Kotaku: Red Steel

Red Steel Dev: No More Than 20 Percent Of Gamers 'Are Willing To Move'

Owen Good — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Red Steel 2 was reviewed favorably, but that doesn't mean it was a success. Its disappointing sales performance, says the game's creative director, can be chalked up to gamers unwillingness "to get up and move and exert themselves for fun." More »

Red Steel 2 Review: If Only 2006 Was This Good

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:20:48 EDT

A skeptical world might not see video games as essential. But we can point to many games that feel worthy of this planet. Games about eating mushrooms, arranging falling blocks, saving the world. However: A first-person shooter with motion-based swordplay? More »

Ubisoft Narrows Release Dates For Splinter Cell, Red Steel, Rest Of Year's Line-Up

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:20:45 EDT

As part of the company's announcement of financial results for its just-concluded fiscal year, Ubisoft has announced release windows for its full line-up through the end of March 2010. More »

No More Heroes Slumming It With Red Steel For New Wii Bundle

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:30:00 EDT

Say, Wii owner. Did you pass on No More Heroes? Well, shame on you! But if you have no taste, maybe you'd like to pick up Red Steel while you're remedying that, thanks to Ubisoft. More »

The Red Steel 2 That Never Was

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:30:00 EST

Red Steel 2 is coming. But did you know the version we'll be getting sometime in the next 12 months or so is the second Red Steel 2 that's been in development? More »

SEGA Sees Wii As Hardcore Opportunity

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:00:00 EST

The Wii's ratio of hardcore games to casual titles is low. SEGA doesn't see that as a bad thing, but rather, an opportunity. More »

Red Steel 2 Is So Gonna Use Wii Motion Plus

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Back in 2006, Ubisoft was one of the first companies to release a Wii-mote title with Red Steel. Now the company is saying that it will take advantage of the upcoming Wii Motion Plus. Explains Ubisoft's Alain Corre: More »

Red Steel 2, Cofirmed By My Eyes (And Now Yours)

Mark Wilson — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:20:37 EDT

We all know Red Steel 2 is coming. It's like the next Rocky movie. You don't necessarily know when or how, and nobody's admitting it, but the film will get here eventually. And when it does, it'll be a suckfest. Well now we know that Red Steel 2 is coming. Published in the upcoming Nintendo Magazine (UK), this teaser ad reads: "Your Move, Young Grasshoppa...Bigger. Better. Bolder. Bloodier. First screens and hands-on impressions. Only in next month's Official Nintendo Magazine." Then they add, "And oh - it's online." So is anyone out there actually looking forward to the sequel, especially with online play? Or were you one of the million copies sold, making an impulse buy to hit your minimum Wii bundle quota? Official Nintendo UK mag confirms Red Steel 2 online [via gamingblog] More »

Red Steel 2: Internet Says Oui, Ubi Says Non

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:20:53 EDT

Rumors of a sequel to Wii launch title Red Steel have been swirling about since late last year, but today they appear to be... completely unconfirmed. Still just rumors. French gaming site Inpact Virtuel wrote earlier in the day of official confirmation of another sword waggling first-person action title, pegging it for a 2008 release. The site also mentioned a proper online multiplayer mode would appear in the sequel. More »

Red Steel On iTunes

Mike Fahey — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:20:52 EDT

Were you intrigued by Red Steel but wanted to bypass all of the bad bits and only deal with what was enjoyable about the game? Well now you can. Tom Salta's soundtrack for the game is now available for download via iTunes, with an actual CD set to hit stores likely to carry such things next Tuesday, May 29th. The musical styles are all over the place, but in a very cohesive sort of way, if that makes any sense. Salta does good work, especially for a guy who makes his own head the centerpiece of his website. More »

Mega 64 Shows Lost Red Steel Ad

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:20:46 EST

According to the Mega 64 kids, this "lost Red Steel ad" was set to debut near the Nintendo Wii launch. However, "the shockingly aggressive reactions of many of the bystanders in the video perturbed some of the folks behind the game" and it hasn't seen the light of day since. My verdict? Not their best work, but I'm what the kids call a humorless, son of a bitch stick in the mud. Michael McWhertor More »

Red Steel Impressions

Brian Crecente — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:25:21 EST

Oh Red Steel why? More »

More Red Steel Comin' Your Way?

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:00:02 EST

Despite a generally cool reception by critics, Ubisoft's Red Steel sold a ton. Bested only by Nintendo's own Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the game was a certified hit for the Wii. More »

America's First Wii Game TV Ad Is Red Steel And Goofy

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:20:25 EST

Wow, using the Wii-mote looks like WORK—especially when there's some guy who looks like Gordon Liu making fun of you in a bad accent. Brian Ashcraft More »

Clips: Red Steel Multiplayer

Brian Crecente — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:30:00 EDT

This cool little video shows four player split-screen Red Steel. Looks like it could be fun. Also looks like it could lead to black eyes and broken lamps. Brian Crecente More »

Red Right Hands-On

egauger — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:40:17 EDT

Those of you wondering, like myself, exactly how Red Steel is controlled may want to mosey over to CVG (again) and check out their hands-on report, which is full of nit and grit such as follows: More »

Red Steel Multiplayer Confirmed

egauger — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:20:23 EDT

A short but sweet tip sent in by David draws our attention to the Red Steel homepage, where "Players: 1-4" is happily proclaimed. More »

Red Steel Party Bleeds Over Paris

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:22:44 EDT

To get Paris excited for the upcoming Wii title, Ubisoft threw a party filled with French ladies pretending to be Japanese ladies and heavy handed visual puns like red curtains and red lights. Boy, that's subtle. The game and controls have been retooled post E306, and Ubisoft was showing off the near final version of the sword wielding, gun shooting yakuza game. Hack your way over to Jeux-France for images of the festivities and screenshots. Brian Ashcraft More »

