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R.U.S.E. Tweaks, Slows Real-Time Strategy
By all appearances, R.U.S.E. is another attempt by Ubisoft to redefine strategy gaming in a way to be more attractive for casual fans, slowing the pace of real-time strategy and adding depth to the genre. “We wanted to create something new, and we followed that creative vision for several years,” said developer Mathieu Girard. R.U.S.E.…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Even though I’ve already “completed” Rhythm Heaven, there are still medals to acquire, perfect ratings to… perfect, and things still unlocked. That’s why I’ll be playing it, hopefully on a new Nintendo DSi by Sunday. Outside of that, I don’t expect to be playing much else, unless I get the gumption to hook the Dreamcast…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Eating The Story Of Prototype
Poor Alex Mercer. The Prototype antagonist wakes up in a morgue and has to eat people to regain his memories. Yum. There’s a bit more to it than that, but the idea of consuming other people as a storytelling technique is certainly a novel way of putting a fresh spin on the overly-used amnesia mechanic.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Fallout 3 360 Pitt DLC: Take 3
The Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3‘s The Pitt downloadable content has been revised once again, with users experiencing crashes urged to delete the old files and download the new. Third time’s the charm, right? The first batch was corrupted; the second plagued with random freezing. Now the third version of The Pitt is up…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Register Extremely Early For PAX East
The website for the East Coast version of the Penny Arcade Expo quietly went live last week, with registrations now being accepted for the 2010 event. The Penny Arcade boys are giving the East Coast a little loving in 2010, with PAX East taking place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston from March 26th…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Battlestations Pacific: Lets You Win the War With Japan
In Battlestations: Pacific you don’t just have a chance to play on the side of Japan, you can experience a World War II where Japan wins the war. The game features both a U.S. And Japanese campaign in the game, both built around historically authentic archived missions. “Authenticity and historical accuracy we take quite seriously,…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
Interplay And Masthead Team For Potential Fallout MMO
Interplay is teaming up with Masthead Studios to complete work on Project V13, which sounds suspiciously like a code name a company would use for a massively multiplayer Fallout game. Interplay announced their intentions to create a massively multiplayer online game based on the Fallout property back in December 2006, having retained that particular portion…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Lips Mics Will Work With Metallica, Rock Band 2
Microsoft’s nifty wireless microphones that were packed in with Lips just got a whole lot more useful, supporting Guitar Hero Metallica and soon Rock Band 2. Tethering a music game singing virtuoso to a console is a sad, sad thing, especially since the cords are never long enough to allow for the sort of microphone…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Rock Band Gets A Kick In The Shins
Harmonix is padding next week’s Rock Band Toby Keith release with music from The Shins, Black Tide, and Bullet for my Valentine in order to please the few of you who don’t appreciate country music. I know it’s hard to comprehend that any gamer out there wouldn’t be overjoyed with the Toby Keith Six Pack…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Iron Fist Joins Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Cast
Iconic 70s superhero Iron Fist will be among the two dozen playable characters featured in upcoming action title Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. The characters included in the game were selected because they are returning favorites from the first title, they are core to the Civil War story line or just because the developers wanted to…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
Brütal Legend Promises to Deliver a World of Metal Farce and Subtle Humor
Brütal Legend is much more than an action game with sharp writing and a heavy metal soundtrack. Double Fine’s ability to craft a world out of the imagery of heavy metal helps the game transcend it’s genre and potentially deliver an experience that will be as unique as it is memorable. What glimpses I saw…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
Red Faction: Guerrilla Gives Us The Bird
From April Fool’s prank to reality, Volition announces that the fabled Ostrich Hammer will indeed be available as an unlockable in Red Faction: Guerrilla. In what some are calling the winning video game ‘prank’ of April Fool’s Day 2009, Volition released a hilarious video on Wednesday revealing the Ostrich Hammer, a brilliant response to NeoGAF…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Bear McCreary Wants To Make Dark Void Players Uncomfortable
See Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary discussing his unique strategy for creating the musical score for Capcom’s Dark Void. Bear is quite obviously a gamer as well as a composer, so he knows game music and how it generally works. In order to keep his music from fading into the background, he’s splitting his music…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2009 -
Do You Love Kotaku? Prove It!
You say you love Kotaku, but do you really mean it? I mean, mean it enough to provide video evidence of said love? Down with it and live in New York? Video king Richard Blakeley is putting together a video of unabashed Kotaku lovin.. the platonic kind, so if you’re interested you should email him…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
When Your Last Name Is First, Where Is Your Middle Name?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Bipolar Weather Had to file out some housing papers this morning to finalize everything. Ran into a bit of confusion regarding the order of my name. Japanese last names go first, followed by, well, first names. For example, in Japan, Shigeru Miyamoto is actually Miyamoto Shigeru. Hideo Kojima is Kojima…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2009 -
Hudson Button Masher Comes To The iPhone
I don’t use “button masher” as a cheap label for an antiquated genre. I use it in the most literal sense, because this is an iPhone port of Hudson’s famous Shooting Watches. History lesson: Hudson talisman Takahashi Meijin (aka Master Higgins) got kinda famous in the 80’s for being able to press a button 16…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 -
Game & Watch Clones Yanked From iPhone Store
We told you to get those bootleg Game & Watch iPhone games before lawyers took ’em down. Hope you heeded our advice. Because lawyers have taken them down. Yes, “developers” Mobile 1UP have been forced by Nintendo to remove their copyright-infringing Game & Watch clones. All of them. In their place are now two games…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 -
Konami PS3 Baseball Game Goes Offline (The End)
Professional Baseball Spirits 5, Konami’s PS3 baseball title, was released last May in Japan. The game features teams and stars of Japanese pro ball, and let’s players battle it out online. That is, until April 15. A notice from Konami reads: “On April 15, 2009 at 11:59pm, Professional Baseball Spirits 5‘s online play will end.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2009 -
Biggest Street Fighter Tourney EVER: The Finals
Like we said, the Street Fighter IV National Tournament is the biggest SFIV tournament ever (not hard, seeing as its sponsored by GameStop). And this month, it reaches the business end, with the finals. On April 18 in San Francisco, the 16 best Street Fighters in the United States will converge on the Fort Mason…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 -
French Quebec Cracks Down On English Games [Update]
Hey French Canadians, want to play English only video games? Forget it! New legislation in Quebec now prohibits the sale of English-only video games if a French version is available. The store cannot carry only the English language version if a French version is available. The catch traditionally has been for Quebec is that game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2009