PAL PlayStation Store Update: On A Magic Carpet Ride [Europe]
on Mar 27, 2009 in news japan kotaku playstation store ps3 Sony video-games Wii xbox-360 And again, the PAL PlayStation Store ends up with some interesting PlayStation 1 content.

The Science Behind World Of Warcraft’s Item Drop Percentages [WoW]
on Mar 27, 2009 in news aim fable-iii-hints gdc09 mmo ps3 psp video-games World of Warcraft Strip back the story and the inter-personal relationships, and really, World of Warcraft 's all about the loot. Killing things in return for things...

Mega Man 2 Limps Onto The iPhone [IPhone]
on Mar 27, 2009 in news Capcom fable-iii-hints feature gdc09 iphone media mega man psp review video-games xbox-360 Mega Man 2 has been released on the iPhone! Like, the full, proper, 1988 version! Cause for celebration, yes? As it stands, no...

The ONE person that created the XMB
on Mar 27, 2009 in news breaking-news download-squad joystiq joystiq-playstation movies music travel user-interface virtual yasuhiro-yamanaka Did you know there's only ONE person that created the UI for both the PS3 and PSP?

The Dead Space Team Talks Award-Winning Audio [Gdc09]
on Mar 26, 2009 in news aim battle-stations gdc09 interview japan kotaku media ps3 review video-game-news Our own Adam Barenblat interviews the team from Dead Space after accepting their award for Best Sound at the 9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards . Dead Space was one of four games that received an award last night that wasn't Fallout 3 or Little...

Activision: Modern Warfare has taken on a ‘life of its own’
on Mar 26, 2009 in news activision call of duty fps infinity-ward joystiq joystiq-playstation movies music Nintendo travel virtual Aside from, uh, gameplay footage, the one thing that was deemed conspicuously absent from Modern Warfare 2 's explosive teaser trailer was the Call of Duty branding. Whether developer Infinity Ward is still debating the nested sequel's final title or...

New DSi Colors Are Fast [Clips]
on Mar 26, 2009 in news clips culture gdc09 kotaku media Nintendo ps3 review Sony video-games Wii xbox-360 First the new PSP shades were slick race cars, and now it's Nintendo's turn to turn its colorful DSi in speed demons for the Japanese viewing public. Less a car motif and more a colored pencil one, this Nintendo ad is pleasant eye candy — thoug...

Aion: Pretty People Doing Pretty Things In Pretty Places [Screens]
on Mar 26, 2009 in news aetheric aetheric-field aim daevas empyrean japan kotaku mmorpg tower world Instead of video clips, today NCsoft teases anxious Aion fans with a batch of sexy screens and a three part history of the world of Atreia.

Molyneux’s Next Big Thing Could Show At E3, Perhaps Ooze With Awesome [Gdc09]
on Mar 26, 2009 in news battle-stations fable-iii-hints feature gdc09 japan lionhead studio media peter-molyneux ps3 review Wii xbox-360 While Lionhead's Peter Molyneux seems to be working on Fable III, he also mentioned that his studio is working on a non-Fable game which he hopes to show at E3. "Lionhead shouldn't be thought of as just doing Fable," he said...

GDC09: EA quietly announces iPhone versions of major franchises
on Mar 26, 2009 in news "apple fifa-10 gdc-mobile iphone mystery-mania patrick-klepek spore-creatures ssx travis-boatman wolfenstein wolfenstein-3d wolfenstein-rpg Of the many GDC 2009 announcements taking place this week, we were most shocked to see EA sneakily introducing some of the company's most popular franchises to the Apple device some are calling the newest gaming platform -- the iPhone. Travis Boatman...