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Dante’s Infero Hellish Cartoon Art
Dante’s Inferno is getting a video game called Dante’s Inferno. It’s also getting a cartoon based on the game called, wait for it, Dante’s Inferno. So they’ve enlisted the assistance of Film Roman (the same team behind the animated Dead Space flick, Downfall) to oversee a Dante’s Inferno animated feature. All that’s known at this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yeah, Sega’s Bayonetta 360 Console Is “Sexy”
Predictable way to describe it, sure, but also accurate. Look at it! It’s lovely. If Microsoft ever needs any idea on how to improve their console designs, they could always include sexy ladies with guns in their shoes. This console was produced by developers PlatinumGames as a one-off for Comic-Con, and will be given away…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2 Has Bulletproof Zombies Too
Valve showed off the final two levels of Left 4 Dead 2 campaign The Parish this evening, revealing how the game’s four new Survivors will get the hell out of New Orleans. It also showed a brand new uncommon-common infected. Similar to the hazmat suit-wearing infected that are immune to incendiary fire, a new, mostly…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Unseen 360 Clip Shows Avatars Playing Games (And A Dreamcast?)
Earlier this year, production company Roger were brought in by Microsoft to create an animated short for the company’s E3 press conference, focusing on avatars. It was, apparently due to “time restraints”, never shown. The clip shows avatars freed from their dashboard confines, and parading around doing all kinds of things, from hanging out to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 Screens
Three new screenshots for WW2 first-person-shooter Call of Duty: World at War‘s Map Pack #3. The pack is scheduled for August and has new multiplayer areas, plus one map for the zombie mode. The pack is expected to be priced at 800 Microsoft Points.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
SEGA Details Yakuza 4
Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza in the West) series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi has already announced that he and his team are hard at work on a new title in the franchise. A porn star [NSFW] is even auditioning to be in the game. Today, SEGA has provided more information about the title, dubbed Ryu Ga Gotoku…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Catan Officially Settling on iPhone
Settlers of Catan, the award-winning resource-allocation and strategy board game, will have a version on the iPhone and iPod Touch “this summer,” developed in conjunction with Catan’s creator, according to the game’s official website. An announcement on the Community & News board of the official Web site Catan.com declared today that “the game is being…
By Owen Good Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Laptops Now Feature 100% More PlayStation Network
You know how Sony have been talking about rolling PlayStation services onto other devices? It’s happening, as the latest line of Sony VAIO laptops will be rocking the PlayStation Network. The upcoming VAIO W will series will use the PSN for, at the very least, the digital delivery of media content, like movies and TV…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Gameplay Trailer: ‘The RPG and FPS Made a Baby’
Sick of muted earthtones and dessicated grays in post-apocalyptica? Exempt Borderlands from the bitching, please. Click to view This latest trailer hits all the right notes – guns blazing, formidable monstrosities, Law and Order walkdown swagger – in showing you what the “role-playing shooter” (more descriptive than “first-person game”) delivers Oct. 20, Oct. 23 in…
By Owen Good Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Wii Sports Resort Took Over Times Square
Witness a major marketing spend and a video game taking center stage at the Crossroads of the World. At the center of this stunt? 50 tons of New Jersey sand, part of a promotional island for Wii Sports Resort. (Apologies for the low video quality. Last time I take a video with my Blackberry, folks…)
By Stephen Totilo Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Series Unsure On Direction, Developers
Big changes could be on the way for the Resident Evil series, both in terms of direction and personnel, if comments from Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi are any indication. Speaking at a Resident Evil panel at Comic-Con, Takeuchi was asked by a fan about the possibility of a total series reboot for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox Division Sees 66 Percent Slide in ’09 Profit Despite 11 Million Units Shipped
Microsoft’s Xbox division booked an eye-popping 66 percent drop in profit for the 2009 fiscal year, reflecting a terrible economy and mirroring steep declines across all of the software behemoth’s business segments. For the fiscal year, Microsoft’s revenue from the Xbox 360 and from PC gaming was down $161 million, which the company mainly attributed…
By Owen Good Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
DreamBox Succeeds At Tricking Kids Into Learning Math
Seven months ago, DreamBox Learning launched its math-based edutainment site for kids between kindergarten and second grade. Today, it’s making virtual headlines with success stories. The Wall Street Journal reports that DreamBox — along with other web-based learning game sites like SmartyCard, Brightstorm and Grockit — is closing the gap between between a child’s expected…
By AJ Glasser Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Waypoint Becomes Destination For Halo Fans This Fall
Microsoft has more than just Halo 3 ODST to whip the Halo fanbase into a lather this fall. It’s also launching the Halo Waypoint on Xbox Live, a “destination” for fans of Bungie’s space marine creation. Halo Waypoint will give fans their first peek at the Halo Legends anime series of shorts, with “select” episodes…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
iPhone Archon To Get Weekly Updates, Get It Free
The iPhone version of chess classic Archon will be getting major updates every week for the next couple of months, the developer tells Kotaku. The latest update to hit the App Store for the game for free includes plenty of fixes and tweaks as well as newly enhanced AI settings for the game. I’m told…
By Brian Crecente Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Comic-Con
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Is Food Hating Genetic? It’s not even Friday yet and already Comic-Con is filling the site with news, previews, screens and videos. My favorite story, so far, is Blizzard talking about what role they think Bruce Campbell should play in Warcraft. Did I tell you I met Campbell once? This…
By Brian Crecente Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
You Can Buy Actual World Of Warcraft Gold Coins
With World of Warcraft comic books, action figures, t-shirts and trading card games already thoroughly merchandised by Blizzard and their partners, what’s left to license? How about World of Warcraft coins? DC Unlimited is making ’em, legitimizing WoW gold selling. Both the Horde and Alliance will get 24 karat gold plated, Sterling silver and copper…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Old News ’87: Zelda Is Going To Be Bigger Than Mario
Once a week, let’s dig up an old bit of news and see what became of it. Today we’ve got Nintendo in 1987 predicting that the Zelda NES “game pak” will be huge. Bold words, Nintendo. It’s May of 1987, the year after Nintendo started selling the Nintendo Entertainment System in America. Super Mario Brothers…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 23, 2009