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New Resident Evil Movie Gets A Director

And that director is Paul W.S. Anderson. The last Resident Evil Anderson helmed was the first one; he wrote and produced the other two films, Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Resident Evil: Extinction. Anderson will write, direct and produce Resident Evil: Afterlife. His wife, Milla Jovovich, will reprise her role as Alice. The movie, the fourth…

Sierra Adventure Games Now Available On Steam

Adding Lucasarts adventure games to Steam was a great idea, but adding classic Sierra adventure games to Steam? That’s an awesome idea. As of right now, you can buy the King’s Quest Collection (which includes King’s Quest I-V) and the Space Quest Collection (which includes Space Quest I-VI), both of them optimised to run on…

Halo Legends Anime Debut Trailer

We’ve seen the screenshots. Now, let’s see the Halo Legends anime in motion. Microsoft is teaming with five production houses for a series of seven separate short films called Halo Legends. The creative director overseeing the production is Shinji Aramaki, director of Appleseed and Appleseed Ex Machina. The shorts will be available on DVD and…

New Rage Trailer: Ornery!

OK, the trailer itself isn’t Ornery. It’s fine. We’re just excited that a video game trailer used the word. It’s a great word.

Dante’s Infero Hellish Cartoon Art

Dante’s Inferno is getting a video game called Dante’s Inferno. It’s also getting a cartoon based on the game called, wait for it, Dante’s Inferno. So they’ve enlisted the assistance of Film Roman (the same team behind the animated Dead Space flick, Downfall) to oversee a Dante’s Inferno animated feature. All that’s known at this…

Yeah, Sega’s Bayonetta 360 Console Is “Sexy”

Predictable way to describe it, sure, but also accurate. Look at it! It’s lovely. If Microsoft ever needs any idea on how to improve their console designs, they could always include sexy ladies with guns in their shoes. This console was produced by developers PlatinumGames as a one-off for Comic-Con, and will be given away…

Left 4 Dead 2 Has Bulletproof Zombies Too

Valve showed off the final two levels of Left 4 Dead 2 campaign The Parish this evening, revealing how the game’s four new Survivors will get the hell out of New Orleans. It also showed a brand new uncommon-common infected. Similar to the hazmat suit-wearing infected that are immune to incendiary fire, a new, mostly…

Ready To Watch A New Splinter Cell Conviction Trailer?

Good. Because we have one right here. For you to watch, that is. Enjoy! Conviction is coming to the Xbox 360 and the PC this October.

Unseen 360 Clip Shows Avatars Playing Games (And A Dreamcast?)

Earlier this year, production company Roger were brought in by Microsoft to create an animated short for the company’s E3 press conference, focusing on avatars. It was, apparently due to “time restraints”, never shown. The clip shows avatars freed from their dashboard confines, and parading around doing all kinds of things, from hanging out to…

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 Screens

Three new screenshots for WW2 first-person-shooter Call of Duty: World at War‘s Map Pack #3. The pack is scheduled for August and has new multiplayer areas, plus one map for the zombie mode. The pack is expected to be priced at 800 Microsoft Points.

SEGA Details Yakuza 4

Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza in the West) series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi has already announced that he and his team are hard at work on a new title in the franchise. A porn star [NSFW] is even auditioning to be in the game. Today, SEGA has provided more information about the title, dubbed Ryu Ga Gotoku…

Catan Officially Settling on iPhone

Settlers of Catan, the award-winning resource-allocation and strategy board game, will have a version on the iPhone and iPod Touch “this summer,” developed in conjunction with Catan’s creator, according to the game’s official website. An announcement on the Community & News board of the official Web site Catan.com declared today that “the game is being…

Sony Laptops Now Feature 100% More PlayStation Network

You know how Sony have been talking about rolling PlayStation services onto other devices? It’s happening, as the latest line of Sony VAIO laptops will be rocking the PlayStation Network. The upcoming VAIO W will series will use the PSN for, at the very least, the digital delivery of media content, like movies and TV…

Borderlands Gameplay Trailer: ‘The RPG and FPS Made a Baby’

Sick of muted earthtones and dessicated grays in post-apocalyptica? Exempt Borderlands from the bitching, please. Click to view This latest trailer hits all the right notes – guns blazing, formidable monstrosities, Law and Order walkdown swagger – in showing you what the “role-playing shooter” (more descriptive than “first-person game”) delivers Oct. 20, Oct. 23 in…

How Wii Sports Resort Took Over Times Square

Witness a major marketing spend and a video game taking center stage at the Crossroads of the World. At the center of this stunt? 50 tons of New Jersey sand, part of a promotional island for Wii Sports Resort. (Apologies for the low video quality. Last time I take a video with my Blackberry, folks…)

Resident Evil Series Unsure On Direction, Developers

Big changes could be on the way for the Resident Evil series, both in terms of direction and personnel, if comments from Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi are any indication. Speaking at a Resident Evil panel at Comic-Con, Takeuchi was asked by a fan about the possibility of a total series reboot for the…

Xbox Division Sees 66 Percent Slide in ’09 Profit Despite 11 Million Units Shipped

Microsoft’s Xbox division booked an eye-popping 66 percent drop in profit for the 2009 fiscal year, reflecting a terrible economy and mirroring steep declines across all of the software behemoth’s business segments. For the fiscal year, Microsoft’s revenue from the Xbox 360 and from PC gaming was down $161 million, which the company mainly attributed…

DreamBox Succeeds At Tricking Kids Into Learning Math

Seven months ago, DreamBox Learning launched its math-based edutainment site for kids between kindergarten and second grade. Today, it’s making virtual headlines with success stories. The Wall Street Journal reports that DreamBox — along with other web-based learning game sites like SmartyCard, Brightstorm and Grockit — is closing the gap between between a child’s expected…

Halo Waypoint Becomes Destination For Halo Fans This Fall

Microsoft has more than just Halo 3 ODST to whip the Halo fanbase into a lather this fall. It’s also launching the Halo Waypoint on Xbox Live, a “destination” for fans of Bungie’s space marine creation. Halo Waypoint will give fans their first peek at the Halo Legends anime series of shorts, with “select” episodes…

iPhone Archon To Get Weekly Updates, Get It Free

The iPhone version of chess classic Archon will be getting major updates every week for the next couple of months, the developer tells Kotaku. The latest update to hit the App Store for the game for free includes plenty of fixes and tweaks as well as newly enhanced AI settings for the game. I’m told…