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This should finally put to rest those crazy rumors that the Tokyo Game Show has been cancelled. Not only is TGS 2007 alive and well, it's bigger than ever! This year's show will be increased from the usual three days to four days. And since last year was apparently the most crowded one ever, we can look forward to an extra day of sweating people pushing up close. Oh goodie! So this go round, TGS07 will run from Thursday, September 20th to Sunday, September 23rd with Thursday and Friday being business days. Since E3 no longer what it once was, TGS is making its move to take center stage internationally. We'll be there come September to bring you up-to-the-second coverage. Should be utter hell. Brian Ashcraft More »
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If you followed our E3 2006 coverage last year, you'll remember that the Sony PlayStation booth was, in a word, gargantuan. Even at Tokyo Game Show, the PlayStation 3 and PSP area was simply massive, with a room bigger than all the apartments I've ever lived in just dedicated to trailers. More »
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Well, I'm shocked. After the American arm of the D3 Publishing group poo-pooed releasing games from the Simple 2000 series of titles that put D3 on the map, it seems at least one of the breakout hits from that line, giant bug and robot shooter Earth Defense Forces X, will make its way across the Pacific. More »
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First E3, now this? Game site Jeux France is rumoring that the Tokyo Game Show could very well be canned next year. Blame the usual suspects: Too many people, huge budgets, blah, blah, blah. Nintendo traditionally sits the event out, with Sony and Microsoft left to go head-to-head. I've heard this rumor before, and I'm not holding my breath until there are any official announcements. Brian Ashcraft More »
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It's a work-in-progress, really. The PLAYSTATION 3 Operating System used at the Tokyo Game Show was not the final product, which some are using to explain the glitchy machines on the show floor. Sony Computer Entertainment of America has confirmed the unfinished OS, which can be "flashed" (oooh, sexy) into the console even after the hardware has been assembled. That means the unit's Operating System will be akin to the Wii's and the Xbox 360's, which can be updated after the fact. Moreover, SCEA said that the unfinished OS had little to do with the glitchy machines, but rather it was things like leaving consoles on all day in little dark boxes with cheap, shitty plastic fans. Brian Ashcraft More »
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The PLAYSTATION 3 does not overheat. Those burnt-out consoles at TGS? Illusions! These hot rumors have been tied to those lithium ion batteries Sony manufactured and supplied to Dell, Toshiba and Apple, causing computers to melt. In an official statement made by Sony Computer Entertainment, the company states: More »
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(Well, not those. Those are actually okay. It's the other ones we're talking about.) More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=204470&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's a collection of the videos our videographer and good dude Jon Thunqvist churned out for us, edited and subtitled. Brian Ashcraft More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=203498&view=rss&microfeed=true Rather static for a stage show, sure, but we are still excited. It's not the bikini or the swords that makes us so jazzed about publisher D3's Onechanbara: vorteX. Oh, no. It's that killer cowboy hat. Brian Ashcraft More »
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One of TGS's let downs was non-playable Super Monkey Ball. Well, it was playable, but you had to be wearing a grass skirt and covered with plastic fruit. Booth companions on stage demonstrated the title's fun factor. Everyone else kinda stood around. More »
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Courtesy of the lovely Alice, we have this, the best game of TGS06, and the best title of a game since The Varginha Experiment. Notice the two exclamation points. One exclamation point just wouldn't have gotten across just what a goddamn fucking bastard this guy is. Florian EckhardtBastard!! Online [Official Site] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=203212&view=rss&microfeed=true With Nintendo sitting the Tokyo Game Show out, the focus was the next-gen fist fight between Sony and Microsoft. But, who had a better TGS? Brian Ashcraft More »
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A few more posts may trickle in, but our TGS coverage has drawn to a close. This year was by far Kotaku's best coverage of the event. (It was our second time to cover it.) Mike and I would like to thank our lovely cameraman Jon Thunqvist for working nonstop, the urbane Jean Snow for great hair and groovy glasses, the divine Alice for showing us where they hide the booze and the freeloadin' Scott Spatola for agreeing to bypass sleep for little pay. Heck, we didn't even pay Scott, but just gave him free crap. More »
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Josh writes that while club-hopping in Tokyo over the weekend, between TGS stints natch, he and his friends ran into some hardcore Swedish gamers. How hardcore? So hardcore that one of the guys had DDR symbols tattooed into his leg. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=203054&view=rss&microfeed=true The producer of F1 gets so carried away that he forgets the most basic JYG rule of all: Finish on time. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Our very spunky part-time British bird Alice spotted an intriguing observation made by Rod over at Gaming Edge about Ken Kutaragi's TGS 06 keynote: it's almost point-for-point the same damn speech he delivered 6 years ago. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=202907&view=rss&microfeed=true Footage from Saturday, the first day open to the public. A lot of people came to TGS. A lot. And know what? Most of them were Japanese. Shocking. Brian Ashcraft More »
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We decided to hit up Cosplay Alley at the Makuhari Messe on the last day of Tokyo Game Show to see how the city's homely kids with sewing skills were faring. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=202971&view=rss&microfeed=true At Kotaku, we know creepy. While E3 was known for dorky guys posing with booth babes, TGS is more famous for creepy guys with huge creepy cameras taking creepy pictures of booth babes. Good thing the showroom floor is dark, sparing us from seeing their creepy faces. Brian Ashcraft More »
