#clips
YouTube user Supereuropaa has posted a pair of videos taking us through World of Warcraft's Cataclysm alpha test, from character creation and beyond. Catch them while the catching is good! More »
A new batch of games has landed on Steam for Mac. While there are several new single-player titles available, it's the new multiplayer titles that are particularly noteworthy. The reason: Multiplayer is compatible across both Mac and PC platforms. Leading the cross-platform charge is cooperative zombie murder sim Killing Floor. Two other cross-platform titles now available include Madballs in Babo: Invasion and Altitude, a 2D aerial dogfighting game.
To mark the occasion all three games are on sale, with Killing Floor priced at $13.99 (33 percent off) and both Altitude and Madballs available for $4.99 each. Plus, Altitude will be free to play this weekend. Incidentally, these sales apply to the PC versions as well.
Find a full list of this week's new Mac games after the break.
#ps3
PlayStation 3 serial killer game Heavy Rain may be bringing its tale of suspense, child abduction and wet tank tops to a theater near you. A deal to secure screen rights to the Quantic Dream game is reportedly wrapping up. More »
We've got two Xbox Live Arcade staples this week. First is Metal Slug XX, which has the advantage of Xbox Live online play over its XBLA cousin, Metal Slug 3. Next, we've got yet another twin-stick shooter in Aqua. As its title suggests, Aqua flavors its twin-stick shooting antics with an extra dose of H20 (and torpedoes). Metal Slug XX will run you 1200 ($15), while Aqua is 800 ($10). Watch this week's XBLA in Brief and decide if either tickles your fancy for destruction.
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#speakup
This week's thrilling episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku is brought to you by the letters Ursus-Veritas, The Drunken Moogle, John-Hamptonshire, and Guru Smooth, who'd like to discuss helmets, Muramasa's story, Persona 4's greatness, and getting hammered with you. More »
No More Heroes and Killer 7 creator Suda 51 is thinking about what he'd like to do with Nintendo's 3DS -- and, naturally, the designer's first idea manages to be both movie-inspired and kind of insane. Speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine, Suda offered one of his "many ideas" for the 3D handheld: "I hope for the realization of a training remote like Luke Skywalker used for force training in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope."
"I would love to try to develop a game for 3DS if I have a chance," Suda added. Perhaps he'll get his chance after completing the mysterious project he's making for EA with Shinji Mikami. By then, he'll probably have changed his mind about making a DS game about being shot with lasers while blindfolded.
You remember this title, right? We covered it a long time ago, but now it looks like it’s going to see localization as ‘Zenquaria: Virtual Aquarium’. While all we have is an OFLC listing, I’m thinking the title is a lock for all regions.
A trusted Joystiq source has confirmed that Taito's mobile and iPhone game Space Invaders Infinity Gene is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. Further corroborating our source's intel is Australian ratings board the OFLC, which has published a rating for an unspecified "multiplatform" release of Infinity Gene. Ubisoft, which distributes Square Enix titles in Australia is listed as the publisher. (Square Enix is the parent company of Taito.)
With some neat functionality -- the iPhone version lets players generate levels based on their stored music -- and an HD facelift, we'd be willing to bet Space Invaders Infinity Gene wouldn't find much opposition on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. Previously, Taito released a version of its handheld series Space Invaders Extreme on XBLA to positive reception.
#glitches
Guns go invisible. Horses go invisible. Your own cowboy hero goes invisible. These are some of the invisibility bugs we're hearing about from numerous Red Dead Redemption players, primarily in the game's multiplayer mode. More »
Is Dragon Quest IX nothing more than another Dragon Quest entry, or does it actually try to do some new things? I wouldn’t know, because I haven’t played the Japanese release, nor do I know much about the series in general. Good thing our good friend Jeremy Parish has had an eye on [...]
We’ve featured the video above before, but now there’s an update to the Android Wii controller app. Now those of you that are interested in this app can also get some classic controller support out of your games. Let’s just hope that you’re playing free, legal games with your emulators!
#coverstory
What if Exploding Rabbit's excellent Flash game Super Mario Crossover were a real Nintendo game? It would probably look something like this. More »
Much like a surreptitious gaggle of programming ninjas, Rockstar recently swooped into the code of your copy of Red Dead Redemption for Xbox 360, and remedied a problem you likely didn't know you had. Apparently, players who attempted to play the game's multiplayer component over system link were having some trouble doing so. In like, the first nine hours the game was available.
Rockstar Tweeted yesterday that a patch had been put into place which fixes the System Link snafu, so if you you were one of the eight people who attempted to use that feature between yesterday morning and yesterday evening, then it's now safe to go give it another shot. Also, here's a great, informative article about the Internet. Yeah, apparently it's this new thing that lets you play games with your friends without having to suffer their actual physical adjacence.
Trainer sprites from HeartGold and SoulSilver. Red circles = female sprites with incredible
pigeon-toeing. Yellow circles = female sprites without incredible pigeon-toeing.
Yes, I know it’s a really random thing to pick out, but some people follow this stuff! I’m surprised I never noticed just how bad smoe of those stances are!
Looks like you can unlock a different character style in The Forgotten Sands on Wii. No word on how you do this, but it’s something to look forward to! I can’t wait to dive into my copy.
#ps3
Here are a couple of guys checking out Gran Turismo last month at a PlayStation showcase at Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival. Seems weird, but I never frequented beach arcades either. Anyone else out there play games sans shirt? (PIC: Michael Buckner/Getty Images) More »
#valve
Mac gamers, fire up your installation of Steam today for some first-person shooter thrills, courtesy of cooperative survival horror shooter Killing Floor. Tripwire's 2009 action game leads the latest batch of Steam games available for the Mac. More »
Yes, to complete this Rubik’s Cube correctly, you have to know what Robot Masters belong in each series. You don’t want to get your Hard Man mixed in with the Mega Man 2 crew!
