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Follow Us And The Gaming Industry On Twitter At E3 – Now!
Beyond our liveblog for this morning’s Microsoft Xbox 360 briefing, we’ve got two ways for you to check things out through the miracle of Twitter. First, follow us Tweeting the conference via my Twitter feed. Also, check out our custom Kotaku E3 Twitter page full of the industry’s finest Tweeting.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2009 -
LEGO Harry Potter And The Teaser Trailer Of Doom
Here’s the first teaser trailer for LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, to go along with this morning’s official game announcement. I’d like to think that I am a completely grown man and completely immune to the Harry Potter franchise’s mysterious draw, but dammit, that music starts up and I want to start waving my wand…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2009 -
New And Old Monkey Island Adventures In The Works
The rumors of a remake of the original Monkey Island for Xbox Live Arcade are true, but it gets much better, as LucasArts and Telltale team up to deliver all-new episodic Monkey Island adventures. Starting this July, Telltale will be releasing Tales of Monkey Island, a five-episode monthly adventure game series for the PC and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2009 -
Achievements Reveal Halo: Reach, Joy Ride, Shadow Complex, And More
Blank achievement pages at Xbox.com may have outed some of Microsoft’s big game announcements before the press conference has even begun, with Halo: Reach, Joy Ride, Shadow Complex, and more showing up on the page. Credit Xbox360Achievements.Org with discovering the Halo: Reach page on Xbox.com. In the course of keeping abreast of the latest achievement…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2009 -
Fat Princess, Ghostbusters Demo Out This Month
The onset of June should be greeted a little more warmly than usual this year, as Sony have announced that both Fat Princess and a Ghostbusters demo will be out in Europe later this month. Of course, if they’re out in Europe this month, they should be out everywhere else, too, but just so you…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2009 -
Bit Boy!! Covers All The Bits
Why settle for 8-bit or 16-bit retro gameplay when you can run the whole gamut from 4 to 128 in Bplus’ newly announced WiiWare title Bit Boy!! From the creators of Niki – Rock ‘n’ Ball, PLÄTTCHEN – twist ‘n’ paint and Vektor Tank comes Bit Boy, an adventure starring a one-pixel hero Kubi on…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: Final Fantasy IV Continues
Thanks so much, Nintendo. You decide to release the sequel to Final Fantasy IV on WiiWare while we’re all stuck at E3? Boulder Dash! In a move that is completely not fair to me in particular, Nintendo has chosen today to release Square Enix’s Final Fantasy IV: The After Years on WiiWare today, while I…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2009 -
LEGO: Harry Potter Officially Announced
Having already been revealed earlier this year, Warner Bros. & LEGO have today officially announced LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Not the catchiest title, we know, but it gets its point across, with players given the option of controlling Harry, Ron or Hermione as they work their way through the first four books/movies of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2009 -
Please Pardon My Face
Covering E3 2009 became a little bit more difficult for me on Friday, when half of my face suddenly stopped responding to my brain. I was sitting in front of my computer at home around noon Eastern time, typing up the final Robot Wars post, when I blinked, only I didn’t. One moment everything was…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2009 -
WHO IS READY FOR E3?!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Hi! I’m not at E3. I’m in Japan, taking care of Micro-Bash! Yay!! But even though I have my hands full with him and Mini-Bash, I am so ready for E3. I was born ready. Not just for E3, but for other stuff. You ready? Are you, are you, are you?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
Sony Still Has Lots of “Shockers” Planned
Over the weekend, Sony “leaked” the PSP Go and a couple game announcements onto the latest eits own videomag Qore. Those thinking Sony already shot its E3 load, think again says a company PR guy. Rather, tweets a Sony PR guy. “Pre-E3 annoucements or not! There’s still lots of shockers planned for you guys @…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
Starcraft Could Be Out This Year, If…
The Starcraft II beta starting this summer is a sign of things to come. A release date is a sign of we things come to all of us. We don’t have a release date. Though, we do have Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime saying that Starcraft II will be release in 2009 as long as it “meets…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
Street Fighter Online Goes Offline
Computer title Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation is played entirely with mouse controls, with left-clicks for punches, right-clicks for kicks and special attacks performed by mouse movement. Soon that will be was played. The Capcom-licensed, Daletto-developed game for Windows goes offline on August 31. The official reason for the game’s service ending is “due to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
Crysis 2 Is Announced, Multi-Platform
Crysis, the gorgeous sci-fi shooter from German developer Crytek Frankfurt, is a PC game. So is its sequel, Crysis 2 — that, and an Xbox 360 and a PS3 game. The game is the second entry in the planned Crysis triology and will be published by EA. “The development of Crysis 2 marks a major…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
Resident Evil 5 Has Shipped 5 Million Copies Worldwide
Capcom multi-platform survival horror title Resident Evil 5 is a big gtame. How big? To the tune of 5 million big. We first hear about RE5‘s shipping success back in May. Now, we get to hear about then in June. Thank you Capcom press release! The Osaka-base game developer has shipped over 5 million copies…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
Microsoft Starting E3 Presser Five Minutes Early!
Later today, Microsoft is kicking off its E3 press conference at 10:30am PDT. No, make that 10:25am. The reason: “A special surprise.” Spike TV host Geoff Keighley tweets, “Xbox just moved up its briefing start to 10:25 am tomorrow due to a very special last-minute surprise.” Starting five minutes early, huh. We’re thinking that could…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
BioShock Movie Needs To Be Filmed Outside America
Due to budget concerns, the BioShock movie has been put on ice — don’t tell Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller! If director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of Caribbean) were to helm the picture, he says the movie would need to be filmed abroad. “The bottom line is it has to shoot out of the States for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009 -
Kojima Productions Website Is Sunny (Well, Sorta)
We’re in the home stretch of Kojima Productions’ master class in drip fed PR. A seemingly endless storm has been raining on a seemingly endless series of countdown clocks. The storm is over, and now? Now it’s sunny — well partly sunny. Geddit, Sunny? Of course, the Sunny character is raised by the Patriots and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2009