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BioWare Guy Begins Campaign For Wing Commander Re-Release
BioWare’s Paul Barnett, a man with a keen sense of history, realised this week that Wing Commander is now 20 years old. So he, like the rest of us, wants a re-release. So he’s kicked off a campaign to have the game ported over to DOSBox, a means of running old PC games on new…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 -
How Would Deus Ex’s Creator Make A Zelda Game?
Here’s something interesting: how would Warren Spector, of Deus Ex and Epic Mickey fame, go about making a Legend of Zelda title? Spector himself explains. Asked by NGamer what changes he’d make to Nintendo’s successful formula if given the chance, Spector quickly gets the “oh, they’ll never let me do that” talk out of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 -
If Girls’ Generation Was 8-Bit
This is South Korean pop outfit Girls’ Generation. The ladies are not 8-bit. But what if they were? Here is the group’s number one single smash hit “Gee” done up in chiptune stylings. In 2009, the song became nothing short of a national phenomenon. “Gee” also pops up in South Korean StarCraft slang and takes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 -
Spartans Are Not Born, They Are Made
The Spartans of the Halo universe are capable of some pretty incredible stuff, but so they should: they’re soldiers in fancy robot suits from the 26th century. In the 21st century, it’s all about the baby steps. This is the XOS 2, or as we’re calling it, Spartan Armour Test Suit v1.0. It’s basically an…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 -
A Week In Comments
Kinect Immerses You In Advertising Like Never Before Comment by: mindsale Nominated by: Kobun So with Kinect, I can test-drive Chevrolet cars standing up, without the ability to brake, and with the car constantly gaining momentum? Sounds more like test-driving a Toyota. Religious Games Maker Rakes $200K In Half a Year Comment by: Walking Eye!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 -
No Refunds Given For Failed MMO
Given the fact the game shut down after only three months, there weren’t many subscribers to MMO title APB. If you were one of the lucky/unlucky few, don’t go expecting a refund, because you won’t be getting one. Begbies Traynor, the firm responsible for administrating the remains of failed developer Realtime Worlds, says that anyone…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 -
When Minecraft Players Are Also Trekkies, Insanity Goes To Warp Speed
A Minecraft player with great ambition and loads of spare time is building a 1:1 replica model of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s massive flagship vessel, the Enterprise D—and he needs some help getting it done. Patient Minecraft fan “halnicholas” has finished preliminary work on the Enterprise’s frame. It’s lacking in warp nacelles, deck details,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010 -
Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Heat
Warning: this episode of our nightly off-topic post, where anyone is welcome to comment on anything they want, might have an odor. Temperatures at Kotaku Towers West today reached a toasty 113º Farenheit and things got a little sweaty. That’s the hottest downtown Los Angeles has ever been, according to the LA Times, so excuse…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
NBA 2K11 Adjusts Crummy Rating After Player Complains
Washington Wizards’ starting center JaVale McGee (pictured, far right), miffed that NBA 2K11 rated him a 59, complained about it last week over Twitter. 2K Sports responded today that it’ll goose up his overall number to at least a 64. Not only that, 2K Sports Community Manager Ronnie Singh seemed to invite more complaints from…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 -
Activision, EA Argue Over Who’s Less Evil
Robert “Bobby” Kotick, Activision CEO and widely reviled video game exec, had unkind things to say about one of his company’s biggest rivals, Electronic Arts, blasting his competitor’s “culture,” its games, and claiming “great people don’t really want to work there.” The outspoken Kotick knocked EA in a newly published interview with Edge magazine, claiming…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
Mock Trial Calls Violent Games Case For California
A panel comprised of some of the nation’s pre-eminent jurists, legal scholars and court observers pondered California’s violent video games statute, which goes before the Supreme Court Nov. 2, and concluded the high court will decide 6-3 for California. Details are sparse, provided to Game Politics by an attendee of the moot court this weekend…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 -
PlayStation Plus Cards Hitting Retail
PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to buy PlayStation Plus membership at retail, with gift cards granting access to Sony’s premium PlayStation Network now deploying to stores in North America. A Kotaku tipster informs us that cards have already arrived at Target stores in the northeast, at least in designations of $17.99 USD for…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
Go High Five The Wall
The makers of Monday Night Combat were taking suggestions for official wallpapers; unsurprisingly, Pitgirl – the game’s booty-shaking NPC – figured prominently. They’re still taking requests and have turned it into a contest. You don’t have to create the wallpaper or even draw anything. Just give Uber Entertainment an awesome concept. For example, Support riding…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops Welcomes Back Nazi Zombie Hordes
Treyarch’s beloved addition of undead to the Call of Duty series looks to continue in the next entry, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Not exactly a surprise, but an returning feature apparently confirmed today by the game’s strategy guide. CVG spotted the inclusion of “Nazi zombie coverage” in the Brady Games official guide to Black…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
This Is What A Zombie Driving Game Looks Like
Blood Drive, Activision’s quick to market roadkill driving game, was officially unveiled earlier this month for release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this November. How does it look? Still like Carmageddon and Twisted Metal, now with zombie strippers. Like Dead Rising 2, Blood Drive is set in a Las Vegas-like city overrun by…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
NBA Elite 11 Delayed; NBA Jam To Ship Separately By Holidays
Just one week before it was scheduled to hit shelves, EA Sports on Monday indefinitely delayed NBA Elite 11 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, indicating that quality concerns raised by the demo’s dismal showing necessitated the postponement. Rumors spread quickly when several major retailers either dropped or changed the game’s release date to 2011.…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010 -
Funny Story
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Passport All Systems Go! Next Up, Ring-A-Ding-Dong A guy walks into Double Fine with a shit-ton of game development experience under his arm looking for a studio to work in… stop me if you’ve heard this one before… What you missed: Flow Recreated In LittleBigPlanet 2 Tim Schafer Hires Ron…
By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2010 -
Get A Little Taste Of God of War: Ghost of Sparta This Week
Charge up the PSP and download the latest firmware in anticipation of the next (potentially) great portable God of War game, which you can play a teensy bit of starting tomorrow. The official PlayStation.blog brings word that the next game in the hyper-violent series, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, will get a downloadable demo…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010 -
From North Carolina … At Guard … No. 23 …
With a week to go until NBA 2K11 cannonballs the pool, 2K Sports is dropping all sorts of hype and gameplay vids, highlighted by this one stitching together in-game footage from “The Jordan Challenge.” Mild spoiler alert. I throw the SA warning because in the 10-game Jordan Challenge, when you hit milestones in recreating cover…
By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010
