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Metacritic Names PS3 The Best Gaming Platform Of 2009
Media review aggregator Metacritic has released a list of the top games and consoles of 2009, with the PlayStation 3 coming out on top of the site’s first annual Game Platform Power Ranking. The Game Platform Power Ranking isn’t just about the average review score of games across the various platforms. Metacritic takes into account…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Rock Band Makers Harmonix Lays Off 39
Thirty-nine of the approximately 300 employees at Harmonix, development studio of the Rock Band series, were laid off from the company today, in a move said to result from a shift in game-testing rather than a reflection on game sales. “We can confirm that 39 positions were eliminated today at Harmonix as part of re-structuring…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2009 -
MAG Box Art Could Not Be More Explosive
Zipper Interactive‘s upcoming game that is not another SOCOM has already racked up an impressive 18 million kills. And that’s before MAG even moves beyond its public beta, soon to be nestled in the massively action-filled box art revealed today. That’s got to be the most straightforward box art we’ve seen in years, loaded with…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 10, 2009 -
Looking For Group Expo: A Massively Multiplayer Offline Fan Event
As much as they’d love to, not all MMO publishers can be a Blizzard or even Sony Online Entertainment, holding massive annual fan gatherings. That’s where the Looking for Group Expo comes in. The Looking for Group Expo is planned as a fan gathering for everyone who plays massively multiplayer online games, from the most…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
We Played A Wii Game Without A Wii Controller
Picture tennis on the Wii, but without a Remote. You could say it’s like Microsoft’s Project Natal, but the surprise new Wii game that pulls this off is actually borrowing an approach from Sony’s EyeToy. Kotaku swung through it yesterday. The game is Ubisoft’s newly-announced Racquet Sports. It offers tennis, squash, table tennis, racquetball and…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2009 -
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Leads The New Of The New
Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Japan last week, giving the console its biggest first-week software sales in the country to date, more than 950,000 copies sold, according to Media Create. That puts it ahead of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, ahead of Mario Kart Wii, and ahead of everything else released in Japan…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 10, 2009 -
EA Reveals Profitable New Releases Of 2010
Speaking at the 37th Annual Global Media Conference, EA CEO John Riccitiello detailed the games with the most profit potential in fiscal year 2011, with new Crysis, The Sims, and Need for Speed titles and paid DLC making the grade. Riccitiello’s presentation focused heavily on the profit potential of EA’s existing franchise and upcoming titles.…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Kotaku Sydney Meet-Up Tonight
As you may or may not have realized by now, I’m on vacation this month in Australia. But I couldn’t let the trip pass by without trying to chat with folks I rarely get to see. We won’t be having an open bar or anything fancy, but if you’re in the neighborhood of Central Station…
By Brian Crecente Published December 10, 2009 -
Borderlands Expands Again With Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot [Update]
Gearbox Software pumps out Borderlands’ second batch of downloadable content later this month (for the Xbox 360 at least), announcing Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot. What do you get for your ten bucks? According to official word, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot offers three new Riot Mode arenas, the option to store more of your loot in…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 10, 2009 -
Preorder Just Cause 2, Download Fabulous Toys
Putting money down on Rico Rodriguez latest island-hopping adventure earns you exclusive in-game goodies, including a hovercraft with a turret-mounted grenade launcher. Everything should come with a hovercraft with a turret-mounted grenade launcher. Unfortunately not everyone else has caught on to the joys of launching grenades from a hovercraft, so we’ll have to settle for…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
League Of Legend’s Latest Champion Raised By Cougars
Meet the latest Champion to join the ranks of the League of Legends, Nidalee, a young girl raised in the Kumungu Jungle by older women seeking the company of younger men. Or cats. One of those. Nidalee the Beast Mistress found herself alone in the jungle as a young girl after her fortune-seeking parents died…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Xbox Live’s Holiday Plans
Microsoft details the next few weeks’ worth of Xbox Live Arcade, Deals of the Week, Avatar items, and Games on Demand, with twelve days of special holiday deals kicking off on December 18th. Microsoft generally isn’t the habit of laying out several weeks worth of Xbox Live releases in one fell swoop, so we can…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Introducing Army Of Two: The 40th Day
Check out the explosive intro movie for EA’s Army of Two: The 40th Day, riffing on movies like Cloverfield with its first-person handicam style. While the video doesn’t quite make me want to play the sequel to Army of Two, it kind of makes me want to watch someone else playing. I doubt that’s the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Kurulin Fusion Or A Ham Sandwich?
MTO USA‘s PSP puzzler Kurulin Fusion combines “futuristic graphics” with a musical score directed by Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, and it’s available later today on the PlayStation Network. MTO USA’s marketing pitch? “Have fun. Don’t eat.” Being a big Nobuo Uematsu fan myself, MTO USA doesn’t really have to market a $4.99 downloadable PSP…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Would You Play Video Games With President Obama?
If you could play a video game with any celebrity, who would it be? A recent survey conducted by Weekly Reader Research reveals that boys aged 8-17 want to get their game on with President Obama. Who did girls pick? President Barack Obama better start boning up on his Wii Bowling skills. The survey, commissioned…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Mass Effect 2 Is Full Of Stars
BioWare has revealed the voice cast for Mass Effect 2, with a cast of new and returning voice actors that covers just about every corner of science fiction fandom. Of course the biggest addition to the Mass Effect 2, Martin Sheen as the Illusive Man, has already been outed, but he’s just the tip of…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009 -
Your Guide To Nintendo’s Gameplay-Helping Super Guide
Did you know that playing through New Super Mario Bros. Wii without Super Guide help will net you a special reward? Or that the hand-holding play-throughs are the result of a team of gamers? I didn’t. That’s why after playing through the entire game, even before it came out, I decided to bug Nintendo with…
By Brian Crecente Published December 10, 2009 -
PS3 Scores Exclusive Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition
Early access to the demo was just the beginning, as Visceral Games announces the Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition, a PlayStation 3 exclusive version of the game packed with extra content at no additional cost. The Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition is the version all PlayStation 3 owners will be receiving once the game is released on…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2009