| New Dead Rising 2 Trailer Shows Off a Sea of Zombies
May 30, 2009 at 8:18 pm
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|   That's a whole lot of zombies you got there, 7,000 to be precise. Too bad it won't be shown at E3 this year.  Necrovision is not a game that you should judge based solely on its first few hours of play. The early action can be great fun, but some clunky technical issues and frustrating missions don't show this supernatural first-person shooter at its best.  EA has given the Wii installment of their survival horror franchise a release date, with Dead Space Extraction scheduled to hit a little under a year after the original game.  Killing Floor is a cooperative survival shooter that pits you and up to five other players against wave after wave of genetically modified, humanoid "specimens" that have escaped the laboratory and are rapidly overrunning England.  Lead a squad of Jedi Knights (or Clone Troopers!) as you tear through Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes and discover the mysteries lying between seasons 1 and 2 of the hit TV series.
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| Big Download E3 PC Predictions: Let's Play Bingo!
May 30, 2009 at 8:12 pm
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|   What's that? You weren't satisfied with our three E3 Prediction Bingo cards? You want to know what PC revelations the Joystiq family is expecting to see over the next week? Well, aren't you greedy -- and lucky! Our home row homies over at Big Download recently compiled their expectations into a super familiar, Bingofied format.  The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP.  This one is, in a sense, kind of a rumor of a rumor, but it's intriguing never the less. PlayStation Lifestyle (via Joystiq) has pointed out that a comparison of what...  IndieCade, this year, is Oct. 1 to Oct. 4, but 25 games out of the hundreds submitted so far will be previewed at the festival's E3 booth. This will be the first U.S. preview of games for IndieCade, whose inaugural festival was last year.  [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash...  After a rough year, the former top third-party publisher is coming out swinging with a passel of announcements and demonstrations of its latest and greatest. LOS ANGELES--By...
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| Report: New Mario Game, Online Wii Fit Plus For 2009
May 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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|  Nintendo will release Wii Fit Plus, recently trademarked in Japan, and a new Mario game later this year, both for the Wii, according to a report from Japan's regularly reliable Nikkei newspaper. According to the report, the follow up to the 18 million unit selling Wii Fit will come with online functionality, allowing Wii Fit Plus users to compete with friends and family. We'll presume that means sharing your Wii Fit Plus work out data across the internet, as opposed to being stored locally only.  E3 2009: Aided by The Soup host Joel McHale, the French publisher rolls out its most au courant games in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES--So what's likely to happen at Ubisoft's...  In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles...  Update: A video from the June issue of Qore is now available on YouTube (and after the jump). In the video, Qore host Veronica Belmont discusses the new PSP Go handheld...  The tottering old zen master units in the Chinese faction of Swords and Soldiers look feeble, but they pack a mean punch. These decrepit, slow-moving characters can single-handedly...
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| Square Enix Releases Debut Trailer for Nier
May 30, 2009 at 7:51 pm
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|  Just a few days before the beginning of E3 Square Enix has pulled back the veil on their new action game Nier by launching an official site along with the embedded trailer above. According to the official site players will assume the role of titular protagonist Nier as he fights to find a cure for his daughter who is suffering from the affects of the Black Scrawl virus. Nier is expected to ship in 2010 and is being developed by cavia, Inc.  Square Enix had decided to jump on the pre-E3 game announcement bandwagon, making live their site for their recently announced game, NIER. Looking over the screens and the college art film trailer...  Its name is weird, but it's potentially addictive. Yosumin! is the name of a new puzzle game from Square Enix, which has recently launched on Steam on PC and is coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade.  Buy a PlayStation 3 next week and you might just get a free copy of Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu-ray as part of a new bundle for Sony's console.  Square Enix's E3 lineup features two surprises, in addition to the expected Final Fantasy stuff: Front Mission Evolved and NIER. While we may have suspected that some kind of Front Mission game was coming...
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| Square Enix' NIER Unveiled
May 30, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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| Square Enix had decided to jump on the pre-E3 game announcement bandwagon, making live their site for their recently announced game, NIER. Looking over the screens and the college art film trailer, it looks like the game will be Square's answer to Bayonetta, which in turn was Platinum's answer to Devil May Cry.  What do you do when you're Hideki Kamiya, you helped invent Devil May Cry, and now can't make Devil May Cry games anymore? You make something that looks, well, better. Its name is weird, but it's potentially addictive. Yosumin! is the name of a new puzzle game from Square Enix, which has recently launched on Steam on PC and is coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade. Buy a PlayStation 3 next week and you might just get a free copy of Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu-ray as part of a new bundle for Sony's console. Square Enix's E3 lineup features two surprises, in addition to the expected Final Fantasy stuff: Front Mission Evolved and NIER. While we may have suspected that some kind of Front Mission game was coming...  E3 2009 is getting a massive dose of Square Enix next week. The company is bringing along a few games you might expect—Final Fantasy XIII, Dissidia Final Fantasy—and some brand new games.
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| Portable Size-Off: How The PSP Go Measures Up
May 30, 2009 at 6:30 pm
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| The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. When placed side-by-side against some of the current portable gaming competition, the PSP Go illustrates just how different it is from its peers and predecessor. The screen ratio looks similar to older PSP models, in but is considerably smaller in size—3.8 inches versus the PSP-3000's diagonal size of 4.3 inches or 11%. This one is, in a sense, kind of a rumor of a rumor, but it's intriguing never the less. PlayStation Lifestyle (via Joystiq) has pointed out that a comparison of what... [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash...  Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design.  You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program...  The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans.
