Star Wars the Old Republic Preview: Bam, Here It Is

Star Wars has a spotty history with massively multiplayer online fans. Who better to salvage the zero for one record than role-playing game developers Bioware? What Is It? Bioware’s take on a Star Wars massively multiplayer online game complete with full voice acting for all scenes, the ability to play as a number of classes…

Booth Tour: Sony Computer Entertainment

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

Watch The PSP Go Sliding In Action

Here are my hands trying out the PSP Go, which was lighter in my hands than any new handheld I’ve played in several years. A hidden surprise: flipping open the screen turns the system on.

Golden Sun DS Lightning Bolt Action Impressions

Technically, I just played Golden Sun DS, Camelot’s return to the role-playing game series born on the Game Boy Advance. I say “technically,” because the playable portion of Nintendo’s E3 showfloor demo lasts about five seconds. Tap the touchscreen and your character will jog to the location of your choice. Or, use the cross pad.…

Final Fantasy XIV 360 Version Still A Distinct Possibility

Square Enix are hosting a little press conference this morning to expand upon yesterday’s announcement of Final Fantasy XIV, and specifically, to clear up any “confusion” surrounding the game’s “exclusivity”. Fat lot of good that’s done them, since by issuing a statement they’ve only made things more confusing. See, they’d like to clarify yesterday’s announcement…

Tiny LittleBigPlanet PSP Screens

Check out how sackboy makes the transition from console to handheld in these E3 screens for LittleBigPlanet PSP.

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Here, Have Some Professor Layton Screens

We’ve been waiting since Game Developers Conference 2009 to get a look at Professor Layton’s next US-bound adventure, Diabolical Box. E3, where would we be without you? Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is the second game in the Layton series. Expect more of the maddening puzzles and cute characters, as well as a thrilling…

Fetching New EyePet Screens

Yes, you too can be the proud owner of that with Sony’s family title for the PlayStation 3, EyePet. Using the PlayStation Eye, the pet will interact with every object placed in front of it. For example, wave your fingers in front of the camera, and the EyePet will laugh. Roll a ball, and he’ll…

Alan Wake Preview: Shoot Twice

Since its announcement at E3 in 2005, Alan Wake has been a gaming Sasquatch. But we had a sighting this week, grabbed a controller and played it. Alan Wake has been touted as a more grown-up suspense game, a subtler and more sophisticated take on a genre more commonly infested with zombie nurses and chainsaw…

Playing LittleBigPlanet On The PSP Go

LittleBigPlanet for the PSP packs all of the character and creation of the original into a more portable format, but the PSP Go’s button layout presented a small stumbling block. During a tour of Sony’s booth at E3 2009 yesterday I got a chance to poke around in LittleBigPlanet on the PSP Go, and while…

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Preview: Classic Mario, Endless Play

New Super Mario Bros. Wii is, despite it’s name, a new experience. The game hopes to blend the fun of classic Super Mario Bros. side-scrollers with a new layer of what Shigeru Miyamoto calls competitive coop gameplay. What Is It? New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a simultaneous multiplayer a for up to four people.…

Nintendo’s E3 Booth: Everything That’s Playable

Nintendo’s showing at the really big show of E3 is really big. An impressive number of first and third party titles that are actually playable by E3 attendees, including New Super Mario Bros. Wii. But wait… there’s more! There are core-focused games like Sin and Punishment 2 and Military Madness: Nectaris for the Wii. There’s…

Nintendo: New Metroid Is NOT Metroid Dread

Longtime Metroid director Yoshio Sakamoto acknowledged that the long-rumored Metroid Dread is real and may some day be released. During a Metroid interview yesterday with series director Yoshio Sakamoto and Team Ninja producer Yousuke Hayashi, we slipped in a question that was not about the newly announced Metroid: Other M. Well, we thought it might…

Ratchet & Clank Future E3 Developer Trailer

Ratchet and Clank return once again, this time with Ratchet searching for his buddy Clank and trying to save the universe. A Crack in Time tries to tie-up loose ends from the previous titles and at the same time offer new game play elements like time manipulation. The game is slated for this fall. And…

Final Fantasy XIII Eyes-On Impressions: Lesbian Motorcycle Coupling [Update]

I was lucky enough to get the chance to check out Final Fantasy XIII in action on the PS3 yesterday, as well as speak with director Motomu Toriyama & producer Yoshinori Kitase. Well, I got to check it out eventually. I was kept waiting for over 30 minutes thanks to an insane level of security…

South Park Still Coming To XBLA, Now That You Mention It

Microsoft announced at E3 2008 that a South Park game was coming to Xbox Live Arcade. We couldn’t find it at E3 2009, but we did get an update. “South Park actually is coming,” John Schappert, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of interactive entertainment LIVE, software and services said in an interview with Kotaku yesterday. “I…

Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Has, Yes, Car Damage

This one kind of passed us all by first time around, but if you look closely at the Gran Turismo 5 trailer from Sony’s E3 press conference yesterday, you can clearly see some car damage. We’ve provided a screengrab above, but if you want to see it for yourself, head to the Subaru rally sequence…

Taking A Dip In Endless Ocean 2 Screenshots

Endless Ocean 2 is the sequel to Endless Ocean 1. Shocking, we know. Players can dive in the big blue, explore shipwrecks and escape sharks. Loot you find can be sold so you can decorate your reef to attract more fish. That’s much better than what I usually do. Saying “Here fishy fishy” doesn’t really…

From Stick Figure To Mind-Blowing Controls

My first real introduction to Microsoft’s motion-controlling Project Natal occurred in a brightly-lit hotel room in LA’s The Standard Hotel. Standing in front of a television with Burnout Paradise on it, I held my hands out as if holding steering wheel and acted as if I was driving a car. It was that simple and…