Kotaku: christmas cards 07

Happy Holidays From Atlus U.S.A.

Mike Fahey — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:40:07 MST

It seems these days most of the Christmas cards I receive are actually tastefully handwritten envelopes concealing bill collection notices or special offers from AT&T, so it's nice to get an actual card from a company actually wishing me Happy Holidays, especially when it's one of my favorite JRPG enablers, Atlus USA. The team is pictured on the front of the card wearing corporate mascot Jack Frost's detached scalp on their heads in some sort of grizzly holiday-ritual we cannot begin to understand. Some are pleased by this, one looks depressed over it, and one is so excited he's excavating his nose out of sheer holiday glee. I leave you with their super-secret message, hidden within a fold between the front and back of the card: "Happy "Hee-Ho" Holidays from all of us at Atlus U.S.A.!"

Rare Teases Killer Instinct 3 With Christmas Card

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:20:39 MST

The lads at Rare seem to be taking the piss (am I doing it right?) in their new Christmas card, which not only features Viva Piñata stars Hudson Horstachio and Fergy Fudgehog alongside Banjo and Kazooie, but a teaser stocking that reads "KI3." Clearly, it's in reference to the Rare fighting game series Killer Instinct which hasn't seen a release since Killer Instinct Gold hit the Nintendo 64 over ten years ago.

Are Rare hard at work on a third combo-filled fighting game? Not according to them, at least, as of this summer, when Rare responded via its Scribes letters page "Purely out of contractual obligation, no, we're not working on KI3." Despite that dismissal, I'm pretty sure I can make out Cinder in the fire there. Of course, I'm just teasing (as I'm fairly sure Rare is, too).

New Banjo-Kazooie pic for Christmas [CVG]

SCEA Says Happy Holidays

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:00:58 MST

Classy, I kinda like the subtlety of Sony Computer Entertainment of America's holiday card. Maybe they should hire these people to do their commercials. The card also included a $20 PSN gift card, very cool. More pics after the jump.

A Fallout Christmas

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:00:29 MST

This card may seem pretty straight forward, just a picture of Vault-Tec's Vault Boy giving you a happy thumbs-up and a wink. But I can't help but start thinking about a Fallout Christmas.... maybe that's snow in the background after all.