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CES 09: Audiovox Puts PlayStation 2s In Your Car, Dawg [Electronics]

Thumbnail Yo, dawg, Audiovox heard you like the PlayStation 2 and car ownership. So it co-branded with Sony on a PlayStation 2 for your car so you can play games while you drive. PlayStation", "PLAYSTATION" and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

GameCrazy Offers Street Fighter Coinage For SFIV Pre-Orders [They So Crazy]

Thumbnail The commemorative Street Fighter 20th Anniversary coin is a thing of joy and wonder, encompassing everything it means to be a coin, while still commemorating an event. It comes in a lovely display card, with Ryu on the inside and interesting Street Fighter facts printed on the back. It's ju...

Mad Catz' Hits CES With Street Fighter, HAWX Controllers

Thumbnail The Street Fighter IV FightPad for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 includes an enlarged circular eight-way floating D-Pad and arcade style six-button configuration. An integrated D-Pad switch allows gamers to alternate between D-Pad and Analog Sticks.

Mad Catz' Hits CES With Street Fighter, HAWX Controllers

Thumbnail Mad Catz is unveiling their new controllers for Street Fighter IV, a HAWX compatible flight stick and their latest PC flight stick at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. The Street Fighter IV Faceplate and Console Skinz for the Xbox 360and Playstation 3 lets gamers customize their co...

Rock Band Branded Memory Cards Come to the Wii [Ces09]

Thumbnail The SD cards will sell for $13 a pop and are set to hit the U.S. this spring. With songs taking as much as 50 megs each and the Wii only sporting 512MB of onboard stoarge, extra external memory seems like a must for any hardcore fans of Rock Band. SanDisk Rock Band Wii Cards

MySims Line Expands With Inevitable Kart Racing And Party Games [Game Announce]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

REDWOOD CITY, CA — January 7, 2009 —Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the next two titles to be released within the MySims™ Franchise. MySims™ Party and MySims™ Racing, available for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™, will release in 2009.

Tough Times [Night Note]

Rumor: NiGHTS Sequel Was Originally An Xbox 360, PS3 Game Want To Buy A Games Mag? Hardcore Gamer Is For Sale (On eBay) High Quality In-Game Final Fantasy XIII Gameplay Images Japan Getting Resident Evil PS3 Bundle, Console Please Be Seated for this King of Fighters XII trailer

Want To Buy A Games Mag? Hardcore Gamer Is For Sale (On eBay) [Kotaku Magu]

Thumbnail Want your own video game magazine and have all the big game companies beg you to cover their latest games before they're released? Want to be wined and dined by Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Rockstar, Capcom, and Konami, to name a few? Want to have your editors flown on all ex...

Rumor: NiGHTS Sequel Was Originally An Xbox 360, PS3 Game [Wii]

Thumbnail Sega's NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams for the Wii was once planned for release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but shifted platforms against the wishes of Sonic Team producer Takashi Iizuka. The Blog Sega Doesn’t Want You to Read [TSSZ News]

Beat To Hell [Note]

I had the pleasure of hanging out at a Best Buy for an hour and a half or so today while they car guys installed a hands-free telephone dealio into my uber-wagon. I eventually meandered over to the game section and then over to where they had Rock Band set up.

Learn To Knit The Wii Way [Arts & Crafts]

Thumbnail In response to my failed attempt at knitting during the Kotaku Holiday Podcast, reader Austinpoet offered a link to KNiiTTiiNG, a project that teaches players to knit using the Nintendo Wii. Call it Knitting Hero. While KNiiTTiiNG currently remains an unofficial project, I wouldn't be s...

New Trailer And Screens Herald Battlestations: Pacific Website [Eidos]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail Tuesday 6th January/... Eidos Interactive, creator of some of the world’s leading video game properties, today announced the launch of a new community-focused destination site for Battlestations: Pacific™. Battlestations: Pacific™ is set for release on Xbox 360® video game and entert...

Midway Gets Reprieve From Bankruptcy Axe [Recession]

While Midway both has This is Vegas and Wheelman on their plate as upcoming titles, the massive job cuts and studio closings seems to make it doubtful that Midway will recover from what is increasingly looking like a death spiral. Midway Games, note holders agree to extension

EA Bring Family Game Night To Xbox Live [Board Games]

EA continues its onslaught of Hasbro titles this spring as the company reveals plans to flood Xbox Live Arcade with classic board games via the Hasbro Family Game Night channel. EA Delivers Scrabble to Every Major Digital Platform in 2009 and Brings Hasbro Family Favorite Board Game Expe...

