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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Expands With New DLC, Ultimate Sith Edition
LucasArts announced at today’s Star Wars Spectacular panel new downloadable content for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed that will take players to Tatooine, meeting characters like Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi. It also revealed a new Ultimate Sith Edition re-release. The new content will have players once again assuming the role of the Secret Apprentice…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tekken, TapouT Team Up for T-Shirts
TapouT, it’s not just for rear-window decals or bouncer neck tattoos anymore. The MMA apparel brand is releasing a line of Tekken 6 themed shirts, which will also be available as in-game customizations. The arrangement, announced at Comic-Con 2009 on Thursday, will produce five co-branded shirts IRL and in the game. The shirts will be…
By Owen Good Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
You Will Fly In Lost Planet 2
During a Q&A session following the Comic-Con 2009 Lost Planet panel, game producer Jun Takeuchi let slip that players would be taking to the air to do battle against the Akrid in the game’s sequel. The news came after a member of the audience asked if there would be more co-operative vehicles in the game…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Soundwave Get!
After two days of misery, the 25th Anniversary Transformers Soundwave is mine. I can now go home, leaving McWhertor to cover the remainder of Comic-Con on his own. Or maybe I’ll stick around. I still haven’t decided. The point is now I have a great many more bags to carry around, and will need to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hello Kitty Online First Look: So Cute, It Causes Pink
There are three things going on with Hello Kitty Online that render me completely unable to look away. The first is the whole massively multiplayer online game aspect. That’s the last video game genre next to first-person shooter I would have thought of for a Hello Kitty game. Developers Sanrio Digital and Typhoon Games along…
By AJ Glasser Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Weekend Is Made For Comic-Con
To: Owen From: Crecente It may be Friday, but that won’t mean a thing for Fahey and McWhertor, who will be spending their weekend eyeball deep in comic, Sci-fi, fantasy and video game fans at the San Diego Comic Con. The duo will be reporting live all weekend, so enjoy the unusual company and look…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
CNN Examines the Buzz Building For Batman
CNN takes a look at Batman: Arkham Asylum and why the game seems to be getting better, different buzz than past Batman titles. To put it simply, it’s because the game promises to take the best bits of what you love about the Caped Crusader and weave them into a single experience. “This is the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Notebook Dump: Rare Visit, MotionPlus Question, Nutcracker
There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? This was a tricky week, as two of our finest, McWhertor and Fahey, were off to Comic-Con and working odd hours because of it. So I wrote more posts and…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Best Loosely Video-Game-Related Quote Of The Day
“It’s not about killing … It’s about eating. We’re respecting the natural balance of nature. We don’t give boys PlayStations here; we give them guns.” That is from Daniel Esparza, the former mayor of a French village called Saint-Laurent de la Cabrerisse, uttered to a reporter filing a story that is partially about about Esparaza’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
James Cameron’s Avatar Game Scores Some Weaver
After passing on Ghostbusters: The Video Game and an unspecified Aliens game, Sigourney Weaver will finally get an opportunity to flex her video game voiceover skills in James Cameron‘s Avatar game, Ubisoft announced today. Weaver will be offering her line reading expertise to James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game, which is slated to hit the Xbox…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
NCsoft’s Heroic Booth Babes
At a largely booth babe-less show, one MMO developer has the sheer guts to hire an aspiring actress and a model to represent City of Heroes. There aren’t many booth babes at Comic-Con, mainly because the fans tend to include pretty girls in skimpy outfits, and there’s nothing worse than a professional model feeling she’s…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft: Most Studios Support Netflix Party Viewing
The ability to watch movies as a group online using Netflix and avatars is not supported by all of the movies on the service, Microsoft confirmed to Kotaku today. “We are working closely with our partners and studios to deliver Xbox LIVE Parties for as much content as possible,” a Microsoft spokesman said. “We offered…
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo: Reach Will (Probably) Be Bungie’s Last Halo Game
Since the company came together in 1991, Bungie have worked on five Halo games: Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach. Will they ever do a sixth? Probably not. In an interview with CVG, Bungie senior designer Lars Bakken has said in response to the “this the last Bungie Halo?”…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yankees Pitcher Goes For Old-School Video Game Baseball
With a seven-year, $161 million contact, New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia could afford to play any expensive modern game during a rain delay yesterday. But he didn’t. The New York Times reports that Sabathia spent part of an almost three-hour rain delay at Yankee Stadium yesterday playing RBI Baseball. That would be the classic…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ll be bobbing and weaving through the Comic-Con masses this weekend, being elbowed by Imperial Stormtroopers, buying things I really, really shouldn’t and playing a game or two. Or twenty. There’s plenty to play on the convention floor, with Activision, EA, Sega, Sony, Ubisoft, Namco Bandai, SOE and many more bringing their E3 builds for…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scribblenauts in Action With Giant Crab, Eyeball
Not a whole lot of new creations seen here, but we do get to see a bit more of the actual game in action. Personally, I don’t care about the game, the mechanic has already sold me. But for you gaming purists out there who want a little substance too, this video is for you.
By Brian Crecente Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Castlevania Icon Koji Igarashi Still At Konami, Working On New Project
At E3, it was legendary Metal Gear developer Hideo Kojima who took the stage to announce his oversight of the next Castlevania game, not the man long associated with the series. Today, series publisher Konami addressed that curiosity with Kotaku. Koji Igarashi, who has overseen three critically-lauded Nintendo DS Castlevanias and has been involved with…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Much Xbox 360 Avatar Clothes And Toys Cost
Earlier today we gave you a video tour of the new Xbox 360 dashboard update (aka the love-child of Home and Miis). Now have a look at the prices for all Avatar clothing and toys… One important metric to note before you start clicking on thumbnails and preparing your shopping list: 80 Microsoft points equals…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2009