In 2005, Nintendo showed off the controller for its then-upcoming home console at the Tokyo Game Show. The console was still codenamed the Revolution, and the motion controller was nothing short of just that. The debut blew people’s minds. You could feel it in the room. For the first several years of this console generation,…
Sony’s already showed off its (apparently) proprietary PS Vita memory cards. At the E3 gaming expo, Sony showed them off again. This time was different. The PS Vita memory cards on display were 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB cards. The game cards are also on display. There was also a card case, and an official…
Disaster racer MotorStorm Apocalypse‘s rolling out has been a…disaster. The game features buildings falling down, which led to a delayed release in earthquake-affected New Zealand. And then earthquake-affected Japan Now it’s been canceled outright. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment stated that the title, known as MotorStorm 3 in Japan, will not be going on sale there…
In Japan, Nintendo is releasing new hardware bundles this month, and a new hardware color next. On June 23, a Wii bundle with Wii Sports Resort and an extra Wii Remote Plus goes on sale in Japan for ¥20,000 (US$$250). The following month, on July 14, Nintendo is releasing a “Flare Red” Nintendo 3DS for…
Starting today, Sony stated its content service Qriocity on the PSN is fully restored in all serviced territories, including Japan.
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Ubisoft revealed today that it is working on five titles for the Wii U. These games include an Assassin’s Creed title, Raving Rabbids, Ghost Recon Online, a new “multi-sport” game and new shooter Killer Freaks from Outerspace Ubisoft did not discuss all of them at today’s E3 gaming expo. The France-based game maker didn’t show…
Konami is bringing Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker to the PS3 and Xbox 360 as the Metal Gear Solid HD Edition Kotaku‘s already posted some of these “HD” screens. Here are some more! But can you tell which MGS2 screens are…
Not me! One Japanese blog did, pointing how just how erotic Serah Farron is in the trailer Final Fantasy XIII-2. The result is a catalogue of cleavage and panty glimpses. The eroticism isn’t heavy handed or gratuitous, but it’s there. チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報:『ファイナルファンタジー13-2』セラがさらにエロくなって登場！パンチラもあり！ [チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報]
You’ve read Kotaku‘s Resident Evil: Revelations impressions (“frightening, delightful”). Now look at these screenshots. Hopefully you’ll find them frightening, and maybe even…delightful? Resident Evil: Revelations is slated for the Nintendo 3DS sometime next year.
Game show Hole in the Wall, a Western take on a “human Tetris” game, is coming to Kinect. The game will be released on Xbox Live Arcade sometime this year. It will have single player or multiplayer modes (up to four players). There are unlockables like helmets and silver spandex. Hole in the Wall started…
At Nintendo’s E3 press event, Nintendo honco Satoru Iwata revealed that Smash Bros. was heading to the Wii U and the 3DS. There are no screenshots of the games. Nothing. That’s because work on neither title has begun. According to Smash Bros. designer Masahiro Sakurai, “Honestly, at this point, we shouldn’t be announcing these games…
Tekken: Wii Successor, a temporary title, is the first Tekken title to come to a Nintendo home console. Tekken is traditionally a PlayStation series, but has also come to the Xbox 360. It’s also the first Tekken with face painting
Wii U is the Nintendo Wii successor. That doesn’t mean the upcoming HD console is going to pick up where Wii pricing leaves off. “I don’t think we can charge the same price as we currently do for the Wii,” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Japan’s Nikkei Newspaper. The Wii is currently priced at under…
Darksiders II. Tekken: Wii SuccessorAssassin’s Creed. Dirt. Ghost Recon: Online. Aliens: Colonial Marines. These are some of the hardcore games coming to Wii U—which Nintendo showed off in its E3 press event. Jump to about two minutes in to see the “Wii U” games in action. Why the quotation marks? Because as Nintendo honcho Reggie…
Nintendo’s new home console Wii U has a controller with a large touch screen. In the gaming world, it’s unusual—unique, even. But not in Japanese karaoke. As Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto explains, the idea was to see content without turning on the television; thus, if someone is watching television, you can enjoy Wii U games…
Who do you expect to see in a Street Fighter X Tekken trailer? Probably Street Fighter and Tekken players! Here, the likes of Chun Li, Julia, Cammy, Sagat, Bob, Hwoarang, and more put in appearances.
Forget those complaints about the 3DS having no games! Games are coming—from game developers other than Nintendo, too. Whether you’ll want to play them or not is another story, but they’re coming.
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360. But it’s not alone. There’s another Ace Combat game. Under the working title Ace Combat 3D, the game features touch screen targeting. Its release date is forthcoming.
A new Itadaki Street, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest meets Mario board game, is headed to the Wii sometime this year in Japan. Pricing is TBA. [Famitsu]
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