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| Ubisoft leaks 10 second clips from Assassin's Creed 2, Splinter Cell Conviction
May 30, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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|  Ubisoft seems to have developed two new areas of expertise over the past few months -- accidentally leaking videos to the gaming press, and developing 10 to 15 second teasers for their highly anticipated titles. Today, we get an excellent example of both of these new habits in action -- the massive French publisher recently leaked two 10 second clips from Assassin's Creed II and Splinter Cell Conviction onto their FTP site. Watchful fans grabbed the vids and threw them on YouTube. We've got 'em posted after the jump. E3 2009: Aided by The Soup host Joel McHale, the French publisher rolls out its most au courant games in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES--So what's likely to happen at Ubisoft's...  Astute tipsters discovered some unprotected directories on Ubisoft's site, and we now have 20-second clips of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin's Creed 2. AC2 is up thar; SCC is down thar.  Steam is ready to let you sneak up and take a few of Ubisoft's stealth-action titles at very reasonable prices. Until June 5, Assassin's Creed is only $10, while the exploits of Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell and Double Agent are a mere $5.  We're not sure if it was brilliant or just really, really annoying, but Ubisoft has finally doled out a trailer for Splinter Cell: Conviction piecemeal on a teaser site for the game.
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| New Study Delivers Old Figure: 8 Percent are Game-Addicted
May 30, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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|  Look about six people to your left. Now five down to the right. OK, one of you is addicted to video games, says a study out of Australasia that ratifies a finding in one out of Iowa State University. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Congress says that eight percent of those who play video games - one in 12 - show signs of addiction. However, the study noted that "video game addiction" is not itself a disorder but "an expression of deeper issues" in those involved in the study. Nintendo will release Wii Fit Plus, recently trademarked in Japan, and a new Mario game later this year, both for the Wii, according to a report from Japan's regularly reliable Nikkei newspaper. That's a whole lot of zombies you got there, 7,000 to be precise. Too bad it won't be shown at E3 this year. What's that? You weren't satisfied with our three E3 Prediction Bingo cards? You want to know what PC revelations the Joystiq family is expecting to see over the next week? Well... The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. Ubisoft seems to have developed two new areas of expertise over the past few months -- accidentally leaking videos to the gaming press, and developing 10 to 15 second teasers for their highly anticipated titles.
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| PSP Go and 'PS3 Slim' Have Strikingly Similar Boxes
May 30, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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| This one is, in a sense, kind of a rumor of a rumor, but it's intriguing never the less. PlayStation Lifestyle (via Joystiq) has pointed out that a comparison of what is (supposedly) the PSP Go's packaging and what is (supposedly) the rumored PS3 Slim's packaging shows a noticeable consistency in design. This suggests Sony may well have settled on a new standardized packaging for their gaming hardware. What's that? You weren't satisfied with our three E3 Prediction Bingo cards? You want to know what PC revelations the Joystiq family is expecting to see over the next week? Well... The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program...
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| New Nobuo Uematsu Song Now Available On iTunes
May 30, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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|  Nobuo Uematsu remains best-known for his contributions to video games -- particularly Final Fantasy. But he has other projects as well, one of which has recently begun to bear fruit.A new EP from Uematsu's project, "10 Stories," is now available. The song is titled "Here Comes Conga Boy," and according to Dog Ear Records spokesperson Hiroki Ogawa, it's "quite different" from his previous works. Square Enix's E3 lineup features two surprises, in addition to the expected Final Fantasy stuff: Front Mission Evolved and NIER. While we may have suspected that some kind of Front Mission game was coming...  We spoke with No More Heroes creator Goichi Suda (a.k.a. Suda 51) early on at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö, Sweden, but when it came time for his scheduled presentation, titled "The Birth of No More Heroes," we made sure to be in attendance.  Square Enix has been trying to broaden its appeal of late, even going so far as to publish the upcoming World War II strategy title Order of War. Now they may be collaborating with Grasshopper Interactive CEO Goichi Suda, better known as Suda 51.  World War II was an epic conflict, and developer Wargaming.net has partnered with Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix in the hopes that its real-time strategy game Order of War will be a comparably epic game.  The Swine Flu scare has subsided somewhat in the past few weeks, but Capcom isn't taking any chances. The publisher has restricted foreign travel for their employees, including Dead Rising producer Keiji Inafune.
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| IndieCade E3 Booth Gives Sneak Peek at Festival Entries
May 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| IndieCade, this year, is Oct. 1 to Oct. 4, but 25 games out of the hundreds submitted so far will be previewed at the festival's E3 booth. This will be the first U.S. preview of games for IndieCade, whose inaugural festival was last year. Stephanie Barish, the IndieCade president, touted the entries by noting last year's expo showcased game makers who reached deals with the big three console makers, so, expect to see more of the same quality. What's that? You weren't satisfied with our three E3 Prediction Bingo cards? You want to know what PC revelations the Joystiq family is expecting to see over the next week? Well... The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... After a rough year, the former top third-party publisher is coming out swinging with a passel of announcements and demonstrations of its latest and greatest. LOS ANGELES--By... In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles...
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| Rumored PSP Go box bares striking resemblance to rumored slim PS3 art
May 30, 2009 at 4:36 pm
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| Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. The comparison -- slapped together by PlayStation LifeStyle -- feature similar system positions, memory capacity icon locations and the same XMB wave design backdrop (albeit in different colors). The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. This one is, in a sense, kind of a rumor of a rumor, but it's intriguing never the less. PlayStation Lifestyle (via Joystiq) has pointed out that a comparison of what... [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program... The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans.
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| Xbox 360 | Ubisoft E3 2009 Press Conference liveblog--June 1, 5 p.m.
May 30, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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|  E3 2009: Aided by The Soup host Joel McHale, the French publisher rolls out its most au courant games in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES--So what's likely to happen at Ubisoft's 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference? Seeming locks include Assassin's Creed 2 and the return of Sam Fischer in Splinter Cell: Conviction. The publisher also said that Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage for the Wii will be on-hand, as will the Pele/Mia Hamm-fronted new soccer title Academy of Champions. Ubisoft seems to have developed two new areas of expertise over the past few months -- accidentally leaking videos to the gaming press, and developing 10 to 15 second teasers for their highly anticipated titles. After a rough year, the former top third-party publisher is coming out swinging with a passel of announcements and demonstrations of its latest and greatest. LOS ANGELES--By...  Late Thursday night, G4's Olivia Munn (co-host of Attack of the Show) posted a seemingly innocuous Twitter message: "Just finished promos for hulu/microsoft event I'm doing on June 8!" By Friday...  We mentioned this earlier, but we thought you might like some more details. So, odds are we won't be seeing you at E3 (you'd recognize us by our rugged good looks and sun-bronzed skin)...
