Saturday, January 24, 2009

360 To Get Special Resident Evil 5 Console

3:30PM January 24, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Ars Technica have a 360 mole, who’s previously been fairly solid, so we’ll run with this: Capcom and Microsoft have teamed up to offer a special edition Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360.

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PAL PlayStation Store Update: On The Precipice Of Punctuality

2:30PM January 24, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Sorry, PAL land. Still no Street Fighter HD. But on the bright side, you do finally get the first episode of the Penny Arcade game, which surely counts for something!

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Flight Simulator Series May Live On

1:30PM January 24, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Microsoft’s Flight Simulator series has been running since 1982. Hell of a long time. But news yesterday of the sacking of the game’s development team cast the future of the series in serious doubt.

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In Real Life

Gears of War Movie Will Be Like Lord Of The Rings But ‘Harder Edged’

1:00PM January 24, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Live Free Or Die Hard director Len Wiseman is helming the Gears movie and co-writing it with Fast & Furious scribe Chris Morgan. And yes, Wiseman is not a gamer, but a grabber.

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Here, The Full Guitar Hero: Metallica Tracklist

12:30PM January 24, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

We don’t need ESRB leaks. Metallica themselves have gone one better and released the full, complete tracklist for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica on the band’s website. And it’s a good one.

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More Microsoft Layoffs Hit Game Testers, Games For Windows Group

12:00PM January 24, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Sorry. More Microsoft layoff news. Seems in addition to the Flight Sim and Gamerscore sackings, Microsoft have also laid off a number of testers, as well as members of the Games for Windows team.

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AJ on X-Play – Yes, I’m a Girl, You Can Stop Speculating

11:20AM January 24, 2009 | AJ Glasser

A couple of weeks back, I climbed on a soapbox about the media frenzy surrounding video games in connection with real life violence or tragedy.


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U.S. Senator Doesn’t Want Microsoft To Fire People

11:00AM January 24, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Yes, Microsoft is slashing 5,000 jobs: 1,400 of them this week and another 3,600 over the next 18 months. U.S. Senator Charles Grassley wants to stop this bloodletting right now.

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Atlus Teases More Devil Summoner For America

10:30AM January 24, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Good work, Atlus. Your “Atlus Faithful” e-mail newsletter works like a charm, because every Kotaku reader and his mother just tipped us off to the near-existence of another Shin Megami Tensei game coming stateside.

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Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Hits Wii In Spring, Says New Trailer

10:00AM January 24, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Looks like Indiana Jones’ video game adventures might not be completely canceled, at least according to a newly (and unofficially) released trailer for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for the Wii.

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