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Beyond Good & Evil 2 A No Show At E3?

Ubisoft may be keeping Beyond Good & Evil 2 more under wraps at this year’s E3 than we were expecting. The recently leaked trailer for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game may be it. According to Ubisoft reps, by way of UGO, Beyond Good & Evil 2 won’t be making a playable appearance at…

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Story Walkthrough

Both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg helped LucasArts craft the story for upcoming Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. The story kicks off, we’re told, the year after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Bot Lineup Revealed

Find out what bots and cons you’ll be controlling in Activision’s video game adaptation of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The battle lines have been drawn and sides have been chosen. Representing the Autobots in Revenge of the Fallen’s story mode will be Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, and newcomer Breakaway. The Decepticon team has…

inFamous Is Definitely Done, A Little Early

Kotaku is confident to report that PS3 open-world super-hero game inFamous is done because, well, we have a copy in Kotaku’s NYC office. (Hey, that’s my hand!) We’re talking finished, in a box, on a disc, slapped with the logo of development studio Sucker Punch. There’s even an instruction manual that includes a penultimate-page tease…

Console Sacred 2 Could Use A Little Fixing

CDV Software is quickly readying patches for the console versions of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, fixing the online multiplayer of the PlayStation 3 version while making sure Xbox 360 customers get their pre-order bonuses. If it seemed like the oft-delayed console version of Ascaron’s action role-playing game was still a bit rushed, that’s only because…

Kojima Productions Teaser Site Goes Live, Is Mostly Cloudy

As previously threatened, the Konami’s Metal Gear Solid team has kicked off a storm of pre-E3 announcement hype online. Kojima Productions has launched the teaser web site for the developer’s next project today. What does it tell us? About as much as the print ad running in the newest issue of Famitsu, showing only a…

Battlefield 1943’s Iwo Jima Is A Little Early

We can probably forgive DICE for including the 1945 battle of Iwo Jima in their downloadable multiplayer combat game Battlefield 1943 when it looks this good. Iwo Jima is just one of three battlefields coming out with the downloadable installment of the Battlefield series next month on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Along…

Cover E3 with Kotaku

It’s the big show. Gaming nirvana. E3 has in the past been the place for gaming news and this year is shaping up to be a doozie. In the midst of planning our coverage I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone come along who could offer a unique perspective? Maybe a reader who…

Activision Introduces Science Papa, No Relation

What company would have the gall to release a series of science experiment mini-games for the Nintendo DS and Wii and call it Science Papa? Oh yeah, that company. I’d use this space to explain that Science Papa casts the player in the role of newest member of Science Papa’s research team, aiming at becoming…

Tropico 3 Coming To America

PC gamers can return to the islands this fall, as Kalypso Media announces Tropico 3 for North American release this September. The third title in the popular Tropico series of island management sims once again places players in the role of “El Presidente”, the ruler of an island in the Caribbean during the Cold War…

Runes Of Magic Scores A Million Registered Player Points

Less than two months after the game officially launched, Frogster’s massively derivative online role-playing game Runes of Magic now boasts more than a million registered users. Free-to-play massively multiplayer online games generally attract huge numbers, and with Runes of Magic’s strong resemblance to World of Warcraft it comes as no surprise that their player base…

Latest Mx Vs. ATV Gives You Control of the Rider

In MX vs. ATV Reflex, due out this holiday, gamers will have separate control of the rider and the vehicle in a terrain-deforming world sporting a new physics engine, THQ announced today. In Reflex, gamers will control the vehicle with one thumbstick and the rider with another, according to the press release. The game will…

Warrior Epic Poised For Release

Last month’s closed beta test the massively multiplayer online game Warrior Epic must have gone rather well, as True Games has announced that the game goes live on May 19th. It seems like only fourteen days ago that the game, developed by Austin-based developer Possibility Space, had entered closed beta. After a quick bout of…

Factor 5 Officially Shuttered

There were layoffs and rumors of studio closings, but now it’s finally confirmed. According to the company website, the San Rafael-based Factor 5 studio has officially closed its doors. Rumors of the Lair developers closure surfaced in December of last year, following rumors that half of the staff had been let go. The rumors pointed…

NCsoft Shifts NC West Leadership to Korea

Korea-based MMO developer NCsoft has appointed their chief financial officer, Jaeho Lee, as the new CEO of NCsoft West, the company’s recently formed European and North American subsidiary. NCsoft West was formed last September, unifying NC Interactive, NC Europe, NC Austin and ArenaNet under one group based in Seattle. Lee is replacing Chris Chung, who…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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How Much Do Your Surroundings Matter?

To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Carpet Versus Dogs: FIGHT! It’s been a few weeks that we’ve been out of the city, and I can already notice some changes. For example, when we lived in the city, Mini-Bash did not like bugs. He said he liked them, but usually would run away when he saw them.…

Street Fighter IV Gashapons Totally Nail Chun Li’s Vitals

These Street Fighter gashapon figures (small, collectible figures) will be out in Japan next month. Chun Li fans may want to look into purchasing some. Why? Look at those thighs! Perfect. Bravo, figure makers. Bravo. The rest of the figures are pretty good as well, especially the Ryu one, which gets his dramatic, pouty Street…

Sony Europe Studio Boss Takes His Final Bow

Jamie MacDonald may not be a household name, but as boss of Sony’s London Studio for eight years, he’s overseen some of the most successful game series of all time. But no more. MacDonald has announced his departure from the company, and his last day will be May 29. Over those eight years, London Studio…

Devil Kings… The Rice

Sengoku Basara, known as Devil Kings in the West, has already been made into a stage play and canned beverages. What’s next? Bags of rice, apparently! The Sengoku Basara rice is grain from Miyagi Prefecture, best known in Japan for its agriculture and scenic views. Going on sale May 22, the Devil Kings rice is…