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What The Hell Happened To Sam Fisher’s Haircut?
When Splinter Cell: Conviction was first announced a few years back, Sam Fisher was different. He had a moppish haircut. People made fun of it. Now? Now the long locks are gone. The snippet of footage leaked from Ubisoft’s press site over the weekend shows Sam with a haircut that’s a little more…age-appropriate. I liked…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2009 - Reviews
Pictobits Review: For The Love of Pixels
On one of the same platforms where Nintendo courts grandma gamers comes yet another quietly-released title infused with a hipster passion for old-school video game culture. Pictobits is the fifth release of Nintendo’s Art Style series. The aplty-named artsy series is a surprise, one that Nintendo’s outreach to mainstream gamers-to-be never acknowledges. Spawned from a…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2009 - Uncategorized
That PSP Go Sure Looks Familiar…
As seen on Gizmodo.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
We’ve Entered The Asylum
While it might not be the wisest marketing choice, associating your hotel with an asylum for the criminally insane, the Holiday Inn City Center gets a pass for its convenient access to E3 2009. Our hotel room keys this year are sponsored by Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum. One features the art from the game’s cover,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Party Tonight
Final warning! Kotaku’s pre-E3 party is happening tonight. So come out, have a drink with us, enjoy the company of your fellow Kotakuites and party semi-responsibly. Don’t make us liveblog with hangovers! The Kotaku crew is heading to the lovely and historic Golden Gopher in downtown Los Angeles for a night of drinks, chit chat,…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve Dreams Of Team Fortress 2 Movie, Divulges ‘Meet The Team’ Origins
After the smashing success of some promotional Team Fortress 2 videos, we thought it was time to ‘meet the movie-makers’ at Valve and see how far this thing is going to go. Valve Software’s fans have long had a basic demand: make great games. But these days, the Meet the Team animated shorts released since…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Party On
To: Luke From: Owen Re: The Final Countdown Have a blast at E3, although I’m not sure what you’ll be writing about, since the weekend was slap full of rumors and leaks bigfooting on all the big stuff to be announced this week. Kidding, of course; I’m sure Crecente will have you running like valets…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Anything Else Going on This Week?
Releasing during E3 always strikes me as risky. Gamer interest might be high, but everyone’s talking about what’s coming out in the next year, not what’s coming out now. That said, this coming week you can pick up Red Faction: Guerrilla or Fuel on consoles; The Sims and Terminator: Salvation on PC, and some catz…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
E3 Activity Book: Fun With No Purpose
For those too young to attend E3 – which is to say, damn near all of us – B-Miggs and Agent B have cooked up their latest laugher: The E3 Activity Book for Kids, with its deadly accurate Nintendo presser mad libs. There’s tons of fun in this 4-page pdf, which you can print out…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sell a Used Game in Florida, Leave Your Thumbprint
The sheriff of Broward County, Fla. (Fort Lauderdale) says Florida law requires him to treat used games the same as merchandise sold at pawn shops. That means sellers can’t go home with their cash (or store credit) without leaving a greasy smudge. According to the New Times of Broward-Palm Beach, the sheriff sent deputies to…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
E3 Trailer Blurs the Line for Tekken 6
Tekken 6 has not suffered from any shortage of trailers lately. Here’s another one anyway, the cut for E3 2009. It shows of some two-player cooperative missions, and the motion blur feature, which you’ll want to leave off for all those upskirt shots. Tekken 6 E3 2009 Trailer [IGN, thanks SPECIALciaNAPKIN]
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
E3 The Making Of: A View From Inside
I’m not sure if we’re exactly supposed to be here, but we are, and we’re armed with cameras. So here are you first shots of E3 as it pokes its way through the cocoon of the last two years and tries to reinvent itself.
By Brian Crecente Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero Full List of Bands Released
All 84 bands in Guitar Hero 5 are up on the Guitar Hero 5 web site. Some magazine in Britain pretended it had gotten the list secretly, when Activision’s been feeding them out slowly through various channels. The full announcement is this week. Sorry for the mixup. Here’s the list. Band Of Horses Bush Darkest…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
I Breathe Fire and I VOTE
Bowser recently went into town to speak his mind about the dangers of unchecked power in the executive branch. Funny that a monarch would feel that way, but it’s a free country, brah. More pics on the jump. We got the link to this Flickr set, uploaded yesterday, but no explanation other than the location…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
ESRB Confirms Final Fantasy VII for PS3, PSP
Released last month on PlayStation Network in Japan, Final Fantasy Vee-Eye-Eye is on the way to North America’s PSN soon, as this ESRB rating now confirms. You can play it on PS3 or PSP. FFVII came out 12 long years ago for the original PlayStation, and was the first of the series to feature 3D…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Interview Confirms Smuggler Class for SW:TOR
The latest issue of Edge Magazine (don’t sue! don’t sue!) features an interview with James Ohlem, Bioware’s director for The Old Republic. In it he reveals another class: Smuggler (pictured), which will likely be announced next week. Says Ohlem: “Ord Mantell is a war-torn world and it’s where the Smuggler starts off, when his ship…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Next Halo Game is “Halo: Reach”?
Yesterday we got dropped that image of a Bungie forums search menu, which tipped something called “Halo: Reach.” Such things are easily faked, and I couldn’t run it down. Well, now someone’s found a cache of since-deleted Bungie forum posts on this subject. As you can see, for a brief time there was a forum…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009