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Kotaku Talk Radio is Live: Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age, LoL
In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about all of those great games we’ve been playing through over the past month as well as the latest news. We’ll also be chatting about Halloween, Warren Spector and fundraisers. Of course don’t forget to listen to our week’s taste of music too. Most…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2009 -
Ubisoft’s First Half Sales Drop More Than 50%
Ubisoft announced its sales figures for the first half of the 2009-2010 fiscal year today, indicating a sales decline of more than 50% over the same period last year. Ubisoft’s combined sales for the first two quarters of 2008-2009 were €344 million ($510 million). A year later, and that figure drops by 52%, down to…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 -
Braid Finally Makes It To The PlayStation Network
After charming the pants off of players on Xbox Live Arcade and the PC, Jonathan Blow‘s Braid is finally heading for the PlayStation Network later this month. The time-twisting adventures of Tim will be taking the trip to the North American PlayStation Network on November 12th courtesy of Hothead Games, with a European release coming…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 -
Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS
Due out early next year, Easy Piano lets you play piano with a 13-note, full-octave external keyboard that plugs into the Gameboy Advance slot of your DS. DSi owners need not apply. The peripheral comes with software that can teach you how to play the piano or play music by following along on-screen prompts. The…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2009 -
Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
The iTunes App Store is officially crowded as hell, as Apple announces more than 100,000 applications now available for you to weed through in order to find anything good. With over 2 billion applications downloaded across 20 categories in 77 countries, Apple is probably right when they call The App Store the “world’s most popular…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 -
New 30 Seconds To Mars Single Debuts In Dragon Age
30 Seconds to Mars‘ new album, “This Is War,” doesn’t hit stores until December 8th, but you can get a sneak peak at the title track in Dragon Age: Origins. It seems a rather bizarre place to debut a new song, but there you have it. The Jared Leto-fronted band’s “This Is War” is on…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 -
Walmart Confirms 360 Sale, More Cuts Coming
Walmart’s official website today confirms the rumor we broke yesterday about one heck of a deal on the Xbox 360 Arcade. Listed among the one day in-store specials for this Saturday, Nov. 7, is an Xbox 360 Arcade console for $199 that comes with a $100 gift card. Other deals include discounted TVs, a Blu-ray…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2009 -
BlazBlue Getting The PSP Treatment
Arc System Works‘ deliciously different 2D fighter BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger gets considerably smaller in February, when BlazBlue Portable hits the Japanese PSP. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger confused and delighted fighting fans when it was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, being a fighting game that you couldn’t simply pick up, perform Street Fighter-like moves…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 -
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Staggers Out DLC
Four new multiplayer maps and two Fire Team Engagement missions are out for the PC version of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising tomorrow, with its console cousins receiving a title update before the DLC sees release. The Skirmish downloadable content pack for Dragon Rising comes out for free on the PC tomorrow, bundled with a title…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2009 -
PSPgo on Your TV
As with the Playstation Portable, you can connect your PSPgo to a television to watch movies, listen to music, browse the Internet and play video games. But unlike a standard PSP, you can use a PS3 controller to do all of that. Because of its unique plug, to do this you’ll have to buy a…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2009 -
Micro-Bash Stood Up By Himself Today
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Never Gonna Give You Up… Next up, WALKING. What you missed last night Five New PSP Bundles For Japan Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records KFC Madden NFL Box Unboxing and Review GameStop: PS3, Borderlands & Scribblenauts Sales Are “Strong” Infinity Ward: Wii Can’t Deliver Our Multi-Platform Experience
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 -
Madden Gets A Card Game
EA Sports have announced that “Ultimate Team”, a downloadable game mode built around trading cards that was first introduced in last year’s FIFA, is now making its way to Madden 10. Functionally, it’ll operate in much the same way as FIFA’s system. Players will start the game mode with a random pack of cards. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 -
Play Versus Mode In The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now out there for public consumption, but users will have found that the game’s signature versus mode has been locked. No problem. Just hack your way around it! Modder Saul has whipped up a little plugin that allows you to play as the zombies in an online match…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 -
Super Street Fighter IV’s Juri Could Have Been Ice Skater
Capcom went through somewhere between 400 and 500 designs before the finalized version of Super Street Fighter IV South Korean fighter Juri was approved — wonder if any of them looked like this… Some of the ideas tossed around were an old lady and and ice skater. (Yes, ice skater!) Capcom eventually decides to make…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 -
Splatterhouse Figure Won’t Bring Jennifer Back
It will, however, look great in your office, custom toysmith Jin Saotome’s latest piece capturing Splatterhouse’s Rick in all his barbaric, denim-clad glory. A reminder: this is a one-off custom figure, not something you’ll find clipped to an aisle in your local Toys R’ ‘Us. If you want one (or something like it), take it…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 -
So How Many Boss Fights Will Prince of Persia Have?
Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner says that one of the first things lost in translation from video game to film is gameplay. But the Prince of Persia film hopes to dodge that bullet with its action/adventure genre label. You can see from the trailer just how much of that “action/adventure” thrust comes from what…
By AJ Glasser Published November 4, 2009 -
Street Fighter II HD’s Intro Lived Too Fast And Died Too Young
Much like the game itself, this short clip (by serial SF artists and SFIIHD contributors Udon) strikes the perfect balance between contemporary style and old-school sensibilities. It’s just a shame it had to be cut to squeeze the game online. Udon’s Unused Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Intro
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 -
My Girlfriend Is The President Erotic Game Trailer Features Amazing Voice Over
Back in July, we brought word of PC eroge My Girlfriend Is The President. Now, feel free to watch the game’s trailer, complete with amazing English language movie guy voice over. My Boyfriend is Obama [Japan Probe]
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009 -
Fable III’s New Concept Art Needs More Chimney Sweeps
Lionhead have tonight released some new artwork for the upcoming Fable III, showing that, as promised, Albion is moving on from a stylised renaissance and is, Dickens novels in hand, marching straight into a stylised industrial revolution. This is Bowerstone, circa Fable III. Little late to catch the steampunk bandwagon, sure, but clock-powered bad guys…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009