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| Xbox 360 Hulu Rumor Seemingly Shot Down
May 30, 2009 at 4:27 pm
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| Late Thursday night, G4's Olivia Munn (co-host of Attack of the Show) posted a seemingly innocuous Twitter message: "Just finished promos for hulu/microsoft event I'm doing on June 8!" By Friday, the Internet was ablaze with speculation: Does this suggest Microsoft is planning to integrate support for the television website into the 360's dashboard?As Gizmodo reported, it seems to make sense. E3 2009: Aided by The Soup host Joel McHale, the French publisher rolls out its most au courant games in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES--So what's likely to happen at Ubisoft's...  One of the biggest rumors swirling about the Internet in advance of E3 is whether Microsoft will announce some form of motion control device for the Xbox 360. So far, lots of signs suggest they will...  A job listing found on both Gamasutra and Microsoft's careers website is seeking out an engineer to work on a "game" that will support up to "300,000 players in real-time.
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| At $400, Metal Gear Coat is Liquid Gold
May 30, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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|  If you got four hundred bones (Canadian) and a healthy respect for archbaddie Liquid Snake, AbbyShot Clothiers has the perfect inclement weather garment for you. In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles... Update: A video from the June issue of Qore is now available on YouTube (and after the jump). In the video, Qore host Veronica Belmont discusses the new PSP Go handheld...  Following weeks of rumors of a motion-sensing camera and a Metal Gear Solid 4 port, the software giant unveils its latest Xbox 360 and Games for Windows offerings. LOS ANGELES--At its press event at the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo...  This week's issue of Japan's Famitsu magazine is great fun if you're a game-news masochist. The top story in it is an exclusive interview between Hirokazu Hamamura (president of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain) and Konami's Hideo Kojima...
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| PC | Electronic Arts E3 2009 Press Conference liveblog--June 1, 2 p.m.
May 30, 2009 at 3:57 pm
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| After a rough year, the former top third-party publisher is coming out swinging with a passel of announcements and demonstrations of its latest and greatest. LOS ANGELES--By the time Electronic Arts' Electronic Entertainment Expo 2008 press conference rolled around in mid-July last year, the publisher had long since announced it numerous new franchises that would debut that year. As such, the publisher's E3 appearance was a bit of a dud,  E3 2009: The Big N returns to the LACC with what hardcore fans hope is a bevy of new game announcements. LOS ANGELES--The weeks leading up to the 2009 Electronic Entertainment...  E3 2009: Following rumors of a new PSP and Slimline PS3, the House of PlayStation takes the stage with its newest games and technology. LOS ANGELES--Of the Big Three press conferences at the Electronic Entertainment Expo...  So far, Konami's publicity department has had a pretty sadistic 2009. After famed designer Hideo Kojima teased "the next MGS" at the end of his 2009 Game Developers Conference keynote address...
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| New Microsoft Job Posting Hints at 360 Motion Controls
May 30, 2009 at 3:47 pm
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| One of the biggest rumors swirling about the Internet in advance of E3 is whether Microsoft will announce some form of motion control device for the Xbox 360. So far, lots of signs suggest they will, and now yet another clue adds to that growing consensus: GameSpot reports that a new Microsoft job listing reveals the company is opening a new internal studio, and heavily hints it is developing a new control method that'll "revolutionize" how people play games.The listing reads as follows:  MTV Games will ring in this year's Bonnaroo music and arts festival with a batch of downloadable tracks featuring artists from the show. If you've ever wanted to jam along with Phish, this one's for you.  With Microsof's E3 Press Conference less than three days away, speculation about the software giant's announcements are reaching a fever pitch. Besides unconfirmed reports...  For those of you with stockpiles of canned goods and automatic weapons in an underground bunker, patiently waiting for a) the zombie apocalypse or b) a Canadian invasion we have goo .  Although we haven't discussed Microsoft's force grip on its proprietary wireless tech in a long time, it appears Mad Catz doesn't have to worry about it for the next few years.  Minor fluctuations in the currently tepid Japanese console race don't make this week's Media Create chart all that exciting, to be honest. A slightly slinking PlayStation presence and marginally expanded Nintendo one isn't exactly thrilling.  When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. First officially unveiled at E3 2008...
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| Leaked Qore Episode Apparently Details PSP Go!
May 30, 2009 at 3:16 pm
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| You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program, reveals new details on the PSP Go!, as well as giving the world the first official view of what the handheld looks like.This all comes from Gaming Console Network (via Kotaku), which "somehow" gained access to the June episode of Qore early (you can see a clip of the episode that was posted on YouTube below). The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. This one is, in a sense, kind of a rumor of a rumor, but it's intriguing never the less. PlayStation Lifestyle (via Joystiq) has pointed out that a comparison of what... [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans.  To whet your appetite for all things Ratchet & Clank ahead of E3 next week, Sony released this trailer for R&C Future that shows nothing but gameplay. Just our kind of trailer!
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| How Wolfenstein Updated its Nazi Cheesecake Ladies
May 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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|  "Early on there was a small faction within the team that wanted the new Elite Guards to be less 'sexy' and more utilitarian in their look," writes Raven's Kevin Long. Yeah, that didn't last long. "There was also a slightly larger faction that wanted them to be sexy and wearing skin-tight leather outfits," Long says. That faction might include a sizable percentage of the millions who've played the game since Return to Castle Wolfenstein introduced the Elite Guard. Nintendo will release Wii Fit Plus, recently trademarked in Japan, and a new Mario game later this year, both for the Wii, according to a report from Japan's regularly reliable Nikkei newspaper. That's a whole lot of zombies you got there, 7,000 to be precise. Too bad it won't be shown at E3 this year. What's that? You weren't satisfied with our three E3 Prediction Bingo cards? You want to know what PC revelations the Joystiq family is expecting to see over the next week? Well... The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. Ubisoft seems to have developed two new areas of expertise over the past few months -- accidentally leaking videos to the gaming press, and developing 10 to 15 second teasers for their highly anticipated titles.