Microsoft Announces More Platinum Collection Titles, New iDOLM@STER [Japan]

Thumbnail In Japan, next February sees three more titles to Microsoft's Xbox 360 budget Platinum Collection line. They are: • Battlefield: Bad Company ¥2,940 2/26/09 • Halo 3 ¥2,940 2/26/09 • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 ¥2,940 2/26/09 Xbox 360 プラチナコレクションに「Halo 3」など4タイトルが登場 [IT Media]

Yesterday

So How Long Do People Play Wii Games For? [Nintendo]

Thumbnail MTV decided to find out. Using the Wii’s Nintendo Channel - which tracks the playing habits of 1.6 million Americans - they've yanked out some data on what games you're playing, and for how long. Shame. Wii Software Stats January Update: ‘Animal Crossing’ Is A Beast, ‘Sonic’ Whimpers [MTV]

Sony Looking Forward To PS3 Exclusives In 2009, PSP Not So Much [Playstation Family]

Thumbnail Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, teases "new titles and innovations that will connect and expand the PlayStation experiences" on the PSP. But that's about all the love the PSP gets from developers and SCEE execs. I mean, David Reeves, presi...

Who's Going To CES? Kotaku! [Ces 09]

Thumbnail At the very least, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Online Entertainment, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Nyko, Capcom and probably many, many more will be at CES 2009. Expect plenty of hands-on impressions on the software and hardware side of things.

The First Killzone 2 Review Is In [Playstation 3]

Thumbnail The latest issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine touts the "world exclusive review" of Killzone 2 for the PlayStation 3. What did the officially sanctioned mag think of Guerrilla Games' highly anticipated first-person shooter?

Capcom Struts Its 2009 Lineup [Resident Street Fighter Commando]

Thumbnail Capcom has an excellent line up of games hitting consoles during the first half of 2009, and they've got the Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV-filled press release to prove it. Resident Evil® 5, Street Fighter® IV, Bionic Commando®, Dead RisingTM: Chop Till You Drop, FLOCK! and MotoGP...

This article also contains excerpts from Multiplayer.ro, Capcom, El Mundo Tech, GamersReports.com

Capcom Struts Its 2009 Lineup

Thumbnail Capcom has an excellent line up of games hitting consoles during the first half of 2009, and they've got the Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV-filled press release to prove it. CAPCOM TO DELIVER STELLAR LINE UP IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2009

This article also contains excerpts from GayGamer.net, Aeropause Games, The Tanooki

EVE Online Breaks Concurrent User Record [Universal Growth]

Thumbnail Five years old and growing! EVE Online celebrated the beginning of the new year by reaching a new record for concurrent users connected to the game, with more than 45,000 players online at once. Great news for CCP! Perhaps not so great for EVE players, forced to deal with an influx of new, stu...

This article also contains excerpts from MMORPG blog, Qj.net, rpgwatch.com, tagn (WordPress), Game Daily, GayGamer.net, VirginWorlds MMO, MMORPG.COM, GameFocus

Hideo Kojima Thinks "Way We Make Games Won't Translate Globally" [Hideo Kojima]

Thumbnail It's foreign game panic day! Like Jun Takeuchi, Hideo Kojima is worried about Western games and Western developers. He tells Japanese magazine Famitsu what he's going to do about it. That's nice and all, but didn't Metal Gear Solid 4 do better abroad than domestically? Quick, somebody inf...

Square Enix President Sends New Years Greeting In Poetic Prose (No, Really) [Imperial Hot]

Thumbnail Doom! Gloom!! Bittersweet optimism!!! Square Enix president Yoichi Wada rallies the troops with a New Years message titled "Riding The Current." It's corporate poetry. Well, at least there's no "fire/desire" rhyme. This would probably sound better in Japanese — and if Imperial Hot hims...

