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Nintendo Isn’t Just About Old People Bowling, There’s Boxing Too!
We’ve all had it up to our eyeballs with the mainstream press rolling out scenes of octogenarians Wii Bowling every time they want to talk about the successes of the Wii. Apparently so have they. So the press has moved on to Wii Boxing. Blanche Betten, a 76-year-old retired restaurant owner, hammered Bob Warner, 85,…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
More EA Cuts Go Live Today
As the year progresses so do Electronic Arts’ planned and massive cuts. Today we hear that Mariam Sughayer, senior manager of corporate communications for Electronic Arts, and the person often quoted in official responses to rumors about cuts was herself laid-off today. Her position eliminated. Sughayer, who did an admirable job of getting official responses…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Legends of Norrath Expands Again, Continues Passing Out Boosters
Sony Online Entertainment’s online collectible card game Legends of Norrath expands again next month, following the story of the Ethernauts with the sixth expansion set, Against the Void. Yes, Legends of Norrath is an online collectible card game with a story, Against the Void is the second chapter in a three-part epic involving the Ethernauts,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Official Street Fighter IV Training Manual Packed with Cammy Junk, Seth Moves
I just got a work-derailing, pants-tightening package in the mail today from Capcom. Inside were two Training Manuals for their upcoming fighter and copies of the game for the PS3 and Xbox 360 debugs. The glossy 39-page training manual is an ode to everything Street Fighter IV. Inside you get backstory on both the tournament…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
DICE Rolls Out Speakers: Riccitiello, Takeuchi Will Say Awesome Things
This year’s DICE Summit is bringing in the video gaming industry’s big guns. Who will be talking about the business of Designing, Innovating, Communicating and Entertaining? EA’s John Riccitiello for one, with an encore performance. Riccitiello will join Resident Evil 5 director Jun Takeuchi, Chris Cao, creative director of Sony Online Entertainment Austin, and Fallout…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Garriott Will Get Back To Gaming One Day
Sure his head is up in the clouds at the moment, but Ultima creator Richard Garriott hasn’t forgotten where he’s from. In an interview with GameDaily, Garriott discusses an eventual return to gaming. GameDaily writer and occasional Kotaku contributer N. Evan Van Zelfden (possible robot) got a chance to speak with Garriott about his future…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Miyamoto, Spore Win Jim Henson Awards
Video gaming makes up half of the list of this year’s Jim Henson Honors, with Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and PC game Spore both landing awards. Established in 2005, the awards program acknowledges organizations, individuals or products that reflect the core values and philosophy of the legendary Jim Henson and the company he founded. Criteria used…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Molyneux Deems LittleBigPlanet “Most Important Creative Innovation” Of ’08
Lionhead Studios main man, Peter Molyneux, has gushed once again about Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet. He’s nominated the PlayStation 3 game as “the most important creative innovation of the last twelve months.” (We agree.) Sir Molyneux has lauded the creative platformer before, telling the BBC the game was a product of “superb artistry and a fantastic…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
January Lips DLC Finds That Lovin’ Feelin’
With nine new songs from the likes of Fallout Boy, The Pussycat Dolls, and The Righteous Brothers due out in January, the Lips song catalog should exceed 70 songs by month’s end. Nine new songs are headed to Lips this month, beginning on January 16th when we’ll finally be able to recreate the bar scene…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Leaked Battlefront 3 Vid Reveals Surprising Plot Twist?
Looking through that beautiful footage of Star Wars Battlefront III again and again and again this morning, I couldn’t help but notice something: It sounds like a Sith, perhaps even a hoodless Palpatine, is telling “Kenobi” to “stick to the plan” about four minutes and 55 seconds into the video. The actual quote is “Stick…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dissidia, Monster Hunter Top Japan’s No-Release Week
With virtually nothing hitting Japanese retail shelves this past week, 2008’s biggest releases got another chance to shine, sales-wise. That keeps Square-Enix’s Dissidia: Final Fantasy at the number one spot for one more week. Somewhat surprisingly, Capcom’s mega-hit Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G rockets up to the second place spot. That’s the budget version, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Godfather II Teaches Us About Extortion
Not to be outdone by that other free-roaming mobster game, EA has released a new video for February’s Godfather II, which discusses the ins and outs of extortion. Extortion is the act of unlawfully taking money from someone using coercion – threatening psychical violence, destroying property, or setting pets on fire are a few of…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Ugliest Consoles Ever
The Sega Saturn was pretty unattractive. The NES was pretty much just a box. Compared to some of the consoles found on Pointless Banter’s list of the 10 Ugliest Gaming Consoles, they’re gorgeous. Take the Rollet Videocolor here. With it’s lovely bright yellow with blue accents, it’s the only video game console visible from space.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Finally A DS Game About Puffins
Just when we figured that we were doomed to live life without a game about Puffins, Majesco swoops in like a mighty seabird to announce Puffins: Island Adventure for the Nintendo DS. Puffins: Adventure Island (P: IA to the cool kids) turns you into one of pelagic seabirds, learning to dive, fly, swim, and play…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
My SAT Coach Barbershop Quartet Invades CES
Ubisoft’s My SAT Coach made a musical appearance at CES last week, thanks to the singing of Princeton Review’s Pedagogic Troubadour. The Vocab Minute podcast author sang this song about the game three times a day during the show. Kinda catchy. Now do Iron Man, ala quartet. (Click on the pic to play)
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
GTi Club+ Speeds Onto PSN
Konami proudly announces that the HD remake of the beloved 1996 arcade racer GTi Club will be available today for purchase on the PlayStation Network in the form of GTi Club+. GTi Club+ is a nifty little arcade-style racer that sees you and your opponents making your way through the tight city streets and winding…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sumthing Else Releasing Halo Wars Soundtrack
Sumthing Else Music Works continues to release music for every big game Microsoft releases, with the announcement that the Halo Wars Soundtrack by Stephen Rippy will be available for purchase on February 17th. The entire Halo Wars soundtrack, composed by Stephen Rippy and performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir Prague is represented in the upcoming…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s Successes Spreads to Support Companies
How successful is Nintendo? So successful that even the cottage industry that supports the shipping, printing and manufacturing of their products are rolling in the dough. Duplium Corporation, the company North America’s largest Nintendo Certified packaging and printing facility, is doing so well that they’re planning on expanding into a number of new major North…
By Brian Crecente Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Partners To Distribute Wheel Of Time Games
Red Eagle Games have signed a worldwide distribution deal with EA Partners to distribute games based on Robert Jordan’s epic Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels. Red Eagle first revealed plans for games based on the movie adaptations of Jordan’s books back in November, when they also revealed plans to create a massively multiplayer…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Extended Mafia II Trailer, Now With Commentary
Remember the Mafia II trailer that was release during last year’s Spike VGA Awards? Now it’s back, with an extended anding and a written commentary from 2K Czech’s lead animator, Tomas Hrebicek. Having received many questions regarding whether or not the Mafia II trailer was a real-time, in-game movie, Hrebicek clears the air in the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009