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| Weekend Coupons: Radio Killed the Video Card
May 30, 2009 at 2:30 pm
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|  Some super-low prices on GeForce video cards highlight the hardware; GameStop wants you to come in and clear off some of their used stock. Let's cut to the chase with the Weekend Coupons.
The new PSP Go, leaked just before E3 thanks to the June issue of Sony's own Qore, is tiny little thing. Bigger than an iPhone—but not by much—and slimmer than the original PSP. Ubisoft seems to have developed two new areas of expertise over the past few months -- accidentally leaking videos to the gaming press, and developing 10 to 15 second teasers for their highly anticipated titles. This one is, in a sense, kind of a rumor of a rumor, but it's intriguing never the less. PlayStation Lifestyle (via Joystiq) has pointed out that a comparison of what... [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... E3 2009: Aided by The Soup host Joel McHale, the French publisher rolls out its most au courant games in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES--So what's likely to happen at Ubisoft's...
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| PSP | 16GB 'PSP Go' revealed early, new PSP MGS confirmed?
May 30, 2009 at 2:16 pm
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| [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash memory; Gran Turismo Mobile to be re-announced at E3? Higher-quality images inside. Though Sony's E3 Press Conference isn't until 11:00 a.m. on June 2, one of its centerpieces appears to have been prematurely exposed. A YouTube video of what appears to be the next issue of the PlayStation-focused video magazine Qore has revealed that Sony will use its event to unveil a new PSP model, the PSP Go. Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program... The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans. In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles...
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| Comparison Says PS3 Slim Box Maybe Kinda Realish
May 30, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans. But someone thinks the retail box, at least, is real. PlayStation Lifestyle took a look at the Slim Box, compared to the PSP Go Box, and thinks the Slim box is standardized enough that it isn't fake, which gives credence to the pics of the hardware itself. Saith PSL: [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program... In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles...
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| Qore leak reveals new PSP Metal Gear and more
May 30, 2009 at 1:58 pm
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| In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles mentioned are (a previously revealed) Jak & Daxter PSP and a re-emergence of Gran Turismo for the handheld -- first revealed when the PSP was announced. [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program... The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans.
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| Sieve-Like Ubi Site Leaking Splinter Cell, Assassin's Creed Vids
May 30, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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| Astute tipsters discovered some unprotected directories on Ubisoft's site, and we now have 20-second clips of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin's Creed 2. AC2 is up thar; SCC is down thar. These don't feature gameplay, QT events only. We're assuming these are meant to be played sometime at E3. Thanks to chillchillin and Byvar for the discoveries. E3 2009: Aided by The Soup host Joel McHale, the French publisher rolls out its most au courant games in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES--So what's likely to happen at Ubisoft's... Steam is ready to let you sneak up and take a few of Ubisoft's stealth-action titles at very reasonable prices. Until June 5, Assassin's Creed is only $10, while the exploits of Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell and Double Agent are a mere $5. We're not sure if it was brilliant or just really, really annoying, but Ubisoft has finally doled out a trailer for Splinter Cell: Conviction piecemeal on a teaser site for the game.  If her looks don't kill, then her superhuman strength or her melee morphing arms will. She's KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, and we love her. But do you love her? Rally the troops, tally the troops! KOS-MOS has made it to the final round.
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| Steam has Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Double Agent 50% off until June 5
May 30, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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| Steam is ready to let you sneak up and take a few of Ubisoft's stealth-action titles at very reasonable prices. Until June 5, Assassin's Creed is only $10, while the exploits of Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell and Double Agent are a mere $5. If those prices are too high, remember that Steam also has Unreal Tournament III to play this weekend for free. So frag away for gratis in multiplayer, or take the quiet killing of single player. The choice is yours. Astute tipsters discovered some unprotected directories on Ubisoft's site, and we now have 20-second clips of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin's Creed 2. AC2 is up thar; SCC is down thar.  Remember Madballs? You know, those little ghoul-shaped spheres of rubber you kept on your toy shelf next to the Alf doll and Ghostbusters Proton Pack. Yeah, now you remember them. Its name is weird, but it's potentially addictive. Yosumin! is the name of a new puzzle game from Square Enix, which has recently launched on Steam on PC and is coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade.  Eidos has confirmed the three major titles they'll be bringing to E3 2009, featuring three different types of agents of dark justice - small, medium, and Batman. The... If her looks don't kill, then her superhuman strength or her melee morphing arms will. She's KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, and we love her. But do you love her? Rally the troops, tally the troops! KOS-MOS has made it to the final round.
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| Rumor: Qore Lets Slip the First Look at PSP Go
May 30, 2009 at 12:50 pm
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|  GamersConsoleNetwork scored a big scoop this morning, pulling the first images of the PSP Go (running LittleBigPlanet) out of the latest edition of Qore, which apparently went live early. On top of that, someone managed to film the video and place it on YouTube. That's below (bad audio) In the video: • Grand Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, Jak & Daxter and Metal Gear are all either confirmed or mentioned. [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program... The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans. In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles...
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| Rumor: PSP Go, Metal Gear PSP revealed in June issue of Qore
May 30, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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| Update: A video from the June issue of Qore is now available on YouTube (and after the jump). In the video, Qore host Veronica Belmont discusses the new PSP Go handheld with Sony's John Koller who mentions the handheld (which features 16BG of internal storage and bluetooth) will not replace the current PSP-3000 -- they will coexist. [UPDATE] PrE3 2009: Leaked video from next month's Qore reveals SCEA's John Koller touting Mylo-style sliding screen handheld with no second thumbstick, built-in flash... Side-by-side comparison shots of rumored box art for the (just leaked) PSP Go and a rumored slimline PS3 are turning online heads today, as both feature a nearly identical design. You heard about it here first, and now new corroborating information has hit the web in advance of Sony's E3 press conference: A leaked episode of Qore, Sony's downloadable PS3 program... The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans. In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles...
