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Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Takes You On A Tour Of Rome
One of the key draws of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is that it includes an all-new city for you to explore: Rome, home to the Vatican and a damn fine cup of coffee. It’s a shame there’s no coffee on offer in the game, then, but the Vatican at least plays a starring role.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
A Case Study In Xbox 360 Vs. PS3 Sales
In Japan, PS3 games generally do way better than Xbox 360 games. Just look at the disparaging difference for multiplatform title Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. Going on sale October 21 in Japan, approximately 64,000 copies of the PS3 version were sold in The Land of the Rising Sun during its first week. In…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Spectator Mode: The Polynomial
Today’s great PC game you’ve probably never heard of? The Polynomial. Or, as I like to call it, my “just got home from the pub” game. It’s a mathematically-generated space shooter. How’s that work? It plays music in the background, of your choosing, then adjusts the surrounding space to match the rhythm of the track.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
The Horror Of The Wild West
Before Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare launched, Rockstar’s Dan Houser compared the zombie add-on to a 70s horror flick. With Halloween right around the corner, get out the popcorn, because here is a field guide to some crazy Westerns. The 1970s were a great decade for horror films. Several seminal films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Dragon Age II Has A Noteworthy Belt
A trailer for a belt? Sounds ridiculous, but we can let it slide when it’s a belt designed (and forged in comic strip form) by Penny Arcade. We can also let it slide because, unlike everything else we’ve ever seen of Dragon Age II, it has a sense of humour about it, something the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
PSP Sales Fall Through The Floor
Just like Nintendo’s handheld games console, Sony’s PlayStation Portable is doing it tough these days, sales of the machine down 50% from what they were at this time last year. Sony handed in its Q2 2010 financial results today, and while the PlayStation 3 enjoyed a slight increase in sales over the three-month period that…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
Bad News? No Wii Price Cut. Good News? 3DS Events.
Today at a Tokyo hotel, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata shot down talk of a Wii price cut anytime soon. This comes as Nintendo posted losses due to slow sales and the strong Japanese yen. “Of course, we cannot say it will never happen, but we are not thinking of it for the near future,” Iwata…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Consider The Possibility Of Activision Games Running On Battle.net
One of the big keys to Blizzard’s success as a PC developer has been its Battle.net system for online multiplayer. Now that Blizzard is shacked up with mega-publisher Activision, could we see non-Blizzard games appear on Battle.net? Don’t bet on it any time soon, but Battle.net project director Greg Canessa tells Gamasutra you can never…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
Scribblenauts Developer Shoots Out New Game
5th Cell, the developer behind innovative titles like Drawn to Life and Scribblenauts, revealed its upcoming title. The game is called Hybrid, and it’s a post-apocalyptic third-person shooter. While there might be a glut of third-person shooters, 5th Cell promises to give players “a completely new gameplay experience never seen before in the genre”. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Activision’s Boss Is One Of The Most Influential Men Alive, It Seems
That’s according to AskMen, at any rate, who have picked the Activision boss at number 16 on their list of the 49 most influential men. That’s one spot ahead of NBA superstar Lebron James and one spot below tennis ace Rafael Nadal. Coming in at #1 is comedian Jon Stewart, while right behind him was…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
Japan Hated The Xbox Before It Was Even Out
The Xbox never caught on in Japan. The 360 is having problems, too. Ever wonder why? There are any number of reasons why Japan won’t embrace the console now, but let’s go back to the very beginning. “…when I went to Japan to show the console, man, they really had a problem with it. I…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
Big Changes On The Way For Minecraft
Minecraft, the surprise hit of 2010, is a fairly simple title, happy to leave you to your own devices as you dig, build and die. In the months to come, that’s about to change. Creator Markus “Notch” Persson has told Develop that big changes are on the way for the game, in both its singleplayer…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2010 -
I’ll Take Potpourri For 2100
Gentlemen. Ladies. Can we interest you in some off-topic conversation? How about dessert? Coffee? Just the check? C’mon! Stick with us just a little longer tonight. I promise* to have a Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare review and some thoughts on the 20 minutes worth of Tron: Legacy that I just watched in 3D. Eh?…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 28, 2010 -
This Is Gran Turismo 5’s Fastest Car In Action
Gran Turismo 5’s fastest car outclasses the rest of the PlayStation 3 game’s line-up for a very good reason — it doesn’t really exist. But the Red Bull Racing X1 Prototype was designed to do one thing: be fast. It was created in the PS3 game to be the “fastest racing car on Earth, free…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 28, 2010 -
Warning: Do *Not* Put Kinect Games In Your Xbox 360 Yet
Kotaku reader Ken was lucky enough to score an early, pre-launch copy of Kinectimals. Unfortunately, he put that copy of the Kinect cat game in his Xbox 360 to unhappy results. Learn from Ken’s harrowing tale. Ken writes: “Just a word of warning that if you receive an Xbox Kinect game early and perform the…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 28, 2010 -
StarCraft Legal Tussle Over TV Rights Brewing
StarCraft II may be popular in the U.S., but not the way it and its predecessor are in South Korea, where TV networks so badly want to air matches that a legal battle with Blizzard Entertainment could be heating up. StarCraft-maker Blizzard Entertainment, the Korea Times reports, isn’t happy with the continued attempts by Korean…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2010 -
PlayStation Move Games, Super Mario Collection Do Battle In Japan
After five weeks at the top of Japan’s sales charts, Pokemon Black and Pokemon White have met their match — Mario. Nintendo’s budget priced Super Mario Collection for the Wii has landed in Japan and has dominated the competition. More than 300,000 copies of the Mario collection, which packs in 16-bit versions of four Super…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 28, 2010 -
By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Watching Recognizers
To: Ash From: McWhertor Re: Halloween, But With Invitations I’ve intercepted the Day Note from Mr. Crecente, who’s probably trapped beneath a mountain of contest entries for our giveaways of this and that. Poor guy. When you awake, I’ll most likely be at a movie theater watching some small portion of Tron: Legacy. As someone…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 28, 2010
