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Kotaku’s Biography
To: Ash From: Crecente We finally have official staff biographies. It’s pretty interesting stuff. I knew about your other book, but I didn’t know what your degree was in. And I didn’t know all about Fahey’s checkered past. What you missed: FTC Calls Out Video Game Reviewers in Proposed Endorsement Rule Changes Looks Like That…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Green Lantern Movie To Game Adaptation Is Go
Warner Bros. is slated to bring DC’s Green Lantern to the silver screen in 2011 via Casino Royale director Martin Campbell with Ryan Reynolds recently revealed as the titular hero. You know what that means? Video game adaptation! According to a report from VentureBeat, Warner Bros. has given the go ahead to release a game…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Fantasy III: The Epic Final Fantasy, DOA Cat Fight Continues
.html What happens when two of gaming’s chestiest ladies from Final Fantasy and Dead Or Alive go at it? Monty Oum’s Dead Fantasy, that’s what. Part three of the machinima series brings with it more feminine fisticuffs. In comparison to parts I and II, Dead Fantasy III takes things down a notch, somewhat surprisingly. This…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madballs, Monkey Island Roll To XBLA This Wednesday
Xbox Live Arcade gets a double dose of nostalgia this week, thanks to the addition of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and Madballs in… Babo: Invasion, two games that will be available for download as of Wednesday. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition updates the classic LucasArts adventure game with the high-definition…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Swine Flu Threatens Thailand’s Gaming Centers
Fears that Thailand’s online gaming shops could be a major hub for swine flu transmission were realized this week, as a computer game shop employee became virus’ 17th Thai victim. The latest victim of influenza type-A, or swine fly, in Thailand has been confirmed to be a worker at a computer game shop in the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Villains of Batman: Arkham Asylum
In case you’d forgotten, here’s a roundup of the major baddies looking for a little payback when Batman finds himself trapped in Arkham Asylum. We need a new kind of man-eating plant. That’s pretty much what I took away from this trailer, in which the Joker, Killer Croc, Bane, and Poison Ivy strut their stuff.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Meat Bun Levels Up With DX, XXL
Missed out on some those fan-favorite Meat Bun tees introduced last year? A trio of bestsellers rise from their grave today, redesigned and reprinted as part of the Meat Bun DX line. Plus, there’s good news for the plus-sized. Finally, after numerous requests, we’ve added roomier extra extra large sizes, so towering Fahey-proportioned types with…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioShock 2 Delayed To FY 2010
Your return to Rapture will be a bit delayed, as publisher Take-Two Interactive announced today that BioShock 2 won’t be releasing in the company’s fourth quarter as previously planned. Now for the bad news. While the game was previously slated to hit European store shelves on October 30, 2009, just squeezing into the company’s fiscal…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Origins Preview: About Those Xbox 360 Controls…
The Xbox 360 version of Dragon Age Origins, which we now know will be a massively-single-player role-playing game, was brought to New York City last week for a showcase and one of the shortest hands-on demos ever. Maybe a short demo’s for the best, though, because Dragon Age is one of those games that is…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Comic-Con 2009 Schedule: Just The Games
The annual San Diego Comic-Con isn’t just about comic book culture. It’s the mecca for all things nerdy and obsessive, including video games. This year’s gaming presence at the convention is impressive, not to mention regularly double-booked. Expect games like Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed II, Halo, Bayonetta and Dead Space Extraction to get prominent…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battle Fantasia Goes Downloadable For PS3
More than a year after retail release for the PlayStation 3 in Europe, Arc System Work’s Battle Fantasia is finally coming to North America, courtesy of the PlayStation Network. North American PlayStation 3-owning fans of Arc fighters like Guilty Gear and the recently-reviewed BlazBlue were somewhat disappointed last year when Battle Fantasia was released exclusively…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Helping Jimmy: Video Game Ideas We’d Like to See on the Fallon Show [Update]
Real or a put-on, Jimmy Fallon’s apparent love of video games gives our favorite hobby quite a late night stage on NBC, so why not make the best of it? Fallon sent someone to cover E3, played Tiger Woods a round of golf on the Wii and checked out Project Natal, but I think there…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2009 - Reviews
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Review: Rebel Yell
Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works have, after churning out sequel after confusingly titled sequel to the fighting franchise they’re best known for, started fresh with BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, a 2D fighting game that’s wholly original. BlazBlue‘s blend of high-resolution, gorgeously animated sprite based fighters and three dimensional backgrounds makes for a stunning presentation. Pretty…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watch Penn & Teller’s Video Game Bullshit! Episode
In this episode of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!, the comedy duo take on “the video game industry’s worst nightmare” Jack Thompson, and hand a 9-year-old boy an AR-15 rifle to see if anyone dies. We gave you a taste, and now here’s the entire episode of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!, which takes on the issue…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
They Remember Jedi, Jaws and Indiana Jones
1975, Jaws — “It was the Village East theater in Birmingham, Alabama. And we rode in my sister’s husband’s Trans Am…I have certain flashes of scenes, like the scene where Roy Scheider pulls the license plate out of the stomach of the shark. I remember that. They’re just flashes. I remember it being very scary.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Scores Biggest Bonus Round In Japan
Summer bonuses in Japan may have plunged this year, but that didn’t stop Nintendo from reclaiming the top spot as the company with the biggest bonus ranking. Japanese companies traditionally deliver bonuses to their employees in the summer and winter, a practice that our own Brian Ashcraft tells us is losing popularity in the face…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Myst Finally Makes North American PSP
Cyan World’s classic adventure game is finally coming to North American PlayStation Portables this week, with Hoplite Research confirming a July 17th release of the game on the PlayStation Network. The original Myst has seen countless rereleases and ports since it originally debuted back in 1993 as a showcase for the then-new CD Rom technology.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Incoming Pulseman
Today brings six new downloadable titles for Nintendo’s various digital delivery platforms, including the release of a rare classic, the ultimate ant farm, and a completely different sort of bit tripping. Virtual Console fans get a rare treat this week with the release of Pulseman (900 Wii points), a platform title often considered the best…
By Mike Fahey Published July 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3’s Fallout 3 Content Pushed Back to Sept., Reordered
June came and went without the promised Fallout 3 downloadable content from Bethesda and July and August will too, the developers now say. The first downloadable content will now be Broken Steel, not the promised Operation: Anchorage, in September. Worse news, Bethesda says they’re “hoping” that it will be by “the end of September.” That’s…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2009