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| Phantom Brave pushed out to August for Japanese voices
May 30, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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|  Brace yourselves. The upcoming port of Phantom Brave won't possess Wii consoles in June as expected. Now, assuming you survived that Prinny Bomb, NIS America says in its press release (PDF link) that the delay will allow the niche publisher to put the oft-requested Japanese voice-over track back into the game. Square Enix's E3 lineup features two surprises, in addition to the expected Final Fantasy stuff: Front Mission Evolved and NIER. While we may have suspected that some kind of Front Mission game was coming...  Publisher XSEED has announced its Wii, DS and PSP heavy E3 2009 lineup, taking the opportunity to announce that its bringing Lunar: Silver Star Harmony and Half-Minute Hero to North American PSPs.  Famed mashup DJ Z-Trip will perform sets at E3 next week to help unveil DJ Hero. DJ Hero will also feature DJ Z-Trip as an in-game avatar, according to the artist's press release.  We assumed DJ Hero's musical offerings would be impressive (considering the source of the mash-ups therein), but a recent Activision press release just gave us an idea...
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| No more confusion: Atari drops Infogrames name
May 30, 2009 at 11:32 am
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|  Despite Infogrames standing for entertainment that rocks our world, the armadillo branding is gone and now only Atari remains. CEO Jim Wilson tells 1UP that the company is now officially doing away with the Infogrames branding to put focus on the more "popular target brand" of Atari. Well, hopefully the name change helps. Currently the company "moved" its president, shut down European operations, shifted publishing rights for a major title and couldn't afford won't make it to E3. We're sure there's more, but let's try to stay optimistic with the name change. For what's in a name?  Manos arriba, who loves robots? We sure did this week. Other highlights included the return (of sorts) of Atari, and Hideo Kojima giving us all lessons in redacting sensitive documents.  Following the news (made public during Infogrames fiscal year earnings meeting) that former Atari president Phil Harrison's position has shifted to a "non-executive Director of the Group," Jim Wilson, CEO at Atari, Inc.  Electronic Gaming Monthly, which died when UGO bought out the 1UP brand in January, is being resurrected by its original founder, Steve Harris. Harris, who started EGM in 1989...  EGM is dead. Long live EGM! The struggling game magazine that shut down in January after nearly twenty years in print is returning later this year, courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly founder Steve Harris.
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| Alienware reveals new global marketing efforts, a gaming rig during teleconference
May 30, 2009 at 11:02 am
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|   When it comes toPC gaming hardware systems, Alienware is one of those brand names that trulystands out. The company was founded back in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and AlexAguila. The duo simply could not find the computer systems they wanted so theymade their own. It was not long before they were making systems for family andfriends, and decided to launch the company.  This is Alienware's new m17x gaming laptop. To give you an idea of what's going to be inside it, you should know that it weighs 12 pounds, and costs an absolute minimum $1800.  The signs are so clear that Apple wants a bigger slice of the gaming pie, you probably don't need us offering our own cockamamie theories (iPhun!). But maybe Yves Guillemot will be enough to convince you.  Okay, so DS hasn't really bested Paul Hogan's popularity -- as the man is an Australian legend -- but it is the fastest-selling piece of gaming hardware ever down under.  Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot predicted today not just a coming generation of consoles and a gaming revolution in set-top boxes, but a bigger gaming play by Apple than just the iPhone.
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| Reminder: Second batch of BlizzCon tickets go on sale at 10AM Pacific today, May 30
May 30, 2009 at 11:01 am
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|  Don't have a ticket to BlizzCon 2009 and still want to go? Best lock and load, because the second batch of entry passes go on sale today at 10AM Pacific on the Blizzard site. The first set sold out in less than 30 minutes, so if you're not there at precisely the appointed hour when the golden passes go on sale ... seriously, just don't bother.
 If you missed out on the first batch of golden tickets to Blizzard's annual nerd mecca BlizzCon -- which we imagine you did, since they sold out in a nanosecond -- the second round of tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning at 10 a.  In case you missed out on the first round of BlizzCon 2009 tickets, make sure you make it to the BlizzCon website tomorrow morning to miss out on that batch as well. Just like the amazing vanishing first batch...  While PlayTV has been giving British PlayStation owners enhanced televisual experiences for some time, and the BBC has been working to improve the performance of the iPlayer on the Wii...
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| Search Is On for Darjeeling's "Arcade Boy"
May 30, 2009 at 11:00 am
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|  If someone can pull off the needle-in-a-haystack search for a kid who managed a game parlor in the Indian Himalayas 10 years ago, a "mysterious benefactor" will send the arcade a Dreamcast. Remarkably, the writer of last week's piece on "the highest arcade in the world," (7,000 feet above sea level) is having some luck finding the young man who whooped his ass at Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the PSOne back in 1999. Lee Bradley says that, after his piece ran on Bitmob, someone wrote to say he would ship a Dreamcast and some games over to the parlor in Darjeeling, India. Despite Infogrames standing for entertainment that rocks our world, the armadillo branding is gone and now only Atari remains. CEO Jim Wilson tells 1UP that the company... When it comes toPC gaming hardware systems, Alienware is one of those brand names that trulystands out. The company was founded back in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and AlexAguila.  Ahh, yes. Physical activity. The sworn adversary of many an electronic entertainment enthusiast. No, we're not stereotyping -- it's safe to assume that you guys and exertion don't mix... Manos arriba, who loves robots? We sure did this week. Other highlights included the return (of sorts) of Atari, and Hideo Kojima giving us all lessons in redacting sensitive documents.  Probably not. This one is located in the Indian city of Darjeeling (yes, like the tea). And while it's not much of an arcade, that's still pretty high. Lee Bradley, writing for the still-got-that-new-site-smell Bitmob...
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| Microsoft's 2009 E3 Press Conference Live Blog Coming Soon
May 30, 2009 at 10:30 am
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| Don't forget to check out Kotaku bright and early Monday morning for our live coverage of Microsoft's big announcements. We'll have the entire team focused on the show and what's coming for the Xbox 360. We may even give away some pizzas and who can say no to free pizza? If you're thirsting for E3 news now, check out our dedicated E3 page packed with all of the rumblings and announcements leading up to the show. We'll also be updating it all next week with everything E3 related. Following weeks of rumors of a motion-sensing camera and a Metal Gear Solid 4 port, the software giant unveils its latest Xbox 360 and Games for Windows offerings. LOS ANGELES--At its press event at the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo...  EA Sports confirms connected cooperative play will debut in this year's professional gridiron sim; senior designer hints at Internet-enabled Dynasty mode. At the tail end of March...  Raven Software revamp of shooter franchise gets dated for PC, Xbox 360, PS3; original Wolfenstein 3D gets XBLA, PSN release next week. Nazis, beware. Activision today...  Tetris is the standard by which all other block-falling games are judged, but Bejeweled is atop a tower of its own, serving as the gold standard for grid-based matching games.
