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Rolando 2 Micro Review: Rolando Keeps On Rolling
We reviewed the first Rolando back in January. January 2009. Now, it’s only July, and the sequel is upon us. That’s a pretty swift turnaround, handheld platform or not. So should we be suspicious of this “sequel,” considering its short development time? Or will it show that a great game is a great game, no…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blue Toad Murders On The PlayStation Network
PlayStation 3 owners are getting a bit of episodic adventure in their lives later this year, as Relentless Software announces Blue Toad Murder Files exclusively for the PlayStation Network. With Telltale trying to juggle putting out new games with porting their existing technology to the PlayStation3, PS3 owners are feeling a bit neglected when it…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Aion’s Pet Class: The Spiritmaster
NCsoft delivers a set of new Aion screens showcasing the Spiritmaster, the Mage class specialization that gets to hang out with all sorts of interesting elemental pets. When a Mage reaches level 10 in Aion, she can choose one of two paths. Those looking to be glass cannons can opt for the Sorcerer class, while…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mecho Wars Adds More Challenges, An Entire Second Campaign For Free
iPhone’s answer to Advance Wars, Mecho Wars, received a pretty substantial update to the game yesterday, free of charge. The latest patch for fairly fun real-time strategy game seems to answer a lot of the issues brought up in my and other reviews of the game. Most significant is the addition of info tiles for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fight Historic Battles In The Next Halo Wars DLC
Explore the history of the UNSC/Covenant War through bloody battle this month, with four new skirmish maps for Halo Wars in the Historic Battle add-on pack. While the first round of Halo Wars downloadable content focused on new game modes, the Historic Battle pack is all about delivering new places to strategically kill the enemy.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Midway: Newcastle Shut Down, Entire Staff Laid Off
Midway’s UK studio was shut down this morning and all staff let go as the time to find a buyer for the studio behind Wheelman and Necessary Force ran out, a Midway spokesman told Kotaku today. “We can confirm we closed the Newcastle studio this morning, our time,” said Geoffrey Mogilner, Midway spokesman. “During the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta Details Enter Orbit
Bethesda has delivered screens, information, and a release date for Mothership Zeta, the Fallout 3 downloadable content that takes the player from the Capital Wastes to the icy depths of space. Well, not exactly the icy depths. Players find themselves trapped in an alien spaceship orbiting the Earth, and must band together with characters from…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kane & Lynch Sequel Trademarked
The future of the Kane & Lynch franchise is now a bit less cloudy, as Eidos files a trademark registration for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Filed on July 8th with an update status of today, Eidos has filed registrations for the name with and without the colon, which leads us to believe that…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield Heroes Recruits 1 Million
EA is quickly discovering the joys of free-to-play games as web-based Battlefield Heroes surpasses the one million player mark right out of the gate. The cartoon version of DICE’s award-winning combat sandbox game slipped quietly into open beta last month, and the lure of the word ‘free’ worked it’s magic, bringing in the hungry, tired,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
T2 Pubbing Next 4 Heavyweights In First Half 2010
Following the delay of BioShock 2, the game’s publisher announced that it expects to launch it, Red Dead Redemption, Mafia II and Max Payne 3 before July 1, 2010. Publisher Take Two announced its revised release slate during a call with investors on Monday afternoon, timed to elaborate on news of the BioShock 2 delay.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wanna Play “Smashed Sta Barrier”?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Kotaku’s Biography The staff biographies are neato — and I agree about Fahey. He is certainly a man of mystery. A very large man of mystery, that is. All afternoon, Mini-Bash kept saying he wanted to play “Smashed Sta Barrier.” “Smashed Sta Barrier”? “Smashed Sta Barrier”. What’s that? “Smashed Sta…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fieldrunners, Cheaper Development Coming To PSP
While Rolando is widely seen as the pinnacle of iPhone gaming, it wasn’t always that way. In the early days, the iPhone was all about tower defence games, and no tower defence game did it better than Fieldrunners. With the new PSPgo taking pages out of Apple’s books in terms of digital delivery and apps,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Peter Moore Responds To UFC Over MMA Game
Dana White, boss of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has some rather unpleasant things to say about EA Sports and their attempts to mosey in on the mixed martial arts market. But what does EA Sport’s Peter Moore have to say? Aside from revealing that he’s seen a playable build of EA’s MMA title – which…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
But How Many Copies of Dragon Quest IX Were Shipped?
We know how many were sold in the first two days, and now we also know how many copies of the game were shipped. We sure do know a lot of things. Rumors that 3 million copies of DQIX would be available at launch in Japan are corrected. Three million copies of the game were…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Meet Guitar Hero 5’s New Guitar
New Guitar Hero game, new Guitar Hero guitar. That’s the way the world works. With Guitar Hero 5 almost upon us, let’s take a look at it’s new guitar, see if it’s worth upgrading. The changes are minimal. Aside from a cosmetic facelift, the only major difference comes in a tweak to the slider, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Starred Commenters, Listen Up!
Last week, we rolled out a re-organized and revised version of our comments. Our star commenters’s comments will now get much deserved top billing. But that’s only half of it. These starred commenters will also have some interesting new powers. Sadly, few are using them. So cheeky. To review: The new commenting system now has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Check Out These Club Nintendo Member Platinum And Gold Member Rewards
Nintendo of America’s Club Nintendo is announcing the “Elite Status” rewards for folks who snagged Gold or Platinum Member status. According to Nintendo.com, Customers are able to register select merchandise for Nintendo Coins, which can be redeemed for Club Nintendo items. Those who reach a certain amount of Coins can become for eligible for Platinum…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Want To Peek Inside Smash Bros. Creator’s New Office?
Earlier this year, Nintendo announced it was joining forces with Smash Bros. designer Masahiro Sakurai‘s Sora Ltd. to found a new company, Project Sora. Nintendo is the principal investor, owning up to 72 percent of the company. The company is hard at work at a game, but it’s not another Smash Bros. title. Sakurai added,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
God Of War Novel Is 283 Pages Of “GGGGGRRRRR!!!!”
For all its violence and bombast, God of War is built around a mythology that’s thousands of years old. So the fact somebody is making a novel out of it may not be as ridiculous as you first thought. Then again, since it’s based entirely around the events of the first game in the series,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2009