There has been chatter that Final Fantasy XIV features terrain that has been copied and pasted throughout in-game maps. But, does it? Have a look a these Final Fantasy XIV maps. Each select that is repeated is marked with a corresponding circle, square, whatever and see what parts of FFXIV appear to be copied and…
Nintendo has not officially given the Nintendo 3DS a release date. The company has only stated that the Nintendo 3DS will be out before April 2011. It could be out a lot sooner. Takahiro Amano, who is apparently an employee at peripheral company KeysFactory, has tweeted: “On November 20, eleven 3DS products that we designed…
Hi! How are you? I’m super duper. So let’s talk. About TGS. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know oodles about…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Busy Little Bee Had some loose ends to tie-up here today, looking forward to a weekend with the family and then off to Tokyo for TGS. It seems to be shaping up to be a good show — honestly, better than I thought it would be. So, that’s good! The…
Justin Wong is a world class fighting game player. The guy will kick your ass. He is also a world class terrible driver. Don’t believe me? Here is a clip from reality program WCG Ultimate Gamer in which Wong makes a mess of a race track. He says he doesn’t have real life driving experience…
Tecmo Koei is bringing its Dead or Alive fighting series to the Nintendo 3DS. Hello, three dimensional jiggly fighting! The game, which has been known only as “Dead or Alive 3D” until now, will be called “Dead or Alive Dimensions”. This is the first fighting game entry in the Dead or Alive series since Dead…
Sony exec Peter Dille responds to a question regarding whether or not the company plans to spend more promoting the Move than Microsoft is spending on Kinect. Via the Seattle Times and CVG
And it’s like zombie horror game Dead Rising, but with a samurai. Samurai Dead Rising is an online anime collaboration between Capcom and famed Japanese illustrator and character designer Norio Shioyama to promote Dead Rising 2. Shioyama did the drawings and animation himself (you know, instead of having his assistant do it!). This is the…
On the left, there is footage of on-board camera footage of the Korean Grand Prix. On the right? That is in-game footage of F1 from Codemasters. It looks better than the real deal. Even though the Korean GP track is still in its finishing stages, Codemasters has created something that looks better than any on-board…
Samus Aran is one of gaming’s iconic female characters. She wasn’t always a female, though. Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto explains: When we were almost done with the development of Metroid, one of our staffers casually suggested, ‘Why don’t we make Samus Aran a female character to surprise the player?’ Back then I thought it was…
Chiaki Kuriyama, best known in the West for her role as Gogo Yubari, is joining the cast of the next Yakuza game, Yakuza: To The End. Kuriyama will be playing the role of Misuzu Asagi. “Because I’ve long loved Yakuza,” the actress said, “I was really happy when I got the part.” She says that…
Love them or hate them, the Resident Evil films make money. The series has taken in over US$378 million worldwide. There must be a reason for this. According to actress Milla Jovovich, there is. “Resident Evil has always been an independent movie, which I think is very special about it. It’s not a studio concoction,”…
There has been confusion about how multi-platform motion title Child of Eden is going to be released. The game’s developer has cleared up that confusion. “One point: Child of Eden is not a downloadable XBLA/PSN title, in case you were wondering,” the game’s developmer tweeted. Child of Eden is being published by Ubisoft and developed…
Made on August 13, 2001 for the PC version of Duke Nukem Forever. As tipped by readers //Mupp and slash000.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Japan Podcast Been going to the pool a lot recently — plan to continue going more and more. I enjoy it! Micro-Bash and Mrs. Bashcraft go sometimes, too. So it’s a family outing of sorts. I guess I am able to swim. When I was a freshman at Cornell, I…
A school in Japan’s Yamagata Prefecture, Japan’s largest cherry producer, discovered it had the same name as an erotic game brand. The city’s mayor refused to change the name, but that was then. The school’s name “Sakuranbo Shougakkou” (“Cherry Elementary School”) is similar to an adult game brand’s website that features questionable illustrations of young…
And who doesn’t love fanny packs? Monster Hunter Portable 3rd will be released in Japan on December 1. The game will sell a bajillion copies, and the entire nation will buy it. Those shopping on Capcom’s online shop have an opportunity to buy more than the game. They can get a Monster Hunter Portable 3rd…
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Uwe Boll, the German filmmaker best known for his film versions of video games, is helming two movies about World War II. Both films were shot back-to-back. One is based on a video game and features zombie Nazis. The other? The other is based on history and features things far worse. The first flick, BloodRayne:…
Sega is releasing a new Yakuza crime game this month in Japan. This game already has a title — Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther. The Japanese company has another new Yakuza game. This game doesn’t have a title. Rather, it did not, because it has one now. The game is called “Ryu Ga Gotoku: To…
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