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The Original Violent Spectacle Gets Its First Mature Rating
Growing up, I only saw boxing on HBO. With Mike Tyson the premier fighter, it was usually over fast. Anything that wasn’t seems sanitized in low-definition hindsight. That changed the first time I saw a bout fought live. In headgear. It was in February 1997, inside Goettge Memorial Fieldhouse aboard Camp Lejeune at The Armed…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
Scoop Up Some Great Schwag at Access 45
All right players, it’s time to fuel up. The Slurpee brand, the choice elixir of real gamers everywhere, has teamed up with EA and Ubisoft to bring you Access 45, a massive event that includes 45 straight days of kick-ass contests. But you can’t grab anything until you slurp the last sip. You may have…
By Gawkercreative Published November 13, 2010 -
Indie Game Makers Unite In “Winter Uprising” On Xbox Live
Declaring an insurrection against “massage apps, clones and garbage,” a ragtag band of indie developers on Xbox Live’s Indie Channel are going all out the first week of December, unleashing 14 games in the “Indie Games Winter Uprising.” The games will be priced between 80 and 400 Microsoft Points (a buck to five bucks) and…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
Predict The Mature Content In Fight Night Champion
Yesterday, EA Sports confirmed that Fight Night Champion will be its first M-rated sports game ever. The sweet science is a dirty business – how far will the game go in presenting that? Right off the bat, I’d say they’re going to stop gimping the lyrics in the soundtracks. It always sounds hideous, but they…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
Box Scores: A Bargain At Twice The Price
Demos aren’t just to try before you buy. Sometimes they can turn in a nailbiting thriller, as one value-seeking Kotaku reader found with FIFA 11’s demo. Wocalax couldn’t pick up the FIFA 11 full copy just yet, and has instead played the game’s demo to fill in the time. The game features only three-minute halves…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
NBA Jam’s “Mr. Boom-Shakalaka” Calls Some Inappropriate Catch Phrases
Click to viewNBA Jam is known for its zany catch phrases and Tim Kitzrow is best known as the zany announcer delivering them. Asylum got Kitzrow on the phone to deliver seven new lines they wrote. The result is 100 percent fan service. ‘NBA Jam’ Announcer Tests Jam-isms We’d Like to Hear [Asylum]
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
The Moneysaver: See Red
No snappy puns this time, just a classic, straight up parody of an action movie directed by my good pal Lon Lopez, co-starring my other good pal John – he’s the cop getting the crap kicked out of him. I want them to do a Honeycomb action movie spoof. Opening sequence: Detective walks into the…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
The Week In Review: Cuban Mission Crisis
Nearly 50 years after the Bay of Pigs, Cuba’s state-run press still seethes with indignation at any U.S. incursion, real or perceived. In a first, the Communist holdout is outraged at a video game. That would be Call of Duty: Black Ops, which features Fidel Castro in a couple of ways without the island government’s…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
Now This Is A LEGO Game We’ll Never See
There are plenty of game franchises that would be perfect for the LEGO treatment. Halo. Ratchet & Clank. Zelda. But God of War? Hrm. Samir Karmieh’s LEGO Kratos makes us wish the Danish toy giant would at least consider it, though. It could be one great ironic joke (much like most LEGO games are at…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 13, 2010 -
THQ Says You’ll Find Out About Saint’s Row Movie Soon Enough
An announcement is due in December, the publisher told Gamasutra. THQ is looking to time the film’s release to the next game’s launch, but that’s not a hard commitment this far out. Speaking to Gamasutra, THQ CEO Brian Farrell said the company views its licensing strategy as a means to “build our brand at no…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2010 -
How To Piss Off An Entire Nation With One Virtual Bullet
The biggest video game of the year isn’t making any fans in Cuba’s government. Here’s why… About 5.6 million people bought Call of Duty: Black Ops when it went on sale earlier this week. The first-person shooter had a bigger opening than any movie, any video game, any… book. But not everyone was delighted about…
By Brian Crecente Published November 13, 2010 -
Remember, Shoot The Hinges
The Call of Duty games are intricately-scripted affairs, ones that rush you along a pre-determined path at a pre-determined pace in order to maintain the illusion of excitement. Step off that ride, and everything falls apart. You could call this single-play griefing, you could call it Call of Duty as art, I just like that…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 13, 2010 -
You Can’t Blow Things Up With This Black-Ops Toy, But It’s Still Fun
I’m not sure at what point my test drive of the Call of Duty: Black Ops remote control truck became an attempt to blow things up, but it was easily within the first ten seconds. Of course I didn’t succeed. The RX-XD add-in that comes with the prestige edition of the game certainly looks like…
By Brian Crecente Published November 13, 2010 -
Return To Rome And Live The Creed
If there’s anything history has taught us, it’s that even the world’s most monstrous tyrannies are no match for a few menacing deadpan proclamations and a good-hearted band of outcasts. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is out Tuesday.
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2010 -
Actually, We Could Lose Los Angeles
Who could use a better alien invasion right about now? And how about a little off-topic conversation to start the weekend right? That’s why we have these posts, folks. While shit blowin’ up in Battle: Los Angeles certainly looks alright, I’ll have to agree with my colleague Owen Good who believes that “Nothing can prepare…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2010 -
Angry Birds Planning Xbox Live, Wii Releases
The developer of Angry Birds has said, at a London conference, that the game will be coming to all three consoles soon, reports PocketGamer. CEO Peter Vesterbacka, of Rovio – whose publishing partner, Chillingo, was bought up by Electronic Arts recently, also shot down thoughts of an “Angry Birds 2” sequel on its original. But…
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2010 -
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood ‘Manual’ Has Been Reduced To This
Publisher Ubisoft is protecting Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood buyers from dangerous staples by whittling down the game’s manual to a single sheet, scored and folded for your convenience. This must be Ubi thinking “green” Early recipients of next week’s multiplayer-focused Assassin’s Creed game have found they’ll make do with the in-game manual, as clearly referenced on…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2010 -
Japan’s Weekly Hardware Battle Does Not End With PSPgo
It’s a banner week for the PlayStation Portable in Japan as the PSP enjoys chart topping sales and its smaller, digital download only cousin, the PSPgo, manages to not be in last place for a second week. While combined Nintendo DS sales still outpace the PSP, the PSPgo managed to outsell three other platforms this…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2010 -
Fight Night Champion Goes Mano A Mano With Baseball?
The debut trailer for Fight Night Champion, published an hour ago on IGN, lists March 1 as the game’s release date. If that’s the case, it will take on MLB 2K11 and MLB The Show 11. The first Tuesday in March typically belongs to the baseball simulations – if not then, then the second. (Release…
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2010