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Prepare Your Questions About Autobots and Decepticons
Start rehearsing your nerdiest Transformer questions, because we’ve got a bona fide Transformers game developer sitting in the guest chair live on Wednesday’s Kotaku Talk Radio. Call in and ask them. I’ll have mine ready, for sure. Matt Tieger, High Moon Studio’s game director on this month’s Transformers: War For Cybertron game, just might be…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2010 -
Guitar Hero? There’s An App For That Too
Activision is bringing its multi-billion dollar Guitar Hero series to the iPhone and iPod touch. Today. Activision SVP Karthik Bala unveiled the latest Guitar Hero game at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference today, slapping a $2.99 sticker price on the app.
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
Hold It There Soldier, That Tattoo’s Not Serviceable
This might sound nitpicky, but it’s not to veterans who game. And those who served in Vietnam might wonder why Call of Duty: Black Ops personnel in “denied” areas would want to advertise an American military unit on their forearm. That’s the point behind Aaron Schol’s interesting research into the unit insignia tattooed on the…
By Owen Good Published June 6, 2010 -
Latest Transformers Game Reboots the Robots of Your Youth
Man, have I lost touch with the Transformers. I never knew they had an evil dinosaur that could transform into a city. When the hell did they start doing that? That’s Trypticon, at least, it’s how he appeared on Cybertron in Transformers: War for Cybertron, due out June 22. Here’s the game’s E3 trailer. My…
By Owen Good Published June 5, 2010 -
The Curtain Rises On Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock
Activision reveals the next entry in the Guitar Hero franchise, Warriors of Rock, featuring more than 90 tracks, a Gene Simmons-powered quest mode, and new challenges for every track in the Guitar Hero catalog. Check out the first 35 tracks! The biggest change coming to the Guitar Hero franchise in Warriors of Rock is the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010 -
A First, Brief Look At Guitar Hero 6
Here, courtesy of music magazine Kerrang, is our first real look at footage from the upcoming Guitar Hero 6. Well, it’s your first look at some pre-rendered scenes showing the series’ trademark characters turning into monsters of rock. No real gameplay footage to be seen, but then, it’s Guitar Hero. You know what you’re getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010 -
Reviews
Blur Review: Rainbow Road Kill
Bizarre Creations combines the street racing thrills of its Project Gotham Racing series with the neon glow of its Geometry Wars games, throws in a little WipEout and Mario Kart and winds up with Blur. The realism of real world cars and tracks blends with the explosive audacity of Mario Kart-esque power upsā€”almost every power…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010 -
Is This Shattered Dimensions’ Spider-Man 2099?
A series of screenshots has slipped onto the web, showing off what looks like confirmation of Spider-Man’s 2099 alter-ego Miguel O’Hara’s appearance in Activision’s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. While we were expecting a big reveal of the third of four dimensions featured in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, it looks like someone might have jumped the gun. All…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2010 -
Three Spider-Man Villains’ Shattered Dimension Makeovers
Take a look at how classic Spider-Man villains Hammerhead, Kraven the Hunter, and the Goblin fare in the transition to the continuity-crossing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. The shattering of the Tablet of Order and Chaos did a number on the Green Goblin, but left Hammerhead and Kraven mostly intact, which makes sense, I suppose. Kraven hunts…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2010 -
Transformers Have The Touch, Maybe Even The Power (Yeah!)
The upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron isn’t just a promising-looking action game. It’s also a love letter of sorts to old-school Transformers fans, let down by Michael Bay’s recent “interpretation” of the franchise. There have been few better examples of this than the advertisement above, which not only has Soundwave transforming into a boombox –…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2010 -
The Latest Call of Duty Explores The Bloody Birth of Special Forces
It starts with two men in space helmets. They walk across an airfield and climb into a Lockheed SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, also know as the Blackbird. The year is 1968. The mission is “This is WMD.” The game: Call of Duty: Black Ops. Up on stage members of developer Treyarch are playing through a chunk…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2010 -
Say You Like Call of Duty And Activision Will Donate To Veterans Fund
Memorial Day is this coming Monday and what better way to celebrate your day off, here in the U.S., than by helping a group that finds jobs for veterans? All you have to do is “Like” Activison’s Call of Duty Endowment Facebook page by noon on Memorial Day and they will increase their donation to…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2010 -
Less Focus on DRM, More on Anti-Piracy Tech
Blizzard tells VideoGamer it has spent more development time focusing on “content and cool features” than on anti-piracy tech. What’s more, DRM is described as a “losing battle”. This attitude, however, sounds like a winning one.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2010 -
The Next Guitar Hero Will Send You On A Legendary Quest
Guitar Hero is changing course with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, a music game with some unexpected additions, including a story-driven quest mode that involves a group of heavy metal warriors seeking a legendary guitar and a battle with The Beast. The newest issue of Nintendo Power reveals Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, in development…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 27, 2010 -
Crash Bandicoot 2 Finally Brings Multiplayer
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D was plenty fun back in the day, back when Apple just opened the floodgates to iPhone gaming. But these days it’s looking threadworn. That’s probably why Activision just released Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D 2. Now with mulitplayer and a “new adventure.” But for $10? Kinda crazy!
By Brian Crecente Published May 27, 2010 -
How The Pros Mock Nintendo
For two decades, people have been paid to make fun of Nintendo. These professionals are hired by big companies that either hate Nintendo or consider Nintendo to be semi-ridiculous. (Irony: These pros never laugh last.) Here are their finest works. We’ll start with a recent example, to put this trend in a modern context. We’ve…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 26, 2010 -
Guitar Hero 6 Is A Warrior Of Rock, Apparently
Unlike the previous title, Activision’s next Guitar Hero game won’t be numbered, so it won’t be called “Guitar Hero 6”. It’ll be called “Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock”. Yes, Warriors of Rock. Sounds dangerously close to the name of a Manowar song, doesn’t it? Let’s hope the similarities don’t end there, and Activision can actually…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2010 -
Why Is This Blur Logo So Dang Familiar?
Blur is a racing car game. It is made by Bizarre Creations, the studio behind racer Project Gotham Racing. As a racing game fan, I should be excited, but there is something that I cannot get out of my head. For me, I think 1993 – 1999 were some of the best years musically. Those…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010 -
New Blur Ads Sell Fast Cars With Loose Women
The latest American ad we saw for racer Blur used cartoons. It was pretty good! Know what they’re using in France? Sluts. It’s funny, I have no idea what they’re saying, and yet, I know exactly what they’re saying. This is what it would be like if the Need for Speed series never got any…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010