Monday, Jan 5

These Were The Most-Played Games Over Xbox Live In 2008 [Xbox]

Thumbnail Also listed were the twenty most popular Xbox Live Arcade games, Castle crashers taking top honours despite being widely unplayable over Xbox Live Arcade for much of the year. That's one hell of an achievement. The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008 [Microsoft]

Sunday, Jan 4

Japan's Best And Worst Sellers By Platform [Rumor]

Thumbnail Wii Top Ten 1. Wii Sports Total Sales: 3.2 million 2. Wii Fit Total Sales: 2.8 million 3. Wii Play Total Sales: 2.5 million 4. Mario Kart Wii Total Sales: 1.9 million 6. Mario Party 8 Total Sales: 1.2 million 7. Super Mario Galaxy Total Sales: 932,119 Wii Bottom Ten 2. Hot Shots Golf 5 Total Sales: 408,175

Friday, Jan 2

EA, Take-Two Deal Makes Media Deals Worst Of List [UBS]

Thumbnail Oh, they hailed it as a massively missed opportunity, considering EA offered to buy your stock at a premium of $25.75 per share, which is now hovering around $8. Not that EA's stock is doing much better, currently rebounding at $17, but you get the idea.

Opinion: Metacritic's Best And Worst of 2008 [Metacritic]

Thumbnail PC 1. Fallout 3 2. Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor 3. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 4. Grand Theft Auto IV 5. World of Goo PS3 1. Grand Theft Auto IV 2. LittleBigPlanet 3. Bioshock 4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 5. Rock Band 2

Wednesday, Dec 31

Meteos Wars Micro-Review: Make It Rain

Thumbnail Q Entertainment has given its Nintendo DS puzzler Meteos new life on Xbox Live Arcade with Meteos Wars. Why the "Wars" distinction? It's certainly no bloodier than the standard Meteos (or even Meteos Disney Magic.) Meteos Wars was developed and published by Q Entertainment, released on D...

Jaffe: Gears of War 2 Versus God of War 3, PS3 Versus Wii [Podcast]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Famed Playstation developer David Jaffe may seem like an odd choice for guest developer for our in-game podcast about the Xbox 360's Gears of War 2. Jaffe solidifies his position as one of Kotaku's favorite developers in this podcast where he discusses what he likes about Gears, how God of...

Tuesday, Dec 30

Japan's Best Selling Games Of 2008 Are... [Only In Japan]

Thumbnail 01. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 02. Pokemon Platinum (DS) 03. Wii Fit (Wii) 04. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 05. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 06. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) 07. Dragon Quest V (DS) 08. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) 09. Animal Crossing City Folk (Wii) 10. Wii Sports (Wii)

Opinion: Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars: Hardcore Returns to the Wii

Thumbnail The thing is, their excellent cheer leading skills don't always mean they publish good games. In fact, they haven't really published many good games at all this year. And each time another dud passed across my desk and little part of me died, because I knew they still had Mushroom Men waiting...

Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars: Hardcore Returns to the Wii [Review]

Thumbnail Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars is one of the better Wii titles of the year. Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars was developed by Red Fly Studio and published by Gamecock. Released on December 2 for the Wii, retails for $49.99. Played through the entire campaign.

Monday, Dec 29

Dissidia: Final Fantasy Import Review: The [Evil] Emperor's New [Suit of Armor] [Review]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail Dissidia: Final Fantasy was developed and published by Square-Enix, released in Japan on Dec. 18, 2008 for the Sony PSP. Retails for 5,980 yen. Played story mode to completion, played local multiplayer with random strangers on a train.

Tuesday, Dec 23

PlayStation Store Update: LittleBigSnaaaaaaake! [North America]

Thumbnail LittleBigPlanet - Solid Snake Costume ($1.99) LittleBigPlanet - Meryl Silverburgh Costume ($1.99) LittleBigPlanet - Raiden Costume ($1.99) LittleBigPlanet - Metal Gear Solid Costume Pack ($5.99) LittleBigPlanet Metal Gear Solid Level Kit ($5.99)

Suikoden Is Your Newest PSone Classic

Thumbnail Konami has added another PSone classic to the North American PlayStation Store, following up last week's release of Castlevania Chronicles with the first in its role-playing game series Suikoden. Price to you is just $5.99 for the playable on PSP and PS3 PlayStation game. Much cheaper tha...

World Of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse Review: Single-Minded Excellence

Thumbnail The World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse. was co-developed by Steel Series and Blizzard, manufactured by Steel Series. Retails for $99.99. Used mouse as PC mouse for a week, played countless hours of World of Warcraft during testing period, creating multiple profiles.

Friday, Dec 19

EA, Steam Hook Up, Make Sweet Digital Distribution [Valve]

Thumbnail Now available digitally are Mass Effect, Need For Speed Undercover, Spore (and the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack), FIFA Manager 09 and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. We'd consider that a big win for Valve, considering EA's kind of the competition with its own EA Store.

