Nintendo Australia has announced release dates for Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and Harvest Moon Magical Melody. According to the info, Harvest Moon is due on April 3, while Fire Emblem fans can expect the goods on April 10. Yes, we’ve had to wait a while for Fire Emblem. But it’s…
Educated guesses by the store manager or head office? Most likely. Regardless, GAME is under the impression that Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft, along with the company’s RTS StarCraft 2, will be with us in September and November of this year,…
My word. We’ve gone utterly mad with the competition crazies at Kotaku Australia. If you’re not working hard on something for our
Egosoft has quietly announced X3: Terran Conflict, a standalone expansion for its mega-confusing by extremely rewarding space trading sim X3. The news arrived via a post on Egosoft’s official forums. Here’s a snippet: X³: Terran Conflict is a brand new, stand-alone game set in the universe of X³. It is…
Sumea caught up with Flagship Studios’ David Glenn at last year’s Game Connect event down in Melbourne. Instead of staring at him like some sort of Egyptian god or throwing underpants at him, an interview was requested instead. Here’s what Glenn had to say about starting up shop after the…
Despite traditionally being one of the slowest months of the year for gaming news, January didn’t disappoint us completely. Regular Originals member Activision dodged bullets over Devil May Cry 4, I checked out two upcoming titles and a bit of Collector’s Edition craziness rounded things out. And then, of course,…
The folks over at AustralianGamer got the chance to invade the headquarters of Oz developer FuzzyEyes. The studio is currently working on the title Edge of Twilight. There are photos of the team’s work environment (looks like a normal office really) as well as interviews with the head dudes. Here’s…
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Yesterday we received a chat transcript that contained comments from a someone in “high position within the EB organisation”. According to the log, EB Games Australia had been left with in the original post. Microsoft’s
It’s a double-whammy of 4X news today, and if there’s anything I like, it’s getting punched in the face twice in quick succession. Uh, what I meant to say is that Sins of a Solar Empire, Ironclad Games’ long-awaited sci-fi strategy title, has finally gone gold. I’m trying to hound…
Update: EB Games Australia has EB Games Australia may have $10 million worth of busted 360s that it can’t sell, and the manufacturer is unwilling to compensate it for. You might be a bit disappointed by the reply: We’re not going to comment on this. Luke Plunkett for Kotaku US…
Update 1: Microsoft commented on the rumour. Over the weekend, a Kotaku AU reader sent through a chat log containing an enlightening conversation with “an associate of mine who holds a high position within the EB organisation”. According to the log, Microsoft is refusing to take responsibility for its defective…
While Frontlines: Fuel of War for PS3 has been
CCP and Valve have joined forces to bring the former’s space-based MMO to the latter’s online distribution platform, Steam. Yes, you can download the EVE Online client software free from the game’s official website. But, if you grab it from Steam CCP will throw in a 21-day trial (seven days…
Not that we were expecting anything less. Tipster Brendan eyed the listing on Ubisoft’s support knowledge base. If you’re too tired to click through, we’ve replicated it here for the woozy: Supported OS: Windows XP / Vista (only) Processor: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon…
Smell that? It’s the mouth-watering scent of things working again. I’d bottle it if I could and name it “Manfume”, because I’m kooky like that. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Campaign Impressions Judging by these impressions, Advance Wars won’t be ruining your day any time soon (read: It’s good). WETA,…
Sarah over at Lifehacker has pointed us in the direction of a freshly launched gaming news and reviews site aimed at parents, called What They Play. Intermingled with your standard reviews are articles such as “Wii Found One: The Parents Guide To Finding A Wii” (not such a bad idea…
Update: Tantalus CEO Tom Crago has replied to Malcolm King, adding some much needed clarification and accuracy to the original article. Yesterday, journalist Malcolm King posted a rather scathing opinion piece on the state of the Australian games industry over at the Courier Mail. Many of the statements made in…
Oz Kotakuite Jordan wrote in recently to express his disappointment with the attitudes of online gamers. Specifically, after being defeated in a game of Halo 3, Jordan and his team mates were met with less-than-jovial commiserations from the victors: As we returned to the lobby, and I had just started…
Ever wanted to play the role of a Japanese science vessel performing “very important research” on Antarctic whales? You know, that super special type of research that supposedly involves killing and eating them? Yeah, that kind. If this sounds like you (oh dear), then you should probably check out Harpooned:…
Tipster Damiano sends word that EB Games Australia has info up on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 Collector’s Edition boxes of Devil May Cry 4. However, according to the site, it looks like Australian gamers are getting a cut down CE compared to the US. From Amazon: Volume 1…
Games have content cut from them all the time, usually due to time constraints. If you’re willing to spend a few hours digging around in any game’s data files, you’re likely to find bits and pieces of features, creatures, items or other miscellany that couldn’t be implemented before release. Crytek’s…
Over at his blog, Doolwind, former Auran programmer Alistair Doulin has posted his personal views on the
We’re still looking for your Recommend Your Favourite STALKER Mods [Kotaku Australia]
It’s called “Central Dark”, and it even has a selection on the landing page for Australian users (with the US missing, oddly enough). Yippee ki ya. The main attractions are the screenshots, for which the Xbox 360, Wii and Playstation 2 versions of the game are catered for; some facts…
Starks over at Australian Gamer recently informed me that the winners of both the Melbourne and Sydney GAME1 tournaments, held in early November and December 2007 respectively, have yet to receive their justly-earned treasures. The official GAME1 website states that the event is “the biggest and busiest electronic gaming expo…
