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Kotaku-5101220 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:00:00 MST Brian Ashcraft http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101220&view=rss&microfeed=true The upcoming issue of Famitsu has some new scans of DISSIDIA: Final Fantasty character Shantotto. A black mage in Final Fantasy XI, she was announced for the PSP action title a while back. Famitsu... Kotaku-5101198 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:30:00 MST Luke Plunkett http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101198&view=rss&microfeed=true Prior to release, LittleBigPlanet showed a ton of promise. Heavy-handed moderation in the weeks since release, however, has rubbed a little of the lustre off the game's appeal. Don't think that Sony... Kotaku-5101179 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:00:00 MST Brian Ashcraft http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101179&view=rss&microfeed=true There's a reason why we get some many bald space marines or dudes in skull caps: Hair. Digital hair ain't easy. It's tricky to pull off realistic looking digi-locks. Why? As NewScientist points... Kotaku-5101163 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:40:00 MST Luke Plunkett http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101163&view=rss&microfeed=true To refresh: Gordon Chan is directing a King of Fighters movie. Previously, details were scant, but today, details on the flick have surfaced. We wish they'd remained scant. Seems filming has already... Kotaku-5101194 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:20:00 MST Luke Plunkett http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101194&view=rss&microfeed=true You'd think that'd be a subjective question! But science, as always, is here to poop the party, presenting "evidence" that shows which FPS games currently on the market draw the biggest "response"... Kotaku-5101188 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:00:00 MST Brian Ashcraft http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101188&view=rss&microfeed=true That was this morning. Woke up, flipped on Zoom In!! Super, Japan's equivalent of Good Morning America, and saw my bloated, unshaven mug talking about Japanese arcades and Arcade Mania. Revenge of... Kotaku-5100574 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:40:00 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100574&view=rss&microfeed=true The giant PSP in the SoHo district of New York City looks like it's on its way out... again. No, it's not the first time the PSP has been dismantled from its billboard. But will it be the last? The... Kotaku-5101180 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:20:00 MST Luke Plunkett http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101180&view=rss&microfeed=true What came out between now and the last time we checked the PC charts? Oh yeah. Lich King. If ever there was a week we'd have loved to have seen actual, hard sales figures, November 16-22 would be it.... Kotaku-5101183 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:00:00 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101183&view=rss&microfeed=true Sometimes we like our Hot Flashes to soothe us, rather than stir us into a reflexes-required panic. In fact, after playing Auditorium, the musical puzzle... experience, I've poured myself a strong... Kotaku-5100960 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:30:07 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100960&view=rss&microfeed=true Don't expect to see the heroine of Heavy Rain leaping through the air in some abominable mash-up of Cirque du Soleil and The Matrix. The game's director tells 1UP it's simply about "normal people."... Kotaku-5101161 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:00:15 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101161&view=rss&microfeed=true Nintendo has been putting the "touch" back in Touch Generations over the past week at a handful of North American malls. It's been gently caressing weary shoppers and wooing them with Nintendo DS... Kotaku-5101143 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:40:00 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101143&view=rss&microfeed=true Namco Bandai dropped eight new screens of the multi-platform Tekken 6 today. And if each shot isn't packed with rippling dude meat and screen-warping effects, it's packed with short shorts. Yes,... Kotaku-5101158 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:20:00 MST Stuart Houghton http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101158&view=rss&microfeed=true As hinted at in our ennui-bustin' Thanksgiving Rumor Roundup Microsoft have confirmed that the new batch of 'Jasper' Xbox 360 Arcade boxes will come with internal flash storage. Speaking to Xbox 360... Kotaku-5101153 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:00:00 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101153&view=rss&microfeed=true The dearth of Christmas-themed downloadable content available is the shame of the industry. At least Sony is doing something about it, announcing a batch of Christmas carols-cum-pop songs for the... Kotaku-5101154 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:40:46 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101154&view=rss&microfeed=true Considering that the downloadable content offered for previous Call of Dutys consisted of run-of-the-mill map packs, deviating from that path shouldn't prove difficult. But World at War executive... Kotaku-5101150 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:20:00 MST Stuart Houghton http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101150&view=rss&microfeed=true As anyone who tried to play Magic Carpet in its ludicrous/innovative Magic Eye mode will tell you, niche 3D display technology can be more trouble than its worth. BlitzTech, however, are pretty... Kotaku-5101146 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:00:00 MST Brian Crecente http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101146&view=rss&microfeed=true To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Neat or Not? I drove up to Boulder today to speak to a journalism class about new media and old media and media in general. Mostly it was a walkthrough of how I got from... Kotaku-5100987 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:40:00 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100987&view=rss&microfeed=true Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeons & Dragons and Test Drive Unlimited haven't been forgotten by Atari. The publisher plans to bring each of those series back to its line-up — but not... Kotaku-5101138 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:20:00 MST Stuart Houghton http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101138&view=rss&microfeed=true Valve's Gabe Newell has joined the growing roster of games industry names who are publicly unimpressed with Digital Rights Management. In an email to a fan who had contacted Valve about fears that... Kotaku-5101133 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:00:00 MST Brian Crecente