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  Xbox Originals Gets Grabbed By The Ghoulies Next Week

  You know why the call them Xbox Originals? Because you can’t call ’em Xbox Classics. Case in point, Rare’s first Xbox title, Grabbed By The Ghoulies is your next Xbox Original. Oh, I kid, Rare! The UK developer’s debut game under the ownership of Microsoft will drop on the Xbox Live Marketplace next Tuesday, February…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Noby Noby Boy Creator Will Try, Try Again To Explain What Noby Noby Boy Is

  Is there still some confusion about what Noby Noby Boy, creator Keita Takahashi‘s follow up to Katamari Damacy, is all about? Apparently. Why else would Takahashi address it again on the official PlayStation blog? Let’s let the man explain: “Basically players can control and stretch Boy, the main character of the game. As players stretch…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  This Valentine’s Day, Say It With Sims

  It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without half a dozen games celebrating the number two Hallmark holiday of the year. The Sims 3 jumps on the bandwagon with two new screens of sweet, sweet love. After this week’s big ghost baby reveal, I’m really looking forward to The Sims 3. But with these cloyingly sweet images…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 13, 2009
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  NPD Bestseller Show Americans Also Love Wii Fit Knock Offs

  Sales of Wii Fit continue to astound, with 770,000 copies of the exer-game snapped up by U.S. consumers in January. But what about the knock-offs from publishers smart enough to copy Nintendo’s fitness software? They too, impress. Gamasutra reveals exclusive NPD Group sales data that shows that two of Wii Fit‘s third-party clones, Majesco’s Jillian…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Valentine’s Day

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Humming The Star Was Imperial March Makes The Baby Cry Happy VD! Valentine’s Day doesn’t hit here until tomorrow, but I’ve already got my plans underway. Trish and I have decided to spend the evening home tomorrow, cooking a romantic meal together. I can’t remember, do you do anything there…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009
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  New Tekken 6 Screens Ride The Panda Express

  Namco Bandai has delivered sixteen new screens of Tekken 6 and they’re very educational. What can new media of the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 brawler teach us? Well, as one can see from the shot above, brawler Bryan Fury can balance a giant panda on his toes. What strength! But don’t forget there…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Japanese Console Sales Plummet Again, But PS3 Closing Gap With Wii

  Japanese gamers just aren’t buying hardware right now. Sales are way, way down from the same point last year, with the PSP selling at half the rate and the Wii at a mere quarter. That severe drop in Wii sales overseas has meant a closer weekly race between the PlayStation 3 and Wii, with just…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Wii Fit Is No Fad

  The Wii Nation has spoken: Wii Fit is no fad. Last week I got into a bit of metaphorical hot soup when a Forbes article quoted me as saying that I didn’t know a single person who bought Wii Fit and used it routinely after a month. Now I do. Between the dozens of emails…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead Gets “Four Finger Discount” This Weekend

  Spending Valentine’s Day alone and sulking? Take out your lonely frustrations on hordes of undead this weekend, cheaply, thanks to Valve’s weekend deal on Left 4 Dead. The PC shooter is being marked down 50% this weekend—a limited time offer—to give the lovelorn something to bond with. That translates to a $24.99 copy of Left…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Star Wars: The Old Republic Takes On The Hutt Home World

  BioWare has revealed the latest playable planet for their eagerly anticipated massively-multiplayer roleplaying game Star Wars: The Old Republic – Nal Hutta, home of the slug-like ancestors of Jabba the Hutt. Of course the original Hutt home world was Varl, but when the slimy Hutts killed that planet with pollution they moved in on the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009
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  It’s Silent Hill vs Resident Evil Through…Snow Fights And…Breakdancing

  As they are, Silent Hill games are scary. Resident Evil games, tense. But taken out of context – and with a little help from Garry’s Mod – both can have their lighter moments. Like snow fights! Run Heather, run! And break-dancing! Agent 47 looks totally into it. These pics come courtesy of MrWhitefolks, in whose…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2009
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  I’ve got ten to twelve hours worth of Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned ahead of me this weekend, as I ready the official Kotaku review for Rockstar Games’ first downloadable episode. But that’s not all! I’ve got a copy of Auditorium that also needs reviewing, titles that have to be taken care…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Halo Wars: Making Console Real-Time Strategy Work

  The third in a series of video documentaries covering the upcoming Xbox 360 game Halo Wars features members of the development team explaining how to make a console real-time strategy game that works. Having obviously not paid enough attention during the early days of Halo 3 development, I was a bit surprised to learn that…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009
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  The Factions of Galactrix

  Today we get a look at the 14 factions for humans and aliens in upcoming puzzle role-playing game Galactrix. In Galactrix, factions make the universe go round, they control the Star Systems, own the ships, shops and stations and sanction most of the game’s many missions. Your interactions with these factions are meant to have…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009
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  Activision Threatens EA, Double Fine With Brütal Legend Lawsuit

  Activision may not be giving up Brütal Legend to EA without a fight—or at least a payout. Activision, which abandoned the game last year following its merger with Vivendi, thinks it still has publishing rights. According to a report from Variety, Activision Blizzard has informed Electronic Arts of its claim to Double Fine’s Brütal Legend,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Massage Your Love Over Xbox Live

  Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the natural evolution of the Rumble Massage program we posted last month, Remote Masseuse, a Xbox Community Game that lets you reach out and massage someone via Xbox Live. Where Rumble Massage allowed you to use your Xbox 360 controller as a personal massager, Remote Masseuse lets folks activate…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009
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  iPhone Puzzle Quest Gets Free Demo, Chapter 2 as Free Update

  A free version of Puzzle Quest for the iPhone and iPod Touch has been submitted to iTunes and should be hitting the App Store next week. Even better, TransGaming tells me that Chapter 2 of the iPhone trilogy will be released for free to owners of the original iPhone title as an update. The free…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009
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  Postal Babes Go Mobile

  Running With Scissors is known for two things: Their over-the-top violent shooter Postal and it’s sequels and their seemingly tangential monthly NSFW Postal Babes? What do buxom women in g-strings have to do with the infamous shooter? Got me, maybe it’s like cosplay, but Running With Scissors founder Vince Desi loves em. Now the Postal…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009
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  Frankenreview F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

  Creepy little psycho girl Alma returns in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Monolith’s follow-up to their 2005 Japanese horror-themed first-person shooter. F.E.A.R. 2 directly follows F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon, with the story actually picking up some 30 minutes before the massive explosion that occurred at the end of the first game, following a squad of…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009
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  Devil Summoner 2 Trailer Stylishly Flows

  Atlus has launched the official website for their upcoming PlayStation 2 game Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, bringing with it a trailer as stylish as the main character’s flowing cape. Of all the Shin Megami Tensei games Atlus has released, the Devil Summoner art style is probably the one I like the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009