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ECA Membership Delivers Amazon Discounts — UPDATED
What’s in it for you if you join the Entertainment Consumer Association? Well, now the $20 membership gives you 10 percent off games on Amazon. UPDATE: From a forum admin at the ECA, it seems the discount codes they’re handing out now are one-time use only. The ECA describes this as a glitch – “the…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedAlfie Patten, You Are … Not the Father!
Remember Alfie Patten? The Saints’ Row II-playing toerag whom the British tabs said became a father at age 13? Well, everyone can stop worrying about little bastards who father little bastards. He ain’t the daddy. A DNA test cleared Alfie of fatherly responsibility, but rather than celebrating his freedom by spending the diaper money on…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekend Coupons: Gamecube? Really?
Everyone form a nice orderly line because – are you sitting down? – Gamestop is offering 20 percent off. Games. Gamecube games. Used Gamecube games. The offer expires April 2. Of this year even! Other deals for frugal gamers out there: • Beginning tomorrow and lasting through April 4 (next Saturday), Sam’s Club is offering…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Midway’s Wheelman Devs Getting Right Back to Work
Midway’s European operations are not part of its chapter 11 reorganization, which means the devs there, having finished up on Wheelman, are looking ahead to other things. Like an open-world game expanding on Wheelman’s technology. In an interview with Play.tm, Simon Woodroffe of Midway Newcastle said his team is pressing on under the assumption that…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bad Company 2 Debut Trailer: The Circle of Death
Light up with Bad Company, and see all the personal and impersonal ways you can meet your maker on the battlefield. Warning: Smoking kills. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Exclusive Debut Trailer [Gametrailers]
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: GDC Overload
This is when the gig starts to scare me, because there were forty-leb’m-million billion things coming out of GDC this week, and somehow I’m supposed to follow that act. Let’s start with an originals roundup. For starters, if you want to recap all of our fine corinthian GDC coverage, there’s two ways to do that:…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2009 -
UncategorizedHow Your Wii Games Would Look In 720p
While we’re all pretty much over it, it’s still a lingering disappointment that we’ve missed out this generation on seeing high definition Nintendo games. But wait, what’s this? A workaround? Provided you get your hands on a Dolphin emulator for the Wii and legally copy your own games to your PC, you can see what…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Were The Best And Worst GDC Announcements?
Did you know today’s Friday? We did. Oh yes, we did. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a glass of carrot juice, let’s talk. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ah, Uncharted 2 Gameplay Footage!
So it was with God of War III, so it is with Uncharted 2. If something is going to be shown behind “closed doors” at GDC, there’s a good chance somebody will film it regardless. The footage seems to have been shot by some Italian kids. As you can see, there’s shooting. There’s rolling. There’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid Touch Expands, Gets “Crazy” New Levels
Quite a few things wrong with Metal Gear Solid Touch. It’s over-priced. And short. And reducing the series’ stealth to a Duck Hunt clone is a bit silly. But hey, an expansion might help! Series creator Hideo Kojima has announced that the series iPhone debut will soon be getting 8 new levels, which he describes…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Konami Boob Shooter DLC Short On Boobs Comment by: beesnipe Nominated by: N●Gage Croal I guess you can say that 400 ms points for this character is indeed a FLAT rate Watch Beyonce Do A Hard Days Work For Nintendo Comment by: Miksho Nominated by: bakagaijin A thrilling look inside the mind of the Nintendo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cheat At Killzone 2, Lose Your PSN ID
Like any other popular online shooter, Killzone 2 has its share of cheaters. And, like many other popular online shooters, the developers are prepared to take drastic steps to stop said cheating. Developers Guerilla Games have issued a curt, ominous statement on the matter, which reads: Glitchers risk losing their PSN ID altogether. We’ve been…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Shipments Of Buggy Xbox 360 Maniac Shooter Halted
Xbox 360 port of maniac shooter DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black EXTRA was originally slated for Christmas Day, but was delayed until February 19. Then it was released and plagued with bugs. Now? Starting this week, Japanese developer 5pb, who did the port, has ceased shipment of the game. 5pb issued a statement on the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Rising 2 Aiming For 6000 Zombies On-Screen
Dead Rising was great not for the sluggish controls, or the annoying mission structure, or Otis. It was great because it had a zombie horde. Well, Dead Rising 2 is looking to trump that. Speaking at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Izmeth Siddeek, from developers Blue Castle Games, reckons that “Dead Rising 2′…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Seth Rogen Gets “Decimated” In Call Of Duty
Holy crap! Celebrities like funny man Seth Rogen play video games. Astounding. Rogan grew up on games like GoldenEye and says he loves first-person-shooters, especially the Call of Duty games. But is he any good? “I am one of those guys who thought he was pretty good at first-person shooters and I went online and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Section 8 Preview: Death From Above
TimeGate Studios’ Section 8 isn’t as crazy as it sounds. In fact, the Southpeak-published PC and Xbox 360 first-person shooter is pretty level-headed, as the game’s developers are looking to correct long-standing game convention quirks. We got a chance to preview and play Section 8 at GDC, seeing what TimeGate — developers of multiple F.E.A.R.…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
PixelJunk Eden Encore Has Loads Of New Stuff
PixelJunk Eden Encore will be with us in April, and when it hits, it will be adding all kinds of new things to your Eden experience. Like new levels, new backgrounds & new music. Firstly, and most importantly, there will be five new stages introduced. Five brand new stages, with five new backgrounds and even…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
10 Reasons To Buy Prototype
Need a reason to pickup Radical Entertainment’s Prototype when it hits store shelves this June? Activision gives you 10. In case you aren’t patient enough to watch all 10, let me sum things up for you. It’s Hulk: Ultimate Destruction plus Spider-man: Web of Shadows. If those were your type of games, it certainly looks…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Midnight Club Los Angeles DLC Finally Hits 360
Xbox 360 owners of Midnight Club: Los Angeles now join PlayStation 3 owners in tooling around South Central, as the new downloadable content finally makes an appearance on Microsoft’s console. Originally scheduled to be released last week (after a previous delay) both the free South Central map expansion and the premium paid downloadable content were…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2009