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| Readers pick best webcomic: Body Movin'
May 30, 2009 at 10:21 am
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| Ahh, yes. Physical activity. The sworn adversary of many an electronic entertainment enthusiast. No, we're not stereotyping -- it's safe to assume that you guys and exertion don't mix, seeing as how Penny Arcade's exercise-indicting comic "Body Movin'" won the last Weekly Webcomic Wrapup. Then again, maybe you just found it humorous, and aren't a bunch of lazy slobs. We'll go with that!  Anecdotally, Nintendo's DS and Wii systems have a glut of subpar offerings rushed out to capitalize on both systems' wide-ranging popularity. Electronic Entertainment...  Continuing our tribute to the most beloved robots in video gaming, we present to you Penny Arcade's own feed reaming, pulp ejecting produce fiend, the Fruit Fucker 2000.  Thanks to the doubly good update for the Spy and Sniper classes, Team Fortress 2 will be playable for free this weekend to Steam users who for some bizarre reason wouldn't already have the game.  Despite being thebest average score of any DS game on Metacritic, the critically hailed Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars stumbled out of the gate. In the two weeks after its March 17 debut...
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| Kotaku Originals: Esto es un Robo
May 30, 2009 at 10:00 am
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| Manos arriba, who loves robots? We sure did this week. Other highlights included the return (of sorts) of Atari, and Hideo Kojima giving us all lessons in redacting sensitive documents. Also, because a game about fuckin' WALKING was too exciting, Nintendo had to make it include DOG WALKING, and Crecente put his pissed-off chihuahua up to test driving that. Here's the rest of the week in Kotaku originals. Despite Infogrames standing for entertainment that rocks our world, the armadillo branding is gone and now only Atari remains. CEO Jim Wilson tells 1UP that the company... So far, Konami's publicity department has had a pretty sadistic 2009. After famed designer Hideo Kojima teased "the next MGS" at the end of his 2009 Game Developers Conference keynote address...  Earlier today, Atari CEO David Gardner spoke with GameSpot about his company's restructuring, the departure of high-profile president Phil Harrison, and its plan to return the seminal publisher to profitability.  In the past three decades, Atari has seen some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the gaming industry. Though the company bearing the name today bears little resemblance to the one that became synonymous with gaming in the 1970s...
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| Thumbprint required to trade in games in Florida
May 30, 2009 at 7:59 am
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|  Most of us are probably used to giving away a large amount of personal information to trade in video games. Many stores ask for all kinds of info. Phone numbers, zip codes, possibly even your home address will be locked away in some GameStop data vault. But what about your thumbprint? According to Florida's Broward / Palm Beach News, local game retailers are now required to collect the thumbprint of anyone selling their used games. The practice has been enforced by the Broward County Sheriff's Office since October of last year, Remember Madballs? You know, those little ghoul-shaped spheres of rubber you kept on your toy shelf next to the Alf doll and Ghostbusters Proton Pack. Yeah, now you remember them.  Each week Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the Game on Joystiq ("LGJ"), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games: The recent FCC v. Fox decision seems to have gone relatively unnoticed in the gaming press.  Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, the long awaited Blu-ray extended cut of the 2006 movie, releases next week. You should definitely check out our review if you haven't decided to pick it up yet. Buy a PlayStation 3 next week and you might just get a free copy of Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu-ray as part of a new bundle for Sony's console.  Great minds across the industry all seem to agree: Video games are heading into a new era. President of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada (pictured, right), has proven he too belongs to this school of thought...
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| You're going to love the Video Game Orchestra
May 30, 2009 at 6:25 am
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|  You're all familiar with Video Games Live by this point, and with good reason, it's a great organization. But we want to make sure you don't miss out on one of our new favorites in the field: the Video Game Orchestra, a collection of volunteers just playing for the love of the music. We've got video of the Boston-based group's take on Metal Gear Solid 3 after the break, but we're betting you're going to want to see all of the clips on its YouTube channel right here.  Wallace and Gromit are back on the video game scene, this time with a series of episodic games called Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures. The first episode, Fright of the Bumblebees...  EA can't have all the fun turning great books into video games. Tracy Fullerton wants to turn Henry David Thoreau's classic into one too. Step aside, Dante's Inferno and...  Fewer machines are better poised to enslave humanity than the ubiquitous iPhone. That doesn't make Apple's gadget the ideal device for a Terminator game, though it does suggest a good platform for crude movie tie-ins.
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| Job listing suggests Microsoft working on 300K-player game
May 30, 2009 at 4:54 am
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| A job listing found on both Gamasutra and Microsoft's careers website is seeking out an engineer to work on a "game" that will support up to "300,000 players in real-time." The job ad states that Microsoft is working on "building an extremely high performance system to extend console games to the server in new ways" and that it's "creating a completely new set of web services" for Xbox Live and Xbox.com integration. Remember Madballs? You know, those little ghoul-shaped spheres of rubber you kept on your toy shelf next to the Alf doll and Ghostbusters Proton Pack. Yeah, now you remember them. Following weeks of rumors of a motion-sensing camera and a Metal Gear Solid 4 port, the software giant unveils its latest Xbox 360 and Games for Windows offerings. LOS ANGELES--At its press event at the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo... Tetris is the standard by which all other block-falling games are judged, but Bejeweled is atop a tower of its own, serving as the gold standard for grid-based matching games. Its name is weird, but it's potentially addictive. Yosumin! is the name of a new puzzle game from Square Enix, which has recently launched on Steam on PC and is coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade. With Microsof's E3 Press Conference less than three days away, speculation about the software giant's announcements are reaching a fever pitch. Besides unconfirmed reports...