This article also contains excerpts from Develop, MCV, VirginWorlds MMO, Computing News, RPG Land, MMORPG.COM, GamasutraNews (Feedburner), Ve3d.com, Bitbag, GameSpot, eXophase.com, the Gamer's Phase, Game Stooge, topix.net, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Gamasutra, Shacknews, techpluslifestyle (WordPress), Kotaku Australia, Ars Technica, Halflife2.net, GamersReports.com, GGL Wire, Neoseeker, Massively, G4 TV, Fudzilla

Ubisoft Pits Brains Against Bullets In CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars [Game Announce]

Ubisoft has just announced CellFactor: The Psychokenetic Wars, a futuristic first-person shooter coming to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network that pits big guns against mental powers....

This article also contains excerpts from Cinema Blend, TeamXbox, Game News, Reviews and Previews from GameZone Online, Gaming News from GameZone Online, Kombo.com, GayGamer.net, Planet Xbox 360, videogamecentral.com, Kotaku Australia, Games Are Evil, J Playstation, Hide and Geek

Thursday, Dec 18

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Review: M-M-M-My Shanoa

Thumbnail Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia gives the Nintendo DS its third "let's borrow liberally from Metroid" Castlevania entry, this time putting the lovely empty vessel Shanoa in the Dracula-slaying lead. Is Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia just what the Castlevania fan ordered?

Wednesday, Dec 17

Ghostbusters: Harrison Wants To Prove Activision Wrong [Taking Shots]

Thumbnail Atari's plucky bald president Phil Harrison would to show the world that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick made a big mistake in dropping the Ghostbusters game from the company's lineup. Harrison: We'll prove Activision wrong [MCV]

This article also contains excerpts from QJ.NET, Wii, Xbox 360, qj/ps3 (Feedburner), videogaming247, G4 TV, WASAlive ! wii games, Kombo.com, Nintendo DS, Softpedia, PSX Extreme, GameSpot

Tuesday, Dec 16

Rumor: A Next Metal Gear Is... Metal Gear Solid Touch!? [IPhone]

Thumbnail Hideo Kojima said that we'd still have a couple week's worth of speculation on what "A Next Metal Gear Is...", but rumored scans from Famitsu may have spoiled it. It's Metal Gear. For the iPhone. UPDATE - Konami have since confirmed. The title will be called Metal Gear Solid Touch.

Monday, Dec 15

Jaffe: Continue To Wait For God Of War III's Visual Awesomeness

Thumbnail Remember when God of War producer David Jaffe gushed orgasmically about the footage he'd seen from the PlayStation 3 entry in the series, writing that it was "like a painting come to life"? SPIKE AWARDS + GAME AWARDS IN GENERAL [DavidJaffe.biz]

Thursday, Dec 11

Gears Of War 2 Curbstomps Sales Charts, World At War Misses Modern Warfare's Mark [Npd Group]

Thumbnail 01. Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) - 1.56 million 02. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360) - 1.41 million 03. Wii Play (Wii) - 796,000 04. Wii Fit (Wii) - 697,000 05. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 637,000 07. Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) - 475,0000 08. Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) - 410,000 10. Wii Music (Wii) - 297,000

Wednesday, Dec 10

Rock Band Portable Drum Kit Review: The Beat Of A Different Drum [Review]

Thumbnail Part of their innovative line of official Rock Band peripherals that includes the dual-strumming Fender Bass and the microphone with 360 controls built-in, the Mad Catz Portable Drum Kit for the Xbox 360 aims to deliver a solid drumming experience in a packages tiny enough to stuff into...

Wednesday, Dec 3

Blizzard Bringing Massive Ads To Battle.net [In-game Ads]

Thumbnail NEW YORK — Dec. 3, 2008 — Massive Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. and a leading network for video game advertising, and Blizzard Entertainment Inc., a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software, announced today a multi-year deal that names Massive as the e...

This article also contains excerpts from GameSpot, Ve3d.com, Bloomberg, IGN, Escapist Magazine, PC Magazine, New York Times, Motley Fool

Thursday, Nov 27

The Last Remnant Review: Strategically Sound, Technically Flawed

Thumbnail East meets West as Square Enix releases The Last Remnant, their first attempt at creating a role-playing experience with both Japanese and Western audiences in mind. If you're willing to put up with its failings, The Last Remnant is a refreshing and challenging mix of role-playing and st...

