Kotaku: Q&a

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Travels Through Time to Fix Past Missteps

Mike Fahey — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:00:00 EDT

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Was Final Fantasy XIII too linear for you? Square Enix has heard the complaints, and answers them with a mechanic that's about as non-linear as they come: Time travel. How does it work? Director Motomu Toriyama has the answers. More »

Who Wants to Work for Sony's Testing Department, Round Three

Mike Fahey — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:00 EDT

Sony is gearing up for season three of its PlayStation Network reality show The Tester, asking gamers to submit a profile for their chance to compete for a shitty job and be ridiculed by Kotaku. More »

Dozens of Tester Jobs Affected in Sony QA Consolidation

Owen Good — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST

Sony Computer Entertainment America is consolidating its two QA groups in one location, meaning 30 staff positions are being sent from the Bay Area to San Diego, Calif., and we hear another 100 contract positions were affected. More »

Kojima On Peace Walker: "This game is an MGS5-class game"

Mike Fahey — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:40:00 EDT

In a press release Q&A issued by Konami today, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima stresses the importance of the PSP installment of the Metal Gear Solid series, calling it, "a MGS5-class game." More »

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Talk Edutainment

Brian Crecente — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT

So last month I picked a pet peeve to harp on and on and on about. I wanted to know why it is we don't see more educational video games for this next-generation of consoles. Why no awesome Math Blasters or Reader Rabbits or Typing of the Deads for the Playstation 3, Wii or Xbox 360. One thing I learned is that there are a few of those out there, but I still wanted to hear from the three console holders on the top. So I emailed Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony to see their take on number of prepared questions. All of which lead to my final question: Why not give away an educational game on your console? More »

Jumpgate Evolution Demands Your Attention

Mike Fahey — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:40:00 EDT

NetDevil's Jumpgate evolution is a concept that sells itself. Massively multiplayer Wing Commander, anyone? How about some co-operative Privateer? It's a game that combines twitch-action space combat with levels and experience points. It's an excuse to dust off those old flight sticks. You'll even be able to play as a trader, paying more combat-ready players a cut of the action to make sure you make your deliveries safely. Space convoy! More »

Rock Band's First Album Announced, Our Harmonix Q&A

Mark Wilson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Today, Harmonix has officially announced the first album that will hit the Rock Band store: Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengeance. Arriving April 22/24 on Xbox 360/PS3, this10-track album will cost $14.99 with individual tracks being offered for $1.99 apiece. Then in May, The Cars' self-titled record will become the second full-album release from Rock Band. The Pixies' Doolittle will follow in June. More »

Liveblogging The Dave Perry Q&A

Mike Fahey — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:05:53 EDT

The highlight of Friday at the Austin Game Developer's conference is a Q&A session between Shiny Entertainment founder Dave Perry and GDC Director Jamil Moledina. The session is called "When Did (You) Last Level Up? Career Advice From an Industry Veteran, and it is sure to be somewhat helpful to those in the gaming industry as well as those trying to break in. I'll be liveblogging the session from here in beautifully hot and humid Austin Texas, so hit the jump to follow along. This is my first liveblog, so be gentle. More »

Catan Q&A

Brian Crecente — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:30:35 EDT

Xbox Community Manager and Europe's Major Nelson, Graeme Boyd, just posted a Q&A with Catan lead developer Brian Reynolds. (You may know him from Civ II and Rise of Nations) More »

Popular Science Talks Spore with Wright

Brian Crecente — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:00:04 EST

OMG that's a long interview, eight pages to be specific. More »

Bioshock Community Site Opens

fdemarco — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:50:17 EST

The Cult of Rapture, a new community site for 2k Games' Bioshock, has landed on the tubes. There's quite a bit there, although a lot of it is the same stuff you can find on the game's official website; screenshots, trailers and a description of the game's plot. More »

22+1 Q&A with Crecente

Brian Crecente — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:50:51 EDT

I completely forgot about this, but awhile back I did a 22+1 question and answer dealio for site Tied the Leader. More »

Heavenly Sword Q&A

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:00:36 EDT

Daily Game has an interesting Q&A up with Mat Hart, the producer of PS3 exclusive Heavenly Sword. I actually never got a chance to play the game at E3, but what I saw of it looked pretty impressive, even more so then Resistance: Fall of Man. Of course, that's probably because I love sword games. More »

Not A Best Buy Q&A

brownlee — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:40:07 EDT

The less said about this Best Buy advertisement (which apes a Gamespot 'feature' so successfully that we actually had to rub our eyes a few times in total incredulity few minutes before we discerned the difference), the better. In it, three Best Buy blue shirt putzes regurgitate common gamer knowledge about the next gen with authority. More »

Life As Game Bug Killer

brownlee — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:40:06 EDT

Just what does it take to be a professional QA bug hunter? More »

Bald, Buff Space Marines Out, Jungle Adventuring Nice Guys In

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 27 May 2006 14:52:08 EDT

I'll admit that I might have drank away most of my impressions from the Sony press conference, but one game that did manage to wake me up after watching Ridge Racer emulated on the PSP was Naughty Dog's untitled PS3 project. Sporting a refreshing look, beautiful animation and lighting, the still moniker-less third person action adventure title looked hot—without a space marine in sight, to boot. More »