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At last year's TGS, Microsoft rolled out the Xbox 360. The company staked out a huge booth, filled with with companions and new hardware. The 360 was the first next-gen console the Japanese would see. The country look a look and collectively went "meh." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=202857&view=rss&microfeed=true We just posted what we thought of Factor 5's dragon game Lair, but what do the actual developers think of their own title? Surprisingly, they really like it! Good job, Mr. Engelbrecht. Michael McWhertor More »
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After Sony's dizzying E3 presser, we were given a chance to play Gran Turismo HD for the PS3. I quite enjoyed Gran Turismo 3 and was looking forward to some one-on-one with the game. I pushed my way through the crowd and tried out a GT motorcycle for the first time. I started the bike up, turned a corner and was dumped off. Another corner and was dumped off the bike. Wash, rinse, repeat. More »
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We didn't exactly go nuts for Genji at E3 2005, but came away a bit more positive after spending more time with the title at the Sony press reception party. The graphical and lighting upgrades are starting to make the game much more visually appealing. The backgrounds and environments glow with high dynamic range lighting, illuminating the cherry blossoms, making the ass-kicking much more serene. More »
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Being a guy is awesome, but when your penis starts thinking for you, it can lead to disaster. Such is the case with Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, as yesterday my manhood told me "Hey, this booth girl is pointing you to DOAX2. We should play it." The gelatinous jiggle fest of bikini filled mini-games from Team Ninja was given plenty of room at TGS and the lines were short, if not nonexistant. More »
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Normally I wouldn't post someone's business card—or name card as they call them over here—but this is Iga's card. And it's bad ass. Clearly he likes working on Castlevania. More »
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Visually one of the most impressive games at the show. Kotaku import photog Scott said "This is the game that makes me think that Sony will be fine. If they can pull this off, they're fine." More »
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Let me start off by saying that I'm one of the rare breed who prefers their first-person shooters on console — I'm allergic to PC gaming — and was quite looking forward to having a go at Resistance on the show floor. Since it's one of the games that Sony deems worthy to keep hidden from public view — to see anything you needed to queue before entering a closed-off play area made to look like one of the bombed-out bunkers in the game — I did the 20-30 minute wait to get some hands-on action. More »
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As Sega didn't actually let any of the Kotaku editors touch their Wii titles, we instead decided that we'd just watch the six extremely attractive booth girls play for an hour. Decked out in outfits that matched the games they were playing, they'd clearly been playing Wii games all day since they had a thin layer of sweat and a solid grasp of the gameplay—both rare for booth girls. More »
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Ubisoft sent out these three screens from the Playstation 3 version of Rainbow Six Vegas. What do you think? Pretty impressive visuals, but I'd love to see it in action. Brian Crecente More »
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It's Sunday, the last day of the Tokyo Game Show. But, just because our TGS coverage is winding down, doesn't mean our coverage of J "Too Cool for Punctuation" Allard is. I spent the entire day looking for the shiny headed Microsoft bigwig, but came up empty handed and horribly depressed. But, that doesn't mean we won't stop looking for the eXtreme one and taking pics. Oh no, we just won't be posting them, J. Brian Ashcraft More »
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I love Japan. They have great snacks, the people are exceedingly polite, and companies like D3 make unpretentious (mostly low quality) games like Earth Defense Forces 3. The sequel to the under-the-radar fan favorite is focused on one thing: blowing shit up. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=202828&view=rss&microfeed=true It's been a packed house here all weekend. Going from one end of the hall to the other has been difficult. And the worst thing about it isn't the crowds, but the smell. Brian Ashcraft More »
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I got some hands on time with Sega and From Software's Armored Core 4 which made two things very clear: playtesting games without having any idea what the controls are makes for a frustrating experience and that the game likes to lock up the PlayStation 3 a lot. More »
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The Kotaku team is irrationally excited about God Hand. And that's not some ass-kissy thing I'm throwing out there because the Clover localization dude threatened to read the site after our interview—it's the truth. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=202826&view=rss&microfeed=true Not satisfied with yesterday's small sample, we decided we'd be better off not playing games and instead asking what soon to be launched console the TGS cosplay crowd would be picking up. In the process, we pissed off the otaku photographing tonight's wank material and talked to a cosplayer whose security guard costume was startlingly accurate. He even got the earpiece right! Michael McWhertor More »
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Sony invited us over to the Polyphony Digital studios today to tour the office and mess about with Gran Turismo HD. After being welcomed by a table full of fatty, salty snacks, we were guided through the development area cubicles to see how the Gran Turismo grunts spend their 60 hour work week. More »
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Unlike E3, rest its soul, you can actually buy cool stuff from video game publishers at Tokyo Game Show. One of the halls is dedicated to selling t-shirts, mouse pads (with breasts to rest your weary wrist upon, of course), love pillows, statues, towels, and toys. More »
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A little know fact: Virtua Tennis creator Mie Kumagai does not in fact play tennis. "I watch the Grand Slam on TV. When I started Virtua Tennis, I practiced. Since then, I got busy." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=202781&view=rss&microfeed=true It's too bad that Genji is actually pretty good, because this is the worst pitch we've ever heard and hope that this clip does not do massive damage to the game's sales. Brian Ashcraft More »
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