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LEGO: Harry Potter Officially Announced

Having already been revealed earlier this year, Warner Bros. & LEGO have today officially announced LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Not the catchiest title, we know, but it gets its point across, with players given the option of controlling Harry, Ron or Hermione as they work their way through the first four books/movies of the…

Please Pardon My Face

Covering E3 2009 became a little bit more difficult for me on Friday, when half of my face suddenly stopped responding to my brain. I was sitting in front of my computer at home around noon Eastern time, typing up the final Robot Wars post, when I blinked, only I didn’t. One moment everything was…

WHO IS READY FOR E3?!

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Hi! I’m not at E3. I’m in Japan, taking care of Micro-Bash! Yay!! But even though I have my hands full with him and Mini-Bash, I am so ready for E3. I was born ready. Not just for E3, but for other stuff. You ready? Are you, are you, are you?…

Sony Still Has Lots of “Shockers” Planned

Over the weekend, Sony “leaked” the PSP Go and a couple game announcements onto the latest eits own videomag Qore. Those thinking Sony already shot its E3 load, think again says a company PR guy. Rather, tweets a Sony PR guy. “Pre-E3 annoucements or not! There’s still lots of shockers planned for you guys @…

Starcraft Could Be Out This Year, If…

The Starcraft II beta starting this summer is a sign of things to come. A release date is a sign of we things come to all of us. We don’t have a release date. Though, we do have Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime saying that Starcraft II will be release in 2009 as long as it “meets…

Street Fighter Online Goes Offline

Computer title Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation is played entirely with mouse controls, with left-clicks for punches, right-clicks for kicks and special attacks performed by mouse movement. Soon that will be was played. The Capcom-licensed, Daletto-developed game for Windows goes offline on August 31. The official reason for the game’s service ending is “due to…

Crysis 2 Is Announced, Multi-Platform

Crysis, the gorgeous sci-fi shooter from German developer Crytek Frankfurt, is a PC game. So is its sequel, Crysis 2 — that, and an Xbox 360 and a PS3 game. The game is the second entry in the planned Crysis triology and will be published by EA. “The development of Crysis 2 marks a major…

Resident Evil 5 Has Shipped 5 Million Copies Worldwide

Capcom multi-platform survival horror title Resident Evil 5 is a big gtame. How big? To the tune of 5 million big. We first hear about RE5‘s shipping success back in May. Now, we get to hear about then in June. Thank you Capcom press release! The Osaka-base game developer has shipped over 5 million copies…

Microsoft Starting E3 Presser Five Minutes Early!

Later today, Microsoft is kicking off its E3 press conference at 10:30am PDT. No, make that 10:25am. The reason: “A special surprise.” Spike TV host Geoff Keighley tweets, “Xbox just moved up its briefing start to 10:25 am tomorrow due to a very special last-minute surprise.” Starting five minutes early, huh. We’re thinking that could…

BioShock Movie Needs To Be Filmed Outside America

Due to budget concerns, the BioShock movie has been put on ice — don’t tell Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller! If director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of Caribbean) were to helm the picture, he says the movie would need to be filmed abroad. “The bottom line is it has to shoot out of the States for…

Kojima Productions Website Is Sunny (Well, Sorta)

We’re in the home stretch of Kojima Productions’ master class in drip fed PR. A seemingly endless storm has been raining on a seemingly endless series of countdown clocks. The storm is over, and now? Now it’s sunny — well partly sunny. Geddit, Sunny? Of course, the Sunny character is raised by the Patriots and…

Gametrack Freedom Dated by EB Games

Announced back in March for release fall, Xbox 360 motion controller Gametrak Freedom has a solid release date: October 15. Designed by third party maker Performance Designed Products (PDP), the Gametrak Freedom comes bundled with mini-game title Squeeballs: Island Party. Yours for US$69.99. Instead of one sensor bar like the Wii uses, Gametrak Freedom uses…

PS3 vs. PSP Ivy FIGHT!!

Very important stuff! This fall, Soulcalibur is coming to the PSP with Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. How does it stack up to PS3’s Soulcalibur IV — more important how does Ivy stack up? Boobs ahead — beware! Don’t think of the PSP version as having fewer polygons, but bigger polygons.

What The Hell Happened To Sam Fisher’s Haircut?

When Splinter Cell: Conviction was first announced a few years back, Sam Fisher was different. He had a moppish haircut. People made fun of it. Now? Now the long locks are gone. The snippet of footage leaked from Ubisoft’s press site over the weekend shows Sam with a haircut that’s a little more…age-appropriate. I liked…

Pictobits Review: For The Love of Pixels

On one of the same platforms where Nintendo courts grandma gamers comes yet another quietly-released title infused with a hipster passion for old-school video game culture. Pictobits is the fifth release of Nintendo’s Art Style series. The aplty-named artsy series is a surprise, one that Nintendo’s outreach to mainstream gamers-to-be never acknowledges. Spawned from a…

That PSP Go Sure Looks Familiar…

As seen on Gizmodo.

We’ve Entered The Asylum

While it might not be the wisest marketing choice, associating your hotel with an asylum for the criminally insane, the Holiday Inn City Center gets a pass for its convenient access to E3 2009. Our hotel room keys this year are sponsored by Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum. One features the art from the game’s cover,…

And The Biggest Poster At E3 Is…

E3 is back. Back as a big show. And nothing says big like this Assassin’s Creed 2 poster, which is by far the “biggest in show”.

Kotaku Party Tonight

Final warning! Kotaku’s pre-E3 party is happening tonight. So come out, have a drink with us, enjoy the company of your fellow Kotakuites and party semi-responsibly. Don’t make us liveblog with hangovers! The Kotaku crew is heading to the lovely and historic Golden Gopher in downtown Los Angeles for a night of drinks, chit chat,…