Saturday, August 8, 2009 - Page 2

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

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I’ll be checking out two drastically different shooters this weekend.

News

Final Fantasy XIII Release Date Announcement Coming

Regarding the release date of Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada has an announcement of an announcement to make: “We’ll be making an announcement in a few weeks.”

More Tekken 6 Screens? More Tekken 6 Screens!!

Regrettably, today’s media update for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Tekken 6 aren’t as sexy as all those new Zafina butterfly screens that recently floated around. But they make up for it in volume.

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Midway Unloads San Diego Studio On THQ

Congratulations to THQ, new owners of a slightly used San Diego game development studio, previously owned by Midway Games. THQ bought the TNA iMPACT! wrestling game development house for $US200,000 according to a filing with the SEC.

News

LucasArts Teases Back-Catalog Announce; Says It Ain’t X-Wing

Now, they didn’t say it wasn’t TIE Fighter, either. But it’s a pretty safe bet this Tweet from LucasArts cools off talk that a reboot of the venerable space combat sim will be announced soon.

In Real Life

And Now For A John Hughes Tribute

Filmmaker John Hughes passed away yesterday and sadly there wasn’t much of a way to acknowledge it with video games. Until today, that is.

Retailers Point To Dragon Age: Origins Delay

BioWare’s fantasy role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins is officially on the books for an October 2009 release date, but two retailers are indicating a slight delay for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, pushing it into November.

In Real Life

Wii MotionPlus Is Wall Street Journal Approved

You know you’ve got it made when even the Wall Street Journal wants a piece of your sweet, sweet motion controlled action.

News

Valve Studying Sign Language For Deaf Half-Life Character

While Valve has been largely silent on what’s happening with Half-Life 2: Episode 3, a recent focus test at the developer may point to the inclusion of a deaf character that ties into supporting character Alyx’s past.

Notebook Dump: The Wrong Wii Question, Shopping Mama

There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we?

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