On Draenei, Jewel Crafting & Mounts in Burning Crusade

brownlee — Thu, 18 May 2006 11:40:46 EDT

Gamespot has posted a Q&A with Blizzard's lead designer Jeff Kandel about the upcoming WoW expansion Burning Crusade. There's lots of questions involving rationale for picking the — hello? — Draenei and the way socketable items and jewel crafting will work, but we personally dug this exchange about falling off of your Pegasus in the Outlands, a mile up: More »

What Is Up With That Halo 3 Trailer?

brownlee — Tue, 16 May 2006 13:40:49 EDT

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If you're the type of gaming scavenger who likes to tear every available piece of meat from the bones of E3 announcements, Bungie has posted a Q&A, answering some questions about the Halo 3 E3 Trailer as murkily as possible. Halo fans will probably be able to read vast cosmic philosophies of significance into answers like this, though... or so 1UP's brief analysis of the Q&A shows: More »

Creator of Columbine Game Talks

Brian Crecente — Tue, 16 May 2006 11:00:06 EDT

As a follow up to my interview with Columbine survivor Richard Costaldo about Super Columbine Massacre RPG, I wrote a story about the game for the Rocky Mountain News. More »

Firing Squad Interview With GDC Director

brownlee — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:40:21 EST

GDC doesn't officially get cracking until a bit later, so today's an odd day for us Control + C / Control + V monkeys. The air is filled with the electric thrill of anticipation, making the atmosphere here at Kotaku Towers much like that before a violent lightning storm at the chimpanzee pen at the local zoo. Come on, GDC — start going so we can start posting! More »

42 Hellgate Questions With Flagship Studios

brownlee — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:20:59 EST

There's an immense, 42 question Q&A with Flagship Studios' Community Manager, Ivan Sulic, over at Hellgate Guru. Obviously, it's about Flagship's upcoming Diablo-2-alike, Hellgate: London, in which you blaze your guns through demon-infested, post-apocalyptic Piccadilly and Trafalgar. Right on. More »

Wolfenstein Xbox 360

Brian Crecente — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:00:58 EST

id Software is all about Wolfenstein after Enemy Territory hits, it seems. In an interview with Worthplaying, Todd Hollenshead reveals that the next Wolfenstein game will be primarily an Xbox 360 title, but will also hit the PC. He also says that the next movie deal id is likely to work on will be a Wolfenstein adaptation. More »

Project Zero Q&A

Brian Crecente — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:00:25 EST

Gamesblog has posted up a longish Q&A with Project Zero creator Makoto Shibata. Shibata talks about the game's Japanese influences, his own dealings with real-world ghosts and some of the play mechanics of the game. More »

Carmack Talks Cells, Indie and His Next Project

Brian Crecente — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:26:12 EST

Keith Stuart over at The Guardian's Gamesblog did a short email Q&A with John Carmack that just went up on the site. The interview hits a lot of interesting ground for just seven questions. They discuss Doom RPG, gaming on cell phones, the future of the PC market, Carmack's next big thing and the state of indie development. Here's a taste: More »

Nerve Touches One About Video Games

Brian Crecente — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:00:24 EST

Nerve put together a fun set of Q&As about sex, violence and the future of video games featuring a panel of seven well known gaming experts. More »

CliffyB Talks Nintendo, Gears and Next-Gen With Kotaku

Brian Crecente — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:00:38 EST

Cliff Bleszinski AKA CliffyB, lead designer for Epic Games' Gears of War and Kotaku reader, shot me an email the other day about an article he read on the site. More »

What Should We Ask Major Nelson?

Brian Crecente — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:00:08 EDT

Quick note about another cool posting coming up next week. I'll be doing a phone interview with Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, Xbox Live's director of programming, to discuss the upgrades to Live for the 360 and the tremendous success of his blog. I personally think it's one of the best true blogs run by a industry insider. Shoot me an email if you have any particular questions you want answered or post a comment and I'll see what I can do. The interview is Tuesday. More »

Sid Meier Answers Slashdot Reader Queries

lsmith — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:40:25 EDT

Slashdot played a game of "Ask Sid Meier," where they took questions from their readers and passed them along to the visionary game maker. Well, Meier's answers are in (just in time for the Oct. 25 release of Civilization IV). The Slashdot readers come up with some great questions, asking about playability versus graphics, the advantages and disadvantages of PC gaming and Meier's speculations on the future of gaming. It's a good read. More »

Ash is Back to Kick Ass and Take Names

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:38:55 EDT

Since we're not going to be seeing a new Evil Dead movie any time soon, good thing the cross-platform Evil Dead Regeneration for PS2, Xbox and Windows drops Sept. 20th. More »

The Ultimate Gamer's Keyboard

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:00:23 EDT

I can't see any reason to buy the Optimus keyboard, which is why it has suddenly catapulted to the top of the list of crap I absolutely need to own. (Right above digital binoculars and watches that do anything but tell time.) More »