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Let’s Tap Box Art: Hands-On, Party On
Sega has released the North American box art for its upcoming Wii mini-game collection Let’s Tap. What does it tell us? Pretty much everything we need to know about Let’s Tap! Beautiful, professionally modeled hands clearly explain to the potential Wii owner “You will play this game by tapping a box with a Wii Remote…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009 -
Be A DJ On Your DS
In case the two other DJ games currently under development for consoles weren’t enough for you, French developer Game Life has just announced DJ Star, coming later this year for the Nintendo DS. Published by Deep Silver in Europe and Australia, DJ Star is a game where players start off as a lowly hobby DJ,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Left 4 Dead Survival Mode Is Now Live
As promised, Valve’s new “Survival Pack” expansion has been released for Left 4 Dead. Now that I’ve completed my download of the add-on, which adds a new gameplay mode, I recommend you do the same. The new expansion is available for both the PC version via Steam and the Xbox 360 version. So far, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009 -
The Munchables Continues Relentless March Of Cuteness
Namco Bandai‘s The Munchables for the Nintendo Wii continues to dish out impossible levels of quirk and cuteness, nearly reaching critical mass with the latest trailers and screenshots. The Munchables has managed to escape my radar up until now, having missed McWhertor’s trailer post last month, as well as the first batch of screens. How…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Rumor: Scratch: The Ultimate DJ Has A New Developer
According to sources with knowledge of the game’s development, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ has a brand new developer, with Bottlerocket Entertainment replacing former developers 7 Studios, who were recently sued by the game’s publisher. With the LA Superior Court ruling this week that all intellectual property and source code be returned immediately to Scratch publisher…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009 -
Konami Readies A New Karaoke Revolution
Despite the ridiculously sad performance of Rock Revolution, Konami soldiers on, announcing the rebirth of Karaoke Revolution on all three consoles, two of which already have dedicated karaoke games. Flying in the face of games like Microsoft’s Lips and Sony’s SingStar, the new Karaoke Revolution for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii seeks…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Q-Games Teases PixelJunk 1-4 With First Images
The fourth PixelJunk title from developer Q-Games, currently known as PixelJunk 1-4 and officially due to be revealed next week, has entered the teasing phase today, courtesy of Facebook. Q-Games follow-up to PixelJunk Eden is being socially promoted via Facebook with a “PixelJunk 1-4 sells one million units at launch!” event. Clearly pandering for sales!…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009 -
Is Capcom Counting Down To Marvel vs Capcom 2?
Our old friend the countdown clock rears its ugly head once more, with Tu4ar.com possibly counting down to an announcement of the re-release of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The ESRB has rated it; official arcade sticks have been solicited and then removed; and potential achievements have been unearthed.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
You’re good, but are you good enough to design the game?
Our unique program is your first step toward becoming an artist and designer in the multi-billion-dollar game design industry. Details after the jump. You’ll learn how to create characters, design game play and background and their environments, and apply your knowledge of video and computer games to evaluate products. You will also learn to plan…
By Chrissie Lamond Published April 21, 2009 -
Retail Listings Confirm The Beatles: Rock Band 3-Part Harmonies
Looks like the “loose talk” surrounding vocal harmonizing in The Beatles: Rock Band is spot on, according to retailer listings forwarded to Kotaku. According to retail game descriptions, the game supports three part harmonies. That means support for three microphones at once, a new addition to the established Rock Band vocal gameplay style. Good thing…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009 -
Muramasa: The Demon Blade Lands New Publisher, Launch Date
Vanillaware’s lovely looking Wii game Muramasa: The Demon Blade (née Oboro Muramasa) is no longer coming to North America by way of publisher XSEED. Instead, publisher Ignition Entertainment will bring it to these shores. The publisher announced today that it had acquired the North American publishing rights to the title, planning for a September 2009…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009 -
Killzone 2’s Steel & Titanium Pack Priced
Sony has delivered pricing details on Killzone 2‘s first downloadable map pack, Steel & Titanium, along with a trailer featuring the two new maps in varying degrees of motion. While we knew it was coming out on April 30th, up until now we had no price tag for the two maps included in the first…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Stephen Confirms Return For LittleBigPlanet PSP
British actor, comedian, and Dr. House’s better half Stephen Fry has confirmed that he is indeed providing voiceovers for the PlayStation Portable version of LittleBigPlanet. Fry teased earlier today via Twitter that he was doing voiceovers today for the “2nd version of a video game”. After checking with his handlers, Fry returned to Twitter to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Purchase Videos From PSN On Earth Day, Save The Planet
Tomorrow is Earth Day, and what better way to show your appreciation for our planet’s environment than staying in and buying a bunch of movies from the PlayStation Store? The first 10,000 movie and television show purchases made from the PlayStation Store tomorrow will generate $1 a pop for Conservation International, a non-profit organization dedicated…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Mega64 Beats Sony To A Shadow Of The Colossus Movie
Sony Pictures might as well pull the plug on their big screen adaptation of Shadow of the Colossus. Mega64’s got it covered. A true video game movie needs to distill the essence of the game into a live action setting, and well – it doesn’t get much more distilled than this. You’ve got your hero,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
GameFly Tests Your Game Knowledge With GameAnswers.com
GameFly has just launched GameAnswers.com, a website that allows gamers to share their knowledge of the industry and judge by their peers. GameAnswers is essentially the video game version of Yahoo! Answers. After a quick and painless sign up process, users can ask questions or answer questions to their hearts’ content, climbing the ranks as…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
EA Sports Games Bundled With Wii MotionPlus
EA addresses the issue of Nintendo not having a first-party game ready for their Wii MotionPlus controller add-on by bundling their own games with the device. EA has announced that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 and EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii would be bundled with Nintendo’s Wii remote fixing device upon launch…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Halo Wars DLC Presents Strategic Options
Three new multiplayer modes are making their way to Halo Wars courtesy of the Strategic Options Game Add-On Pack. Available “in the coming weeks”, the Strategic Options pack adds several new ways to experience Halo from a top down perspective online against your friends. In Keepaway Mode, players struggle to capture a free-roaming Forerunner Sentinel…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009 -
Fallout 3 Delivers Puppies! on May 5
Broken Steel, the third downloadable episode for the PC and Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3, will raise the game’s level cap to 30 and remove the games ending on May 5, Bethesda announced this week. Broken Steel will sell for 800 points and will include an entire new area outside of Fallout 3’s wasteland…
By Brian Crecente Published April 21, 2009