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The 3rd Birthday Brings Back One Of My Favorite Gameplay Mechanics
Forgive me for having played Battlefield 2: Modern Combat and not Parasite Eve. I cannot detail to you how the upcoming PSP game The 3rd Birthday builds upon the latter. But I can say how wonderfully it echoes the former. The 3rd Birthday is a PSP adaptation of a Square Enix game originally released for…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010 -
Not Even Gaming Mice Can Escape World Of Warcraft’s Cataclysm
The Cataclysm set to change the face of Azeroth this December is also changing the SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse, and the differences go way beyond the cosmetic. In 2008 SteelSeries introduced the original World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse, and it was an excellent piece of technology, if a bit uncomfortable and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2010 -
Medal Of Honor Vs. Call Of Duty, In Times Square
We showed you the ad for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops that’s plastered just north of Manhattan’s Times Square. Let’s balance that with a look at the rival Medal of Honor ad that almost has it in its sights. UPDATE: Since that CoD ad is so tiny in the video, just look below to…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010 -
Pirates of the Caribbean Game Canned as Layoffs Hit Propaganda CONFIRMED
Disney’s upcoming action role-playing game Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned has been canned and that the studio behind the game are laying folks off today, Disney confirmed to Kotaku today. “Disney Interactive Studios confirms the cancellation of the Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned video game which was scheduled to…
By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2010 -
Captain America’s Next Game Borrows From Arkham Asylum, Punch-Out
My starting point for thinking about a Captain America video game was a bad one: That guy’s pretty boring, right? He’s a strong man who punches, kicks and uses a shield. How do you make a special game from that? After seeing the game’s screenshots and trailer, I watched its lead designer play through a…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010 -
SEGA Channels Conduit 2 Into February
High Voltage Software and Sega jumped Wii first-person shooter Conduit 2 out of the way of GoldenEye: 007 last month. Now the game has landed firmly in February of 2011. Will the new trailer entice players to pick it up? Getting out of the way of GoldenEye: 007 was a wise move on Sega’s part,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2010 -
Mechanized Combat in F.E.A.R. 3
Here’s a look at two of the mechanized suits found in upcoming horror shooter F.E.A.R. 3. The Enhanced Power Armor (EPA) and Power Armor (PA) are equipped with weapons like the “Trident” chain gun, shoulder mounted ballistic missile launchers and “Heavy Bore” auto-cannons. Despite being a perfect October release, thematically speaking, F.E.A.R. 3 isn’t due…
By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2010 -
EA Sports Confirms Disc Release For NBA Jam On 360, PS3
NBA Jam’s Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, originally meant to be a free digital download included with the now-delayed NBA Elite 11, will be a retail disc release, an EA Sports representative told Kotaku. In an email this morning clearing up two weeks of speculation on the arcade slamfest’s form factor, Jen Riley of EA…
By Owen Good Published October 14, 2010 -
The Sights And Shocks Of Red Dead Redemption’s Late October Undead Nightmare
Zombie bears. Desperate people who need rescuing. The great weapon of Holy Water. A flaming horse called War. A plague of violent weirdness is coming to Rockstar’s hit western Red Dead Redemption. The forthcoming Undead Nightmare is infested with it. The zombie-filled fall expansion to Red Dead Redemption, which will be available for download on…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010 -
At Least The Sims 3 Vampires Don’t Sparkle
The Vampires introduced in The Sims 3: Late Night don’t want to fall in love with one-dimensional teenage girls. They just want to suck their blood. Whatever you do, ignore the vampire transformation screen shot. That one has sparkles in it, and therefore doesn’t count. Instead, focus on the one with the three snarling monsters…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2010 -
Tripping The Fallout: New Vegas Strip
“Walking around in drunken stupors, puking on the sidewalks, dancing naked in fountains, that sort of thing.” Fallout: New Vegas area designer Eric Fenstermaker sums up the Las Vegas strip in one sentence in the latest developer diary. My experience with the Las Vegas strip comes mainly from television shows and movies, so I only…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2010 -
Twelve Old Games, Fifteen Thousand Bucks
Let’s say you had a little over US$15,000. And let’s say you were in Tokyo. What would you do? Chris Kohler over at Wired.com recently put together a list of a dozen incredibly rare games on sale in Japan. There are only a couple hundred copies of some of these games, hence the insane prices…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 -
In Japan, Being Different Is Hard
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: DOOOOOOOOTA I’m not Japanese. So going in, Japanese people tend to know what they are getting in to: a foreigner. My sons, though, they are Japanese. My oldest son, Mini-Bash, is seven. He doesn’t really look foreign per se, but he does look slightly different from everyone else. His hair…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 -
Halo: Reach Gets Its First Map Pack Next Month
Xbox 360 space marine shooter Halo: Reach gets its first map pack on Nov. 30, according to Microsoft. The Noble Map Pack will include three new maps and new Achievements worth an extra 250 Gamescore points. It will cost 800 Microsoft Points, or about $10. Here’s a run down from Microsoft of the three maps,…
By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2010 -
NetFlix Streamers Get a Surround Sound Update Starting With the PS3
Starting next week PS3 owners will be the first Netflix customer to be able to stream their movies with 5.1-channel surround sound. The improved audio will come via the use of Dolby Digital Plus, according to Netflix which plans to add more device support over time. “Netflix is committed to delivering an unparalleled experience to…
By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2010 -
Nothing Says Rescued Chilean Miners Like Mr. Driller
After 69 days of being trapped over 2,000 feet underground, the thirty-three Chilean miners have been rescued. Namco Bandai is marking the historic occasion with, yes, Mr. Driller. Mr. Driller, which is an updated version of classic Dig Dug, first debuted in Japanese arcades in 1999 and has starred in a handful of games. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010 -
Test Drive Unlimited 2 Enjoys A Shiny Ferrari Or Two
Ah, driving games. They all end up feeling so similar, and increasingly boring to many, but the graphics, they just keep getting prettier. There’s so much shiny metal in this trailer for Test Drive Unlimited 2 that you could blind someone with it, which would be a problem were the rest of the clip not…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2010