Saturday, October 31, 2009

News

Xbox Live Smashes Mass Banhammer On Pirates

4:30PM October 31, 2009 | Owen Good

“A small percentage” of Xbox Live users with modded consoles that allowed pirated games to play woke up to find an early treat in their Halloween bag: a banhammer. More »


Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Names Upcoming DLC?

3:30PM October 31, 2009 | Owen Good

PC gamers dissecting the Left 4 Dead 2 demo found files that might reference the names of future DLC packs, CVG reports. More »


News

NBA Live 10 And NBA 2K10: It’s Fargin’ War

2:40PM October 31, 2009 | Owen Good

Because of exclusive arrangements and wide disparities in quality, pro basketball is really the only sports game where there’s real head-to-head competition. And it’s getting nasty between 2K Sports and EA Sports. More »


News

Bayonetta Xbox 360 Selling Out?

2:20PM October 31, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Kotaku columnist Tim Rogers brings word that store after store in Tokyo is selling out of the Xbox 360 version of Bayonetta. But why? More »


In Real Life

Milla Jovovich Offers Video Game Advice For Parents

2:00PM October 31, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Star of the Resident Evil film series, Milla Jovovich is more than an actress. She’s a mother, too! More »


News

Patch Means Lilith’s Power Now ‘Works As Intended’ In Borderlands

1:40PM October 31, 2009 | Owen Good

I’ve logged about a zillion hours in Borderlands, none of it as Lilith. But apparently her phase strike “now works as intended” thanks to patches for the PS3 and 360 versions that rolled out today. More »


In Real Life

Cole Hamels Reminds You That Grenades Are “For Pussies”

1:20PM October 31, 2009 | Owen Good

Well. This is edgy as all get-out. Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels comes to Modern Warfare 2 to tell us that mindlessly hucking grenades is a dickbag cop-out. And then there’s “Fight Against Grenade Spam,” which makes a cheerful acronym. More »


Lego Indy Trailer Discreetly Avoids Dr. Jones’ Creepy Past

1:00PM October 31, 2009 | Owen Good

Here’s the Nepal bar shootout scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, for Lego Indiana Jones 2. I guess the Lego-talk gibberish can’t get across the sequence’s subtle implication that Dr. Jones was boinking Marion when she 16. More »


In Real Life

Pumpkin Overload

12:40PM October 31, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Oh wow, there are SO many pumpkins to post today. In fact, too many — I broke the website when I tried to upload them all. More »


LostWinds: Winter Of The Melodias Micro Review: A Pleasant Gust Of Fun

12:20PM October 31, 2009 | matt cabral

Frontier Developments’ follow-up to their excellent wind-powered WiiWare launch title LostWinds returns gamers to the magical land of Mistralis.  More »