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New Army Of Two Sequel Details Surface – The 40th Day?
With EA teasing a sequel to their co-op shooter Army of Two leading up to a potential reveal on March 12th, numerous details about the game are leaking out all over the internets. Joystiq in particular has received a ton of info from an anonymous tipster, who goes into great detail on the sequel, allegedly…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
An Open Letter From the ESRB to Utah’s Parents and Leaders
With Utah legislators on the verge of passing legislation that expands the state’s Truth in Advertising statute, imposing fines on video game retailers and movie theaters that provide M- or R-rated products to minors, ESRB President Patricia Vance has written a letter. Here, in it’s entirety, is Vance’s open letter to Utah’s Parents and Leaders:…
By Brian Crecente Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
MadWorld Bosses Screens
With MadWorld hitting next week, this will likely be the last batch of black, white and red screens we’ll be seeing from Sega before you can see the gore first hand. These 13 screens seem to be giving us a glimpse of some of the bosses for the Wii brawler.
By Brian Crecente Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Big Bang Mini Soundtrack Set Free
Due to overwhelming fan demand, Arkedo Studio and Southpeak have released the soundtrack to their unique Nintendo DS shooter Big Bang Mini as a free download. Big Bang Mini ended up being a very pleasant surprise for the DS, combining simple yet addictive fireworks launching gameplay and great use of the touchscreen to create a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rooster Teeth Introduces Captain Dynamic To City Of Heroes
The creators of the Red vs. Blue series take on City of Heroes, in a series of live-action shorts featuring the greatest superhero of all time, Captain Dynamic. The series revolves around the new Mission Architect being released in City of Heroes, with Captain Dynamic, whose superpowers include “super stuff”, hiring a writing team to…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Pac-Man in the Works for 2010
Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Hirokazu Yasuhara is working on a new Pac-Man title set for a release on the original game’s 30th anniversary in 2010, Gamasutra reports. “We are in the midst of making Pac-Man come back because his 30th anniversary is in 2010 actually,” said Namco Bandai Games America EVP and COO Makoto Iwai…
By Brian Crecente Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rise Against Debuts New Tune In World Tour
Punk band Rise Against is the latest group to debut music in Guitar Hero World Tour, with the previously unreleased song “Death Blossoms” available next week as part of the Rise Against Track Pack. Chicago punk band Rise Against is no stranger to Guitar Hero, with “Prayer of the Refuge” and “Re-Education (Through Labor)” appearing…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sumner Redstone Subpoenaed Over Fishy Midway Sale
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has subpeonead multimedia mogul Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari in order to investigate the strange circumstance behind his $100k sale of Midway Games to Mark Thomas. Late last year, Sumner Redstone sold his controlling interest in the failing Midway Games to industry unknown Mark Thomas for the sum of $100,000…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Podcast: Street Fighter IV With Seth Killian
It’s been a long time in coming, but our February podcast is finally here. Yes, I realize it’s March. In this episode Mike McWhertor and Adam Barenblat talk with Seth “S-Kill” Killian, community manager for Capcom and master Street Fighter. Not only do you get a chance to see if Killian can talk and play…
By Adam Barenblat Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
“Wondering About The Girls In My Class…”
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Have You Ever Seen A Dog Smile? Posted this earlier on my Twitter/Facebook, but think it might need some context! So, we have a baby in the house: Micro-Bash. He has no teeth and drinks milk. Logically (and naturally!) breast feeding is involved. Thus! Mini-Bash probably sees breasts as something…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Happy 200th Issue, Edge
Game magazines come and game magazines go, but there’s one game magazine I’ve bought on a regular basis since I picked up the first issue all the way back in 1993. And that’s Edge. You may hate them for their snooty tone and tough review standards, that’s cool. Just as many people enjoy and respect…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Epilogues & Ass Crack
Watchmen’s out this week. Not interested? You may instead want to spend those hard-earned Pounds/Euros/Dollars on Prince of Persia’s “Epilogue” DLC, then, or the delayed “Femme Fatale” pack for Street Fighter IV. Rounding out the week’s content is the usual parade of music game DLC, Burnout Paradise’s “Toy Car” downloadable content and a couple of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Execs Take Self-Imposed Pay Cut
Financial forecasts slashed, stocks plunging. Times are hard for Japanese role-playing-game maker Square Enix. While some other execs might pass the buck and make cuts everywhere except for their own salaries, Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada is not some other exec. In a recently released briefing from last month, Wada explained, “In recognition of the latest…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Now You Too Can Play Resident Evil 5 Dress-Ups
Sensing that there will be grown-ups willing to part with serious cash money in the wake of Resident Evil 5’s release, Capcom are continuing a long-running trend of theirs: releasing Resident Evil dress-ups. They’ve been a mainstay of Capcom’s Japanese marketing strategy for years now, and with Resident Evil 5 now out over there, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
I Am Alive Developer No Longer Developing I Am Alive
Upcoming disaster game I Am Alive was being developed by independent French Darkworks for publisher Ubisoft. Was because Ubisoft has yanked Darkworks off the project and is finishing the game itself. Multi-platform I Am Alive is set in Chicago after a major earthquake. It’s a more realistic take on the survival genre, showing in first-person…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Red Steel 2 That Never Was
Red Steel 2 is coming. But did you know the version we’ll be getting sometime in the next 12 months or so is the second Red Steel 2 that’s been in development? Yes, before the current version – in development at Ubisoft Paris – there was an older one, being worked on by Ubisoft Montreuil.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Police Warning Parents About DSi
Watch out parents! The DSi could put your kids at the mercy of child predators alert Arkansas police. A local news report points out the the DSi doesn’t only have a web browser, but it has a web browser and an embedded camera. Cue the hyper-active alarm bells! “Now not only can the children be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
One Last Chance To Break EA’s NFL Monopoly
EA’s exclusivity deal with the NFL is bad news. Why? Competition is good for the consumer. FIFA only got better as a soccer game, for example, because of competition from Konami’s Pro Evo. So those hoping to see a return to the days when other companies could make games that not only competed, but outperformed…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Use Stripes, Win Race Pro
We’re giving away a copy of Xbox 360 game Race Pro. Racing stripes make race cars go faster. Face it, they do. Just look at Race Pro’s box art. Here’s the contest: Put racing stripes on something – anything*! Racing stripes on a phone? It goes faster. Racing stripes on a cat? It goes faster.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tekken Dev Reckons Game Will Influence Design Of Next Xbox
Need a new reference point for the old saying “delusions of grandeur”? Look no further than Tekken 6 head Katsuhiro Harada, who thinks his game might help influence the way Microsoft makes the next Xbox. Yes, really. Speaking with British magazine X360, Harada said: It is a challenge to fit this game onto one DVD…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009