“Protesting” Mario

So, Mario and Luigi are Italian, but are they Italian stereotypes? Be warned, bad words and bad fake facial hair ahead! Thanks, B W!

No Online Play For New Super Mario Bros.

New Super Mario Bros. won’t feature online cooperative play, Shigeru Miyamoto told a room full of writers during his developer’s round table yesterday. New Super Mario Bros. allows up to four players to run through side-scrolling worlds reminiscent of the classic Super Mario Bros. games with up to four people. Players take on the role…

Batman Preview: Not A Bat-Toosie In Sight

I got a chance to finally get around the showroom floor and play some games today. Fortunately for me, the first one I got to play was Batman: Arkham Asylum. What Is It? It’s a Batman game that doesn’t suck. It’s a little bit Splinter Cell, it’s a little bit Batman punching men in the…

Whip It With This Castlevania: Lord of Shadow Trailer

.html Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has taken the reins of the Castlevania series from fellow Konami designer Koji Igarashi for the series’ latest title Lords of Shadow. The game has been farmed out to Madrid-based developer Mercury Steam and brings together a star studded cast that features Patrick Stewart and Robert Carlyle. This is…

“I’m Sorry, Sirs, No Pass, No Entry”

The Old Republic Wordier Than Entire Run of The Sopranos

Still-in-development massively multiplayer online title Star Wars The Old Republic comes packed with voice acting, lots of voice acting. Just how much? Not even the BioWare team are sure. Every scene, every dialog tree, every branch of conversation is voice acted, and that’s a mammoth amount of work. Principal lead writer Daniel Erickson said that…

Booth Tour: Microsoft

Here’s a look at Microsoft’s booth at E3 2009.

Free Realms Still Growing Insanely Quickly

First they hit one million players within weeks of release. Then they hit 2 million a week and a half later. Where does the Free Realms population stand right now? I stopped by the Sony Online Entertainment booth (to see if I could get a little mining in) and talked to Senior Producer Andrew Sites…

No More Heroes’ Goichi Suda Has Plans For The Wii Vitality Sensor

You may not have been overly excited to see Nintendo unveil the Wii Vitality Sensor, a Wii Remote add-on that monitors one’s pulse and “the body’s inner world,” but it filled No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle director Goichi Suda with ideas. Sadly, those ideas don’t seem like they’ll make it into the follow up to…

Booth Tour: Ubisoft

Here’s a look at Ubisoft’s booth at E3 2009.

E3’s Lone Porn Star Is Eyeing a Wii

Plenty of video game developers have booth babes on hand at this year’s E3 to add a little sizzle to their games, but only Codemasters has an award-winning porn star in attendance. Bobbi Starr, named 2009’s “superslut” by the X-Rated Critics Organization, said she sort of just fell into the booth babe roll this week…

LEGO Rock Band Preview: Building Family Fun-Time

The problem with this game is all in the name. LEGO Rock Band makes you wonder “why LEGO?” Maybe “Rock Band: Play Rock Band With Your Kids” would have been better. Because if you don’t have kids, this game is largely pointless. It’s Rock Band, except with a more pedestrian songlist, and no real changes…

Booth Tour: Nintendo

Here’s a look at Nintendo’s booth at E3 2009.

And This Is The White PSP Go

Sony marketing man Peter Dille doesn’t carry just any PSP Go around. He carries the white PSP Go, as he showed me today. No details on if/when a white one would be available for the masses.

Hideo Kojima Confirms Castlevania Project, Announces Metal Gear Arcade

Hideo Kojima just took the stage at Konami’s E3 press conference, and announced that he’s working on four new titles. Not one. Not two. Not three. Four. Does he ever sleep? The first, and only really new title, is called Metal Gear Arcade, which is Metal Gear Online optimised for coin-op arcade play. The game…

Konami Importing Pop’n Music For Wii Release

Poppy rhythm game spin-off Pop’n Music has had more than a dozen arcade and console releases in Japan, but Konami of America hasn’t seen fit to release the game stateside. Until today, that is. Pop’n Music is getting its first North American release with the Wii version, simply titled Pop’n Music. Konami is leaving the…

Konami’s E3 Press Conference Live Blog

You ready for some lightning bolt action liveblogging, Konami style? Well, you’d better be, because Konami is about to blow your hair back with its E3 2009 press conference. And we’re there! We’re hoping to be given more details on Kojima Productions’ Metal Gear Solid: Rising and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, but hoping a…

Booth Tour: EA

Here’s a look at EA’s booth at E3 2009.

2 Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors That Didn’t Make The Cut

Don’t worry about Left 4 Dead 2‘s change in cast and character. Valve’s fairly certain you’re going to come around to the new cast, despite your current attachments to Francis, Louis, Bill and Zoey. Valve’s Chet Faliszek gave us a quick run down of new quartet of Survivors you’ll eventually fall in love with in…

Sony Expects Metal Gear Solid Rising On PS3 At Launch

Sony’s head of marketing for the PS3 confirmed that the next console Metal Gear Solid is not an Xbox 360 exclusive or even a timed one. Despite being announced by Hideo Kojima at Monday’s Microsoft press conference, Peter Dille, Sony’s head of marketing for PlayStation in the U.S., told Kotaku today that the expected hit…