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  Nintendo Teases Pikmin Wii With a Plant

  Nintendo sent a message plant to Kotaku Tower today along with a postcard from Pikmin’s Captain Olimar to tease the upcoming North American Release of New Play Control! Pikmin. The plant will, in a week or so, unfurl to reveal a single word. Probably Pikmin!

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Weekly Wii Update: The Commodore 64 Returns

  It’s a banner day for fans of old computer games, as Nintendo introduces three classic Commodore 64 titles to a new generation of North American gamers. Yes, the clues in last week’s Wii Update led us to one inevitable conclusion: Commodore 64 games were coming to North America. We just didn’t realize it would be…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  PSP Go!Messenger No Longer Going Come April

  After only a year in service, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is pulling the plug on its Go!Messenger service, which brought video and voice chat to PSP owners throughout Europe. The Go!Messenger service was a joint effort between SCEE and wireless network operator BT to bring instant messaging, voice calls, and video conferencing to the PSP…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Parent Group Issues Warning For The Lost and Damned

  Unlike some other, over-the-top parenting groups, Common Sense Media takes a more, well, common sense approach to its look at the multimedia children are exposed to. Recently, the group warned parents off of Grand Theft Auto IV’s The Lost and Damned, pointing out that the game is laden with mature content and should be “kept…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Atlus Online Does Steampunk With Neo Steam

  Atlus Online has revealed the first game to be offered on the new online community, JoyImpact’s massively multiplayer online steampunk game Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent. Announced earlier this month, Atlus Online is a community portal for fans of Atlus games and anime, which will feature a wide variety of online games for the community…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Funcom Loses Big, Chief Financial Officer Bails

  The Age of Conan has been rather rough on Funcom, whose fourth quarter financials reveal an operating loss of $23.3 million, possibly prompting the departure of chief financial officer Olav Sandnes. Funcom’s latest massively multiplayer online game Age of Conan is to blame for the company’s huge deficit, with $22.8 million depreciating in the face…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Watch a Unicorn Review Street Fighter IV

  New York-based comedy improv group Action Pals sat down in GameDaily’s offices to produce this dead-on review of Street Fighter IV. The group take to task Capcom for their Mexican stereotypes, hamburger-chested women, and call out little know Street Fighter spin-off, Street Fighter for Girls. Did I mention that one of the reviewers is a…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Riddick Assaults Dark Athena In April

  The next chapter in the Riddick saga is ready to unfold, as Atari announces an April release for Assault on Dark Athena, with playable demos hitting the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next month. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena features an all-new story for actor Vin Diesel’s bad ass antihero Riddick, who…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  ICO Creator Speaks At Game Developers Conference

  With ICO and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda speaking at this year’s Games Developers Conference, could the show play host to the reveal of his next game? Fumito Ueda will be on hand at the 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month to speak on a panel on evolving game design,…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Lost Planet 2: The Trailer

  Earlier today, Capcom officially announced that it is working on a sequel to Lost Planet, one that will feature jungles and be produced by Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi. We’re still awaiting the press release, which may or may not have more details, but until then why don’t you check out the trailer, which…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Did You Watch The Oscars?

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Yay for syndication deal! Good work on that. Well… what did you think of the Academy Award winners? Agree? Disagree? Don’t care?! (Living in Japan, I haven’t seen most of these movies yet — a lot of them haven’t been released yet.) What you missed last night The Pressure of Killzone…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009
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  Liveblogging the Liveblog

  Check out this fancy liveblog of our new liveblog.

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  New King Of Fighters Videos Are Something Else

  Japan’s big arcade gaming expo, AOU, went down last Friday & Saturday. Lots of cool stuff was shown off, but few games – if any – look as damn good as King of Fighters XII. Yeah, we’ve seen it before, and it’s looked great before, but AOU is really the first time we’ve been able…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009
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  How Big Are The PCs Valve Program On?

  Over the weekend, Valve released an unexpectedly fascinating piece of information: the specs of the machines sitting on desks across Valve HQ, which are used for development of both games and the Steam platform. According to a news post over on Steam, Valve change the spcs of their development units every 18 months or so.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009
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  LittleBigPrinceOfPersia

  Had your fill of custom, hand-knitted sackboys? We’re coming close, but we’re not there just yet. So there’s still a little admiration left in the tank for this cute little Prince of Persia. You’ll remember Maggie Wang from that last batch, and she’s also the lady responsible for this Prince here, who’s notable not just…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009
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  Lost Planet 2 Announced, Features Jungles

  Last Friday, Capcom announced it would be unveiling a new game over Xbox LIVE on Monday. Well, today’s Monday, and that game is Lost Planet 2. This is not the first time we’ve recently heard of Lost Planet 2. We broke first the news last month that Dead Rising and Lost Planet developer Keiji Inafune…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009
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  2009’s Cosplaying Arcade Game Booth Companions

  This weekend wrapped up arcade show AOU 2009 in Chiba, Japan. The event was held at the Makuhari Messe, home of the Tokyo Game Show. Besides arcade games, the event featured cosplaying booth companions. Bonus points for those who can spot retro gaming idol Haruna Anno and gravure idol Shiori Kawana! AOU2009でゲームキャラのコスプレで登場していたコンパニオンさんたち [GIGAZINE]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009
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  Next PSP To Feature Sliding Screen?

  Oh that’s right. More new PSP rumours. We’ve had a few surface lately, but this latest one is awfully specific, involving the machine’s actual design, as well as its insides. The last rumour came courtesy of IGN, who said the next version of Sony’s handheld console would feature “a multi-touch screen, Bluetooth support, integrated GPS…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009
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  The Pressure of Killzone 2

  Ever since the now infamous E3 2005 Killzone 2 trailer, the developers at Guerrilla Games have been under the gun to deliver something spectacular. This week, the long waited four-years-in-the-making game hits store shelves. Legions of PS3 owners are very much excited to get the game. The hopes and dreams of many are pinned on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009
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  Uwe Boll Wins Big At Weekend Movie Awards

  The Oscars? Hah! Anyone can win an Oscar. And the show itself, gah, it’s so boring. The Razzies, though, a night honouring the worst in Hollywood, well, now we’re talking. The 29th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards were held over the weekend, and as expected, Mike Myers and his cinematic abominaton The Love Guru won big.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009