Xbox 360 title Star Ocean 4 is only a few days away from release. Perfect timing for some new Star Ocean 4 and a new character — the bird lady! And she wears glasses. Sarah Jeland (literally, “Sara Jerando” in Japanese katakana — not sure about the English romanization) hails from the in-game planet of…
Atlus is bringing two “new” PSP games to Japan: Persona and Growlanser. One is a remake, and the other is a port. Persona is a “complete remake” of the 13 year-old PlayStation game. It has more save points, difficulty options, new cutscenes and the game balance adjustments. It will be out in Japan on April…
First announced last month, Musou OROCHI Z is a compilation of previous titles Musou OROCHI and Musou OROCHI The Devil King’s Second Coming. Announced for only the PS3, Musou OROCHI Z offers new costumes, new characters, new “dramatic” scenario mode. Musou OROCHI Z is slated for release March 12 in Japan and is priced at…
Japanese game maker Koei has recorded record sales — it’s biggest quarterly earnings ever. For period starting April 1, 2008 and ending December 31, 2008, Koei sales were up ¥163 million over the previous period, racking up ¥20.1 billion total. Operating profit was up ¥968 million, posting ¥4.5 billion. Koei saw strong sales for multi-plat…
A few days London was blanketed in snow. It was the worst snowfall in 18 years. So Kotaku reader Anneka did what any good Kotaku reader would do: She made Rocket Slimes. And four hours later, the illustrator-by-trade had a stack of Slimes. Look at them! They’re terrific. Snow Slimes [The Creative Brainwaves of Anneka…
Spotted on Flickr, this handy chart asks folks to choose the Pac-Man face that best describes how they feel. I’m a little “BERRR-.” You? Pacman Pain [Flickr via technabob]
Hostesses? Boring! Guys getting hit with a gas tank? So not boring. This batch of Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 images packs a walloping punch. PS3 exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 hits Japanese retailers February 26.
Arcade games since the birth of Japanese arcades have been 1 play for ¥100 yen*. Starting this week, that has changed. Sure, players could enjoy older games for ¥50 and some new, deluxe titles charged ¥200 and up. But generally speaking, 1 play was and has been ¥100. Game center Taito Station in Shibuya is…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: We Don’t Kill Trees Speaking of features….. Risking some unscrupulous person stealing my feature idea, I’ll hash this out right here. I’m working on a feature about how the cratering economy has effected those working in the game industry and would very much like to talk to folks who have…
Time to pat yourself on the back, UK game industry. The country’s Advertising Standard Authority states that over 99 percent of games are advertised responsibly. *bravo* The ASA examined 241 ads between April and June 2008 and found only one crossed the line. The majority of the ads, save for radio, toed the line and…
While penguin-playable game Let’s Tap didn’t exactly set the Japanese sales charts ablaze, that doesn’t mean it, um, won’t set American sales charts on fire. According to game blog 61 Frames Per Second, the game is going to get an American release — something SEGA hasn’t officially confirmed. We are following up with SEGA. Stay…
Pole’s Big Adventure, a tongue-planted-firmly in cheek send-up of retro side-scrolling Famicom games, brings long overdue mushroom dick jokes to the Nintendo Wii. As game site Siliconera explains, in the game’s fifth level, Pole is able to grab a mushroom and eat a mushroom that causes only a very selective part of him to grow.…
What’s better than a pirate? A Haruhi Suzumiya pirate! SEGA’s upcoming Wii title The Parallel of Haruhi Suzumiya is getting its own limited edition “heroine collection.” Priced at ¥12,075 (US$135), the collection includes cover by manga/game artist Noizi Ito and a set of the SOS Bridgade figures: Haruhi pirate, Yuki Nagato space ninja, and apron…
Going on sale in South Korea on January 18, 2007, the Nintendo DS has sold two million units in the territory. It was the first hardware released by the Nintendo of Korea, which was established on July 20, 2006. The Korean division sold a million DS consoles in its first year. Nintendo Korea [Telecoms Korea…
While SFIV and RE5 are both multi-platform, Capcom has joined up with Sony for some PlayStation Home specific content. There’s Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 player matching via Home for online play. This will be possible with Resident Evil 5 at launch, but SFIV will be updated after it goes on sale to…
At E3 2006, Sony brass Kaz Hirai showed F1 Championship Edition running off a PSP as a rearview mirror that could be placed next to your PS3 set-up. Gimmicky, sure, but one of many ways Sony has been trying to link portable and home console. There are other ways Sony seems interested in linking the…
Cryptic Studios has recently released a batch of new Star Trek Online screens. Here they are, you can look at them. The screens are of a warp core, an asteroid field, USS Miranda zooming away from a planetoid and an asteroid colony. So, go ahead, look. MMORPG Star Trek Online is slated for PC and…
Etsy seller SceeneShoes is offering custom slip-ons with custom artwork. The pictured shoes are not for sell and are examples of previous works. Remember! These are custom shoes. You’ll need to tell ’em which shoes you want, because these are their custom shoes and you want your custom shoes. The keyword here is “custom.” We…
Used games are big business. Big business for retailers, but not for developers or publishers who are cut out entirely. While many company are very much against it, SEGA Europe president and COO Mike Hayes is diplomatic. Trying to kill the second-hand market, Hayes explains, is bad PR. “Of course, commercially, do I support it?…
Japan is getting two versions of X-Blades: the PS3 version has panties, and the Xbox 360 version has less so. But…why? The Topware developed game is being put out by different publishers abroad, and each publisher reacts to the needs of its respective market. In Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment requested a more tasteful image of…
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