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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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
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 - Uncategorized
Bungie’s Hiring And Here’s How They’ll Own You
Bungie producer Allen Murray won’t say a word about how the studio’s new project is going — but he will tell you how they’re getting it done. Murray first joined the team at the tail end of Halo 2‘s development. He described it as a “big disaster.” Everyone who’s ever worked in production knows that…
By AJ Glasser Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Activision Moves In To Home With ‘Backstage With Guitar Hero’
PlayStation Home has a new tenant in Activision. The publisher is bringing the Guitar Hero franchise to the halls of Home with “Backstage With Guitar Hero,” a space for fans of the ultra-popular rhythm game. While the majority of Home will be a hang out space where one can do the Running Man with friends…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watch The Valkyria Chronicles Anime Trailer
This April, PS3 exclusive Valkyria Chronicles is getting an TV anime. The teaser trailer was shown at the International Anime Fair 2009 in Tokyo last week, and now it’s online. The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures under the direction of Yasutaka Yamamoto (episode director of xxxHOLiC: Kei, Big Windup!). The theme song will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Incredibly Awkward Moments From GDC: When East Meets West Meets Fallout
Pro tip: when two Japanese video game designers are your co-panelists, mind your references to the atomic bombing of Japan. It makes talking about future game development… weird. Unfortunately, Fallout 3 designer Emil Pagliarulo from Bethesda Softworks unintentionally referenced that very subject during today’s “Evolving Game Design: Today and Tomorrow, Eastern and Western Game Design”…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Say Goodbye To FileFront
A popular online destination for the latest computer game demos, patches, and mods, FileFront has announced that come March 30th it will be no more. Visitors to FileFront today are being directed to a farewell message, explaining that the current economic environment has forced the website to close its doors indefinitely. Members of the site…
By Mike Fahey Published March 25, 2009