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What Went Wrong With Demigod
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell exhaustively details the whys and hows behind Demigod’s crippling networking issues in a blog post aptly titled “Demigod: So what the hell happened?” The early release and subsequent rampant piracy of Gas Powered Games‘ action real-time strategy title were just the beginning of the networking problems that Demigod has been plagued…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Who’s Hand Modeling For Boom Blox Bash Party?
Oscar winning filmmaker and budding game designer Steven Spielberg is! The idea man behind Boom Blox and the newly released sequel Boom Blox Bash Party shows what a lifetime of directing does to one’s extremities. Normally a job reserved for Japanese idols, voice actors and bikini models, EA has tapped Mr. Spielberg to hold aloft…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
When Robot Chicken And Spore Collide
Witness the Robot Chicken creative team using the Spore Galactic Adventures editor to create their own fanciful tales of poo-flinging. Hot on the heels of this morning’s announcement that the Robot Chicken team was providing downloadable adventures for Spore’s Galactic Adventure’s expansion comes this video, proving the fact. It features one hell of a Spore…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Raven Squad Blends RTS and FPS
This batch of new screens shows off SouthPeak and Evolved’s upcoming tactical action game, Raven Squad. Raven Squad hopes to blend the first-person shooter experience with the command and overview elements of a real-time strategy game in battles that take place in the jungles of the Amazon. The game will let players switch between the…
By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears Of War Movie Maker Getting Into Game-Making Game
Legendary Pictures, the studio responsible for The Dark Knight, 300 and Watchmen, is getting into the video game production business, with a new internal digital development arm headed by former Electronic Arts exec Kathy Vrabeck. The production company has plans to development games and other interactive entertainment based on the films it backs, according to…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is your job cool enough to win you a brand new computer??
Submit photos of the crazy grind that is your job to [email protected]. Show us that you’ve got the wackiest, most unique job out there and we’ll send YOU a brand new Dell XPS M1730 ( pictured below ), with a retail value of $1400! Standard contest rules apply. Standard contest rules apply. Brought to you…
By Chrissie Lamond Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
These Are Your Kotaku Trip To E3 Finalists
This morning we picked through the thousand or so entries for our win a trip to E3 contest. Using Random.org, we selected a dozen finalists out of those who answered our questions correctly. The finalists, listed below, will have to turn in a story to us for final judging so we can determine which of…
By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Drum King Is Now Rolling Stone: Drum King
The fact that all of Drum King’s musical selections are covers now makes sense, as 505 Games teams with the world’s foremost music magazine, transforming the title into Rolling Stone: Drum King. Rolling Stone is famous for its covers, and perhaps Rolling Stone Drum King will be as well. Developed by Arc System Works and…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5 Producer Meets His Chief Critic
Reporter N’Gai Croal sparked a debate when he commented a year ago about his gut reactions to the racial dynamics of the first Resident Evil 5 trailer. Recently, he and the game’s producer met. Ex-Newsweek reporter Croal wrote about his meeting with RE5 producer Jun Takeuchi in the June 2009 issue of Edge. The column…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
APB Putting In Appearance At E3
Crackdown developers Realtime Worlds aren’t keen to miss another chance to show off their upcoming massively multiplayer online crime fest, announcing that APB will definitely be making this year’s E3 Expo. While the timing just wasn’t right last year, this year Realtime Worlds seems to be on point, announcing their E3 2009 presence via the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Tries To Teach Us Monster Hunting
Capcom has released the first in a series of video tutorials for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PlayStation Portable, in which a man with far too thick an accent discusses porcupines. At least I think he said porcupines. The narrator, assumedly one of the four expert monster hunters from Capcom’s Encyclopedia Gigantica website, explains…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft Equipment Manager Patched In
The introduction of the long-awaited Equipment Manager feature in today’s patch 3.1.2 makes playing World of Warcraft even easier, if that’s possible. Originally scheduled to be released alongside patch 3.1’s dual talent specs, the Equipment Manager is one of those features that World of Warcraft players have using add-ons to take care of for years.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Multiplayer Preview: All The Pretty Horses
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood builds upon the multiplayer mode from the original Call of Juarez by adding a lot more character classes. The new classes are trapper, gunsmith, spy, officer, duelist, veteran, scout, native and hombre. The spy, officer, duelist and veteran are all locked initially, but the four original classes – gunslinger,…
By AJ Glasser Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Next Tomb Raider Film Features Younger Lara Croft
It looks like Angelina Jolie’s time as Lara Croft could be at an end, with the next Tomb Raider movie being an origin story featuring a much younger Lara Croft. Speaking in an interview with About.com during the premier of Terminator Salvation, producer Dan Lim explains that the new Lara Croft film will be an…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zoë Mode Expands Into San Fran
That enigmatic blonde girl from Brighton sets her eyes on the states, with independent music and party game developer Zoë Mode launches a San Francisco studio next month. Zoë Mode, the Kuju Entertainment subsidiary perhaps best known for Sony’s SingStar series, is making the move to San Francisco next month with the June 1st launch…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii MotionPlus Ads Slice Up Bamboo Slowly
The Japanese Wii MotionPlus television advertising campaign show how the add-on can replica small movements in ping pong, golf, frisbee and SWORD SLICING. The adverts were filmed with a “super slow camera” and part of the clip explains how it works. Slowly.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Explore Strategic Options In Halo Wars Today
Players looking to add a little more meat to their Halo Wars experience need look no further than Xbox Live Marketplace, where the Strategic options downloadable content is now available for purchase. Announced last month, the Strategic Options pack introduces three new single and multiplayer skirmish game types to help players play out the war…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fallout 3 DLC Announced For Playstation 3 and Two New DLC For All
The wait is finally over for Playstation 3 owners, this morning Bethesda announced that downloadable content will be coming to the PS3 version of Fallout 3. They also revealed two new DLC packs for all. Operation: Anchorage will hit the PS3 in late June, followed by the release of The Pitt and Broken Steel four…
By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009