Kotaku: Spain

Magneto's Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Suit is Again a Royal Pain for Spain

Owen Good — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:00:00 EST

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About six years ago, Marvel needed to give Magneto a uniform befitting a head of state for his appearance in The Pulse: House of M Special. It was, as that image above suggests, a straight copy of the duds King Juan Carlos wears as ~~World's Most Interesting Man~~ Captain General of the Armies. The royal house protested to Marvel, there was an apology and a resolution, and that was allegedly that. More »

Guy Goes From Gran Turismo to Le Mans

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:30:00 EDT

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In 2009, we told you about Spaniard Lucas Ordoñez, who won a Gran Turismo competition that gave him a shot at racing a real car. Fast forward to 2011 and the guy just made the podium at Le Mans, one of the world's most gruelling and prestigious car races. More »

After PSN Hack Arrest, Spanish Police's Website Knocked Offline

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:20:00 EDT

On Friday, Spanish police arrested three in the PSN hacks. According to the BBC, this Sunday Anonymous knocked the website for Spain's national police offline with a denial of service attack. [BBC] More »

Huge Angry Birds Game Created in Spain

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 16 May 2011 06:00:00 EDT

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To promote Angry Birds, Deutsche Telekom and game developer Rovio joined forces for a video in the Spanish city of Terrassa, reports Spanish site Hasta los Juegos. More »

Nintendo "Blackmail" Attempt Ends In Handcuffs

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:30:00 EST

Data on thousands of gamers swiped. Nintendo threatened with blackmail. Rest easy, because the man accused of these crimes has been nabbed in southern Spain. More »

Mario Kart Goes 3D (But Not The Way You Think)

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST

Takara Tomy's remote-controlled Mario Kart toys may have looked great, but they shipped without a decent track. These Spanish guys certainly took care of that, building a custom course for the toys that would do a video game proud. More »

Mario Gets Serious Street Cred In Spain

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:40:00 EST

Proud Italian plumber/princess savior Mario gets super excited at the christening of Avenida de Super Mario Bros, the first street to officially bear his name. The Spanish suburb of Zaragoza also has plans for streets named after Space Invaders, Sonic and Zelda. [CNN] More »

The Greatest Video Game History Book of Them All

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:40:00 EDT

Reader HitBit sends us this shot of an amazing book from Spain, circa 1998, called "A Brief History Of Video Games". We don't want to see what's inside, because it can't beat what's on the cover. More »

Report: Kinect Doesn't Speak Spanish (It Speaks Mexican) [Update]

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

According to the Spanish press, Microsoft's motion-sensing camera Kinect will not speak Spanish. It will only speak "Mexican". More »

Masterpiece Painting On A Nintendo DS

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:30:00 EDT

To promote the upcoming retail release of the DSiWare series Art Academy in Europe, Nintendo Spain commissioned these classy videos illustrating the humble little program's artistic chops. More »

EA Sports Picks Spain to Win World Cup

Owen Good — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:20:00 EDT

Spain emerged as champion from EA Sports' simulation of the World Cup final in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, with England losing on penalty kicks in a semifinal with Brazil and the Americans falling in the round of 16. More »

Kid Icarus "Clone" Changes It's Name To Something Less Icarian

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

Since Nintendo won't be releasing a Kid Icarus game on the Wii any time soon, OTT Games decided to release something very similar in Icarian: Kindred Spirits. Turns out it might have been too similar. More »

This Spanish Movie Looks Like Some First-Person-Shooter

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Spanish horror film REC 2, the sequel to 2007's excellent REC, is another exercise in claustrophobic horror. More »

Congress Identifies Piracy Priority Countries

Mike Fahey — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:20:00 EDT

The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus asks that Canada, Russia, China, Mexico, and Spain please cut down on the software piracy. Thanks! More »

What Countries Made Nintendo's Rampant Piracy List This Year?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:20:00 EST

Every year, Nintendo documents the worst countries in the world in terms of rampant Nintendo game piracy, issuing a report to the U.S. Trade Representative requesting help. What countries made the list this year? More »

Sony Hoping Gran Turismo 5 Will Be Out Next Christmas

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:30:00 EST

Gran Turismo purists should know better than to get your hopes up about GT5's release date, but then, you're a Gran Turismo purist. You can't control yourself. More »

Spain's Taxi Drivers Want Grand Theft Auto Pulled

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:30:00 EDT

According to a report from newspaper La Vanguardia, by way of GamePolitics and Google's Spanish to English translator, Spain's cabbies are calling for a ban on Grand Theft Auto — Grand Theft Auto IV, we presume. After a Thai teenager was arrested on suspicion of murdering a taxi driver, claiming to have been inspired by GTA, the game was pulled from shelves in Thailand. More »

Metal Gear Solid 4 Launch Delayed In Spain

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Metal Gear Solid 4 has launched pretty much everywhere. Well, everywhere save for Spain. The game hasn't yet launched there because of a transportation strike against the high price of gasoline. Konami Europe isn't able to get the game to stores. Here's the statement from Konami Europe: More »

Conan Conquers GTA In Europe

Mike Fahey — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:40:00 EDT

Now to be honest, the latest game sales charts out of Europe show Funcom's PC MMO Age of Conan beating out Grand Theft Auto IV in only two of three countries charted, the odd country out is Spain, which - no offense to our Spanish readers - is the European country I forget exists nine times out of ten. Face it, you guys are quiet over there. You and Portugal, just kicking back on the beach, playing Wii Play and Mario Kart. More »

New DS Colours For Europe?

