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Have Microsoft Stopped Sending Out Boxes For 360 Repairs?
It’s been standard practice for a while now that, if your 360 broke, Microsoft would send you a box, so you could send your console back in. But a Consumerist report today claims otherwise. They cite the story of reader Zach, who says: My Xbox red-ringed for the second time this weekend. Which is almost…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Fit? More Like Weight Fat
Found in an arcade crane game machine by CheapyD from website CheapAssGamer. This is “Weight Fat.” This is not a video game, but a body mass checking device in a familiar package. The box totally rips off the Japanese Wii Fit box down to the green and white color scheme and Wii Fit-esque font. Also,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Namco Bandai Cooking Up The Munchables For Wii
Publisher Namco Bandai isn’t shying away from the risk of original IP on the Wii, announcing The Munchables for Nintendo’s bestselling console today. Does fighting a Space Pirate onion interest you? If so, read on. According to the official announcement, the Wii game will put players in the shoes of the titular, happy-go-lucky Munchables, a…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Utah Falls for Thompson Bill
Remember that bill Jack Thompson’s banking his post-lawyer career on? It passed by a landslide in Utah’s House of Representatives. The bill, HB 353, imposes even stiffer fines on video game retailers and movie theaters should they provide M- or R-rated products to minors in direct violation of their own store policies. Amendments to the…
By AJ Glasser Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ready At Dawn Would Love A UMD-Less PSP, Hates Used Games
Who truly knows whether Sony is planning on dropping UMDs for the next version of the PSP? Only Sony (and David Perry). Certainly not God of War: Chains of Olympus developer Ready At Dawn. “I really have no clue what Sony’s plans are,” Ready At Dawn CEO Didier Malenfant told Edge Online, despite being a…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Most Amazing PS3 Case Mod Ever?
If you’re an Alien fan, that is. If not, this little homemade horror may seem like the biggest waste of a PlayStation 3 ever. The tattoo artist/case modder responsible for this creation used (and burned himself with) super heated epoxy putty and Games Workshop’s Chaos Black paint for the finish. He had to settle for…
By AJ Glasser Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Power Lets A Boy And His Blob Details Out Early
Nintendo Power teased us earlier today with a surprise announcement—A Boy And His Blob was coming to the Wii, promising details later. Well, they’re out now and, boy, does this game look spectacular. The re-imagined A Boy And His Blob will be handled by Wayforward, developers of fine products like Contra 4 for the Nintendo…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 -
Uncategorized“Half Life: Hero Beggining” Tells Tales Of More Freeman Bros
The continuing adventures of the Freeman family continue in Half Life: Hero Beggining, the third episode in fanfic writer squirrelking’s tales of Gordon Freeman’s bros. It’s heartbreaking what happens to Henry Freeman’s mom. You may remember the events of Half-Life Full Life Consequences 2: What Has Tobe Done in which John Freeman gets an e-mail…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
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