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more about #tgs09 more comments → Witzbold: This is a good move for the series and can imagine a large part of making it more "accessible" to the average gamer is to allow for them to feel like ... more » balls187: Can't wait. I hope though, they add perks/rewards for going through the missions without killing or being detected. Going super stealth was always my ... more » Dr Durdon: This looks amazing. I haven't played Splinter Cell since the first one (I know, I know), and I get the feeling that they're blurring the line between... more » dowingba: This game seems alot more action packed than previous Splinter Cells. I hope that's just the developers trying to show off their new features and tha... more » Bergerac: Nope, just convinced me that I'm not interested. I can appreciate that they're maybe not going with the bullet sponge system, and thus real time adjus... more » Yossarian: Now *this* is stealth action at its best. #splintercellconviction more » heretrix: Video.....Please? That's the magic word right? #splintercellconviction more » Yossarian: This is action stealth at it's best. The game is SO stealthy that you can't even see its promo clips. Where is this video that Fahey is talking abou... more » Gspoon: Link? #splintercellconviction more » furiku: On another and very late note, I've stayed at the Hotel New Otani. I found it to be amazing! It's so good that I doubt anything can go wrong in there.... more » Vin St. John: It seems most people are missing the point completely. The main sell here isn't that you can finally browse Facebook using dual analogue thumbsticks. ... more » Camo Zombie is coining the vernacular: I don't like to complain about them adding things like some of the commenters before me, It's not like them ADDING facebook is going to somehow take a... more » brass2themax: The Xbox 360 is the new World of Warcraft. The smart ones realize it's a waste of money paying for Live over a long period of time for things you can ... more » Crash__Man: I can see why people rip the Wii so much, facebook = hardcore gaming!! more » Weaselfingers: "Austin told me that videos and Facebook apps or games are not yet a part of the service that will be available on the 360, but that it was something ... more » -
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A More Advanced Look At Splinter Cell Conviction
You've read Totilo's hands-on with Splinter Cell Conviction from the Tokyo Game Show; now watch game designer Dean Evans walk us through the level, showing off the game's innovative new features. More » -
#xbox360
Live Test of Facebook on the Xbox 360
Browsing through Facebook on the Xbox 360 is much like browsing through the community portal on your computer - with one exception. More » -
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Level 5: More People Need To Ask For A Dark Cloud Sequel
While talking to Level 5 about the studio's next big role-playing game for the U.S., White Knight Chronicles, I inquired about the status of an old favorite, the Dark Cloud RPG series. More » -
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Should A Game Demo Work In A Pirate-Themed Nightclub?
If something goes wrong when you, a video game producer, try to show a trio of Kotaku writers a DS game, should you blamed the pirate-themed nightclub you're standing in? Or should you blame a questionable staple of game design?
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Know The Likes And Dislikes Of Your Tecmo/Koei Producers
One guy likes buying toilet paper. Another says he never drives on the same road twice. But were you also wondering which Tecmo producer can walk like a zombie? More » -
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Ace Attorney Devs Want Mia Fey For The Defense, No Console Spin-Offs
Two of the top men at Capcom responsible for making interactive murder investigations funny know which fake lawyer they'd hire and why their games should only be on handhelds. They also talked about their new game.
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Microsoft: Motion Is the New Multiplayer
While Project Natal, and its ability to allow Xbox 360 gamers to play video games completely free of a controller, will launch as a niche of sorts on the platform, Microsoft believes it will one day become the norm. More » -
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Is Microsoft Working on Universal Vid Cap for Xbox 360 Games?
In a meeting last week with a game developer at the Tokyo Game Show, I asked them if they were planning on trying to incorporate in-game video capture into their title. The type you see in Halo 3. More » -
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Thexder-Neo PSP Impressions: Classic Robot Action
The PSPgo and Playstation Portable were everywhere at Sony's Tokyo Game Show booth. And tucked away in one section of the booth was a blast from the past: A PSP remake of classic 80s action title Thexder. More » -
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Ninety-Nine Nights II Hands On: Not A Lot New
Ninety-Nine Nights II, much like the original Xbox 360 game, is light on subtlety. More » -
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No Graphical Complaints From This Wii Developer [UPDATE]
Ryozo Tsujimoto told me he had no complaints about the horsepower of the Wii, when I interviewed him last week. He's the producer on the game Capcom is marketing as "the most beautiful game on the Wii." More » -
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40 Hours? 100 Hours? How A Game Developer Determines RPG Duration
One of the creators of White Knight Chronicles, the upcoming PlayStation 3 role-playing game, just wanted to know how long their game was. "So, that was the point of the question," Yoshiaki Kusuda said through a translator, laughing. Not really. More » -
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Hunting For Innovation in Dante's Inferno
To do more than use Dante's Inferno as a colorful setting for a generic game the Electronic Arts developers have to find interesting ways to tap into the themes of the poet's nine hells. More » -
#poll
Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
The last gaming convention of 2009 has run its course. The cosplayers have packed their bags, content to allow amateurs to parade around in costumes at the end of this month.
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#toys
Bayonetta Figures Get The Figure Right
Play Arts, the action figure branch of Square Enix, are making some Bayonetta figures. A quick comparison between the size of the head and the size of the hips shows they're definitely on the right track. More » -
#podcast
Kotaku Talk Radio Complete - Download Or Stream It Here
Fall is here, and this week's episode of Kotaku Talk Radio is in the can, ready to be downloaded and consumed at your leisure. More » -
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PixelJunk Shooter Impressions: An Improving Flow
Few games that I've seen benefit as much from being seen in video, as opposed to in stills, as PixelJunk Shooter. So before reading further, interested parties should watch the following — then read the words that follow. More » -
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Red Steel 2 Impressions: What 2006 Promised
My second hands-on with Red Steel 2, this time in Tokyo, confirmed to me that Ubisoft's first-person Wii sequel is the kind of Wii game that, back in 2006, I thought we would be playing more of. More » -
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Okamiden Hands-On: The Celestial Stylus
Planted in the middle of Capcom's eclectic Tokyo Game Show booth, the demo of Omkamiden had attendees playing the DS sequel to Okami in the middle of a traditional Japanese garden while seated on stools which looked like cut lumber.
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Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Impressions: My Kind Of Junk Food
Having bailed on Kingdom Hearts 2 after reaching the Steamboat Willy stage, I may have finally found the KH game to bring me back. It was available to preview last week in Tokyo.
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