Saturday, Nov 22

Kotaku Originals: Upon Further Review [Original]

Thumbnail The PlayStation 3 Gift Guide The Wii Holiday Gift Guide The Portable Holiday Gift Guide The Xbox 360 Gift Guide Holiday Game Review Madness Animal Crossing: City Folk Review: Crossing Over Again Need for Speed: Undercover Review: You're Not Good, and You're Not Bad

Friday, Nov 21

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Review: A Pretty Good Start

Thumbnail Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm was developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Namco Bandai, released in North America on Nov. 4 for the PlayStation 3. Retails for $59.99. Played through entire mission mode story arc, completing a majority of the non-required side missions. Played every cha...

Tabular Rasa: Tabula Rasa Shutting Down, Team Hit by Lay Offs

Tabula Rasa has some unique features that make it fun and very different from every other MMO out there. Unfortunately, the fact is that the game hasn't performed as expected. The development team has worked hard to improve the game ...

This article also contains excerpts from VirginWorlds MMO, www.PlanetTR.com, Digital Spy, Geek.com, eu.rgtr.com, The Gamerz Zone, PlayNC, Gameguru Mania, GAX Online, SLUniverse Forums, videogaming247, QJ.NET, Shacknews, The Video Game, internetgames.about.com, Crusaders of Justice, Plasma Burn ~ Technology. Gaming. Attitude. ~ Oklahoma's Own, MaxConsole.net, Digital Media Wire, Do Not Argue, The Average Gamer, Ve3d.com, DigitalBattle, Develop, rgtr.com, pumpingirony.net, gamerblips.dailyradar.com, MMO Gamers, planet-x.com.au, mmo.rpgwatch.com, Edge Online, WarCry Network, Ark's Ark, Cinema Blend, Telegraph.co.uk, Kotaku Australia

Wednesday, Nov 19

GTA IV Bus Ads To Terrorize Chicago Riders Once Again [Grand Theft Auto IV]

Thumbnail Billboard advertising for Grand Theft Auto IV will return to Chicago buses and bus stations for six weeks as part of a settlement with the Chicago Transit Authority. Rockstar Games parent Take-Two Interactive sued Chicago's public transportation body in May after the GTA IV ads were pul...

Tuesday, Nov 18

Did EA And The NFLPA Conspire To Lock 2K Out Of The Football Market? [Madden]

Thumbnail The per player price for most of these guys was tens of thousands of dollars less than what they were guaranteed by Take Two Interactive so it’s a real coup that we were able to pull this off so cheaply. You have to remember that EA’s total cost is only $200,000 per year. We know that Take Two offer...

This article also contains excerpts from Reuters, Hard OCP, PC Magazine, Motley Fool, MarketWatch, Hollywood Reporter, Worcester Telegram, Centre Daily Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Sun-Times, Forbes, IGN, PSX Extreme, GamesIndustry.biz, BloggingStocks, GameSpot, Animation Magazine, Kotaku.com, CNNMoney.com, MSNBC, Develop, Canada.com, Reason Online, The Money Times, Washington Times, Games and MMORPG, Dubious Quality, pc.ign.com, TechBlips

Monday, Nov 17

Opinion: Massive Sims 3 Q&A Tells All [Questions & Answers]

Thumbnail The Sims 3 Q&A 9.What kind of player activity have you planned for The Sims 3? 12.Can we expect to see our favourite Sims families return, having grown, as they did between The Sims and The Sims 2? 15.What challenges did you face in the creation of The Sims 3?

Thursday, Nov 13

Call of Duty: World at War Review: The Modern Warfare Effect

Thumbnail Call of Duty: World at War was developed by Treyarch, published by Activision and released on Nov. 11 for the PC, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. Retails for $59.99 USD. It was reviewed on the Xbox 360. Completed the single-player campaign alone, tested campaign coop, Nazi Zombie mode and othe...

Wednesday, Nov 12

EA Officially Going After Wii Fit With "EA Sports Active" [EA Sports Active]

Thumbnail Remember when EA said they were looking at ways they could take a chunk out of Nintendo's Wii Fit market? Well, they found a way. Aimed primarily at the ladies, new title EA Sports Active will, like Peter Moore said a few weeks back, be targeted at a more Western style of fitness, as opposed to W...