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| Latest King of Fighters XII trailer is a history lesson
May 30, 2009 at 4:35 am
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| With the release of King of Fighters XII drawing near (or, if you live in LA, you can play it early tomorrow!), SNK sent out a trailer to remind people why this franchise is so revered and why the latest installment should be worth your time. You know, thinking back on all of these games, we've realized something: King of Fighters has been around for a long time. No, seriously, it has! Raven Software revamp of shooter franchise gets dated for PC, Xbox 360, PS3; original Wolfenstein 3D gets XBLA, PSN release next week. Nazis, beware. Activision today...  With E3 almost upon us, EA have reminded us of what I like to think is the spiritual successor to the Project Gotham series, Need for Speed: Shift. Still freaks me out that I'm interested in a Need for Speed game.  It's hard to believe that two years have passed since Virtua Tennis 3 came out on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The tennis landscape has certainly changed a lot since then.  When Drawn to Life was released on the Nintendo DS back in 2004, it was an innovative new experience for the pint-sized console. Its cute story and clever drawing mechanic outweighed its short and easy campaign... Although we haven't discussed Microsoft's force grip on its proprietary wireless tech in a long time, it appears Mad Catz doesn't have to worry about it for the next few years.
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| Bayonetta's E3 trailer is absolutely insane
May 30, 2009 at 3:11 am
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| We can barely follow all of the crazy-fast action going on in this Bayonetta trailer. We know it's an action game, but we didn't know it was an action game fueled by crack cocaine. Hmm, maybe the suplexing of dragons should have given away the drug-addled puppetmaster pulling at the title's strings? Regardless, if you find yourself able to keep up with all of the crazy action going on here, then you should probably check to see if you're Sonic the Hedgehog. What do you do when you're Hideki Kamiya, you helped invent Devil May Cry, and now can't make Devil May Cry games anymore? You make something that looks, well, better.  Yes, LEGO Rock Band is for real. And yes, this alleged E3 trailer is completely in French, which might lead one to believe that somewhere in the European PR pipeline, a leak has sprung. In case you missed out on the first round of BlizzCon 2009 tickets, make sure you make it to the BlizzCon website tomorrow morning to miss out on that batch as well. Just like the amazing vanishing first batch...
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| Remember Madballs with Babo Invasion for XBLA, PC
May 30, 2009 at 1:58 am
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| Remember Madballs? You know, those little ghoul-shaped spheres of rubber you kept on your toy shelf next to the Alf doll and Ghostbusters Proton Pack. Yeah, now you remember them. Well, guess what, they're back and this time they're hitting video games. Canadian developer Playbrains will be bringing its take on the Madballs universe, Madballs in Babo: Invasion, to Steam and Xbox Live Arcade this summer. The game is a top-down shooter with randomly generated maps, 4-player co-op and 16-player multiplayer. Check out the screens below. A job listing found on both Gamasutra and Microsoft's careers website is seeking out an engineer to work on a "game" that will support up to "300,000 players in real-time. Following weeks of rumors of a motion-sensing camera and a Metal Gear Solid 4 port, the software giant unveils its latest Xbox 360 and Games for Windows offerings. LOS ANGELES--At its press event at the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo... Tetris is the standard by which all other block-falling games are judged, but Bejeweled is atop a tower of its own, serving as the gold standard for grid-based matching games. Its name is weird, but it's potentially addictive. Yosumin! is the name of a new puzzle game from Square Enix, which has recently launched on Steam on PC and is coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade. With Microsof's E3 Press Conference less than three days away, speculation about the software giant's announcements are reaching a fever pitch. Besides unconfirmed reports...
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| LGJ: Supreme Court Decision Doesn't Bode Well
May 30, 2009 at 1:38 am
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| Each week Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the Game on Joystiq ("LGJ"), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games: The recent FCC v. Fox decision seems to have gone relatively unnoticed in the gaming press. Yes, the case at hand was about broadcast media and the FCC, and yes, the makeup of the court is now certain to change since the decision came down...  We have something of a tradition around here. Every year, we compile a gallery of all the gear that the Joystiq collective will be hauling to E3. Think of it as your personal behind-the-scenes tour of the exciting world of blogging.  We've officially stopped keeping up with Lord of the RIngs Online, but the updates for the game just keep on coming, so we assume that someone out there is paying attention.  Ostensibly, we're writing this to inform you that Stan Bush's "Transformers" ballad "You Got the Touch" is now available in Guitar Hero World Tour for free. So ... now you know.  Senior producer Phil Frazier calls Madden NFL 10 a "reset." That's a tough buzzword to sell, especially for Madden, which is reappearing this August as its twenty-something-ith iteration.
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| There Is Gameplay In Ratchet & Clank's Future
May 30, 2009 at 1:30 am
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| To whet your appetite for all things Ratchet & Clank ahead of E3 next week, Sony released this trailer for R&C Future that shows nothing but gameplay. Just our kind of trailer! E3 2009: The Big N returns to the LACC with what hardcore fans hope is a bevy of new game announcements. LOS ANGELES--The weeks leading up to the 2009 Electronic Entertainment...  Ubisoft filed a new trademark last week for a seemingly forgotten title known as Killing Day. The game, as remembered by Eurogamer, was last seen in 2005 during Sony's E3 press conference.  Wait, isn't E3 next week? And isn't this game kind of a big deal for Sony? Ah, whatever. It's not the first game to blow cover this week, and it probably won't be the last.  Don't expect the PS3 Slim at E3! According to website Ars Technica, it won't be there. A "very well-informed mole" says that there won't be a PS3 Slim announcement next week at E3...
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| A Second Glance At No More Heroes 2
May 30, 2009 at 1:00 am
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|  What's this then? Another glimpse of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle? And right before E3? Does that mean we're about to learn much more about the game? Manos arriba, who loves robots? We sure did this week. Other highlights included the return (of sorts) of Atari, and Hideo Kojima giving us all lessons in redacting sensitive documents. Necrovision is not a game that you should judge based solely on its first few hours of play. The early action can be great fun, but some clunky technical issues and frustrating missions don't show this supernatural first-person shooter at its best.  Once the most feared warriors in all Japan, Ninjas have been made incredibly cute and cuddly just by shrinking them down. Yes folks, it's Mini Ninjas. Tiny little ninjas that can weave magic spells, possess animals and defeat evil.  Here's a glimpse at some of the introductory story behind Brutal Legend and it's glorious rock fiction. It's just enough to wet your appetite for next week's big show. It's hard to believe that two years have passed since Virtua Tennis 3 came out on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The tennis landscape has certainly changed a lot since then.