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:20:00 EDT

Sure, why not. Two new DS colour schemes have been spotted on a couple of Spanish retail sites, one a deep shade of red, the other a very fetching, very tropical shade of lime green that looks refreshing enough to throw in a glass and stick an umbrella on top. I know, the picture quality on the site is awful, so these are far from being officially confirmed, but one of them is the website of GAME, only the world's second-largest specialist gaming retailer, so we can't totally discount them. Guess we'll know the truth as we get closer to June 13, which is the supposed release date for the pair. More »

Spanish Devs Working On Mystery Konami Title

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:30:00 EST

Do you like mystery and intrigue? Excellent. Read on. Konami have announced a partnership with developers Mercury Steam (Jericho), whereby the Spaniards will develop a 360 and PS3 game for the Japanese publisher. What's the game about? No idea. It's all a big mystery, you see, but it's refreshing to see a Japanese publisher taking not just the Western, but European market, a little more seriously than is the norm. Press release follows after a couple of San Miguels and short afternoon nap. More »

Stay The Night In Res 4's Creepy Spanish Church

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:30:00 EST

One of Resident Evil 4's more memorable locations was the spooky church atop that rain-soaked hill, where you have to get snappy with an exploding barrel and some angry dogs. If it's so memorable you'd like to actually spend some time there, the good news ship is in: it's a real hotel. Where you can stay (Brian from Giz shacked up in there last night). Well, it looks like the real church, anyways. It's not licensed by Capcom or anything, but it is in Spain, and it does look spooky as hell. Let's just hope you don't have to complete some crummy rotating disc puzzle every time you want to get into your room. More »

Mario Car Goes "Beep Beep"

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:28 EST

Nothing quite cruising the virtual expressway in this Mario mobile. This "Beep Beep Mario" from Japan was spotted in Madrid by Spanish blog ion lithium. Pretty sure it's just one of those feed-a-coin-watch-the-screen-and-turn-the-wheel dealios. Doesn't make it any less magical! Especially if you are a pre-schooler. More »

GameWorld Exhibition Gets An Expansion

Maggie Greene — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:30:43 EDT

The GameWorld exhibition, and on-going installation at Laboral in Gijon, Spain, has gotten an 'expansion pack' called Playware, which will add more "more experimental commercial games, individual-produced games and installations." I love the fact that games are moving into the hallowed halls of art museums, and it's cool to see not just the high-flown, deliberately arty games getting recognition: More »

PGR Used In PS3 Promotion... Again.

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:00:06 EDT

Remember when Xbox 360 game PGR3 was used to promote PS3 title Gran Turismo? Boy, that was embarrassing! Hate to have something like that happen again. And somebody to get in trouble, too? Horrible. Thank car manufacturer Kia, because it has happened again. The automobile company's Spanish website is running a promotion the compares driving a Kia to driving a Ferrari Enzo on the PS3. (Ha!) Thing is, the license plate clearly says PGR on it — That's an exclusive Xbox 360 game, published by Microsoft even. When will they ever learn? Not before somebody can pull a hat trick, I hope! Brian Ashcraft More »

Clip: Superputa's 8-bit Sex Song

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:00:48 EDT

Why don't we start the Spanish lyrics, translated into English by tipster AV. Yes, why don't we: More »

Wii Busts Out In Spain Early

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:22:11 EST

Ahoy, Spanish Kotaku readers. Seems that many retailers are totally snubbing the December 9th Wii street date and are already selling the console. Writes Kotakuite MrNice: More »

Xo6: T-Minus Two Hours

Brian Crecente — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:54:48 EDT

That's right, X06, Microsoft's big Barcelona press conference, kicks off in two hours. Make sure to check back here at 2 p.m. EST on the nose for a slew of posts about the news announced at the press conference. It's going to be exciting. Brian Crecente More »

DDR: The Movie

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:22:39 EDT

September 22nd. Mark your calendars. Better yet, etch it into your brain. That's the date when the greatest Spanish movie we've never seen is released. That's right, the DDR comedy La Maquina de Bailar ("Dance Machine") two-steps into theaters. Seventh-grade Spanish class tells me that it's the story of supermarket employee who has to enter a Dance Dance Revolution competition. To get him ready for the challenge, he enlists the help of a former disco dancer. It was written and directed by Oscar Aibar, whose made a sci-fi western with Iggy Pop. As far as we know, there's no word on an English language release for Dance Machine. But someone, somewhere, please make our decade and MAKE IT HAPPEN. Brian Ashcraft More »

Spain's Very Own Tetris Building

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:24:55 EDT

This postmodern housing structure sits in Madrid and was designed by architect Blanca Lleo, who seems to be either way into Legos or Tetris. I say, Tetris. Comments from the peanut gallery? Brian Ashcraft More »

Dios Mio!! Sonic Portables at Spanish McDonald's

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:22:26 EDT

A Sonic the Hedgehog Happy Meal? This poster from McDonald's Spain indicates such. The ad promotes six mini Game&Watch-type portables that boasts sound and color. I just swung by the Spanish Mickey D's page and saw that the current give-away are characters from the Pixar flick Cars. Have these Sega toys already been given out? Because they do look blissfully happy. More »

Ay Caramba, Good Sony Idea Found in Spain!

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:23:55 EDT

Proving that Sony hasn't totally lost it, the company has set up shop in Barcelona. Called the PlayStation Center, the store sells, well, PlayStation stuff. Make that real PS stuff, not crap we don't need like wine glasses and bottle openers. The store boasts tons of games, accessories, special edition PS2s. The store is also the first and only place to preorder a PlayStation 3 in Spain. In fact, the room upstairs was exclusively constructed to show off the PS3, starting a week before the console drops. More of this Sony, less wacko stuff please! More »