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Mecho Wars Micro-Review: Landians Versus Wingians… Really?
Mecho Wars brings to the iPhone and iPod Touch a solid turn-based strategy title in the vein of Intelligent Systems’ Advance Wars, delivering the game with a flashy art style and interesting time twist. But loaded down with absurd design decisions that have you playing as a commander of the Wingians taking on an army…
By Brian Crecente Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Trine Now Available On Steam
FrozenByte’s 2D physics meets magic platformer Trine is now available to purchase an play via Steam, with a price that was briefly a little lower than many expected. A suggest retail price for the PC of $30-$40 caused a bit of consternation among fans awaiting the PC release of Trine earlier this week, worried that…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Next Week: Green Day And Mayhem Music
Green Day finally makes an appearance on the Rock Band Music Store next week, along with a selection of tracks from RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival artists, including Marilyn Manson and Slayer. American rock trio Green Day finally make their Rock Band debut, though not in the form many fans would prefer. Rather than deliver…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Religious Video Games Get Their Own Church-Centric Website From Left Behind
Church-goers will soon have their very own “inspirational” gaming portal thanks to the backing of Left Behind Games. When it launches later this month the website will feature the entire line of post-apocalyptic Left Behind Games titles will be featured on the site as well as hundreds of other family-friendly games, according to Inspired Media…
By Brian Crecente Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Screens
Not going to make it to the Anime Expo in LA this weekend to see Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars? Here is a fresh set of screens to help you appreciate what you’re missing. Just seeing the names Tekkaman and Ken the Eagle at the top of the screens does my heart good. My Wii…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tales Of Monkey Island – Not One Of Those Wet Bones
Take a look at how well Telltale is handling being responsible for the continuation of one of the most beloved adventure game franchises of all time. This is the first few minutes of the first installment of Tales of Monkey Island, due out next week on the PC and Nintendo Wii. As you can see,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Foot Controlled Silver Surfer Game?
Robomodo’s Tony Hawk skateboard controller may be destined for some stellar controls if Robomodo President Josh Tsui wasn’t just spit balling during a recent dev presentation in Chicaogo. Tsui was at this week’s IGDA demo night in Chicago, Tsui showed off the board controller to the crowd, explaining how the original prototype design set the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Risen Rises In October
Piranha Bytes‘ latest RPG for the Xbox 360 and PC is gearing up for an October release, with three separate quality assurance teams assuring Risen’s quality as we speak. Announced less than a year ago, Risen sees the player washed up on a mysterious volcanic Mediterranean island, after which they will be caught up in…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 1943 Storms The Front Next Week
Join the battle to unlock the Coral Sea map next week, when DICE deploys Battlefield 1943 over Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. World War II is alive and well on July 8th and 9th, when DICE’s first download-only installment of the Battlefield series hits the Xbox 350 and PlayStation 3. 1200 Microsoft Points…
By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Tough bosses are indeed an aggravation (no, Crecente, I don’t mean you!). Vent about other video game annoyances or whatever else gaming-related you want to comment about. Now. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Face Stitches? Thankfully, No.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: The Real OC Mini-Bash fell off his bike on to his chin. Big gash, blood everywhere. Mrs. Bashcraft took him to the hospital — doc said he didn’t need stitches. Just glad he didn’t *knock on wood* break a bone. I’ve never *knock on wood* broken a bone. Why the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Buys A TV Show
You’ve played Nintendo games. Now get ready for a Nintendo television show, as the Japanese gaming giant have bought themselves a British gaming show. And that show is called “Britain’s Best Brain”. While Nintendo won’t be allowed to advertise directly on the show (thanks to British regulations), they’ll be its principle sponsors, and the events…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Universal Wins Rights To Produce An…Asteroids Movie
This should be a hoot. Seems Universal Pictures have won a bidding war against three other studios for the right to produce a movie based on Asteroids. Yes. The 1979 game Asteroids. Disney writer Matthew Lopez is writing the script, while Lorenzo di Bonaventura – who has been credited on movies like Transformers, GI Joe…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Recreated In Pencil And Paper RPG
Back before there was computer and video gaming, there was table top gaming. You make use of what you have — pencil and paper. That’s exactly what one reader did when he couldn’t access TF2. Both were stuck at their grandmother’s house all day long, both itching to play Team Fortress 2. But his grandmother’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Freewheelin’ Bob Simoleon
By 9000, as seen on Offworld
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Resident Evil Film By September 2010
Director Paul W.S. Anderson talked up (spoiler alert!) a new Resident Evil film last fall. Anderson has been busy working on drafts of the script, and the film is supposedly set in Tokyo and Alaska. An insider has told ShockTillYouDrop.com that an internal studio memo is pegging Resident Evil: Afterlife for a theatrical release by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Meets Apple In The Best iPhone Case We’ve Ever Seen
Nearly every single one of us owns an iPhone. So we see our fair share of iPhone cases. But only once, ever, have we seen one this cute. This great. Hand-crafted and available from hand-crafted megastore Etsy, the case itself is $20. The controller, an extra $7. Premium price for an iPhone case, sure, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tekken Boss: “Unlocking Is So Old”
Unlocking games is standard fighting game stuff. And it’s something Tekken franchise director Katsuhiro Harada thinks is so old. “Why we locked the characters originally was that in the arcades, it was kind of to extend the life of the game by gradually unlocking characters,” Harada explains. It factored into home consoles as a way…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009 - Uncategorized
Grand Theft IV Auto Goes Discount In Japan
Released in Japan back in last October, the PS3 version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV has been announced for Sony’s PlayStation The Best budget line. The game will be priced at ¥3,990 (US$41) and is slated for release on August 27.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2009