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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Duke Nukem Past Winners
When Duke Nukem Forever finally arrives next year, the erstwhile action hero will have spent 15 years in ass-kicking and gum-chewing limbo. Last week’s contest asked everyone to imagine what he’d done in the meantime. In CatsAkimbo’s world, Duke saved CBS from a zillion dollars in FCC fines. Eight_Bit_Remix does what the comedy biz terms…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
iTunes Store Rejects The Onion’s Face-Shooting Joke App
Remember “Close Range”? The Onion’s violent video game satire got a web-based flash game after its hilarious introduction in April, and soon the satirical publication began work on an iPhone app. Until Apple killed the fun, of course. GameSetWatch reports that Close Range, the “hotly anticipated video game in which players repeatedly shoot people point-blank…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Thirty Seconds Of BioShock Infinite Teased On Video
Most of GameTrailers TV’s production last night was devoted to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. Tucked within that was a 30 second preview of gameplay in BioShock Infinite. It’s at 14:00 of the video embedded here. The full gameplay sequence will be available over Xbox Live on Tuesday.
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Minecraft Is Free Until It Gets Fixed
Minecraft, the indie hit for PC whose popularity has gone meteoric of late, has found its servers overwhelmed. Playing the game isn’t affected by the trouble, however. As such, its creator has declared it “free-to-play” until he can restore order. Per a barebones page on the Minecraft page, Markus Persson, aka “Notch,” says that “Minecraft…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Nine States Oppose California In Supreme Court Games Case
Yesterday evening saw the filing deadline for supporting briefs in Schwarzenegger vs. Entertainment Merchants Association – the Supreme Court case involving a California statute restricting the sale or rental of violent video game sales. Nine states oppose the law. Rhode Island, Arkansas, Georgia, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Washington, plus Puerto Rico…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
The Band Is Back, Marching Under The Shield
A league license rebranded it as Quick Hit NFL earlier this month, trading some of the football strategy simulation’s upstart rep for establishment cred. For many on the game, it was an arrival. For some, it was also a return. Many on the team that developed this game, a browser-based, free-to-play, pay-to-upgrade title that also…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Does Halo Even Need A Movie? Nah
At one time, Microsoft was in Hollywood, meeting with movie producers and trying to make a Halo movie. It didn’t happen. And while Microsoft hasn’t given up, the question remains: Does Microsoft even need to make a Halo film? “I don’t know if we need a Halo movie”, Microsoft Game Studios exec Phil Spencer told…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 -
Halo: Reach Load Times, Installed vs. Disc
If you have the drive space, you may want to consider installing Halo: Reach to your Xbox 360, as loading some game types can go nearly two to three times as quickly. The time savings are a matter of seconds, not minutes. But this comparison, by Examiner.com, shows the opening mission loading in 8.1 versus…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Let’s TGS: Day Four
Our past day of reporting from Tokyo Game Show saw Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam, Project Dark and its demon soul, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and that suave blue PS3 above. And there’s plenty more to read about as well. Here’s a run down of day four of the show. You can find day one…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Bugs Out In 2011
D3 Publisher has made it 100% official—Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next spring, a chance to shoot bugs. Giant bugs! Thousands of them!! Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon touts an arsenal more than 150 weapons strong. Along with “four upgradeable armor sets,” D3 Publisher has a…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 18, 2010 -
Box Scores: Sixteen Bags
Only 15 players have hit four home runs in a single game, a feat even more rare than a perfect game. Three of them are Phillies. If anyone would become the fourth, Chase Utley’s a good candidate. Andrew K., playing a full 162-game season as the Phillies with MLB 10: The Show, received the Reds…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Hideo Kojima Once Again Ponders Metal Gear Solid 5
Today during a stage show, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima briefly mentioned MGS5. “Maybe, I’ll do 5,” said the game designer. Kojima then joked that he won’t have to quit working at Konami. Kojima was being glib, and this isn’t officially confirmation of a new Metal Gear Solid (or that certainly not that he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 -
Starkiller Brings Two Sabers To A Blaster Fight
GameTrailers got the first in-game cutscene from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. Not once in 33 years have I ever seen anyone disembark a TIE Fighter, and Star Wars doesn’t look like it’s gonna start showing that now. How the hell do you get in and out of those things, anyway, the Force? Oh,…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Ape Escape For PlayStation Move Is An On-Rails Gadget Shooter
Apes go wild, again, in Furi Furi! Sarugechu—or Ape Escape Shake! Shake!, if you prefer—the first game in the monkey-snatching series to utilize Sony’s new PlayStation Move controller. The goal? Grab monkeys! With the Move! The Move-enabled version of Ape Escape puts things in first-person perspective, the motion controller acting as a floating net—to grab…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 18, 2010 -
The Moneysaver: Buckaroo Bargains
The White House wants to know, is everything OK with the alien space craft from Planet 10 or should we just go ahead and destroy Russia? Coming soon: The Moneysaver Versus The World Crime League. Before we get started, interesting development in valueland: the digital distribution service GamersGate just opened a full-blown store through Facebook.…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
The Week in Review: Exciting Game Show
Two major drops – Halo: Reach on Tuesday, PlayStation Move on Friday – vied with Tokyo Game Show 2010 to dominate the past week. They may have been the biggest news, but they weren’t the only news. Reach went out with some problems, apparently – multiplayer issues on the 4GB Slim Arcade models of the…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2010 -
Boy Band Coming To Idolm@ster 2
Namco Bandai’s idol simulator The Idolm@ster features teenage girls. But in Japan, it’s not only young girls who are idols. Young boys are, too. Besides its stable of girls, Idolm@ster 2 will feature a boy band unit called “Jupiter”. There is 17-year-old Touma Amagase, 20-year-old Ijuuin Hokuto and 14-year-old Shouta Mitarai. In the clip, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 -
Two More Fighters Are Bound For Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
The latest challengers for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds? Spider-Man and Wesker from Resident Evil. This is certainly not the first appearance for Spider-Man in a MvC title. It is, however, for Wesker. These are the latest characters in the span of the past two weeks. Earlier, Marvel’s X-23 and Capcom’s Tron…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2010 -
Tokyo Game Show 2010 Cosplay Blowout: Phase One
On Saturday, the public comes to Tokyo Game Show to play video games—and play dress up, posing for hours in Cosplay Alley. We spent a few hours in the battlegrounds of TGS cosplay and returned with this report. We’ll have more expert level cosplay from Japanese costume artists and those abroad soon, but while we…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 18, 2010