Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Page 2

Rough Valkyria Chronicles 2 Character Art Inks Its Way Out

SEGA has posted a handful of rough character art for Valkyria Chronicles 2. We love rough character art. It’s so…rough.


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Game Movie Writer Pleads Guilty To Vehicular Manslaughter

Roger Avary, who won an Oscar for Pulp Fiction, has pleaded guilty to DUI and vehicular manslaughter for a deadly crash in 2008 that left his friend dead and his wife in critical condition.


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How Team Fortress 2 Maps Are Made

Balance is a crucial thing for Valve when it comes to Team Fortress. Get a map wrong and there’ll be emails, petitions…hell to pay. Thankfully, most maps get it right! Here’s how they’re made!


Battleswarm: Field Of Honor Preview: Choose Your Genre

Battleswarm: Field of Honor is a Chinese-developed war game that blends both real-time strategy and first-person shooter genres. The catch is you have to pick which genre you can win with.


In Real Life

MoeSequencers, Virtual Bonsai—What Else Can I Do On The iPhone?

I happened to be hanging out near a fellow games journalist’s desk the other day when I heard the most alarming thing. I gave him a hairy eye and he said, “Hey—it’s for work!”


Upcoming Blizzard Battle.net Feature Draws From Warcraft, Life

Blizzard executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo hosted a Battle.net and StarCraft II panel, explaining how the integration of game and game service has evolved over the years.


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Yup, 360 Elite Goes $US299 On August 30

And so it begins. This is a page from the latest Wal-Mart catalogue, due August 30, advertising the Xbox 360 Elite at $US299, a whole $US100 cheaper than its current price.


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Blizzard: You May Sell Your StarCraft 2 Maps…Eventually

At BlizzCon 2009, Blizzard’s executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo revealed plans to allow modders to sell premium StarCraft II maps via the Battle.net service.


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Notebook Dump: Slim’s Two Seconds, Bill Hatcher’s Return

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?


What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Kotaku AU

I played an hour of Shadow Complex a month ago. This weekend though, I’m going to sit down and play it from start to finish.