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How’s Killzone 2 Selling These Days?
April wasn’t the best month for the U.S. video game industry, reflecting a drop in spending on things that weren’t a Nintendo DSi or price reduced PlayStation 2. But how’s Killzone 2 selling these days? According to Gamasutra’s monthly deeper dive into NPD Group sales figures, the answer is 58,000 copies last month. Good? Bad?…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Busted
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Have You Done In The Last Six Months With Your Life? I had a pretty funny Tristan anecdote to write up for you today, but Tristan caught me in the act, so no, I won’t be writing it. He’s standing right next to me as I write this… making…
By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Punch-Out!! Gets One-Of-A-Kind Slam Man Control
The Wii version of Punch-Out!! does a decent enough implementation of shadow boxing controls, thanks to the Wii Remote and Nunchuk option. But what about when you really, really want to punch something? Enter the Punch-Out!! compatible Slam Man, the boxing dummy designed for a workout that’s been modified in the DIY way to work…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Darksiders Preview: The War of God
I first saw Darksiders a year ago in the events leading up to E3 2008. At the time the game didn’t impress me. Darksiders: Wrath of War seemed an amalgam of action titles painted with such broad strokes that it rendered the game undeniably generic. But what I saw this year of the game, renamed…
By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
How Badly Do You Want The King of Fighters XII Japanese Box Art?
The King of Fighters XII fans, your demands for the Japanese version of the game’s box art have not fallen on deaf ears at U.S. publisher Ignition Entertainment. You could still get it. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions are due to ship stateside in less than two months, but Ignition hasn’t firmly decided…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zeno Clash 2 To Be Even Zeno Clashier Than The Original
ACE Team‘s original beautiful and bizarre first-person brawler Zeno Clash has been out for just shy of a month, but the Chilean developer is already hard at work on a sequel. According to the official ACE Team blog, consider Zeno Clash 2 officially official, with the second entry currently in the planning stages. ACE Team…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s E3 Promises, One Year Later
Nintendo promised to keep the world smiling at last year’s E3. The company made a few other predictions too, emphasis on “a few”… What good is E3 hype if none of it comes true? To get you ready for this E3, we’ve subjected ourselves to re-living the major press conferences of last year’s big show.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Meet The Spy’s New Hand Cannon
Say hello to the Ambassador, the newest addition to the Team Fortress 2 Spy class’ arsenal. What’s unique about this new, unlockable pistol? It’s big. The Spy’s third and final addition to his back of tricks “has the ammo count of a revolver and the pinpoint accuracy of a sniper rifle, even at long range”…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hi-Rez Studios Bringing Global Agenda To E3
Hi-Rez Studios is heading to E3 2009, yanking their action-oriented massively multiplayer game Global Agenda away from alpha testers long enough to give the convention going public a little taste. E3 2009 will mark the first major public showing of the game, which has until now been shown off at the odd public charity event…
By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scribblenauts Stumpability Update
The claim behind fall DS puzzle-action title Scribblenauts is that the game will render any kid-safe concrete noun that a player types into it. Today, we got our second crack at stumping it. When last Kotaku tried Scribblenauts, it was editor-in-chief Brian Crecente trying to stump the game. But with each word he typed into…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009 - Reviews
Punch-Out!! Review: Call It A Comeback
Nintendo revitalizes Punch-Out!! after a 15-year-long break with the Wii re-imagining of the NES original. Little Mac and Doc Louis return, as does the original Punch-Out!! cast, for a decidedly old-school, but carefully updated homage. Punch-Out!! for the Wii pits Bronx-born pugilistic protagonist Little Mac and his trainer Doc Louis against a bizarre cast of…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears of War Comic Preview: Tai’s Story
Heavily-tattooed Cog soldier Tai Kaliso had a rough time in Gears of War 2. We’ve got a preview of the new comic, in stores tomorrow, that will reveal his back-story. Courtesy of DC Comics and Wildstorm, here are the first seven pages of Gears of War #7. Written by Joshua Ortega and illustrated by Simon…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
Last chance to enter the City of Heroes®: Architect Edition contest!
Just answer this ridiculously simple question: What is the name of the metropolis in City of Heroes? Email your answer to [email protected] along with your name, address and phone number by midnight EST. One entry with the correct response will be picked at random to win a copy. Standard contest rules apply.
By Chrissie Lamond Published May 19, 2009 - Uncategorized
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