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Pokemon Anime Makes It Into Guinness Record Book
Even before the latest Pocket Monsters movie opened in Japan, it was already a hit — so much so that the anime has earned a place in the Guinness Book. Pokémon: Arceus To The Conquering of Space-Time is the world record holder for the animated motion picture with the most advance ticket sales. Before it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Go Looking For Gears Of War With Natal Controls
Microsoft’s motion control platform doesn’t look like it’s going to find its way into future Gears of War games — at least according to the game’s designer, Cliff Bleszinski. On Major Nelson’s podcast, the game designer explained, “If there’s any future Gears products [coughs elaborately], it’s not the kind of thing you tag onto a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is “343 Industries” Microsoft’s Halo Studio?
Ever since Bungie and Microsoft parted ways, Microsoft have been gearing up to produce more Halo games internally. Could those efforts now have been given a name? Superannuation points us towards a trademark Microsoft have filed for use with “”computer programs, namely, game software for use on computers and video”. It’s called “343 Industries“. So…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Best-Selling PS3 & 360 Games Of 2009 Are…Well, Disappointing
The best-selling Wii games of 2009 may be from the farthest recesses of history, but the PS3 and 360’s respective charts aren’t as fond of the past. That doesn’t make them any less depressing, however. While by this time last year we’d already seen mega-hits like Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Beatles: Rock Band Trailer Confirms Eight More Tracks
Harmonix and MTV Games have this afternoon released a new gameplay trailer for The Beatles: Rock Band, along with information on a further eight tracks that will be included in the game. The eight new songs are, in order of appearance: “Paperback Writer” “Twist & Shout” “Can’t Buy Me Love” “Eight Days A Week” “Yellow…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
There Will Probably Be A Modern Warfare 2 Controller
Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling jumped on his Twitter account earlier today, asking for help. Help with the design for a Modern Warfare 2 control pad. The message reads: In a design meeting for a #MW2 controller. Need your advice – Concave or Convex grips for the Analog sticks? Whats your preference and why? Bowling later…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jedi Temple For Sale, Cheap!
If your Xbox 360 version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is missing an action-pack adventure inside a ruined Jedi Temple, Microsoft can hook you up with one this week at half price. It’s time for the Xbox Live Deal of the Week, and this time around it isn’t half bad. The Jedi Temple Mission…
By Mike Fahey Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Games in the Olympics? Athletes Answer Hypothetically
Wired asked four Olympic athletes, doing a photoshoot for Sega’s upcoming 2010 winter games title, if video games had a legitimate place in Olympic competition. At least they were polite in their replies. The most charitable response came from U.S. downhill skier Lindsey Vonn (pictured), one of two athletes identified as gamers (she loves her…
By Owen Good Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
GLAAD Panel: Pearls of Wisdom And Points Of Discussion
I’ve got a re-cap of last Saturday’s Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation right here, but if you’re looking for quick quotes and interesting issues to rehash, here are a few gems. Caryl Shaw, Senior Producer at EA’s Maxis To developers: “Who doesn’t want to be a gay super hero? Are you thinking about this…
By AJ Glasser Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Opens Facebook Gaming Portal
Ubisoft already has one game up and running on a new Facebook portal it just opened. TickTock tests your knowledge of your friends and then, naturally, pesters you to pester them. In the game, you’re given a series of recent status updates and asked to identify, by multiple choice, who wrote them. Fast answering is…
By Owen Good Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Your Comments Fuel Gay Gaming Conference
Physically, you may not have been at EA Redwood Shores this weekend. But if you commented on to Justin Cole’s op-ed column to Kotaku, you were there in spirit. Cole used commenters’ responses to his post, The Impact of Homophobia in Virtual Communities, to drive discussion among panelists Caryl Shaw (Senior Producer at EA’s Maxis),…
By AJ Glasser Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Look At A Proper Prince Of Persia Movie Poster
While a preview poster went up last year for Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming Prince of Persia flick, it was just a tease. A logo and not much else. Today, Empire gives us our first look at some real posters. Not what you’d expect, are they? Really clean, and modern. No tacky “Persian” logo, no silly pose…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Taste of Game Development
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: This Sunday Was Actually Lazy As I’ve said before, I have no interest in ever making the jump from writing about games to creating them. Kotaku isn’t a means to that end. But over the past month I did try to make some fun games. Just not video ones. My…
By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Best-Selling Wii Games Of 2009 Didn’t Come Out In 2009
An analysis by website Gamasutra of first-half sales figures for the three big gaming consoles shows that the Wii’s hits are older hits. Gamasutra has crunched the NPD video game sales numbers and the results show that the top five best-selling games on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in the U.S. from January…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madden Demo Comes Early To 360 Owners
Microsoft are at it again, this time working out some kind of deal with EA Sports that will see the public demo (not the preorder demo) for Madden 10 released a week early on Xbox Live. While PS3 owners and Xbox Live Silver subscribers will be able to download a demo of the Giants v…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Newspaper Names Budget of Ghostbusters: The Video Game
It’s not often that the public gets word of what it costs to make a specific game. But a multi-million-dollar range was given for the latest Ghostbusters game in a Texas newspaper. The Fort Worth Star Telegram fingered the cost of development for the game at $15 million to $20 million. The budget figure ran…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Brutal Legend’s Eddie Riggs In All His Sculpted Glory
How can you truly call yourself metal if you don’t have a 17 inch Brutal Legend Eddie Riggs figure leaping dramatically from your mantle? Sculpted lovingly by Mark Newman and splashed with color by Tom Vukmanic, this official Eddie Riggs statue depicts Jack Black’s video game alter ego at the height of his power, leaping…
By Mike Fahey Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Patents Drop-In Co-Op In Shooters
Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office assigned the maker of the Xbox 360 and publisher of Gears of War the feature to offer seamless switching from solo to co-op gaming in squad-based shooters. The patent, #7,559,834 was invented by James York of Austin, Texas and filed back in the original Xbox era…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Retro/Grade: A Shooter In Reverse
Rick Rocket just saved the universe, and now he has to do it all over again…in reverse. This is Retro/Grade, coming to the PlayStation Network from developer 24 Caret Games. Retro/Grade takes conventional shooter mechanics and reverses them. You pilot your ship around the screen, avoiding enemy fire while making sure your ship is in…
By Mike Fahey Published July 20, 2009