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So How Do You Curve Bullets In Wanted?
A sequel to last year’s hit film, Wanted: Weapons of Fate allows players to curve bullets around objects in order to take their targets by surprise. So how’s that going to work? Developer GRIN had their work cut out for them in created Weapons of Fate. They had to recreate the action of curving your…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
Tales Of Horror From The Circuit City Liquidation
While the closure of Circuit City may mean excellent (and not so excellent) deals on video games and electronics, it can also mean buyer remorse. Especially when one considers the “All sales are final” policy. Reader John tells us his tale of nonreturnable woe, a massive disappointment to the tune of $7.50. “I went into…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2009 -
DSi Creator Talks DSi Creation At GDC
In another newly-revealed event scheduled for the 2009 Game Developers Conference next month, Nintendo DSi hardware group project leader Masato Kuwahara discusses the genesis of the next-generation DS. In a 60 minute lecture titled, “The Inspiration Behind Nintendo DSi Development”, Kuwahara will discuss how the company came to design the DSi, how it evolved from…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
Microsoft: Windows 7 Great For Games
Do not fear Windows 7. Sure, the tests might show that Windows XP performs better, but Microsoft assures us all that the next version of their operation system will be “great for games”. So says Microsoft’s VP of the Interactive Entertainment Business for the EMEA region, Chris Lewis, speaking to GamesIndustry.biz about the future of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
This Chinatown Wars Van Begs To Be Stolen
Rockstar Games has their Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars van making the rounds to promote the upcoming Nintendo DS game, and while we would never encourage stealing, isn’t it just begging for it? I can’t help but smile imagining the Rockstar representatives, on their way out of the Massachusetts GameStop where they were demoing the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
Nintendo Teases Pikmin Wii With a Plant
Nintendo sent a message plant to Kotaku Tower today along with a postcard from Pikmin’s Captain Olimar to tease the upcoming North American Release of New Play Control! Pikmin. The plant will, in a week or so, unfurl to reveal a single word. Probably Pikmin!
By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009 -
Weekly Wii Update: The Commodore 64 Returns
It’s a banner day for fans of old computer games, as Nintendo introduces three classic Commodore 64 titles to a new generation of North American gamers. Yes, the clues in last week’s Wii Update led us to one inevitable conclusion: Commodore 64 games were coming to North America. We just didn’t realize it would be…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
PSP Go!Messenger No Longer Going Come April
After only a year in service, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is pulling the plug on its Go!Messenger service, which brought video and voice chat to PSP owners throughout Europe. The Go!Messenger service was a joint effort between SCEE and wireless network operator BT to bring instant messaging, voice calls, and video conferencing to the PSP…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
Parent Group Issues Warning For The Lost and Damned
Unlike some other, over-the-top parenting groups, Common Sense Media takes a more, well, common sense approach to its look at the multimedia children are exposed to. Recently, the group warned parents off of Grand Theft Auto IV’s The Lost and Damned, pointing out that the game is laden with mature content and should be “kept…
By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009 -
Atlus Online Does Steampunk With Neo Steam
Atlus Online has revealed the first game to be offered on the new online community, JoyImpact’s massively multiplayer online steampunk game Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent. Announced earlier this month, Atlus Online is a community portal for fans of Atlus games and anime, which will feature a wide variety of online games for the community…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
Funcom Loses Big, Chief Financial Officer Bails
The Age of Conan has been rather rough on Funcom, whose fourth quarter financials reveal an operating loss of $23.3 million, possibly prompting the departure of chief financial officer Olav Sandnes. Funcom’s latest massively multiplayer online game Age of Conan is to blame for the company’s huge deficit, with $22.8 million depreciating in the face…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
Watch a Unicorn Review Street Fighter IV
New York-based comedy improv group Action Pals sat down in GameDaily’s offices to produce this dead-on review of Street Fighter IV. The group take to task Capcom for their Mexican stereotypes, hamburger-chested women, and call out little know Street Fighter spin-off, Street Fighter for Girls. Did I mention that one of the reviewers is a…
By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009 -
Riddick Assaults Dark Athena In April
The next chapter in the Riddick saga is ready to unfold, as Atari announces an April release for Assault on Dark Athena, with playable demos hitting the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next month. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena features an all-new story for actor Vin Diesel’s bad ass antihero Riddick, who…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
ICO Creator Speaks At Game Developers Conference
With ICO and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda speaking at this year’s Games Developers Conference, could the show play host to the reveal of his next game? Fumito Ueda will be on hand at the 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month to speak on a panel on evolving game design,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009 -
Lost Planet 2: The Trailer
Earlier today, Capcom officially announced that it is working on a sequel to Lost Planet, one that will feature jungles and be produced by Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi. We’re still awaiting the press release, which may or may not have more details, but until then why don’t you check out the trailer, which…
By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009 -
Did You Watch The Oscars?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Yay for syndication deal! Good work on that. Well… what did you think of the Academy Award winners? Agree? Disagree? Don’t care?! (Living in Japan, I haven’t seen most of these movies yet — a lot of them haven’t been released yet.) What you missed last night The Pressure of Killzone…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009 -
Liveblogging the Liveblog
Check out this fancy liveblog of our new liveblog.
By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009 -
New King Of Fighters Videos Are Something Else
Japan’s big arcade gaming expo, AOU, went down last Friday & Saturday. Lots of cool stuff was shown off, but few games – if any – look as damn good as King of Fighters XII. Yeah, we’ve seen it before, and it’s looked great before, but AOU is really the first time we’ve been able…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009 -
How Big Are The PCs Valve Program On?
Over the weekend, Valve released an unexpectedly fascinating piece of information: the specs of the machines sitting on desks across Valve HQ, which are used for development of both games and the Steam platform. According to a news post over on Steam, Valve change the spcs of their development units every 18 months or so.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2009 -
Lost Planet 2 Announced, Features Jungles
Last Friday, Capcom announced it would be unveiling a new game over Xbox LIVE on Monday. Well, today’s Monday, and that game is Lost Planet 2. This is not the first time we’ve recently heard of Lost Planet 2. We broke first the news last month that Dead Rising and Lost Planet developer Keiji Inafune…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2009