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Velvet Assassin Review: Lie Back And Think Of England
Velvet Assassin is a stealth action game that’s loosely based on the real-life World War II Allied secret agent, Violette Szabo, who was captured and later executed by the Nazis. That’s not a spoiler, though, because the game has only two things in common with Szabo’s life: the setting and the first name of the…
By AJ Glasser Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Atari Nixes Official E3 Presence
The new, bigger E3 is a little smaller today, as Atari has confirmed that it is no longer exhibiting at the show. Ghostbusters publisher Atari was scheduled to show games to attendees of this year’s E3 at the LA Convention Center’s Booth 501 and Meeting Room 304ABC, from June 2 to June 4. Whoever will…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
30 Rock Offers Parenting Tips From The Sims
30 Rock is a fantastic television show. But 30 Rock‘s Liz Lemon is a developmentally stunted mess of a person, in some respects. Take, for example, her knowledge of child-rearing, as learned from The Sims. The Maxis/Electronic Arts life simulation was name-checked on the most recent episode of the NBC comedy, one of the better…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameStop Teeming With Overlord Minion Figures
GameStop is being overrun by multi-colored Overlord minions, so the retailer is giving them away to folks who pre-order any of the three Overlord titles due out next month. Fans that put $5 down on Overlord II for the Xbox 360, PlayStation3, and PC, Overlord Minions for the Nintendo DS or Overlord: Dark Legend for…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom’s Next Wii Original Learning From Mistake Of Last One
As promising as Capcom’s upcoming Wii game Spyborgs is, it runs the risk of suffering the fate of the company’s last Wii original. But Capcom thinks it figured out what went wrong last time. Spyborgs, the impressively-rendered co-op brawler created by Bionic Games for the Wii, gives a good first impression. It looks better than…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hasbro Family Game Night 2: Game Harder
EA is delivering a second round of Hasbro board and puzzle game goodness to the Nintendo Wii this fall with Hasbro Family Game Night 2. Building on the success of their first game night outing, Hasbro and EA are bringing five new old games to the Wii in Family Game Night 2. Headlining or perhaps…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spore Hero Emerges From The Murky Depths
EA has dropped a new trailer, new screens, and new information on the Spore universe’s expansion onto Nintendo systems, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena. Rather than allow us to play music on a plastic facsimile of a Spore creature as I had hoped, both Spore Hero for the Nintendo Wii and Spore Hero Arena…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Win A Fable II 360 Signed By Peter Molyneux
The See the Future downloadable content for Fable II is now available for purchase, and Lionhead is celebrating by giving away a unique Fable II Xbox 360 signed by the man himself, Peter Molyneux. Lionhead’s own Sam Van Tilburgh directed us to the contest, which can be entered by anyone with a free Lionhead website…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
I Can Totally See You
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By Brian Crecente Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zen Pinball Launching With Free PSN Demo
Zen’s PlayStation Network pinball title is getting a try before you buy option, with a playable demo of Zen Pinball available alongside the full game this Thursday. The demo version of Zen Pinball comes complete with Eldorado, one of the four pinball tables launching with the full version of the game. The board is heavy…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Target Brings Delicious Snacks To E3
Retailer Target continues to punctuate their dedication to the video game market by delivering delicious snacks to the attendees of E3 2009 via the Target Bullseye Lounge. Over the past year, Target has instituted a new pre-order program and negotiated several exclusive video game premiums, including an entire mountain in Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboarding. Now…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Celebrates A Year Of WiiWare
Nintendo celebrates the first year of WiiWare titles, highlighting some of the platforms big releases while looking forward to even greater games to come. Nintendo says that WiiWare removes the economic barriers from console game development, and the past year in WiiWare releases certainly holds true to their claim. Of the 81 WiiWare titles currently…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kung Fu Hustle Preview: Do The Hustle
Based on Stephen Chow’s over-the-top martial arts movie Kung Fu Hustle, this free massively multiplayer game hopes to make its money through micro-transactions and its name through casual side-scrolling fights. What Is It? Kung Fu Hustle is based on Stephen Chow’s movie of the same name. In the game you play as a computer nerd…
By Brian Crecente Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Goes Country At Retail
Rock Band gets a little bit more country this July, as Harmonix, MTV, and EA announce the standalone Rock Band Country Track Pack for the Xbox 360, PlayStations 2 & 3, and Nintendo Wii. We’ll make this short and sweet so you guys can get busy commenting on how it’s called Rock Band and not…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age: Origins Preview: Violence, Lust and Betrayal
Dragon Age: Origins isn’t just a role-playing game, it’s a world of violence, lust and betrayal. Or so says BioWare lead designer Mike Laidlaw who walked us through the game last week at Electronic Arts. Does spicing up an RPG with a trifecta of sins give the game enough to separate it from all of…
By Brian Crecente Published May 12, 2009 -
UncategorizedBlizzCon Exclusive WoW Pet Is A Space Marine, Sort Of
Meet Grunty the Murloc Marine, the StarCraft-flavored exclusive World of Warcraft pet that should be available for ridiculous amounts of money on eBay following this year’s BlizzCon. He’s cute. He’s cuddly. He’s got a gauss rifle. Grunty the Murloc Marine is the premium pet for this year’s BlizzCon event, available to those who attend the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
We’re launching an experimental new feature here, a post where readers can discuss anything about video games. We don’t have forums; this is the next best thing. Keep it on gaming in the comments below. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
I Think I’m Afraid of Heights
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Book It Yep! Earlier this afternoon, I tried to install a ceiling fan. And since the ceiling fan is on the ceiling, I had to use a step ladder. I got to the second step and pretty much froze up. Step ladders are scary! (Oh, and congrats to Mrs. Crecente.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
How To Use Your Universal Remote With Your PS3
Universal remote controls use infra-red. The PS3 communicates via Bluetooth. Which, up til now, has meant the console wouldn’t work with universal remotes. But no longer! Yes, the mysterious PS3 IR adapter from Logitech (which we’ve covered previously) is now out in the wild, and any and all questions you may have about the device…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
inFamous, Ratchet & Clank Get PS3 Bundles [Update]
A Spanish website has thrown up pictures of what look like two new PS3 bundles, one for inFamous, one for Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty. Both would be European offers, due to retail for €399, with the R&C bundle packing an extra controller to compensate for the game’s budget price. As predictable and plausible…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2009