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more about #batmanarkhamasylum Alex_Mexico: I love my japanese games but when you see Tomodachi Collection on number 2 spot for the #12 week you kinda have to be disgusted. I guess MW2 doesnt ... more » Silverbackne: Activision announces upskirt cam and dating mini-game for MW3. more » herogear: ""Youge-" (洋ゲー）means something else - these games are different, they are the other." *gasp* it's like how folks here call "other" games "cas... more » Tevor_the_Third: Right, because western gamers don't crap all over those really distinctly Japanese games all the time. more » relatively_speaking: To sum almost every comment here: "Japanese gamers have different tastes-" "No, we play JRPGs, that means Western gamers have varied tastes and Japane... more » koldkalamity: Japan? Prejudice? ZOMG?!!! /s But truthfully, I seriously wouldn't expected things have turned around by now. There have been some damn good Western... more » battra92: So they don't dig the Red Dead series in Japan? ;-) Seriously, my first reaction is to say that I am prejudiced against western games as well but I k... more » AncientUnknown1: I agree, Mr. Wada. One shouldn't treat Western games as second-class. Might I suggest not treating Western gamers as second-class with delayed rele... more » Blore07: As a western gamer, who is pretty disconnected with Japan (never been, dont have any friends there etc etc) I generally dont care what they do. Japan... more » Sacré bleu:too much HW: mmmmmaybe because Japanese are used to something and westerners are used to something else...... more » Pyrefly: Or maybe the Japenese just don't enjoy western games the same way we do. Our games are all spawned from the way our culture is, how we were brought up... more » Ladi: I'm prejudiced against western games too. Of my 15 PS3 titles, only a handful were developed outside of Japan, and that's doubly true for my DS. more » Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: This guy hit the nail on the head. They're missing a whole market here. The Arkham Asylum=Metal Gear comparison sounds like a good example of how a W... more » The Cap'n: Was this posted before? I feel like I read this somewhere or something like it. Ah well. Anyway, there's something a little odd about all this. Al... more » cellar_door: I love final fantasy A LOT. One big interest for me in RPG’S is that there is a WHOLE WORLD to explore. I didn’t like that you could not travel th... more » tenken: One thing I've always been curious about is how much playtime CEOs and other company representatives who speak publicly about games spend with their o... more » Adhominem: I think the discrimination is there but it doesn't represent the whole picture. The Japanese and Americans simply have differing tastes. The same reas... more » HelveticaBOLD: Okay, exactly what article was it that AJ Glasser read, here? I just followed the link to Landry Walker's article at elder-geek.com, and I have to say... more » Brebiche: Okay video games aren't suffering from not having enough violence in them. Who is this guy and why should I listen to him whine about one of the best... more » belo: Run up and punch them? Can you do that? I'm playing through Arkham right now and armed thugs will shoot you very easily if you try to 'run up and pu... more » -
#imperialhot
Square Enix Says Japanese Retail "Prejudiced" Against Western Games
As far as business execs at large Japanese companies go, Yoichi Wada seems rather forward thinking. He's been tackling discrimination in video games head on. More » -
#violenceinvideogames
Batman Comic Book Writer Advocates More Video Game Violence?