This article also contains excerpts from Softcraze, slipperybrick.com, newlaunches.com, feedsportal.com, Kombo.com, WASAlive ! wii

Friday, Nov 7

Podcast: DLC Might Be Released "Somewhere Down The Line" [Gears Of War 2]

Thumbnail It's Friday, Gears of War 2 is out, and people are playing it. For those who are not playing it or not sick of the game for that matter, Cliff "DH" Bleszinski is talking Gears 2 in an interview with Irish radio station RedFM. For those who are not sick of him, give it a listen.

Thursday, Nov 6

Opinion: Which Drums Are Louder: Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour [Clips]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail While playing Guitar Hero World Tour for my review of the game I started thinking that maybe the plastic and rubber drum kit was a bit louder that Rock Band 2's. So Adam and I made this short little video showing me playing a chunk of the same song. This isn't scientific at all (You'd need a way to m...

Wednesday, Oct 29

Opinion: Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Compatibility Updates [Guitar Hero World Tour]

Thumbnail However, integrating the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller into the Rock Band games requires an update to the Rock Band game software. Until that update is made to the Rock Band software, the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller will not function in the PlayStation 3 version of that...

Tuesday, Oct 21

Wii Music Review: Jam With The Bland

Thumbnail Now that we've played Wii Music for a serious length of time, has it started to make any sense? Read on to see what we loved and hated about our Wii Music jam sessions. Wii Music was developed and published by Nintendo, released on Oct. 21 for Wii. Retails for $49.99 USD. Unlocked all songs, stages a...

Wii Music Review: Jam With The Bland

Thumbnail Nintendo has created a piece of software that has brief flashes of fun, but little in the way of long-term enjoyment. In group settings, it will likely entertain for its impossible-to-fail gameplay and the resulting cacophony. Outside of morbid (or genuine) curiosity, it's hard to recom...

Friday, Oct 17

Podcast: LittleBigPlanet Faces Worldwide Recall For Qur'an References [Littlebigplanet]

Thumbnail During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an," admitted the company in a statement.

Tuesday, Oct 14

Space Puzzle Bobble Hands-On Impressions [Tokyo Game Show 2008]

Thumbnail Taito has dragged Bub and Bob out to solve another Puzzle Bobble conundrum, one that can only be unraveled by launching bubbles from a cannon in the hopes of more match three puzzle gameplay. Space Puzzle Bobble doesn't bring too much to the Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-A-Move) series, it just s...

Saturday, Sep 6

Some New Halo 3 Achievements Unveiled [Halo 3]

Thumbnail Luke Smith over at Bungie lays out some of the new achievements coming to Halo 3 when the next patch and Assembly map hits. The update may slip as well, Smith points out, to closer to the Halo 3 one year anniversary. Now for those achievements which can be earned via the Legendary Maps and Halo 3 C...

This article also contains excerpts from ButtonMasher, HDGameNews.com, EL33TONLINE, Planet Xbox 360, GamersCircle, Gaming News by Speeple, Bungie.net's Recent, Gamer Encounter, Gaming Bits, dudegamer (WordPress), Console Monster

Tuesday, Jun 17

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Review: Kept You Waiting, Huh? [Review]

Thumbnail Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was developed by Kojima Productions, published by Konami. Retails for $59.99. Available on PlayStation 3. Played single player campaign to completion on "Solid Normal" difficulty. Tested all Metal Gear Online modes and extras.

Monday, Jun 9

Fanfiction: Metal Gear Mustache Maniacs! [Contest]

Stache central! Entries are pouring in for out Metal Gear Solid 'Stache Contest. Pictured is an entry from reader Brian A. (not me!). He also sent along fanfiction. Read an excerpt: "The...

Friday, May 23

PAL PlayStation Store Update [Playstation Store]

Thumbnail Europe, Australia, let us see what's new in the PlayStation Store for today. Two demos is a nice improvement, even if one of them is Iron Man, while the rest of the update seems content to dump on you a ton of video content from the recent PlayStation Day event held in London. There's also some PS...

