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What’s Your Longest Gaming Session?
It’s a me, Friday! Time for Tell Us Dammit. Dammit. 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 us –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2010 -
TWO WEEKS, I HAVE MADE IT!!
To: Totilo From: Bash RE: Obama And The Billboard It’s not Obama driving by, but it’s been about two weeks since Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash went to the US to visit my parents, leaving me in Osaka with Micro-Bash. I was kinda worried at first, seeing as how I’d be responsible for the kid, cleaning,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Mass Effect Studio Needs To Sell 10 Million Units
One million used to be the bar. Then two. Then three. Mass Effect developer BioWare isn’t stopping there. “Well, we need to sell 10 million units,” said BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk. “That’s actually the new target, right? We do Top 10 games, our stuff is quite successful. I know Mass [Effect 2] is number…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Why Didn’t Lost Planet 2 Sell As Well As Projected?
Capcom took a big spinning bird kick, right in the profits, which were down 90.4 percent. Ouch! Part of the blame fell on Lost Planet 2. At the company’s financial briefing, Capcom answered why the game didn’t live up to sales expectations. According there are many rival titles in the genre, and the company didn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Vietnam’s Gaming Crackdown
After a “public outcry” about the negative effects of computer games, the Vietnamese government has begun issuing measures to restrict online games. Games that require a server will be limited to three hours of playtime per day for each gamer. However, educational and cultural games will be permitted for up to five hours per day.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Five Flicks The Gears Of War Movie Should Ape
That’s right, the Gears of War movie is going back to the drawing board. The game’s designer, Cliff Bleszinski, said the aim was to have the feature film version “more like District 9”. Meaning? Meaning they probably aren’t going to try to make a US$100 million epic, but something on the cheap side of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Capcom, You Might Want To Stop This
Hunter Blade is a Chinese developed online game in which players hunt monsters. It doesn’t look a little like Capcom’s Monster Hunter. It looks a lottle like Monster Hunter. When the game was first shown in spring 2009, Capcom issued a statement: “This title is not licensed by us and has no connection to our…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Widescreen Arcade Gaming Is Quite Nice, You Know
The arcade cabinets for the 1986 horizontal shooter Darius and its 1989 sequel Darius II featured a three screen set-up, giving the game a single panoramic view. Taito is releasing Darius Burst: Another Chronicle, the latest entry in its Darius series, in Japanese arcades. The cabinet is a four player set-up and features a wide…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
The Companions And Cosplayers Of ChinaJoy 2010
ChinaJoy, the region’s version of the E3 gaming expo, has kicked off. The PC game-heavy show is known for its big booths, booth companions and cosplayers. According to website CNNgo, show sponsors say the goal of the event is to strengthen domestic game supervision, actively regulate the markets of electronics and Internet publications, rigorously fight…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Inception Star On Street Fighter II
Fresh off Inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is doing the variety show circuit to promote the film and talking about something extremely important. That’s right, he’s talking Street Fighter II. Gordon-Levitt began acting at the age of 6 and appearing in commercials. While he didn’t exactly love doing ads, he did love that it enabled him to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 30, 2010 -
Heading Back To Red Dead
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: The War On Phallic Graffiti Yeah, yeah, I’ve finished Red Dead Redemption — a game which the most wonderfulest person in the world, Jason Chen, gave to me — but I’ve been thinking about the game a lot recently — especially with Mrs. Bashcraft, Mini-Bash and my parents driving through…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010 -
Teaching Girls How To Handle Peer Pressure About Sex
On July 26, University of Central Florida was awarded a $434,800 National Institutes of Health grant to develop a game to promote abstinence among Latina middle school students, reports the Orlando Business Journal. The above picture shows what looks to be the game in alpha. It could even be the demo used to attain the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010 -
Nintendo UK Hints At 3DS Pricing
How much is the Nintendo 3DS? I dunno! Nintendo does, let’s hear what it has to say. Website Electricpig asked Nintendo’s marketing manager James Honeywell about the Nintendo 3DS pricing to which Honeywell replied: “Price, we haven’t made any kind of announcement at the moment, but for everyone who already knows, you know, the Nintendo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010 -
Super Street Fighter IV Originally Considered For PSP And DS
When Capcom began planning a portable version of Super Street Fighter IV, the PSP and the Nintendo DS were considered as platform choices. They weren’t quite up to snuff. “Neither system would’ve been able to produce a port that I would be satisfied with,” Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono told Japanese game mag Famitsu, via…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010 -
When’s Nintendo Revealing The Nintendo 3DS Release?
At this year’s E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Nintendo showed its glasses-free 3D portable, the Nintendo 3DS, for the first time publicly. It did not give the handheld a release date. However, the company stated today that it will announce the release period and the price this September. The exact date for this reveal…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010 -
Sony Is Making Money Again
And thank the PS3 in part for that! According to Sony’s latest financial statement, the company’s earnings were powered by the sales of computers, televisions and the PlayStation 3. Overall revenue inched up 3.8 percent, and the company posted a ¥25.7 billion (US$295 million) net profit. Sony’s Networked Products and Services (think PCs and PlayStations)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010 -
Super Street Fighter IV On The Nintendo 3DS Looks Nice
Debuting at this year’s E3 gaming expo, Super Street Fighter IV is a handheld console port of Capcom’s latest edition of Street Fighter. The screens show off just how powerful the Nintendo 3DS is. The game currently does not have a release date.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010
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