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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…

Gametrack Freedom Dated by EB Games

Announced back in March for release fall, Xbox 360 motion controller Gametrak Freedom has a solid release date: October 15. Designed by third party maker Performance Designed Products (PDP), the Gametrak Freedom comes bundled with mini-game title Squeeballs: Island Party. Yours for US$69.99. Instead of one sensor bar like the Wii uses, Gametrak Freedom uses…

PS3 vs. PSP Ivy FIGHT!!

Very important stuff! This fall, Soulcalibur is coming to the PSP with Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. How does it stack up to PS3’s Soulcalibur IV — more important how does Ivy stack up? Boobs ahead — beware! Don’t think of the PSP version as having fewer polygons, but bigger polygons.

What The Hell Happened To Sam Fisher’s Haircut?

When Splinter Cell: Conviction was first announced a few years back, Sam Fisher was different. He had a moppish haircut. People made fun of it. Now? Now the long locks are gone. The snippet of footage leaked from Ubisoft’s press site over the weekend shows Sam with a haircut that’s a little more…age-appropriate. I liked…

That PSP Go Sure Looks Familiar…

As seen on Gizmodo.

We’ve Entered The Asylum

While it might not be the wisest marketing choice, associating your hotel with an asylum for the criminally insane, the Holiday Inn City Center gets a pass for its convenient access to E3 2009. Our hotel room keys this year are sponsored by Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum. One features the art from the game’s cover,…

And The Biggest Poster At E3 Is…

E3 is back. Back as a big show. And nothing says big like this Assassin’s Creed 2 poster, which is by far the “biggest in show”.

Kotaku Party Tonight

Final warning! Kotaku’s pre-E3 party is happening tonight. So come out, have a drink with us, enjoy the company of your fellow Kotakuites and party semi-responsibly. Don’t make us liveblog with hangovers! The Kotaku crew is heading to the lovely and historic Golden Gopher in downtown Los Angeles for a night of drinks, chit chat,…

Valve Dreams Of Team Fortress 2 Movie, Divulges ‘Meet The Team’ Origins

After the smashing success of some promotional Team Fortress 2 videos, we thought it was time to ‘meet the movie-makers’ at Valve and see how far this thing is going to go. Valve Software’s fans have long had a basic demand: make great games. But these days, the Meet the Team animated shorts released since…

Party On

To: Luke From: Owen Re: The Final Countdown Have a blast at E3, although I’m not sure what you’ll be writing about, since the weekend was slap full of rumors and leaks bigfooting on all the big stuff to be announced this week. Kidding, of course; I’m sure Crecente will have you running like valets…

Week in Games: Anything Else Going on This Week?

Releasing during E3 always strikes me as risky. Gamer interest might be high, but everyone’s talking about what’s coming out in the next year, not what’s coming out now. That said, this coming week you can pick up Red Faction: Guerrilla or Fuel on consoles; The Sims and Terminator: Salvation on PC, and some catz…

E3 Activity Book: Fun With No Purpose

For those too young to attend E3 – which is to say, damn near all of us – B-Miggs and Agent B have cooked up their latest laugher: The E3 Activity Book for Kids, with its deadly accurate Nintendo presser mad libs. There’s tons of fun in this 4-page pdf, which you can print out…

Sell a Used Game in Florida, Leave Your Thumbprint

The sheriff of Broward County, Fla. (Fort Lauderdale) says Florida law requires him to treat used games the same as merchandise sold at pawn shops. That means sellers can’t go home with their cash (or store credit) without leaving a greasy smudge. According to the New Times of Broward-Palm Beach, the sheriff sent deputies to…

E3 Trailer Blurs the Line for Tekken 6

Tekken 6 has not suffered from any shortage of trailers lately. Here’s another one anyway, the cut for E3 2009. It shows of some two-player cooperative missions, and the motion blur feature, which you’ll want to leave off for all those upskirt shots. Tekken 6 E3 2009 Trailer [IGN, thanks SPECIALciaNAPKIN]

E3 The Making Of: A View From Inside

I’m not sure if we’re exactly supposed to be here, but we are, and we’re armed with cameras. So here are you first shots of E3 as it pokes its way through the cocoon of the last two years and tries to reinvent itself.

Guitar Hero Full List of Bands Released

All 84 bands in Guitar Hero 5 are up on the Guitar Hero 5 web site. Some magazine in Britain pretended it had gotten the list secretly, when Activision’s been feeding them out slowly through various channels. The full announcement is this week. Sorry for the mixup. Here’s the list. Band Of Horses Bush Darkest…

I Breathe Fire and I VOTE

Bowser recently went into town to speak his mind about the dangers of unchecked power in the executive branch. Funny that a monarch would feel that way, but it’s a free country, brah. More pics on the jump. We got the link to this Flickr set, uploaded yesterday, but no explanation other than the location…

ESRB Confirms Final Fantasy VII for PS3, PSP

Released last month on PlayStation Network in Japan, Final Fantasy Vee-Eye-Eye is on the way to North America’s PSN soon, as this ESRB rating now confirms. You can play it on PS3 or PSP. FFVII came out 12 long years ago for the original PlayStation, and was the first of the series to feature 3D…

Interview Confirms Smuggler Class for SW:TOR

The latest issue of Edge Magazine (don’t sue! don’t sue!) features an interview with James Ohlem, Bioware’s director for The Old Republic. In it he reveals another class: Smuggler (pictured), which will likely be announced next week. Says Ohlem: “Ord Mantell is a war-torn world and it’s where the Smuggler starts off, when his ship…

Red Steel 2 Box a Work (of Art) in Progress

The pre-order pages for Red Steel 2 have either no art or unofficial art. Well we’ve got the “work-in-progress” art, from Ubisoft itself. They also send word that a preorder bonus will be announced “soon.”