Thursday, May 15

Opinion: Microsoft Responds To April NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

Thumbnail Microsoft sales data shows Xbox 360 consoles saw a 54% lift week-over-week as a result of “Grand Theft Auto IV,” and retailers are reporting that roughly four out of every 10 Xbox 360 consoles sold included the sale of a copy of “Grand Theft Auto IV.” (Microsoft internal data)

This article also contains excerpts from Keen and Graev's Gaming, Go Nintendo, N-Sider.com, Nintendo Wii Fanboy, Dropping Science, Geek.com, Digital Download by David M. Ewalt, Stefan Delatovic's, GamersReports.com, I4U, IGN Wii, Wired, media.herald-dispatch.com, My Wii, Xtra Gamer, GameTZ, Megazine Media, GameGrep Wii, standardsdt (WordPress), Strategist.org.uk, codenamerevolution.com, gamesdog.co.uk, WorthPlaying.com, Nintendo Wii Pro, Panels and Pixels, Mobile Stew, Kombo.com, Joystiq, Wii Living, Wii Live, Aeropause Games, google.com, Hye Munar, ReviewStream.com, Blogcritics, Softpedia, IGN

Tuesday, Apr 29

This article also contains excerpts from Keen and Graev's Gaming, Go Nintendo, N-Sider.com, Nintendo Wii Fanboy, Dropping Science, Geek.com, Digital Download by David M. Ewalt, Stefan Delatovic's, GamersReports.com, I4U, IGN Wii, Wired, media.herald-dispatch.com, My Wii, Xtra Gamer, GameTZ, Megazine Media, GameGrep Wii, standardsdt (WordPress), Strategist.org.uk, codenamerevolution.com, gamesdog.co.uk, WorthPlaying.com, Nintendo Wii Pro, Panels and Pixels, Mobile Stew, Kombo.com, Joystiq, Wii Living, Wii Live, Aeropause Games, google.com, Hye Munar, ReviewStream.com, Blogcritics, Softpedia, IGN

Sunday, Apr 27

This article also contains excerpts from Keen and Graev's Gaming, Go Nintendo, N-Sider.com, Nintendo Wii Fanboy, Dropping Science, Geek.com, Digital Download by David M. Ewalt, Stefan Delatovic's, GamersReports.com, I4U, IGN Wii, Wired, media.herald-dispatch.com, My Wii, Xtra Gamer, GameTZ, Megazine Media, GameGrep Wii, standardsdt (WordPress), Strategist.org.uk, codenamerevolution.com, gamesdog.co.uk, WorthPlaying.com, Nintendo Wii Pro, Panels and Pixels, Mobile Stew, Kombo.com, Joystiq, Wii Living, Wii Live, Aeropause Games, google.com, Hye Munar, ReviewStream.com, Blogcritics, Softpedia, IGN

Tuesday, Mar 18

Call of Duty 4 Feature Patch Deployed To Update-Starved PlayStation 3s

Thumbnail The Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare "feature patch" that hit Xbox 360 gamers last month square in the hard drive has finally been released for folks currently sporting the PlayStation 3 version, says Infinity Ward. It's for US gamers only right now, but don't worry European Union, you're ge...

This article also contains excerpts from DX Gaming, Video Game Top 10, Kotaku Australia, Big Download

Sunday, Feb 24

Opinion: EA Or Not EA - The Take-Two Question [Original]

Thumbnail First, let's put things into perspective from a game standpoint. What games are we talking here? Well EA would of course get Rockstar, which means Grand Theft Auto would be theirs, along with Midnight Club and Manhunt - though at this point it's probably best to toss that one out the window. T...

Wednesday, Nov 28

Podcast: Activision Chief Drops His Pants at Airport [Hot Tears Of Shame]

Thumbnail Activision honcho Robert Kotick is not a nerd. He has a totally cool nickname, "Bobby." And cool guys have a nickname like that. His company puts out cool games like Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero. Bobby recently told a room full of press:

Tuesday, Jul 3

Sucky?: Street Fighter Script Reviewed

Thumbnail The original Street Fighter with Jean-Claude Van Damme was all kinds of suck. That hasn't stopped Capcom from green-lighting another SF flick. While the previous venture featured tons of characters from the game, the new flick revolves around one character: Chun-Li. Yup, no Guile, no Ken...

Friday, Jun 1

Podcast: Clips: Mega Man Music Pain!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Video game music cover bands are a dime a dozen. Regurgitating NES tunes with the standard guitar-bass-drums set up was cute when the Advantage and the Minibosses did it, but now, now it's just bordering on sad. That's why when someone writes rapid-fire lyrics and actually sings the melody...

Friday, Jan 28

Opinion: Fear and Loathing In Lineage II

Thumbnail There s been quite a strong response to NCsoft s decision to require anti-cheat software Gameguard to run for access to their massively multiplayer online game Lineage II. He went on to say that the GameGuard system put in place in Lineage II does not cause security vulnerabilities.

 
 

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