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PlayStation Shopping With Class
After ten years, San Francisco’s PlayStation Store closed. Fret not! In Japan, the PlayStation shopping experience lives on. As detailed last fall with blurry pics and layout plans, Japanese retailer Labi rolled out redone PlayStation sections for its Ikebukuro branch. The PlayStation concept store provides customers with a throughly stylish and classy PS buying experience…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2010 -
A Wii Remote Suited For Doctor Who
Playing a Doctor Who Wii game with a Wii-Remote could be fun. This is better. This fall, the British sci-fi series is getting a Wii title called Doctor Who: Return To Earth. The BBC has teamed with a peripheral maker to create a Sonic Screwdriver Wii controller. A Sonic Screwdriver stylus will also be released…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2010 -
Super Mario Bros. Gets 25th Anniversary Logo
This year is the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. Time for a special logo. Kyoto-based Nintendo has filed a trademark for the pictured anniversary logo. This is it. The logo could be used in the Super Mario All-Stars reissue or any other merchandise Nintendo is planning for this year. For the game’s 20th anniversary,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2010 -
A Week In Comments
3D Blu-ray Playback For PS3 Delayed Comment by: Mancomb Seepgood Nominated by: Callabrantus just felt a great disturbance in the force, as if 0.5% of PS3 owners cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. The Week In Review: Kicking A Hurricane’s Ass, Chewing An Earthquake’s Bubblegum Comment by: Ninelight Nominated by: Pete This morning,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2010 -
Nintendo’s Next Console Will Leave You With Your Mouth Open
Is your mouth open? If it’s closed, watch out, because Nintendo’s next console will make you all slack jawed. But relax, we’re a few years off. Go ahead, shut your yapper. Whether it’s been portables, controllers or even 3D, Nintendo has been a trailblazer. And according to Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto, that doesn’t look like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
First Ni no Kuni Commercials Look Like This
This winter, role-playing game Ni no Kuni will be released on the Nintendo DS. Know what that means? Marketing blitz! Here are the first ads for the Nintendo DS version, which will be released on December 9 in Japan. The first ad mentions the collaboration between Level-5, the studio behind the Professor Layton games, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
Let’s Look At Damaged Gran Turismo 5 Cars
Gran Turismo 5 features car damage — a first for the series. Does developer Polyphony Digital do, dare I say, a bang-up job? The picture quality isn’t great (photos taken off a television screen from a reader’s local Best Buy), but they do provide a look at how the game handles car damage. At August’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
Duke Nukem, Do You Believe?
Hello! It’s Friday, time for — WAIT A SECOND. It’s Monday. Well, let’s do a catch-up version of Tell Us Dammit. Let’s. 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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
What Game Characters Does Japan Want To Befriend?
Better yet, what game characters do the readers of Japan’s Dengeki want to become chums with. Let’s have a look: 10. Zidane (Final Fantasy IX) 9. Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney) 8. Sora (Kingdom Hearts) 7. Amaterasu (Okami) 6. Kyousuke Natsume (Little Busters!) 5. Felynes (Monster Hunter) 4. Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia) 3. Youhei Sunohara…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
It’s A Labor Day!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft …And you were working this morning. I guess that makes you a Labor Day laborer. Congrats! What you missed last night No “Sexy”, “Passion” or “Temptation” For You, China! Report: Korea Might Ban Steam Company Of Heroes Developer Killed In Car Accident Halo Movie Lives On, Well, Sorta
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
It’s Hard To Predict The Future, Even For Mario’s Creator
Shigeru Miyamoto is a video game pioneer. He entered the industry in 1977 and has been instrumental in changing the way we play games. He knows where we’ve been, but does he know where we are going? “Thirty years ago, I couldn’t imagine the technological innovation that there is today,” Miyamoto said at a recent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
No “Sexy”, “Passion” or “Temptation” For You, China!
In China, World of Warcraft and censorship aren’t strangers. Things like blood and skeletons were edited for The People’s Republic, and the release of expansion Wrath of the Lich King was held up due to content Chinese authorities found objectionable. But it isn’t only skeletons and blood that are being nixed. The Rise of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
Her Hair Is All Final Fantasy
Canadian electropop singer Lights got a new haircut. Look familiar? It is. “Anyone that thinks I wouldn’t get my hair cut like Lightning from Final Fantasy xiii doesn’t know me,” the popstar tweeted. She’s a big gamer, it seems — with the World of Warcraft tattoo-age to prove it. She even met her boyfriend in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
Halo Movie Lives On, Well, Sorta
In August 2009, Microsoft said that its plans for a big-screen version of Halo were “on hold”. This past spring, Microsoft expressed interest in doing a Halo flick “when the time is right”. Is the time right yet? “We’re still interested in making an excellent ‘Halo’ movie,” Frank O’Connor from Micrsoft’s Halo branch, 343 Industries,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
Duke Nukem Forever: From Vaporware To Software
It wasn’t supposed to be real. It was supposed to be imaginary. Vapor. Yet, Duke Nukem Forever, a game in development for over 13 years, is very real Studio 3DRealms first revealed that it was working in the game in 1997. That means that when development on this game started, Google hadn’t even been founded…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 4, 2010 -
Long Weekend, Any Plans?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Talibanned I guess for you, the American staffers and our American readers, you all will have a nice long weekend. Any plans? I am going to make RIBS. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. What you missed last night Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath Is Back! There Is No Love For Street Fighters The Ataris That Never…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010 -
Shining Hearts Needs More Time To Shine
PSP game Shining Hearts, the last entry in Sega’s Shining fantasy series, was slated for release on December 2. It has been delayed. According to Sega’s site, the game’s quality needs to be improved. However, there has been some speculation that the recently revealed December 1 release date for Monster Hunter 3rd Portable has caused…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010 -
This Shirt Looks Familiar
Spotted by Kotaku reader Chardyll, his t-shirt isn’t for Rockstar’s Western Red Dead Redemption. Nope! Chardyll complemented the customer in his game shop wearing the shirt. “At first, the height of the counter obstructed the big band logo at the bottom of it, so I complemented him on his Red Dead shirt,” Chardyll says. “He…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010
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