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Obama, Kids Call Astronauts To Bug Them About Video Games
Imagine you’re a kid again. A kid who gets to not only meet the President of the United States, but in the same meeting, call an astronaut. While he’s in space. What would you say? “Can you play video games in space?” With a bunch of schoolkids from the DC area in Obama’s office, that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese People Are Less Interested In Video Games
Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association polled over one thousand individuals between the ages of 3 and 79 about the declining interest in video games. The number of those that consider themselves gamers dropped 30.3 percent between 2007 and 2008. If that percentage is expanded Japan’s national population, that’s a decrease of 6 million gamers. Only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Watch Beyonce Do A Hard Days Work For Nintendo
Beyonce is rich, she’s famous, she’s hot. But that doesn’t mean she gets out of working. Here’s what she had to do for a day on the set of a Nintendo DS commercial. Playing, watching, listening to Nintendo PR handlers, look at the camera, Beyonce, look at the camera, now look at the DS, sign…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Titmouse Nabs Heavy Metal For Sexy Sci-Fi Adventures
Not enough nubile warrior princesses/sexy robots in your video games? Since the answer to that is obviously “Yes,” you’re clearly excited about Titmouse Games new arrangement to create games based on Heavy Metal magazine fiction. The recently announced development studio, already hard at work on Seven Haunted Seas, has a serious catalog of fantasy and…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
We’ve Never Wanted A Dev Kit This Badly
Not only do the new Microsoft development kits contain more debugging memory, they are some of the sexiest damn Xbox 360s we’ve laid our eyes on. Perhaps it’s just the soft black backdrop behind the development kits, or the Barry White we’ve got playing in the background, but there’s just something about that matte black…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Yosuke Hayashi Mans Up, Moves Out Of Itagaki’s Shadow
Tecmo’s redundant announcement of Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 was more than just a chance to talk about online co-op; it was Producer Yosuke Hayashi‘s chance to come out of his ex-boss’s shadow. Tomonobu Itagaki has always been critical of Sigma. He even said that a Ninja Gaiden II Sigma version would be a “loss of…
By AJ Glasser Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Fez Trailer Will Rotate, Then Blow, Your Socks Off
We’re excited about Fez. If you’ve seen previous trailers for Fez, you’ll be excited about it too. But once you’ve seen this trailer, well. “Excitement” just doesn’t seem excited enough. GDC ’09: Fez Trailer II [TIGSource]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Report: Nintendo Wii Will Cross 50 Million Mark Worldwide Sold This Month
Japanese financial news source Nikkei.net predicts that the Nintendo Wii will break 50 million in worldwide sales this month. The Nintendo Wii went on sale in Japan in December 2006. This latest milestone means that the Wii will have sold faster than the PS2 did during its first three years when Sony achieved 50 million…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
R.U.S.E. Trailer Calls Ubisoft’s Bluff
The announcement trailer for Ubisoft’s real-time strategy title R.U.S.E. demonstrates exactly how bluffing works in the deception-fueled game. GameSpot has a preview up on the game, which uses a card mechanic to activate various types of deceptions that can be played against your opponent, such as sending out fake tanks that look real, causing your…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sigma 2 To Have Online Co-op
Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 is the industry’s worst-kept secret since Star Craft II, but it looks like Tecmo held back one or two choice tid-bits for their big GDC “secret game” announcement. The big ticket item is that Sigma 2 will feature online co-op over PlayStation Network. Gamers can pick from Ryu, Ayane or Ninja…
By AJ Glasser Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Details On Star Trek: DAC
We can tell you what Paramount and Bad Robot‘s new downloadable Star Trek game for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network is—it’s a top-down, space combat arcade title—but we can’t tell you what that “DAC” means. Star Trek: DAC is “focused on fun, not a retelling of the story” of JJ Abram’s upcoming Star Trek reboot,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mmmm, Rotting Groceries
To: Bashcraft From: Fahey RE: Tomorrow, I Watch BOTH Kids Grilled cheese? Yum! That reminds me of that one time I went out and bought a week’s worth of perishible foodstuffs with the intention of cooking my own meals, only to have a major video game industry event occur that kept me from setting foot…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
America’s Army 3 Preview: Army of One… Plus Two
America’s Army first splashed onto the scene in the summer of 2002, garnering most of its attention because it was a free game aimed getting people more interested in the U.S. Army, specifically joining it. Now, seven years later, the game seems to be coming into its own as more a game than a recruitment…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Is Gears Of War 2: Dark Corners?
The wonderfully twisted passages of the internet have unearthed an Asian product page advertising an April release for a Gears of War 2: Dark Corners add-on. The image, posted on Joystiq, was discovered by a Gears of War forum user in a now defunct thread, fueled by former Kotaku guest editor Geoff Keighley’s Twitter entry…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Beatles: Rock Band Site Slowly Fills With Instruments
The teaser site for The Beatles: Rock Band is slowly filling with the band’s signature instruments, perhaps giving us a hint at what’s coming in the game’s $250 premium bundle. As I understand it, the Ludwig drum set favored by Ringo was already up there, and has recently been joined by the Epiphone Casino, the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
GDC Panel: Behind The Scenes of Guitar Hero Mobile
JJ Lechleiter, Senior Product Manager on all three Guitar Hero Mobile titles explains why his games are like the only two cell phone ports that don’t suck. For those of you that have never played Guitar Hero III Mobile, Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass Mobile or Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile, it might come as…
By AJ Glasser Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Noby Noby Boy Multiplayer Teaser Is Slightly Disturbing
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has dropped a Noby Noby Boy offline multiplayer teaser that leaves us feeling slightly queasy for some reason. I don’t know if it’s the random gasping noises or the fact that the multiple boys pop out of that little house like intestines unraveling from a particularly nasty torso wound, but…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gadget Loving Guinea Pigs Attack in G-Force
Let’s get this out of the way: G-Force is not a game based on the 70s Japanese anime starring bird-helmet wearing space super heroes, or the 80s rework of the classic. No, this one is about Guinea Pigs. The G-Force action title is set to hit on July 21, a few days before the Jerry…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Sued Over Gay Bashing
According to a former employee of Lionhead Studios, being openly gay at a Microsoft-owned development studio can be just as bad as having an openly gay Xbox Live gamertag. Gay video game designer Jamie Durrant is suing Microsoft for £45,000 in ‘hurt feelings’ and lost pay, claiming discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Durrant…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2009 - Uncategorized
Impressions Spectrobes: Origins Brings Brawling to Monster Collecting
When Spectrobes comes to the Wii later this year it will bring with it a shift for the monster collecting game from the slow pace of role-playing to button-mashing action. Spectrobes: Origins will be the third game in Disney’s original franchise. The first two titles, both released on the DS only, shipped more than 1.6…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2009