, Expects Console Price Cuts
UFC 2009 Undisputed has done great things for THQ’s bottom line, with 2.9 million copies sold making for a profitable quarter. Logically, the publisher plans to expand its MMA offerings to platforms that aren’t the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. THQ spoke of its plans to bring the UFC license to the Wii and unspecified…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dollars From Heaven
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Today’s Delicious Snack? Dinosaur Boogers I spent my 39th birthday doing what I like best: Writing for Kotaku. Just for fun I strapped my and Trish’s laptops to my bike and we headed down to the local bookstore to hang-out and drink coffee while I worked on Kotaku and she…
By Brian Crecente Published July 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedFirst Footage Of Clank’s ‘A Crack In Time’ Gameplay
Insomniac Games debuted new footage of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time at this year’s Comic-Con, showing off some of the time-shifting, cooperative single-player gameplay starring Ratchet’s sidekick Clank. That video is now available for everyone else. Not only does it show off the helpful narration of Insomniac’s creative director Brian Allgeier, it…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Origins Xbox 360 Hands-On: Have You Considered The PC Version?
BioWare brought the console version of Dragon Age: Origins to Comic-Con, our first opportunity to go hands-on with the game we’d seen in many hands-off demos and always on the PC. The experience was impressive, save for one negative. The Xbox 360 we sidled up to running a playable Dragon Age: Origins featured an already…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Peter Jackson: Halo Game “No Longer Happening”
At Comic-Con last week, Lord of the Rings director and never-to-be Halo movie producer Peter Jackson told Joystiq he was no longer making a Halo game. The Jackson project had been announced in September 2006 but never a screenshot nor gameplay detail was released in the three years since. The proposed Halo movie which Jackson…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedPS3’s EyePet Hits This Holiday, We Take It For a Virtual Walk
Here, in the dulcet tones of our very own Stephen Totilo, is a narrated glimpse at the EyePet, the Playstation 3’s camera-based augmented reality… pet? These two videos show the beta version of the game which is being shown off today in New York. The game is set for a holiday release, Sony Computer Entertainment…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
NPR Takes On Six Days In Fallujah
NPR revisits the controversy behind Atomic Games‘ Six Days in Fallujah once again, presenting a strong argument in favor of the release of the “game-amentary.” The usual suspects line up in favor of the game, with Atomic Games’ boss Peter Tamte and retired Marine Captain Read Omohundro explaining that the game is meant to inform…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trophy Support For Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Will Precede Tatooine
The PlayStation 3 version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, released last September will receive a patch for Trophy support, a LucasArts rep told Kotaku yesterday. The Trophy patch will be issued prior to the release of the next downloadable level for the game, one set on Tatooine and introducing Boba Fett to the game’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Summer Wii-kends Could Be Yours
Actually golfing? Lame. The cool kids are inside, the dulcet tones of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 commentators just audible over the whir of the air conditioner. So take this survey, email the last question to [email protected] and enter to win a Nintendo Wii. Stay pale! [Standard contest rules apply.]
By Chrissie Lamond Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
UFC Undisputed Helps THQ Tap Out Record Quarter
THQ is off to a much better year than last, thanks in part to the UFC. The publisher announced record results today, a $243.5 million three month take bolstered by nearly 3 million copies of UFC 2009 Undisputed sold worldwide. THQ’s take of nearly a quarter billion dollars during the April to June quarter was…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Champions Online Open Beta Detailed
Champions Online developer Cryptic has dropped details and dates for its upcoming “open” beta test, with 50,000 keys up for grabs worldwide via IGN’s FilePlanet. Yes, Cryptic and FilePlanet have teamed up to help streamline the beta testing process. There are now two ways to get beta keys, either by actually preordering the game at…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Preview: It Shoots Rockets!
Coming this fall is a game that surprises even itself, a shooter that will make you say “WoW.” Maybe “wow” as well. But definitely: “WoW.” Diablo and World of Warcraft would co-win the award for games most frequently name-checked by game developer Randy Pitchford as he explained his team’s October game Borderlands at a recent…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Ocean: The Last Hope Finally PS3 Bound?
Star Ocean: The Last Hope was a good get for Microsoft, moving more than 420,000 copies on the Xbox 360, managing to become bestselling Xbox 360 game in Japan. That game may also be coming to the PlayStation 3. According to a listing from online retailer and rental service Gamefly, a PlayStation 3 port of…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Aksys Suggestively Bringing “Soul Breeding” Game Stateside
Aksys Games has launched a placeholder website for Record of Agarest War, the “soul breeding” Japanese strategy RPG that is completely distracting me with its teaser image. What were we talking about again? Oh yes! Record of Agarest! We’ve mentioned the game on several different occasions, generally in the middle of the night when the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2009 - Reviews
Gears of War 2: Dark Corners Micro-Review: Putting the Stealth in Curb Stomps
Director’s Cuts: Fans love them, studios profit from them, so why don’t we see more of them in gaming? That’s what Epic seems to be delivering with Dark Corners, the latest update to 2008’s third-person shooter Gears of War 2. While Dark Corners comes packed with seven new maps for multiplayer gaming, the thing that…
By Brian Crecente Published July 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Is Bringing These Games To GamesCom
Germany’s annual gaming convention is moving from Leipzig to Cologne this year, redubbed GamesCom, but retaining the spectacle of its eastern predecessor. Everyone’s going, including Square Enix, which will be armed with Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and much, much more. Square Enix will be showing largely what you’d expect, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 28, 2009