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Explore NeoTokyo In Half Life 2
Colorful cityscapes hide dark intriguing in the streets of NeoTokyo, the newly released Source mod freely available to anyone with Steam and a Souce SDK title. Nearly five years in the making by Studio Radi-8, NeoTokyo borrows inspiration from Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell and Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, plunging players into a future Japan…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pay-Per-P Pricing Fading From Xbox Video Marketplace?
Two months ago, we reported that some video content on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace was priced high. 720 points ($9 USD) for a one hour 720p video. That’s changed, a little. It seemed like the prices for Ring of Honor pro wrestling and M-1 Challenge MMA series were off. But Microsoft told Kotaku that…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
SOCOM 4 Is Apparently “In Development” For PS3
A listing for “SOCOM 4” for the PlayStation 3 at production studio PCB Productions might be a good indicator that somewhere, in some capacity, someone is working on another SOCOM game. Wouldn’t that be surprising? After the listing was dug up by PS3 Center, the digital audio recording facility pulled the SOCOM sequel mentionā€”but not…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Warriors Of Aion
New screens from NCsoft’s Aion highlight the warrior class. front-line fighters which eventually choose between the path of the Templar or the Gladiator. This weekend’s Aion beta test session allowed players to progress past level 10 for the first time, so I go a chance to level up a warrior from 1 to 11, earning…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Did Twice As Many People Play Dead Space As Bought It?
In studying how Dead Space sold, a key stat loomed large for EA. EA’s Glen Schofield, studio manager for the company’s Dead Space team at Visceral Games, appeared on the second episode of EA’s official podcast to talk games, mention that Dead Space had co-op during some of its development cycle and explain the company’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii, PS3 Help Japanese Hardware Chart Stay Positive
You know, it wasn’t a bad week for game console sales in Japan, thanks to a little boost in Wii and PlayStation 3 hardware spending. Of course, Nintendo and Sony have software sales to thank for that. Strong sales of Wii Sports Resort helped the Wii get a ten percent bump week-to-week. Don’t be surprised…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Marvel VS Capcom 2: Hulk Smash Puny Wrestler
First it was Ryu versus Wolverine, and now the green goliath takes on the Russian bear in the second installment of Capcom’s Marvel VS Capcom 2 strategy series. It’s the same drill as last week. Capcom takes two of the most iconic fighters on either side of the Marvel VS Capcom 2 conflict and pits…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kids Sings Mega Man 2 Theme A “Ba da ba da ba,” Without Poppin Irksome Younger Brother
Capcom just posted this up on their blog, an adorable kid bopping his way through the Mega Man 2 and 3 themes while fending off a little brother. I’m surprised this video didn’t end in tears, as it would have had I tried to pull that with my older brother… I totally would have too.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Electroplankton Returns As DSiWare Download
Bite-sized chunks of Nintendo and Toshio Iwai‘s musical software Electroplankton are coming to DSiWare, with four of those releases hitting Japan this week. Each will feature a specific Electroplankton for Nintendo DSi owners to experiment with. Eventually, Nintendo has plans to release all ten Electroplankton via the DSi download service, doling each out 200 Nintendo…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Toronto Brings 800 Jobs To Ontario
After three years of relentless pursuit, the government of Ontario has pledged $260 million in order to help Ubisoft create a new studio in Toronto, creating more than 800 new jobs in the process. The announcement comes today by way of a live press conference with the Premiere of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, held against a…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
What’s On The BioShock 2 Record
Why it’s the martial Rapture anthem, on two sides of a BioShock 2 promotional 45 obtained at gramophone-free Kotaku NYC last week! Armed with a record player on Sunday, I was able to hear a hidden message. Side A gives us the Rapture anthem, something that’s been around since the first game: Oh rise, Rapture,…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
LucasArts’ Rereleases Classics on Steam
A bevy of classic LucasArts games are coming to Steam over the next month, LucasArts Games announced this morning. First news of the announcement came from LucasArts’ Twitter feed: “So lets see who will be happy: LucasArts has partnered with Steam. Digital adventurey goodness.” The back-catalog hitting Steam’s PC on-demand gaming service includes LOOM, The…
By Brian Crecente Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Putting a Cat’s Face on a Fight Night 4 Boxer
Fight Night 4, like many of EA Sports’ titles, allows you to use a camera and their “GameFace” tech to import a version of your mug into the game. Not content to play as the prerendered fighters in the game, or as themselves, the brothers KindaGamey decided to try and import the face of their…
By Brian Crecente Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fallout 2 As A Live-Action RPG
Last month, at a remote disused air-defense base outside of Leningrad, upwards of 300 Russian Fallout fans recreated post-apocalyptic California in a live-action role-playing game based on Fallout 2. All of the information we have on the event is translated from Russian via Google, so it could be completely wrong. From we understand, a workshop…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet: Who Ya Gonna Call?
Media Molecule’s “Who You Gonna Call” teaser has updated with a look at what you’d be calling about. The obvious becomes even more obvious today, with the addition of one spooky little sackboy to MM’s teaser image, where once there was but words. This ghost sackboy, which is surely part of a set of Ghostbusters-themed…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Game Play, Used Game Sales Rocket During Recession
The number of hours that gamers play is at an all time high over the past few months, according to a new study from Nielsen. The Value Gamer: Play and Purchase Behavior in a Recession also shows that gamers have increased their purchase of used games to “record-breaking totals” since Nielsen began tracking used game…
By Brian Crecente Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Wars: The Old Republic Comic Heats Up In Act Two
With a clash of lightsabers and a smoking Sith corpse, BioWare and Dark Horse launch Act Two of their Star Wars: The Old Republic web comic, The Threat of Peace. As with any Star Wars series, the second act is always the most action-packed, and it looks like writer Rob Chestney is sticking to the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Bits, Busts, And Chariots Of WiiWare
Busting moves, tripping bits, and racing chariots are just some of the fun activities presented in this week’s downloadable games for the Nintendo Wii and DSi. It’s a promising week for The Nintendo Download, with an especially robust set of titles dropping for WiiWare. Kicking things off is the release of Aksys Games’ BIT.TRIP CORE…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
My Pirate, My Friend
Piracy, the video game industry’s multi-billion dollar problem, may have met its match. The solution to the illegal copying of video games perhaps isn’t a law enforcement task force or volley of lawsuits, but the legitimization of the act itself. Last week news broke that The Pirate Bay, one of the largest websites in the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
NHL 10 Gets In Your Face
Producer David Littman takes us through some of the new features coming in EA Sports‘ latest trip to the most violent ice skating rink ever. Hockey is another one of those sports that I feel a strong pull towards but have never experienced outside of video games, so if EA isn’t delivering an extremely realistic…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2009