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Lionhead Teases Big News At Microsoft’s E3 Presser
Lionhead will definitely be playing a part in Microsoft’s E3 2009 press conference this Monday, joining the growing horde of game development studios using Twitter for evil teasing purposes. As if all the news slipping out in the days leading up to E3 2009, this year we have to deal with the growing number of…
By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Come To Kotaku’s E3 Party This Sunday
Kotaku’s annual pre-E3 party is happening this Sunday, giving you a chance to buy those shots you owe me, rub elbows with fellow Kotaku readers, and drunkenly hit on video game PR reps. Good times. Yes, the Kotaku crew is once again heading to the lovely and historic Golden Gopher in downtown Los Angeles for…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lord of The Rings Comes To Wii, With Dashes Of Mario, Link
For some people the big news will be that the Lord of the Rings is making a video game comeback for kids; for others it will be that the developers responsible have a strong pedigree. J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic is getting another video game re-telling this fall in the form of The Lord of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
SOE Pulls The Plug On The Matrix Online
After nearly four years in operation, the machines now greatly outnumber the players and The Matrix Online is no longer necessary. July 31st is the day the machines finally triumph. Sony Online Entertainment has held on to The Matrix Online for far longer than we ever expected they would, but as producer Dan Myers puts…
By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Saboteur’s E3 Trailer Shies Away From Nudity
For a game as unashamed about showing female nudity as Pandemic’s The Saboteur, you’d think they wouldn’t feel the need to censor naked artwork in the E3 trailer. Let’s peek behind the blur. As you watch the trailer, you’ll notice two things. First, the game is looking pretty damn fine. Second, there’s blur all over…
By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Metamorphosis of Atari
A little more than a year ago Atari snatched up Sony’s Phil Harrison and went into a hibernation of sorts, cocooning itself away from the media as it and parent company Infogrames worked to reinvent itself. Today the two companies are now a single, more streamlined publisher and developer working to strike a balance between…
By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eidos Brings A Fistful Of Action To E3
Eidos has confirmed the three major titles they’ll be bringing to E3 2009, featuring three different types of agents of dark justice – small, medium, and Batman. The recently acquired Square Enix subsidiary remains mum on the Tomb Raider and Hitman fronts leading up to the show next week, instead singling out three previously-announced action…
By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
What’s In The Aion Collector’s Edition Box?
Let’s take a look at the lovely swag NCsoft is including in the $69.99 Limited Collector’s Edition of their upcoming massively multiplayer online game Aion. The Box itself, along with a limited edition the female winged Asmodian Daeva Aiva. Along with what is pictured here, the box also includes two exclusive emotes, and exclusive title,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dante’s Inferno: Lust and Heresy
.html Dante’s Inferno is an interesting beast: A video game based on an epic poem written to attack the political foes of the author in the 14th Century. While the poem tells the story of Dante journey through hell, purgatory and heaven as an observer, the game has him get hands on with things, very…
By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Kotaku readers answered their own call of duty yesterday to use the word literally while discussing games. Good stuff, folks, even you who used “literarily” instead. New challenges will be issued post-E3. Today, open topic. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three Big Chopstick No-Nos
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: T-Minus Three Days Tomorrow I’m going to a funeral — my second in Japan. One of my wife’s distant relatives. He was old, death is natural, still sad, always sad. The first one I went to was rather intense. I expect tomorrow’s to end up emotional as well. Often I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony To Bring PlayStation Business To Break-Even Level “Quickly”
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai is on a mission. A mission to make money for Sony’s PlayStation division. “We need to quickly bring our PlayStation business on a break-even level and later to profitability,” Hirai said Thursday. Sony plans to do this through cost-cutting efforts and network service expansion. According to Hirai, Sony is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Anyone For Designer BlazBlue Shirts?
Japanese 2D fighter BlazBlue – the spiritual successor to Guilty Gear – isn’t the most likely subject for an American fashion brand collabo, sure, but a fashion brand collabo is what the game is getting. These shirts are by Triumvir, who are continuing their run of game-related lines following last year’s Street Fighter II run.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tiger Woods PC and Mac Will No Longer Come On A Disc
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online will bring golf to PC and Mac web browsers when it launches this fall, but it will also replace the disc-based versions of the game. The game will be entirely streamed to computers and require an internet connection to play. A price has not yet been announced, but Electronic Arts…
By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Sack Is The Law
Not a lot of great stuff on offer this week on the PAL PlayStation Store, though the addition of those 2000AD LittleBigPlanet characters should bring some smiles over the weekend. Aside from those, though, it’s slim pickings. There’s a couple of new games (Cellfactor: Psychokinetic Wars & Inferno Pool), the new Saints Row 2 DLC…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Just Cause 2 Goes Gaga For Grappling
Just Cause 2 looks like it’s more than merely Bionic Commando set in some banana republic. There’s jet plane surfing! The game is slated to skydive in next year. Hopefully it won’t feel as rushed as the previous title.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prison Break Star Wants To Be In BioShock Movie Real Bad
Universal have put the planned BioShock movie on hold, citing difficulties with the film’s ever-expanding budget. But don’t you dare tell dreamboat actor Wentworth Miller that! He seems to think the movie is still all stations go, posting on his Twitter account “Prison Break may be ending, but I’ve got things in the works. Hint…one…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe DS Can Do Naked Ladies Slipping On Banana Peels Rather Well
You now know that, in the right hands, the DS can draw some amazing pictures of fast cars. But did you also know that, in the right hands, it can do naked ladies as well? This clip highlights the other half of February’s Kiwi exhibition 99DS (which featured the fast cars), with this component, done…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Infogrames Is Now Atari
Atari? Strong brand name. Infogrames? Um, yeah. No wonder Infogrames want to switch its corporate identity to the company Nolan Bushnell founded and made famous. “The Board agreed to change Infogrames Entertainment’s name to Atari,” the company announced today. “This decision will enable us to make the best use of the Atari brand, capitalizing on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Atlus Announces Trauma Team For Wii
There are many specialties in medicine. Atlus knows this. Enter the latest entry in the Trauma Center series, Trauma Team. Players can play as a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician and medical examiner. The game is slated for Spring 2010, trailer at E3. Thanks, notMordecai!
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2009