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Still Alive Free For Rock Band Unplugged
The latest batch of downloadable songs for Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP includes the stirring love anthem “Still Alive” from Portal, which will be available, free of charge and includes delicious cake. I almost missed the inclusion of Jonathan Coulton’s masterpiece in the list of new songs coming to the Rock Band Unplugged Music…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ghostbusters Demo Now Available
If you’ve been too frightened to pick up a copy of Ghostbusters: The Video Game for the Xbox 360, a demo is now available to help you determine if bustin’ makes you feel good. I can certainly understand why one would hesitate to pick up a copy of Ghostbusters until now. After all, it is…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Seek N Spell Impressions
Earlier this week my son and I checked out the iPhone’s augmented reality Seek N Spell game. The game uses the iPhone 3G and 3Gs’ built-in GPS to locate the gamer and then scatter virtual letters around their real world location. You then have a set amount of time to locate the letters and use…
By Brian Crecente Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Marvel VS Capcom 2 Release Date Wrestled To The Ground
While Marvel’s release date prediction for Marvel VS Capcom 2 fell through, we’re pretty confident that the July release date Capcom just announced for the Xbox Live Arcade version is reliable. Marvel might have been a bit off when they suggested a June 29th release for Marvel VS Capcom 2, but they were pretty damn…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yes, EA Just Announced Command & Conquer 4
In answer to McWhertor’s question from yesterday afternoon, yes. EA has just announced Command & Conquer 4, the dramatic conclusion to the Tiberium saga. The year is 2062, and the world is about to end. In six years, the Tiberium that has been the focus of such contention over the course of the Command &…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Glimpse At G.I. JOE on the Playstation 3
Due out next month, G.I. Joe The Rise of the Cobra hasn’t been making many favorable impressions around Kotaku tower. These screens from the Playstation 3 version of the game don’t really do much to change my mind. The game will let players take on the role of one of the game’s dozen playable G.I.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hamburger Pictures Come Back To Haunt You
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: The Number Nine I’m SERIOUS. I think there are like maybe two hamburger eating pictures floating around there internet — and one of them ends up on this media ranking site. Very embarrassing! (The burger was effing delicious, though.) ……………….which is why, that’s it, I’m done, hamburger eating pictures are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero 5 Tracklist Features John Mellencamp, Coldplay & Tom Petty
Neversoft have released a partial tracklist for the upcoming Guitar Hero 5, and it features songs from the above three artists. Not a fan? Don’t worry, there’s some variety in the other 21 tracks. The revealed tracks are: Band Of Horses – “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands” ? Beastie Boys – “Gratitude” Beck – “Gamma Ray” Billy Squier…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
German Gamers Venture Outside To Protest Violent Gaming Crackdown
Poor old Germany. The nation’s politicans have in recent years really started to crack down on violent video games, and since many of the best games are violent games, this presents is a problem. But it’s one the German people are beginning to hit back against, as evidenced by this protest in the German city…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Poll: Japanese People Thought Dragon Quest IX Would Have WiFi
This Saturday Dragon Quest IX is going on sale in Japan. Apparently, there are already 2 million pre-orders. Some of those folks might be in for a surprise! The game uses the DS’s local ad hoc wireless, but loads of gamers thought the title would use the DS’s WiFI connection so that players didn’t have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Michael Jackson Won’t Affect Beatles Rock Band
Michael Jackson has passed away, and lawyers are currently picking through his estate. Jackson owned 267 Beatles songs, the ownership of which is at risk. Rock Band developer Harmonix has stated that the situation regarding Michael Jackson’s estate will not effect the release of Rock Band Beatles. What’s more, the game’s track list will not…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
No More Heroes Designer Wants Travis Touchdown In Next Smash Bros.
The last Smash Bros. game, like the one before that, was a smorgasboard of characters. There weren’t just Nintendo developed characters, but the likes of Sonic and Snake also made an appearance. No More Heroes designer Goichi Suda is already making off-handed remarks about his desire to see NMH hero Travis Touchdown in the next…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
Classic German board game Carcassonne – which has already turned up on Xbox Live Arcade – will also soon be making the leap to the Nintendo DS, courtesy of Koch Media. This DS version will contain the original board game along with expansion “River”, but also expands upon this by introducing three new “worlds”, described…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rhythm Heaven Producer: Hey Americans, You Have Rhythm!
By day, music producer Tsunku writes Morning Musume songs. By night, he sleeps. Sometime in between he creates Rhythm Heaven games. At a panel in Los Angeles, Tsunku talked about his music career and rhythm. “Rhythm is something that hasn’t really been valued in Japanese culture or in Japanese music,” he said. “I really wanted…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Remote + 15 Tonnes Of Metal Arm
These two industrial grapplers don’t just have cute names (one of them is called "Bender"). They’ve got a cute control method as well, as they can be jiggled, jaggled and, yes, waggled by a Wii Remote. These guys used a control system written in Python to replace the arm’s regular input (a joystick) with the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA, Sega On iPhone 3G vs 3GS
As we’ve warned you about, one day soon, there will be games that will only run on the iPhone 3GS, which is bad news for the 40 million people in possession of an iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod Touch (2nd gen). While that day isn’t imminent, you can tell from the following statements provided by…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Man Arrested For Sharing Rape Game
The Kyoto Police’s High Tech Crime Unit has arrested 38-year-old Kawasaki City resident Hidetoshi Fukuzawa for illegally sharing an erotic game via the internet. “I downloaded it,” he stated. “but I didn’t leak this onto the internet.” File sharing is illegal in Japan. Using an online file sharing service called “Share”, the title was leaked…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Mechwarrior Game Confirmed, Will Reboot Series
Surprise, Mechwarrior fans! That teaser from yesterday was indeed for a new Mechwarrior title, which is in development at Piranha Games, who worked on the latest Transformers title. So at least you know they have experience with giant robots! Then again, it also means they have experience with making crummy games based on giant robots.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Under Fire II Bringing Crusader Carnage To Xbox 360
Jeez, Kingdom Under Fire II just feels like it’s been in development forever, hasn’t it? Part-MMO, part-RTS, it’s not due until the second half of next year. But when it does come, at least we now know which platforms it’s coming for. Previously it had been listed as coming for PC and “consoles”, but that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2009