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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Pre-Order Bonus Is Golden
Activision, which really needs to learn how to space out its Transformers news, is granting fans who pre-order Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen access to golden versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron. An exclusive pre-order bonus for those who put their money down at GameStop, a special code to unlock the golden versions of the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Post-Lawsuit, Old Teams Absent From Next Maddens
Hall of Famers are playable in the next Madden, but the recent PlayStation 2 inclusion of legacy teams is gone — not because of legal action but in the interest of feature parity, says EA. Last November, retired NFL players won a $28 million judgment against the NFL Players Union in a lawsuit regarding the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend, my Wii will be getting a workout as I jab my way through the rest of the World Circuit in Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! re-whatever we’re calling this game. Is it a remake? Re-imagining? That’s hardly a concern. What is a concern is how terribly I’m performing against Irish stereotype Aran Ryan. Having never really…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Unbound Saga PSP Skips UMD Release
Vogster’s comic-book inspired brawler for the PlayStation Portable will be following Patapon 2’s lead and skipping UMD entirely, releasing directly onto the PlayStation Store this July 16th. Unbound Saga, announced at the New York City Comic Con earlier this year, is a beat-em up game with comic book flair, and now one of the first…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Luna Online open beta promises dates with gamer girls
Sure, we’ve all seen screenshots of steamy cyber sessions between MMO players, but Luna Online is the only MMORPG that promises them as a game feature. gPotato’s latest next generation MMORPG has begun open beta, giving even the most socially repugnant MMORPG players a chance to find true love by courting their anime girlfriends in…
By Chrissie Lamond Published May 15, 2009 - Reviews
Plants vs Zombies Micro-Review: The Seeds Of Success
While tower defence games have seemingly been done to death, there’s still room for innovation in the genre. Like the kind that PopCap Games’ Plants vs Zombies provides. Plants vs Zombies is to tower defence what Nintendo’s Advance Wars is to turn-based strategy: a game stripped of everything but the raw tactical essentials, then pumped…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
XSEED Bringing Ragnarok Online DS Stateside
XSEED has teamed up with developer GungHo Works to bring the Nintendo DS version of popular 2D online game Ragnarok Online to North America this winter. Losing the massively multiplayer aspects of the PC version but retaining a lot of the look and feel, Ragnarok Online DS is more of a traditional action RPG. The…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Club: No Hit, But Constantly Name-Checked
Bizarre Creations third-person 2008 shooter from Sega was no blockbuster, so why does it keep coming up in conversation? I have not been able to escape The Club — a game I thought no one played. For those who are among that crowd of non-players, all you need to know is that Bizarre Creations created…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 E3 Prelude
BioWare lays out their E3 plans for Mass Effect 2 in this E3 prelude video, giving us an early look at the expansive changes coming to the next chapter in their sci-fi epic. I’d simply say that the game seems to be shaping up quite nicely, but I’m afraid I don’t possess that level of…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is Microsoft Working on an Answer to the DS, PSP, iPhone?
Team Xbox is reporting that Microsoft is in the final design stages of a new digital entertainment handheld, one that would feature Live Anywhere and blur the lines between the Xbox 360 and Zune. Reached for comment today, Microsoft reiterated that they have been saying since January that they will have new hardware and software…
By Brian Crecente Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms
Sony Online Entertainment‘s new family-friendly online game Free Realms has exploded out of the gate, with more than one million registered users within 17 days of launch. Free Realms is a free-to-play massively-multiplayer online game that combines puzzle games, pet raising, card dueling, exploration, and combat into one colorful and attractive package. So attractive that…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
E3 Twitter Rumors ‘Uninformed,’ Says Microsoft
A mystery Twitter feed is spooning out rich details about Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 press conference, from GTA info to Forza 3. Leaks? Educated guesses? Kotaku asked around. Is that next GTA episode really called Blood And a Four-Leaf Clover? Is Metal Gear Solid + Oxide about the be unveiled at the Microsoft E3 press…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Punch-Out Balance Board Controls Work Like This
We knew Punch-Out Wii supports the Wii Fit Balance Board, but until opening the game’s instruction manual today, we didn’t know how. Note that the board can only be used in the game’s single-player mode. A case of Nintendo fearing the prospect of two people boxing on boards side-by-side? Perhaps not. A year ago, a…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bionic Commando Launch Trailer Does Its Job Well
The launch trailer for Capcom’s Bionic Commando does an amazing job of making me forget anything negative I’ve said about the game in the past. I’ve had issues with the controls in the past, and the multiplayer demo wasn’t exactly thrilling, but put together a swinging montage set to some powerful music and I’m suddenly…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Sims 3 iPhone Speaks To The Trees
Talking to tall fir trees is just one of the many exciting activities planned for the iPhone version of The Sims 3. Judging by the latest set of screenshots for the smaller, touch-enable version of the latest installment of The Sims, you can also barge into people’s houses and kick over trash cans. That certainly…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cooking Mama Dishes Dirt On Science Papa
Yesterday we pinged Majesco for a comment on Activision’s newly announced Science Papa title for the Wii and DS, only to have Cooking Mama herself reveal her sordid past with the science geek. We were a bit taken aback by Activision’s choice of names for their new mini-game compilation, but Mama isn’t surprised. After all,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Twitters Next Grand Theft Auto IV DLC
Rockstar Games uses the power of Twitter to tease the gaming public about upcoming details on the next batch of downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV. I’m not sure if Twitter is a gift, or a curse. On one hand, it lets us share our personal thoughts with millions of people who probably couldn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fox And LaBeouf Return For Transformers Game Sequel
Activision has confirmed that the all-star cast of the original Transformers Movie game and Shia LaBeouf will be once again lending their voices to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The cast from the original game makes the transition to the sequel intact, which means that the original voice of Megatron, Frank Welker, will again be…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
On a Friday like today you are so close to spending the entire weekend shut indoors playing games. Close your eyes and imagine that. Then open them and start some gaming conversations below. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2009