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Ubisoft Imagines Petz In Their Early 2009 Lineup
As part of Ubisoft’s 3rd quarter sales report, the company posted their release schedule for the first three months of 2009, filled with iPetz, Jace Power, and a heaping helping of imagination. With news that the eagerly anticipated survival title I Am Alive has been pushed back, seemingly within the last day, Ubisoft’s earlier 2009…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed 2, New Ghost Recon, Red Steel 2 Coming From Ubisoft
Ubisoft plans to release seven franchise titles, three new brands and four movie licensed games in their 2009/2010 fiscal year, which starts in April, the company said today. Among the games will be Assassin’s Creed 2, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon and Anno. The company also plans to release three new…
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hands-On With Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And Damned
The first of two planned downloadable episodes for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost And Damned, will arrive in February, giving players a fresh look at the well-traveled Liberty City. In The Lost And Damned, you’ll step into the biker boots of Johnny Klebitz, vice president of the motorcycle gang…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC Coming February 10th
The first of two new chapters in the Lara Croft saga comes exclusively Xbox 360 next month, as Eidos announces a February 10th release date for the Tomb Raider: Chronicles Beneath the Ashes DLC. First announced back in October of last year and originally slated for a December release, Beneath the Ashes finds Lara returning…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Oh Yeah, Silent Hill And DDR Are On The iPhone Now
Despite both titles having been available for a couple of weeks with dozens of customer reviews each, Konami today announces the launch of Silent Hill: The Escape and DanceDanceRevolution S Lite for the iPhone. It seems to be a growing trend that iPhone game announcements trail behind the actual release of said games by a…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Update: Electronic Arts Holding Black Box Meeting Today
Electronic Arts is holding a Town Hall meeting today at EA Canada to discuss the industry and perhaps detail more layoff news at the publisher’s studio there, according to memos obtained by Kotaku. The meeting, which we’re told will start at 10 a.m., will be headed by John Riccitiello and available to all Electronic Arts…
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Crystal Defenders Leaps From iPhone To Consoles
Square Enix pioneers the art of the iPhone to console game port, announcing that their Final Fantasy Tactics-themed defense game Crystal Defenders is coming to WiiWare, xbox Live Arcade, and the Playstation Network. The entertaining yet rather simplistic iPhone game Crystal Defenders will first make the leap to WiiWare as Crystal Defenders R1 on January…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
The True Puzzle Quest: Galactrix PC Demo
If the flash demo of D3publisher’s upcoming space-age Puzzle Quest follow-up wasn’t enough for you, head over to Big Download for the full 128mb PC demo of Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. Rather than just place you in the middle of the same fight over and over again, the PC demo for Puzzle Quest: Galactrix contains the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three Things That Stand Out About the Spore Expansion
EA announced a bunch of new stuff at last night’s semi-swank reveal event – but the main draw was Galactic Adventures, the first real Spore expansion. Adventures adds a new branch of gameplay to the Spore experience, accessed from the main menu. Once you click on it, you have your pick of preset adventures on…
By AJ Glasser Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spengler’s Hair Is Fabulous In New Ghostbusters Screens
Anyone can make realistic-acting ectoplasmic goo or tortured undead spirits, but these new Ghostbusters screenshots show that Terminal Reality has managed to overcome the biggest challenge of the film to game translation – Spengler’s hair. Harold Ramis’ hair in the 1984 movie Ghostbusters was years ahead of its time, and quite frankly I wasn’t sure…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Slashes 5,000 Jobs
Microsoft is cutting 1,400 jobs today and another 3,600 over the next 18 months in the wake of today’s news of a 11 percent drop in fiscal second-quarter net income, the company announced today. The cuts will be in R&D, marketing, sales, finance, legal, HR, and IT. These reduction will reduce the company’s annual operating…
By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Small Car Or Big Car, That Is The Question
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Mailbag: From Two Years of Harassment to the Anthropology of Kotaku I drive a compact car — streets are narrow where I live. What’s more, living in a big city in Japan, you don’t really need a car per se. However, with small kids, I do find myself using the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Four New Spore Titles Unveiled for DS, Wii, PC
EA has officially announced several new titles, two for the DS and one for the Wii, and an expansion to the Spore lineup that will launch this year. Will Wright previously hinted at a DS title, but it turns out there are two DS titles that I misread the display screen at the event and…
By AJ Glasser Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Financial Forecast Round-Up
Sony released its revised financial forecast, and now we’re releasing a round-up of that revised financial forecast coverage. Many international Japanese companies are facing hardly favorable economic conditions. Not only has the global market cratered, but the value of the yen has shot up. Sony isn’t alone by any means. Here’s the forecast round up:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fancy Lucasarts Coffee Table Book, Now Partially Free
I asked for the Lucasarts history book for Christmas. My family and loved ones betrayed me, and bought me underpants and video games instead. Oh well. Now I can read some for free! Gamasutra have a chapter of the book up, and while it involves neither Guybrush Threepwood, Purple Tentacle or Grand Admiral Thrawn, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield Heroes Beta Is Back On The Menu, Boys
Late last year, EA shut down the Battlefield Heroes beta, claiming they had a little house-cleaning to do before it could be re-opened. Well, cleaning’s done, because the beta is about to come back. If you’re interested in testing the game out – and really, it does look like a lot of fun – you…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
World In Conflict Bundle Coming To The PC In March
Ubisoft are the proud new owners of Massive Entertainment, the developers behind World in Conflict. And Ubisoft have just announced a release date for World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. Good news, as the release of the expansion was up in the air following the demise of former publishers Sierra. Well, good news for PC owners.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
No, Resident Evil 5 Does Not Support 16-Player System Link
You may have read on the internet earlier today excited, happy reports of Resident Evil 5 somehow supporting 16 players via system link multiplayer. The evidence? None other than the game’s box art itself. Problem is, it was a typo. An innocent mistake. Capcom Europe have since rattled our mailbox to let us know: It…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Planning “Headcount Reduction” In Game, Music, Movie Divisions
Job cuts are part of those restricting and cost reduction measures Sony plans to kick into high gear. Scariest of all, they involve a clinical sounding “headcount reduction.” Earlier today Sony stated a more ambitious company-wide cost cutting initiative would get the corporation back on track. For its motion picture, music and game divisions, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Site Bringing Trailer
Now, whether it’s a new trailer we don’t know. According to website Final Fantasy-XII.net, the clues to what the site can be found by decompiling the game site‘s flash. Forum member byoushinn discovered two files called “ff13-trailer-sd.flv” and “ff13-trailer-hd.flv” in the official FFXIII site’s flash. So two trailers, we assume, one HD. The countdown site…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2009