Today, Guitar Hero, You Have The Touch (And The Power)

With Fahey’s life-long crusade nearing its rapturous conclusion, Activision have announced that Stan Bush‘s "The Touch" will be available as a free download for Guitar Hero: World Tour on May 28. That’s today! While I’d have preferred Lion’s rendition of the 1986 film’s theme, or even NRG’s Instruments of Destruction, I know not to look…

Castlevania Movie Has Been Slayed

Even Simon Belmont cannot save the Castlevania movie from development hell, it seems. Sources tell website Bloody-Disgusting.com that the movie has had a stake driven through its heart. The movie, apparently, is dead. Hollywood got the big screen game rights back in 2005 with Resident Evil helmer Paul W.S. Anderson attached to write and direct.…

Robots We Love: Chrono Trigger’s Robo

Chrono Trigger is a great game with a great robot. Yes, that’s right, Robo! Knocked out of commission in 1999 and brought back to life in 2300, the existentialist ‘bot faces some tough moral choices in the game — way before moral choices were in vogue. And if that wasn’t enough, Robo will Rick Roll…

DS Sets Australian Sales Record

It’s not just Japan, North America and Europe that are bonkers for the Nintendo DS. Australia is too, with the local Nintendo outpost announcing today that the console has sold two million units since launch. In doing so, it became the fastest console in the country to ever reach the mark. That figure includes combined…

Xbox 360 Bar Girl Game Features Touching, Too!

Singing, drinking, talking, dancing, cosplay and panty flashing. Xbox 360 hostess game Dream C Club is missing something — touching? No, it has that, too. The latest issue of Famitsu announces that Dream C Club girl touching is possible during the game’s date situations. Touching is possible (you can pick the location, too), but it…

The Agency Returns With A CG Trailer

Been a while since we heard anything about Sony’s upcoming PS3 & PC MMO “The Agency“. But with E3 rapping at our chamber door, Sony have released a new CG trailer. The “not actual gameplay footage” disclaimer is genuinely appreciated! The lack of any genuine charm or humour in those characters, however, is less so.…

Watch Christian Bale In Pac-Man Cereal Ad

This is it, here it is, Christian Bale’s acting debut: Appearing in a 1983 Pac-Man cereal commercial at the age of 8. It’s shocking. Thanks, ~SinfulKnight~!

LittleBigPlanet Goes Mad For Judge Dredd, 2000AD

Now this, Media Molecule, this is more like it. Taking a break from promoting national holidays and PS3 games with their LittleBigPlanet content, MM will soon be releasing Sackboys based on 2000AD comics. This was teased over the weekend with a Judge Dredd movie poster, but in the intervening days images of several other characters…

No More Heroes 2 Brings Double The Beam Katana Action

More No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle info. The game got an oh-so-brief teaser announce at last year’s Tokyo Game Show. This week’s Famitsu adds a few more details. The game once again stars beam katana assassin Travis Touchdown and Japanese Ukrainian co-hort Sylvia Christel. There’s a new character — a hip-hop killer named Nathan…

How Killzone 2’s Patch Can Change Your Controls

While Killzone 2 made most PS3 owners happy, it couldn’t please everyone. Some people, for example, hated the game’s sluggish, “heavy” controls. Never mind the fact these were mostly fixed by adjusting the controller sensitivity in the game’s options menu. That was too hard for some people. So developers Guerilla Games are about to release…

Have Evangelion’s Misato Read You The News

The PS3 isn’t getting a Neon Genesis Evangelion game from Namco Bandai and Cellius just yet — but rather, a live news program. Make that, a live news anchored program by character Misato. The news program runs on software that collects news from real-life news (politics, the economy, sports and, yes, the anime industry). A…

Army of Two: The 40th Day Preview: Total Fistbump Destruction

We got a chance to go hands-on with EA Montreal‘s follow up to the original Army of Two a few weeks prior to E3, a chance to strap on the Kevlar vest again. The two private military contractors players controlled in the first are back in Army of Two: The 40th Day, a game that…

What’s the game that got rave reviews and everyone apparently loved that you just couldn’t get into? For me it would be Braid or GTAIV.

40K: Space Marine Finally, Officially Announced [Update]

After job advertisements and some exquisite leaked footage prematurely lifted the lid on the game last year, THQ have just officially announced Space Marine, a Warhammer 40K “Action RPG”. A few things to note: while the original material suggested that “THQ Australia” were working on the game, the official announcement says that Dawn of War…

Ubisoft’s Killing Day Still Alive?

One of the titles that appeared in Sony’s first PlayStation 3 “sizzle” trailer at E3 2005 was a first-person shooter named Killing Day. Heavy on destruction, light on details, Killing Day soon disappeared. Until now. Based on a newly filed trademark from Ubisoft, the game may not be dead after all, as someone at the…

EA’s E3 2009 Lineup Is Huge

Electronic Arts has announced its “final” E3 2009 lineup, a list of games it plans to showcase at next week’s video game expo. EA’s list is expansive, making the more profitable competition’s showing look minuscule. Some of the titles, like EA Sports Active and The Sims 3 aren’t exactly new, nor are they necessarily worth…

Raving Rabbids Leave Obama Pantsless In New Trailer

The newest trailer for Ubisoft’s Rayman-free Wii exclusive Rabbids Go Home features a brief cameo by what appears to be President Barack Obama and Barack Obama’s man panties. Oh, it’s zany alright. The newest trailer for Rabbids Go Home explains what the upcoming Wii game is all about: collecting anything and everything the bucktoothed rabbit…

Rumor: Mass Layoffs Hit Bionic Commando Developer GRIN

Sweden-based developer GRIN is said to be the latest game studio hit by cutbacks, as multiple sources have told Kotaku that the Bionic Commando and Terminator: Salvation dev has laid off more than 100 staffers. GRIN, which has development offices in Sweden, Spain and Indonesia, is rumored to be in the process of shuttering its…

Robots, Toys and E3

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: XXXXX XXXX I spent today up to my eyeballs, figuratively, in robots, automatons and E3 shhhhhhheduling. I think I’ve finally locked everyone down for our coverage, so now we know who is covering what, etc. etc. That certainly helps. We’ve got a pretty strong line-up of interviews, hands-ons and whatnots.…

Before E3 Corrupts Us, Games For Change Festival Kicks Off

Games that are frivolous and possibly useless to society will be showcased next week at E3, but this week, in New York, games designed for the good of the world get the spotlight. The sixth-annual, two-day Games For Change festival kicks off in New York City tomorrow at Parsons The New School for Design kicks…