New Doom 3 For Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3 Supports Head-Mounted Displays 
Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land 
Why Robin Makes Batman Better 
Resistance: Burning Skies: The Kotaku Review 
Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending 
High Scores And Egos: There's Always A Bigger Doodle Now that the Nintendo DS has a naughty game, it’s the Wii’s turn! Dubbed Osouji Sentai Clean Kuri—n Ki-pa- (“Cleaning Squadron Clean Keeper”), the game has players clean a high school in heaven that’s been polluted by the “Filth Devil.” According to Famitsu, winning in-game battles gives players lewd “reward CG.” We seriously doubt that it will be pornography (the game hasn’t yet been rated), but the screens do look rather risqué. Shudder at the bad Wii puns this game will spawn!
Hopefully you didn’t miss the Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness competition we ran over the last couple of weeks. Before you get all worked up, it ended last Wednesday.
As such, we took some time over the weekend to peruse the entries and select five winners. Four of these will take home a copy of Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness. The top of the bunch will receive a lovely new PSP Slim and a copy of the game.
The competition demanded creativity. It taxed the edges of your imagination. It asked, somewhat kindly, for you to craft something epic.
And craft you did.
Judging these was rough as hell. It’s hard looking at art people have poured a lot of time and effort into, knowing you can only pick five of them to reward. So, if you sent an entry in, you’d be well advised to hold your breath before hitting the jump.
Just remember to let it go at some point.
Big props to KEOI and THQ for making the whole thing possible.
To: Ash and Luke From: Flynn Subject: GDC Hangover
Ahoy gents! I hope you’ve had a great week. Mine was rather grueling what with GDC and all. I wish I could say my GDC hangover was from going to parties but it was really more from exhaustion coming right on the heels of last week’s flu. Still, GDC was a blast and I got to see some pretty cool stuff including Lucas Arts Studio which was somewhere I’ve always wanted to visit.
Some things you might have missed this weekend:
Microsoft announced that they will no longer be making Xbox 360 HD-DVD players
EA wants to buy Take-2. Take-2 doesn’t want to be bought.
if you steal someones virtual gold, is it a real theft?
And now I am off to play some more Patapon. Those little singing guys sure are addictive. I’m also going to finally see what all the hub-bub is about this Portal thing that all the kids are always talking about. Hope you have a great week and we’ll see you next time. Goodnight!
Quite a few titles out this week but I only have eyes and ears for one game… Patapon. I’ll also be checking out Lost Planet on my PS3 if i can manage to tear myself away from my little rhythmic friends. What’s on your list this week?
Patapon (PSP) Action plus rhythm plus great art style equals awesome.
Frontlines: Fuel of War (X360, PC) Battle for control of the earth’s depleted natural resources.
Lost: Via Domus (X360, PC, PS3) Solve the mysteries of the island.
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (X360, PC, PS3) The Nazi’s won WWII and boy are we in trouble.
Naruto: Ninja Destiny (DS) A Naruto 3D fighter for your DS
The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC) Exactly what the Sims need. More free time. Bastards.
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (PS3) The world of giant bugs comes to the PS3.
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (WII) Aliens and penis jokes: a winning combination.
Mazes of Fate DS (DS) Determine your fate in this RPG with mazes.
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (WII) Live (or die) through Agatha Christie’s greatest mystery.
ArmA: Gold Edition (PC) ArmA: Armed Assault and ArmA: Queen’s Gambit together again for the first time.
Heavenly Guardian (PS2) Animated 2D shooter action.
Puzzle Guzzle (PSP) Guzzle this puzzle!
Last week, 2K Games announced the US release date for Civilization Revolution on Xbox 360, PS3 and DS. In case you missed it, it was June 3.
So, should Australia and New Zealand expect a mammoth release delay? No, not at all! The local 2K Games branch has informed us that Oceania will receive the game just a few days after the US on June 6. that’s plenty of time to, say, read some hands-on impressions.
Now, if only all games could be released in all regions within days of each other…
I am always glad to hear another Ratchet and Clank is coming down the pike. I loved Size Matters and still think it’s one of the best looking games on the PSP. Hopefully, this one can live up to it.
This time around, Clank gets the titular role as he sets out to rescue his good friend Ratchet from his fate in prison. What did Ratchet do to land in such hot water? Watch and find out! Make the jump for a little bit of gameplay as well.
Next month, the Australian government will again discuss the necessity for an R18+ rating for video games, according to a story over a the SMH. The article states that the SCAG, or Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, will toss the issue around at its next meeting on March 28.
This fact was confirmed by a spokesperson for Bob Debus, the Minister for Home Affairs.
Note that this means the issue will be debated, not that an R rating will definitely be implemented. So keep the corks on your champagne bottles folks, at least for now.
Last year Activision had its fair share of difficulties with the OFLC when Soldier of Fortune: Payback was refused classification. Of course, Activision revised the game to remove the offending elements, and the new build was subsequently given the okay. Good news, right? Not really, seeing as the whole point of the game was its ridiculous amounts of blood and dismemberment.
All I can say is if the rating does get the nod – it’s about bloody time.
R-rated games may be on shelves soon [SMH.com.au, thanks to everyone who sent in a tip!]
Not precisely a game, but there has been talk lately of physics (and science in general) in games, and this is a neat little program that’s fun to spend a while playing with. It’s still in beta and has the requisite bugs you might expect, but here’s what the creator has to say about it:
Phun is a Master of Science Theises by Computing Science student Emil Ernerfeldt for supervisor Kenneth Bodin at VRLab, Umeå University. The solver is based on work by Claude Lacoursière
Phun is meant to be a playground where people can be creative. It can also be used as an educational tool to learn about physics concepts such as restitution and friction.
You can snag the download (Windows only for now, but an OSX version is apparently on its way) at the Phun website, where there’s more information. There’s also a thread going over at the GameDev.com forums.
EA Makes Offer to Buy Take 2 First Bioware and Pandemic, and now a publisher. Boy, EA sure does love to spend money.
New WipEout HD Screens Because if there’s anything better than Wipeout, it’s Wipeout in high-def.
Microsoft Kills Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player I guess Microsoft caught on to the fact that even at $US 50, people aren’t going to buy something they’ll never use.
Kotaku Originals: From GDC to RIP HD-DVD Another massive load of original stories from Kotaku.
Activision Now Offering Refunds For GH III Wii Feels good to do the right thing, doesn’t it?
Run For The Hills, Ban Monday Blood Letting Begins
Hooray! Put on those smiles, Ban Monday has finally arrived! While we don’t have any problem banning on regular days, we turn up the Ban Hammer sensitivity to MAXIMUM on Ban Monday. For those who don’t know, here’s how it’s gonna go down: Send us the commenter page for anyone that should get the axe. No, wait. Send it to Witzbold! That’s his job. You can put in your request at commentsATkotakuDOTcom. No ban gloating. Gloating leads to Ban Hammer backfire, which could cause you to get the boot. And that would be very embarrassing. We’ll be back to normal on Tuesday, lighter, faster and better. Hope to see you on the other side.