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| Screens, video from LOTR: Aragorn's Quest are just adorable
May 30, 2009 at 12:49 am
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|  Look at him! Couldn't you just eat the little guy up with a spoon? We're getting our first looks at screens and video (check after the break) from family-friendly Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, and they're just precious. If you think Lil' Aragorn is cute, wait until you see the kiddy-fied hobbits. They're like squishable, baby-shaped teddy bears. You're all familiar with Video Games Live by this point, and with good reason, it's a great organization. But we want to make sure you don't miss out on one of our new favorites in the field: the Video Game Orchestra... Remember Madballs? You know, those little ghoul-shaped spheres of rubber you kept on your toy shelf next to the Alf doll and Ghostbusters Proton Pack. Yeah, now you remember them.  President and CEO of SCEI, Kaz Hirai, knows all too well the financial troubles plaguing Sony's Computer Entertainment division. SCEI posted an operating loss of ¥58. With E3 almost upon us, EA have reminded us of what I like to think is the spiritual successor to the Project Gotham series, Need for Speed: Shift. Still freaks me out that I'm interested in a Need for Speed game.  Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai is on a mission. A mission to make money for Sony's PlayStation division. "We need to quickly bring our PlayStation business on a break-even level and later to profitability," Hirai said Thursday.
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| Alienware's New Gaming Laptop May Burn Holes Through Space, Time
May 30, 2009 at 12:30 am
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| This is Alienware's new m17x gaming laptop. To give you an idea of what's going to be inside it, you should know that it weighs 12 pounds, and costs an absolute minimum $1800. We say "absolute minimum" because there are hardware options for the thing that may prove too tempting to pass up on. Like, in addition to the dual 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M graphics cards and Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core CPU, you can cram as much as 8GB of DDR3 RAM into its guts. Despite Infogrames standing for entertainment that rocks our world, the armadillo branding is gone and now only Atari remains. CEO Jim Wilson tells 1UP that the company... If someone can pull off the needle-in-a-haystack search for a kid who managed a game parlor in the Indian Himalayas 10 years ago, a "mysterious benefactor" will send the arcade a Dreamcast. When it comes toPC gaming hardware systems, Alienware is one of those brand names that trulystands out. The company was founded back in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and AlexAguila. Ahh, yes. Physical activity. The sworn adversary of many an electronic entertainment enthusiast. No, we're not stereotyping -- it's safe to assume that you guys and exertion don't mix...
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| Saboteur trailer blurs the good bits but still so sexy
May 30, 2009 at 12:23 am
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| Sure, it's a little distracting that EA decided to blur the mild nudity in the new trailer for Pandemic's The Saboteur. But thanks to a great soundtrack, our distrust of the exposed female anatomy and a bizarre fetish for things that are mostly but not entirely black-and-white, we still find the clip to be highly, highly erotic.  You'll have plenty of the proverbial whips to cruise around with in EA's upcoming attempt at a serious racer, Need for Speed: Shift. The game is geared to present 18 authentic race tracks for you to navigate your way through...  For a game as unashamed about showing female nudity as Pandemic's The Saboteur, you'd think they wouldn't feel the need to censor naked artwork in the E3 trailer. Let's peek behind the blur.  With its deep gameplay and sexy simplicity, Nabi Studio's Toribash could have gone to any platform. But it's going to WiiWare ... because that's where it's needed. Creator...  Blocks rain from the sky, blotting out the sun with their odd shapes and vivid colors. Your only hope to survive this onslaught is to match colors, banishing these blocks with strings of carefully constructed combos.
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| Atari Sheds Infogrames Branding
May 30, 2009 at 12:22 am
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| Following the news (made public during Infogrames fiscal year earnings meeting) that former Atari president Phil Harrison's position has shifted to a "non-executive Director of the Group," Jim Wilson, CEO at Atari, Inc., contacted us to explain what these changes mean for the company. First, Wilson informed us that his company is doing away with the Infogrames label and rebranding the corporation Atari in order to, "Put more focus on what we consider the popular target brand. Despite Infogrames standing for entertainment that rocks our world, the armadillo branding is gone and now only Atari remains. CEO Jim Wilson tells 1UP that the company... Earlier today, Atari CEO David Gardner spoke with GameSpot about his company's restructuring, the departure of high-profile president Phil Harrison, and its plan to return the seminal publisher to profitability. In the past three decades, Atari has seen some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the gaming industry. Though the company bearing the name today bears little resemblance to the one that became synonymous with gaming in the 1970s...  It has been a turbulent few years for the various incarnations of Atari, with its American arm battling with stock-market delisting before being folded into parent company Infogrames last year.
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| Last Minute E3 Predictions - Let's Have 'Em!
May 30, 2009 at 12:00 am
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|  Soon, soon, soon. E3 starts soon. But that's next week. Today is? Today is Friday. Let's talk. This is Tell Us Dammit, no, make that TELL US DAMMIT. Here's how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn't some marketing survey or whatever. It's an emotional investment in you. Yes, we're interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. E3 2009: The Big N returns to the LACC with what hardcore fans hope is a bevy of new game announcements. LOS ANGELES--The weeks leading up to the 2009 Electronic Entertainment... E3 2009: Following rumors of a new PSP and Slimline PS3, the House of PlayStation takes the stage with its newest games and technology. LOS ANGELES--Of the Big Three press conferences at the Electronic Entertainment Expo... With E3 almost upon us, EA have reminded us of what I like to think is the spiritual successor to the Project Gotham series, Need for Speed: Shift. Still freaks me out that I'm interested in a Need for Speed game.  This weekend, almost all of Joystiq will depart to the City of Angels for E3 2009 ... a return to what everyone believes will be a real E3. Were the last two years of toned-down expos more conducive to work? Sure! But...
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