New Confusing Red Steel Ad

Brian Crecente — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:20:00 EDT

Plucked from the pages of a game mag, reader Bill was kind enough to send in a scan of one of the most confusing advertisements for a video game I've ever seen. I believe that if you cut this apart and put it together, as explained, you'll get some sort of proverb/clue that can be used while calling the number listed on the side.I kinda dig this Red Steel Ad because I love how puzzely it is. Brian Crecente More »

New Red Steel Trailer Shows Great Improvements

egauger — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:20:41 EDT

Today is full of videos, for which I apologize. It's just what the feeds doled out last night. More »

Red Steel's Still Janky Controls

Brian Crecente — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:28:26 EDT

I didn't spend a lot of time with Red Steel at last week's Wii event. I had played with it quite a bit at E3 and figured I didn't need even more time with the game. But what time I did spend with the shooter reaffirmed my feelings that the controls need some work. More »

Red Steel to Have 1:1 Sword Control, and There Was Much Rejoicing

egauger — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:40:18 EDT

Outstanding news for me, Red Steel, and anyone who wanted a little blood spray on their Wii: German games site Nintendo-Lan says that Ubisoft told them swordplay will be realtime and realfeel, and furthermore that there will be NO LOAD TIMES. More »

Darkly Ominous Yet Unsubstantiated Rumor: Red Steel Delayed Until 2007

brownlee — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:40:15 EDT

Despite being Kotaku's "Associate Editor, Europe", I don't read Swedish. Oh, I can bork bork with the best of them, but when it comes down to parsing them in diareses, umlauts and those funny bisected Os, I'm clueless. More »

New Red Steel Images

Brian Crecente — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:40:31 EDT

Learn How To Befriend Yakuza With Red Steel

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:24:36 EDT

Game site Firing Squad cornered Red Steel producer Marie-Sol Beaudry. The game is about an American, who meets his fiancee's father for the first time and discovers he is a yakuza boss. The hero's girl is kidnapped during an attack on the father. Beaudry explains the game's story: More »

Red Steel Blogs It Up

egauger — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:40:36 EDT

Marie-Sol Beaudry, producer of Red Steel, is now updating live from the Ubisoft Paris studio. Over on the new Red Steel blog on IGN, she has this to say about der hackenslashen: More »

Wii's Day-One Launch Titles

brownlee — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:40:28 EDT

Evil Avatar have procured the latest issue of Nintendo Power from their local 'Extry! Extry!" shouting newsie and have posted up a list of Wii games purported to be available at launch. More »

Red Steel Tightens Up Swordplay

brownlee — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:40:51 EDT

Red Steel is a game everyone was looking forward to, up until it was shown at E3, at which point everyone who played it was a bit off-put by the loosey-goosey controls and drifting auto-aim, not to mention the way the sword movement didn't seem to match what was being done with the controller. More »

Ubisoft on Wii vs. Original Xbox

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:22:15 EDT

Comparisons between the Wii and the original Xbox have been circulating for some time, stating that graphically the two were close. It's not exactly a console war, here—'cos if that hoss Xbox console sat on the Wii, it would be curtains. In an interview, the Red Steel lead team member dished up this: More »

Getcha Wii Games Heah!

egauger — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:40:46 EDT

A couple sharp-eyed readers have written in to alert the slovenly Kotaku team that Best Buy is now fielding Wii preorders. This place became a madhouse shortly after Crecente left on "vacation" (read:discounted Tijuana implant binge) and it was fun until Bashcraft finished off the Rockstar and started slurring something about "hazing the noob" while his bloodshot eyes listed unsteadily across my face. More »

Video: Red Steel's Wiimoting Looks Sweet

egauger — Tue, 30 May 2006 17:40:00 EDT

This one's been out for a bit, but it's new to ME and that's all that matters. Holy crap this looks cool. Very nice music at the end, too. Eliza Gauger More »

Red Steel to Have Red Blood

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 24 May 2006 09:22:05 EDT

Back when Ubisoft first announced its FPS shooter/slasher yakuza game Red Steel, gamers breathed a deep sigh of relief. The Wii ain't only for casual gamers. The Ubi demo at E3 appeared sanitized and free of crimson. There sure wasn't much red in Red Steel. Ubisoft has posted over on the IGN Insider forums, saying: More »

Justify Your Game: Red Steel

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 May 2006 09:00:40 EDT

Red Steel's lead game designer tells us why the two fisted-fun of the Wii title is a must buy when it comes out later this year. More »

Revolution Controller Photo Shoot With Red Steel Devs!

brownlee — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:40:20 EDT

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Do these guys look like they are having fun with the Revolution controller or what? Swhishing their tiny ivory Nintendo brand nunchukus around a recent photo shoot, Ubisoft's Red Steel team demonstrated first hand exactly how awesome it is going to be to start jumping up and down on your couch and pantomime swinging a samurai sword. More »

Ubi Confirms Red Steel

Brian Crecente — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:01:58 EDT

Next-Gen has word that Ubisoft has official announced Red Steel for the Revolution. The weird thing is I can't track down their press release. More »

High Score: The Best of Kotaku

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:30:19 EDT

E3 fever, can you feel it? With only 28 days left, only the most minor of announcements are being made. But that doesn't mean that nothing is going on in the world of gaming. Oh, quite the contrary! Here's a recap of what's been going on all week, including some next-gen madness! More »

New Revolution Game Screens

Brian Crecente — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:44:24 EDT

The latest issue of Game Informer apparently has screens from Nintendo Revolution game Red Steel. More »