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Halo Wars The Video Documentary: Part 1
For those of you who’d rather not fill your Xbox 360 with a nice-sized chunk of video, here’s the first in a series of video documentaries for the real-time strategy game Halo Wars. It almost serves as an introduction to the real-time strategy genre for those fans of the series who are used to the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Reviews
The Maw Micro-review: A Frank And His Blob
Twisted Pixel Games’ The Maw is a 3D puzzle-platformer, starring the titular Maw and his newly befriended alien pal Frank. The two escape their evil captors, only to go on a gameplay binge. The Maw‘s gimmick, as it were, is the title character’s ability to eat, expand and absorb the abilities of the lifeforms it…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Golden Crecentes, Perhaps the Last GOTY for Rocky Mountain News
Even though I left the Rocky Mountain News to run Kotaku fulltime awhile back, I still write for the newspaper. Mostly because I like the idea of being able to expose a very mainstream audience to gaming. The paper has kicked off the past three years with an annual Game of the Year feature, that…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Get Beaten By Mortal Kombat Creators On PS3 Tonight
Want to pummel the creators of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe senseless? Franchise co-creator Ed Boon and members of the development team will be on the PlayStation Network tonight, taking on all comers. Tonight from 10PM Eastern to midnight, Ed Boon and a crack team of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe developers and testers will…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Podcast: The Drinking Game!
In this month’s in-game podcast Mike McWhertor, Mike Fahey, Adam Barenblat and I are joined by our Kotaku Editor for a day winner in Grand Theft Auto IV. During this episode we talk about politics, furry hatred, upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV DLC The Lost and Damned and why we’re trying to come up with…
By Adam Barenblat Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
In addition to feather dusting the nooks and crannies of Kotaku Towers West this weekend, I plan on spending a bit more time with The Maw, making sure I get all those damned Achievements. Why? Well, I’m fairly certain that if I don’t get all 200 gamerscore points, I’ll be regretting it on my death…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet Dominates Interactive Achievement Award Nominations
The 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Award nominations have been revealed, with Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet dominating the competition with 10 nominations, including Overall Game of the Year. The 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards will be presented by The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) at next month’s D.I.C.E. Summit, and sackboy might want to pull…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Says “Hell No!” To New Niko Dialog In Lost And Damned
The folks at Rockstar don’t seem to keen on the return of Niki Bellic’s voice actor Michael Hollick, answering “Hell no!” to MTV Multiplayer’s query about new lines for everyone’s favorite Slavic bastard. Grand Theft Auto IV voice actor Michael Hollick made waves last year when he complained to the New York Post about not…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Wars Is Golden, Demo Drops February 5th
Ensemble Studios’ real-time strategy take on the Halo universe is heading to the printer, with a single player demo of Halo Wars ready to strike Xbox Live Marketplace on February 5th. The Halo Wars gold master is on its way to manufacturing, well in time for its late February / early March release dates. While…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Uwe Boll’s Razzie Acceptance Speech
OK, so the Golden Raspberry Award winners haven’t really been announced yet and even if Uwe Boll swept the infamous bad film awards, I doubt even he would have an acceptance speech. But, he does seem awfully proud of the potential dishonors. Emailing BollBashers.com, Boll says points out that he’s sharing the nominee list with…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Resistance 2 Patch Details – The Return Of Your Stats
In a post on the official PlayStation blog, Insomniac Community Manager Bryan Intihar detail the changes coming to Resistance 2 when patch 1.40 is deployed on January 26th. Most importantly, patch 1.40 for Resistance 2 will see the return of levels to players who have had there level reset back to 1. Players who had…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Star Wars: The Old Republic Screens Spread Jedi Love
While Bioware’s MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic was already 20 times better than Star Wars Galaxies for the simple reason that it isn’t SWG, these new screenshots certainly don’t hurt. Of course massively multiplayer online roleplaying game screenshots always look a great deal better than the actual game winds up looking, because unless you…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gamers More Likely To Be Surly Drunk Self-Haters
Put on your tinfoil hats boys and girls, it’s time for another study that proves something about video games and the people who play them. A new study shows that regular gamers are more likely to drink alcohol or use drugs than others, and that gaming deteriorates relationships and that the people who play them…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Free February Burnout Update Detailed – Restart!
Coinciding with the early February release of the Burnout Party Pack, Criterion is readying a free content update that changes the way you race – and restart races – in Burnout Paradise. In a free update that hits on February 6th, Criterion adds several new features to the ever-evolving Burnout Paradise. Some are merely tweaks,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pittsburgh Steelers Win Super Bowl XLIII
The Arizona Cardinals may have gotten lucky last weekend against my beloved Eagles, but now comes vindication as the Pittsburgh Steelers with Super Bowl XLIII…in Madden NFL 09. Upgraded with each team’s current roster and the latest stats, the two teams took the virtual field and fought bravely for the coveted Super Bowl ring, but…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
How to Make a Survival Challenge in LittleBigPlanet
In this video Danny, Victor and Mark S. from Media Molecule’s design team walk us through how to create our own survival challenge mini-games. I’m always blown away by what you can do in this game if you think it through. Have you run across any interesting player-created survival levels in LBP?
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
SMB Coming To WiiWare – Super Meat Boy
Edmund McMillen, co-creator of the popular independent PC game Gish, dropped us a line to let us know that he was making the jump to WiiWare with his latest, Super Meat Boy. Super Meat Boy is a classic platformer based on the the flash game Meat Boy, which you can still play over at Newgrounds.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eidos Shutters Manchester Studio
Yesterday it was Microsoft, Sony, EA Canada and Intel taking hits from the economy. Last night, apparently, it was Eidos, which closed its Rockpool Games Studio in Manchester. The news first leaked out when Bill Harbison, an artist at the Manchester studio, twittered that it was closing. Videogaming 247 than confirmed the news with Eidos.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Japanese Baby Clothes Don’t Cause Choking Hazards. Apparently.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Black Thursday It’s always nice to get things sent from America. We got a package from my parents a few weeks back. In it, they’d sent along baby clothes for Micro-Bash. Interesting to note: American baby clothes often use metal snaps — which I literally just learned (like while googling…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Expect A Mass Effect 2 Unveiling At GDC
Mass Effect 2 is going to be at GDC! It’s going to be the topic of a dry, academic discussion, but still…Mass Effect 2! We’ll learn all sorts of things from this discussion, right? Nope. EA reps have told VG247: This GDC event is an academic panel, but there won’t be any concrete information provided…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009