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For the general public, Gamescom is just getting started. For the folks at EA Germany—the business types—the show is over. This is how Electronic Arts sent off Gamescom 2010, with a few German-language standards and a huge tool. More »
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We thought that our first glimpse of the "Platinum" budget version of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was bad enough. Then we saw Germany's take on Old Snake. More »
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Germany, you probably knew this was coming, given Dead Space's focus on blowing humanoid heads into fuck-all, but you won't be getting your hands on the EA LA developed sci-fi horror game. And you won't either, certain Asian territories. That's according to the title's community manager Ben Swanson, who writes on the game's official blog "we’ve recently found out that Dead Space will be banned in Germany, China and Japan." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5046190&view=rss&microfeed=true The Leipzig Games Convention is a show slathered in spectacle, with big booths, booming sound systems, and lovely female companions to distract from each game's graphical shortcomings. What you might think it would be lacking in are interpretive dance routines. You'd be wrong, as the Germans have come through in a major way, capturing the essence of the show in a four minute dance number that will inspire you to... possibly never come to Germany. Writhing and high kicking to the sounds of Video Games Live! and choreographed by Irina Pauls, this bedazzled, spandex-packed celebration is one reason we love coming here. More »
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Comics are terribly unfunny by default. Germans too. But this recent Halo-themed cartoon by German artist Marunde in the magazine "Hörzu" is so godawful, so bereft of comedy, we're thinking that whomever is responsible for issuing the world's humor licenses should revoke Germany's. Reader Max, who was nice enough to send in this black hole of laughter, translates for us. More »
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How do you know when you've made it? When the Germans, famous for their rapier wit and brooding lifestyle photography send you up in a magazine ad for Sega's Wii shooter Ghost Squad. Obviously, Ghost Squad doesn't take itself too seriously, but who knew the boys and girls in the marketing department were so quick with the PlayStation 3 puns? They don't stop there, apparently, as it seems no game franchise is spared the hilarious Sega of Germany treatment. You guys! I'm going to start wagging my finger in mock disapproval if you don't stop! More »
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You might think that video game marketing is easy, but it's not. It's hard. Sisyphean sometimes. At this stage in the advertising game, marketeers really only have three tactics—scantily clad ladies, alternate reality games, and cars decorated with game logos. German marketing teams who didn't want to pull a creativity muscle clearly opted for the easiest two of the three, sometimes combining them for maximum impact. More »
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At the 2006 Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Sony shilled its in-house horror title Forbidden Siren 2 by handing out disposable cameras. These weren't simply PS2 branded junkers, you see. They were special. Convention attendees who had their shots developed were (probably) horrified they'd been snapped with all manner of spooky spectres and presented with a macabre message advertising the game's release. More »
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The Germans may love David Hasselhoff, but mein Gott, do they know their way around a PSP advertising campaign. Global advertising agency TBWA recently won a coveted German Lead Award for their 2006 print campaign marketing Sony's white PSP. With the tagline "Jetzt auch in weiss" (or "Now also in white") the three ads feature an all-white Death, tarantula, and dominatrix. More »
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Where the hell was I when Porn Manager 1 came out? Oh. Right. Not playing mobile phone games. Fortunately, I was around today when HandyGames announced the sequel to the hugely successful mobile game JeuxVideo called the "management game with a lot of various aspects." More »
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Looks like German Xbox 360 owners are going to have a harder time getting their Crackdown fix, as the German software ratings board, Unterhaltungssoftware Selbskontrolle, has refused to rate the sci-fi, cel-shady, third-person action game. More »
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