Landry Walker, writer on comic book Batman: The Brave and The Bold, recently played Batman: Arkham Asylum and did not like what he saw. In his own words, "Batman doesn't get shot. He doesn't get shot, because he's Batman." More » -
#2009yearinreview
What a Day, What a Year
Christmas is a big production, but they don't roll credits at the end of it. Still, with the home a wasteland of gift wrap and packaging, and the light slowly receding outside, it's a good moment to reflect on 2009. More » -
#batmanarkhamasylum
The Batman-Maker Who Didn't Know The Meaning Of GOTY
Some day this past summer, Sefton Hill was browsing the Internet, reading comments about the demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum. He came across an acronym he didn't know: GOTY. The lead creator of Arkham Asylum, he would learn it. More » -
#clips
VGAs Offer First Look At Medal Of Honor, Arkham Asylum 2 & More
Tonight's Spike TV VGAs offered new video reveals that were part expected, part surprise. From the expected camp was EA's revitalized Medal of Honor, a modern day Middle Eastern shoot 'em up, seen in trailer form for the first time. More » -
#vga
From the VGAs Mark Hamill Hints at Arkham 2 [Updated]
Kotaku's Michael McWhertor is in L.A. for tonight's video game awards, where Mark Hamill told him he was asked to do a trailer for a sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum. Update: Looks like that game has been announced. More » -
#dealtaku
Steam Launches 5-Day 1-Day Holiday Sale
Steam loves a good sale, so this holiday season they've packed five sales into one, with five different one-day sales running between now and November 30th, starting with savings on Dragon Age, Batman, and more. More » -
#screengrab
Batman Arkham Asylum Defaced With Lego (Wait A Minute...)
Not interested in promoting vandalism we must nevertheless provide evidence of what, following that Resident Evil deed, must be a spree of Lego-based game-ad defacement. (Two is a "spree," yes?) More » -
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#pumpkins
The World Ends With Batman, Brando And The Spy
Today's Kotaku pumpkin patch includes the Godfather, Batman, the Spy from Team Fortress 2 and the World Ends With You. Cheers to Chris Wells, Lee Harris, Kevin "ShadesBot" Moore and Chae Wells! More » -
#modding
PC Arkham Asylum Players Play Dress-Up
Console Batman: Arkham Asylum players may have gotten the game first, but they'll never be able to dress Batman up like Captain America. More » -
#npd
Aion Wings It To The Top Of September PC NPDs
The NPD PC charts for September have arrived, bringing with them several new entries amidst the old favorites, with Batman, Champions Online, and Aion slipping into the top 20. More » -
#feature
What Makes A Video Game Scary
How can a video game be scary? Unlike horror movies where you're stuck watching some hapless victim succumb to scary stuff, video games empower players to fight back. Or at least run away. It's October. Time to identify horror-gaming's essentials. More » -
#oddities
Batman Arkham Asylum Could Have Been Rhythm Action Game
Over 2.5 million copies of Batman: Arkham Asylum have been shipped. The game's really good. It might have been different. More » -
#batmanarkhamasylum
Second Batman Challenge Map Out Early in the UK [Update]
Just a reminder that Prey in the Darkness, the second challenge map in the Batman: Arkham Asylum set of free downloadable content, will arrive on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live tomorrow. More » -
#bignumbers
Holy 2.5 Million Units Shipped, Batman!
2 million units sold is impressive, sure, but now that the PC version is out and about, Eidos celebrates passing along 2.5 million units to retail shelves since the launch of Batman: Arkham Asylum. More » -
#dlc
Insane Night Brings Two New Challenge Maps To Arkham Asylum
This Thursday's free Insane Night downloadable content for Batman: Arkham Asylum brings two new challenge maps to the game, testing the limits of players' FreeFlow Combat and Invisible Predator skills. More » -
#batman
Holy Two Million Units Sold, Batman
While the August NPD numbers show Batman: Arkham Asylum had sold 593,000 copies, those numbers don't include the two weeks of September we've had since then. Factor those in and the game's sold almost two million copies. More » -
#batmanvspirates
Deliberate Glitch Foils Arkham PC Pirates
A deliberate glitch in the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum has pirates perplexed to the point of accidentally outing themselves on the official Eidos forums. More » -
#screengrab
Another Riddler Clue?
Kotaku reader Matt Shafeek spotted something in downtown Seattle that reminds him of Batman: Arkham Asylum but resisted adding it to his inventory screen. -
#ps3
Two Download Packs Coming to Batman Over Two Weeks
Batman: Arkham Asylum will be getting two download packs over the next two weeks, according to the official European Playstation Blog. More »
