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The Bigs 2 Announced By MLB 2K9
Hey, baseball-loving Kotaku reader, did you like The Bigs? Yeah? Well, we’ve got some good news. There’s going to be a The Bigs 2. Strangely, you don’t seem that surprised by the stealth announcement, made via the soon-to-be-released MLB 2K9 from 2K Sports and rooted out by IGN. But if you’re pleased to read that…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hello Boston
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Today I Saw Snow So, our first syndicated column hit the wires this afternoon. The first paper to pick it up and run it online? The Boston Herald. In theory, tomorrow should see the column in print in some of the wire service’s 200 or so newspapers, somewhere. I’m hoping…
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Finally, A Resource For Video Game Lies
If you’ve ever spent any substantial time on a playground, you’re likely to have heard some tall tales, particularly if the topic is video games. Logically, someone’s created a Wiki full of those lies. The Video Game Lies Wiki is archiving some of the most creative bullshit ever piled upon the video game medium, touching…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Punch-Out!! Has Classic NES Controls Too
Nintendo hit us with an update on a handful of Wii and Nintendo DS games today, including fresh details on the Wii version of Punch-Out!!. Perhaps most exciting is unwavering confirmation of “classic” NES-style controls. Sure, the company has to eat its own dog food and legions of Wii owners are clearly comfortable boxing with…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Reviews
50 Cent: Blood On The Sand Review: In Da Club Of Da Crystal Skull
Rapper 50 Cent and his G-Unit sidekicks have returned, ready to shoot scores of generic Middle Easterners in 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand. The ultimate goal? Get Fiddy’s paycheck, a diamond-encrusted skull. Obviously, the real motivation behind the game is to give 50 Cent an opportunity to make amends for the generally miserable last-generation…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Layoffs Hit THQ’s Volition
Nearly all of Volition’s quality assurance department were laid off today in Champaign, Illinois, THQ confirmed to Kotaku. “Today we notified 86 of the 102 employees in the Volition quality assurance department that they will be let go,” a THQ spokesman told Kotaku. “Our quality assurance will now be primarily conducted through THQ’s centralized QA…
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wheelman Drives A Motorcycle Through The Subway
The latest developer walkthrough video for Ubisoft and Midway’s Wheelman shows that virtual Vin Diesel is every bit as adept at shooting people on motorcycles as he is shooting people in cars. What can’t virtual Vin Diesel do? He escapes from space prisons, engages in mech combat, and now he rides a motorcycle through a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Catches EXTREME FEVER From Peggle In March
Peggle is coming to the Xbox 360 and its coming in March. Hard. Yeah, that’s this month, meaning you have but mere weeks to sort out your life before you catch EXTREME FEVER. While the Xbox Live Arcade release is still listed as “TBD” on both Xbox.com and the official Peggle web site, the boxed…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Boy And His Blob Return To Wii
Not only does the latest issue of Nintendo Power have the scoop on Excitebots, it also features the return of the game that sold a million jelly beans, A Boy and his Blob. The classic NES adventure game A Boy and his Blob is being “reinvented” for the Nintendo Wii. So says the April issue…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Screens, Details On Nintendo’s ExciteBots
Nintendo’s announcement of the existence of Excitebots: Trick Racing—the sequel to Wii launch title Excite Truck—was annoyingly short on details. Consider us detail-free no more, thanks to the latest issue of Nintendo Power. Excitebots: Trick Racing gets properly previewed in the mag’s April issue, a portion of which is now available online. Don’t worry, these…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Does March Madness As Downloadable 360 Exclusive
EA captures the tension and excitement of NCAA basketball’s March Madness with an Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable special edition of NCAA Basketball 09. Rather than a retail release of a special March Madness edition of their NCAA basketball title, EA is releasing NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition as a downloadable exclusive for the Xbox…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
USA Today Launches Game Blog
National newspaper USA Today, today, launched their official video game blog. Game Hunters is moderated by Mike Snider and Brett Molina will be covering all things gaming from video game consoles to handheld devices to personal computers and promises to provide news, reviews, contests, giveaways, demo codes and sneak peeks. It’s nice to see another…
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony’s Buzz! Devs Have A “Secret Project”
The men and women who toil away at Sony’s popular Buzz! franchise, churning out sequels and expansions to please their overlords, are hard at work on a secret project, currently known as “Secret Project.” Catchy, eh? Yes, very. While the UK-based Relentless Software isn’t divulging details on its “Secret Project” yet, it has put out…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Concept Art: God Of War III’s Fire Titan
This fine bit of work from God of War series concept artist Cecil Kim depicts the mighty Fire Titan, displaying the epic scale Sony is aiming for with God of War III. At Cecil Kim’s website you’ll find tons of concept art for God of War and God of War II, along with a few…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Knights In The Nightmare Gets Atlus Spoils Treatment
Atlus’ upcoming strategy action hybrid Knights in the Nightmare for the Nintendo DS will ship with a soundtrack CD and a pre-order art book, all because of a monkey. Well, a chimpanzee at least. Atlus’ press release puts the full blame for the extra-added Knights in the Nightmare swag on Atlus Spoils program manager Charlie…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Analyst: One In Three God Of War III Buyers Don’t Own A PS3
God of War III could truly be a killer app for the PlayStation 3, as one analyst’s data indicates that one in three potential buyers of the game don’t own the console yet. Speaking to Gamasutra, OTX analyst Nick Williams suggests that a price drop is in order before God of War III hits retails…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 5’s Mine Level
Check out never before scene footage of the Resident Evil 5 mine level, courtesy of the folks behind this weekend’s Resident Evil 5 Bravo UK television special. Richard Wilcox, the executive producer behind the Playr Resident Evil 5 special that aired this weekend on cable network Bravo in the UK, passes along this unused footage…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
King of Fighters XII Strikes Worldwide In July
The beautiful hand-drawn graphics of King of Fighters XII are coming to an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 near you, as SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment announce a worldwide release for July. The King of Fighters series finally makes the jump to current generation hardware with The King of Fighters XII, coming this July to…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero Marches On With Queen, Hendrix, and James Bond
Activision details their downloadable content lineup for Guitar Hero World Tour this month, bringing players more Hendrix, a little Queen, a smattering of European tracks, and the James Bond theme song. The month’s downloadable songs kick off this Thursday with the third European track pack, with Italy, Finland, and France represented by Vanilla Sky, The…
By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Best Buy Reexamining Used Game Sales
They’ve dabbled in used video games buy backs and sales before, but we’re hearing that Best Buy is once more rolling out a test program to a number of their stories this month. Just a day after word of Toys R Us testing out used game sales, a source tells us that a used game…
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2009