http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101133&view=rss&microfeed=true In a recent tell all interview with Vanity Fair, Tina Fey of Sarah Palin fame (I kid), tells the magazine that she did a bit of voice work for a pinball machine back in the day. Did she ever use... Kotaku-5101073 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:40:18 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101073&view=rss&microfeed=true In addition to all those video games setting up shop in Sony's Home, expect to see plenty of non-game advertisers. First out of the gate is energy drink Red Bull, complete with its own game. You... Kotaku-5101080 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:20:00 MST Stuart Houghton http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101080&view=rss&microfeed=true The Chase is a good old fashioned love story. Boy meets girl, girl separates from boy, boy and girl attempt to reach each other by running at breakneck speed across surreal platform-filled landscape... Kotaku-5101071 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:00:00 MST Brian Crecente http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101071&view=rss&microfeed=true Last month Adam Barenblat started uploading our videos and podcasts over to iTunes for the iPhone, Touch, and iPod owners out there. Of course it wasn't long before we heard from Zune owners, hoping... Kotaku-5101023 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:40:00 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101023&view=rss&microfeed=true We're going to get double the Diesel in 2009, with Vin's face gracing both Midway's Wheelman and Atari's The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Atari released new screens of the latter... Kotaku-5101053 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:20:00 MST Stuart Houghton http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101053&view=rss&microfeed=true Gameloft have released Brothers In Arms: Hour Of Heroes for the iPhone, bringing 14 missions over 3 theater campaigns to your pocket. Control is via a 'fire' icon and a touchable movement circle,... Kotaku-5101010 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:00:00 MST Brian Crecente http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101010&view=rss&microfeed=true Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories hit stores today in North America and to celebrate Square Enix announced that another oddly named Kingdom Hearts game is headed to our shores. Kingdom Hearts... Kotaku-5100945 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:40:02 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100945&view=rss&microfeed=true Consider this littlebigrumor for now, but it looks like the Sackboy cross-promotion won't be stopping anytime soon. PlayStation-centric site PSN! is reporting that the star of LittleBigPlanet is... Kotaku-5101008 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:20:00 MST Stuart Houghton http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101008&view=rss&microfeed=true Remember that video we showed you of the work-in-progress DSi flash cart? Yeah, well, work has progressed. The Acekard 2i is claimed to be the world's first fully-working DSi flash cartridge with... Kotaku-5100682 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:40:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100682&view=rss&microfeed=true Despite the overwhelming success of the first trilogy, Ubisoft went back to the drawing board to bring an entirely new Prince of Persia experience to the current generation of consoles. The new... Kotaku-5100920 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:00 MST Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100920&view=rss&microfeed=true The all-new Atari adds another heavy hitter to its line-up: Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Q Entertainment. The publisher announced today that it is bringing Q's next music-based game,... Kotaku-5100947 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:40:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100947&view=rss&microfeed=true SydLexia's list of 50 NES Quotes You Should know is the perfect way to break up a press release heavy video game news day. Not only should every game be required to memorize quotes like "A Winner... Kotaku-5100923 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:20:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100923&view=rss&microfeed=true Activision has revealed the first screens for their upcoming game adaptation of Dreamworks' Monsters Vs. Aliens, which features monsters...fighting aliens. Go figure. The movie stars Reese... Kotaku-5100879 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100879&view=rss&microfeed=true What, no Samuel L. Jackson? Spike has tapped musician and actor Jack Black to their 2008 Video Game Awards, which will feature world premiers of God of War III, Uncharted 2, and many more. ... Kotaku-5100875 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:40:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100875&view=rss&microfeed=true It's time to drag Mama kicking and screaming out of the kitchen and into the back yard as Majesco Entertainment announces Gardening Mama for North America. Taking the same simple, charming, and... Kotaku-5100858 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:20:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100858&view=rss&microfeed=true Organizers of the 2008 America's Video Game Expo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last month have announced that the show this year saw more than triple the attendance of last year's VGXPO. NBC Local... Kotaku-5100847 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:40:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100847&view=rss&microfeed=true According to countless tips from our beloved readers, Aeria Games has sent out their first round of invites to the closed beta test of Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online. Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine... Kotaku-5100834 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:20:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100834&view=rss&microfeed=true The beloved cartoony arcade boxing franchise makes it's triumphant return next year Atari announces Ready 2 Rumble Revolution for the Nintendo Wii. Developed by famed wrestling developer AKI and... Kotaku-5100819 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:00:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100819&view=rss&microfeed=true It's been a long, strange trip for Ghostbusters: The Video Game, but we're one step closer to the end today as Atari announces a June 2009 multi-platform release for the eagerly anticipated title. ... Kotaku-5100797 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:40:00 MST Mike Fahey http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100797&view=rss&microfeed=true Could the best PC RPG of last year be the best console RPG of next year? Atari and CD Projekt RED have officially announced The Witcher for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. As yesterday's rumor...