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  Expect Lots More Spaces For Home

  The “spaces” that come with Home are…well, they’re fairly basic. The service’s real potential lies in spaces that can do more, like the Warhawk Command Centre. Thankfully, lots more new spaces are on their way. Sony’s US director of PlayStation Home, Jack Buser, says “you’ll see about three new spaces launched a month – I’ll…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Empire: Total War Patch Hits Steam

  Turned-based strategy computer game Empire: Total War has been beleaguered with issues since launch. There have been crashes to the desktop, or corruptions in your game that stop campaign progression. Loads of users on Valve’s content delivery system Steam have been having problems with the game, and Valve has been reticent on the issues. Until…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  There Will Be More Halo 3 Content From Bungie

  Last month, Bungie said a teary farewell to Halo 3. Or so we thought. Instead, it was just a teary…something else, because Bungie have no intentions of leaving the best-selling game behind. Speaking with IGN at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Bungie’s Allen Murray has said “Halo 3 took two and a half…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Hideo Kojima’s Keynote? Not A Game Announcement

  Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is giving a GDC keynote. According to the rumors, he’s announcing a new game. According to Kojima, he’s not. “I’m not going to be talking about new titles or anything,” he told website 1Up. “I’ll leave that for sometime later.” Though, Kojima said he would try to keep his…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  The Best Board Game Trash Talker Wins A Sofa And Xbox 360

  Contest time! We’re giving away a game couch and an Xbox 360. Want to win? Better start trashing talking. For the next 24 hours, the comments section in this post will be a trash talking smorgasbord. But not any trash talking smorgasboard, a board game trash talking smorgasboard. Woot. We’ll pick the ten best trash…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  New CryENGINE 3 Trailer, Screens

  We got a quick look at Crytek’s new engine the other day, but it was small, and it was grainy. Didn’t really do the thing justice. So today, we’ll take another look. This extended clip makes the whole thing look a lot like Crytek’s last engine (the one Crysis ran on), doesn’t it? That’s because,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Konami Boob Shooter DLC Short On Boobs

  Otomedius Gorgeous!, Konami’s cleavage-heavy entry in the Gradius spin-off series, gets something off its chest with new downloadable content. The Xbox 360 port of the arcade original features three-player coop, the ability to upload and download replay data via Xbox LIVE, and a versus mode that lets the Otomedius girls take on bosses from previous…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  Fat Princess Will Have Its Cake And Eat It Too

  Look, we love Uncharted. And we’re all looking forward to Uncharted 2. But damned if this isn’t the best-looking PS3 game of 2009, if not graphically, then in terms of looking fun.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Microsoft To Reach One Million Xbox 360s Sold In Japan (Soon)

  The Xbox 360 went on sale in Japan in December 2005. The console was met by a largely indifferent Japanese game buying public. But, bit-by-bit and RPG-by-RPG, the console has started doing decent enough. According to online reports, the consoles current sales total in Japan is hovering dangerously close to the one million mark. During…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2 Dated For Nov. 10 In First Trailer

  Activision and Infinity Ward capped off tonight’s Game Developers Conference Awards with the first trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Tim Schafer described it as the complete opposite of baby pictures. The trailer starts with the Infinity Ward logo, with background noise on a green waveform turning into a series of human shaped…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009
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  Is There A New Mother (Earthbound) On The Horizon?

  Roid is a “non-console” from developer Level 5, but rather, a web portal used by the dev to sell PC and mobile games. The new issue of Famitsu hints at what to expect. According to the article, “A surprise, big title is also slated to appear.” Below that is a picture of classic Japanese role-playing-game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2009
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  Sony Want More Downloadable PSP Games On The PSN

  The biggest problem with the PSP isn’t the handheld’s lack of quality games. It’s the handheld’s current reliance on making you buy, and use, those awful UMDs. But later this year, that will change. Sony’s John Koller says that, by the end of the year, Sony will be making a lot more PSP games available…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2009
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  Game Developers Choice Awards Super Liveblog Of Waiting For Tim Schafer Jokes

  The Game Developers Choice Awards are about to kick off, with Megan Scavio and Simon Carless warming up the crowd for a night full of Tim Schafer jokes. Should be a smashing time. While neither is as funny as Tim Schafer, we appreciate all their hard work in making GDC and the GDC Awards show…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009
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  Bionic Commando Gets Firm US Release Date

  The final Japanese release date for Bionic Commando was announced earlier. Now, the US one comes swinging in. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will ship to North American retailers on May 19. The PC version doesn’t have an announced release date yet, but will ship shortly thereafter. The game was originally expected to be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2009
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  IGF Awards Semi-liveblog Challenge

  The Independent Games Festival is underway, giving the indie game developers of the world a chance to accept awards in t-shirts, possibly recently washed. Let’s list the winners! Since I’m doing it on an iPhone, it should be interesting. The Digipen students walk away with first kudos for Tag: the Power of Paint. Possibly the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009
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  Guitar Hero’s World Tour Plays Final Show for PC, Mac Fans

  It’s company policy at Activision to exploit franchises. And you can’t very well exploit Guitar Hero: World Tour if it’s not on PC, can you? So Activision are bringing the game to PC (and Mac!). Aspyr (who brought Guitar Hero III to the PC/Mac) will be handling the port, which will feature all the on-disc…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2009
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  Little King’s Story Screens From The Heart

  Here’s a lovely batch of screens from Little King’s Story for the Nintendo Wii, which could be the prettiest strategy title ever created. Little King’s Story, formerly known as Project O, isn’t a game that I’ve paid much attention to up until now, which is strange, considering it’s exactly the sort of quirky strategy title…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 25, 2009
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  Hands On With iPhone’s Star Defense

  I was able to spend a few minutes earlier today with Ngmoco’s upcoming tower defense game, Star Defense and was pleasantly surprised with the iPhone game’s potential. Star Defense is a classic tower defense game set on a series of planets. Instead of defending your base from a line of encroaching enemies from a top-down…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 25, 2009
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  Come Touch Hideo Kojima At San Francisco’s Apple Store

  The man behind Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders is making a more public appearance at GDC this week, giving San Fraciscoans the chance to meet Hideo Kojima in person. Kojima will be following up his GDC keynote on Thursday with an appearance at the San Francisco Apple Store on Friday for “a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009
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  Nintendo’s GDC Keynote Round Up: Link’s On A Train

  Here’s a round up of all the stories that sprung forth from Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s keynote speech today, which brought us a Wii storage solution and an all new Legend of Zelda adventure. Of course if you joined Kotaku’s liveblog party, you already know all of this. Things kicked off with an early reveal…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 25, 2009