Besides action and fighting games, Japanese developer Tecmo is known for its saucy bikini characters. It’s latest title, Dead or Alive: Paradise, has even been described as “creepy” by the ESRB and once features females with ridiculous proportions jiggling about. Leading website VideoGamer.com to ask questions about playing with more than this PSP game. Here…
A large number of console hardware devices failing all at once. This sounds familiar. On December 31, 2008 at around midnight PST, Microsoft’s first generation Zune 30GB portable device began to go kaput en masse. “Upon when turning on, the thing loads up and… freezes with a full loading bar,” a tipster told sister site…
Avatar, the biggest grossing film ever, looks familiar, says Square Enix’s Motomu Toriyama, director of Final Fantasy XIII. A little too familiar. “The in-game universe this time around is quite fantasy based, but also futuristic at the same time,” Toriyama told website Tech Digest in a recent interview. “We never really had any particular reference…
Burgers, burgers, boy oh boy, I love burgers. One burger, sure! Two burgers, definitely! But three burgers? Montreal-based Fez designer Phil Fish gets excited about Hulu and In-N-Out burger while in the States. But who doesn’t? Microsoft didn’t correct Crash Bandicoot developer Jason Rubin when he mangled the pronunciation of Natal. So polite! Want to…
The Xbox 360 port of Cave’s arcade shooter DeathSmiles II has been dated today at a Microsoft-hosted “Shooting Festa” event in Tokyo. DeathSmiles II will be released on the Xbox 360 on May 27 in Japan, complete with a limited edition version. The port will run at a 16:9 aspect ratio and feature seven stages,…
To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Libraries vs. Zombies You got plans? What you missed last night God of War III Blow Out Itagaki And Tecmo Settle Legal Brouhaha First Look At Transformers: War For Cybertron Gameplay Footage How Many Gigabytes Is FFXIII’s Xbox 360 Install? The Tester: Episode 2: The “Communication Breakdown” Liveblog: Barmy of…
No, make that this month’s. No, this year’s. Virtual idol Chihaya Kisaragi from Namco Bandai’s popstar sim franchise THE iDOLM@STER had her birthday on February 25. People on the Japanese internet celebrated. “Creepy” is a relative term, and these celebrations are not entirely serious — however, they do provide an opportunity for diehard collectors to…
Just because the West isn’t getting in-game hostess bars that doesn’t mean it won’t be getting other cool things. You know, like yakuza movies. On March 5, SEGA will be co-sponsored a sneak peek at Yakuza 3 at San Francisco’s VIZ Cinema. Besides checking out the game, there will also be a reception and a…
Hollywood’s take on The King of Iron Fist Tournament hits theaters next month in Japan. The Japanese trailer is a slightly different edit of the U.S. trailer, minus all the “mom” references. Why you always gotta be talkin’ about Jin Kazama’s mom? Director by Dwight Little, the Tekken movie looks like…Tekken, the movie, complete with…
To the chagrin of Kotaku, this year’s Tokyo Game Show will be in September. Such a bad idea. But hey, they’ve been doing this show for twenty years. So that must mean they know what they’re doing. This year is the show’s 20th anniversary, and The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, the TGS organizers, hope to…
After several false starts, years-in-development StarCraft II finally began closed beta testing. That probably means the game is still on track for release the first half of this year. Probably! “We were targeting three to five months for the beta, we’re really at a three month period of time for the beta at this point,”…
Riot Games, the game company behind action role-playing game League of Legends, has signed a deal to get the game distributed in Southeast Asia. That’s good news, but it’s also bad news. Now, it’s more bad news than anything else. “Attention, League of Legends players!,” starts a message on the League of Legends forum about…
Lucky her! Back in July, the city of Derby, UK asked for suggestions for new roads. After getting more than a hundred suggestions, the city council narrowed down the choices to eight, including Lara Croft Way. The BBC reports that other options were footballer Steve Bloomer and engineer George Sorocold. Those choices were voted on…
This March, action game God of War III comes roaring on to the PS3. Big bosses and graphic pyrotechnics, the game looks big and bad ass. GTTV takes a look behind the scenes at Sony Santa Monica, new moves like “Battering Ram”, new weapons like Hermes’ Boots and spectacularly huge in-game battles with Leviathan and…
Game designer Tomonobu Itagaki and Tecmo have reconciled the lawsuit the former Team Ninja head filed in summer 2008. In an issued issued statement, Itagaki stated that the agreement was “mutual” and the settlement was “harmonious”. Itagaki also gave a “heartfelt thanks” for all the fans who continued to offer support and encouragement during this…
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA, the Xbox 360 port by 5pb, was released with so many bugs that production was halted. It’s 2010, there’s still no patch, and now a game exec writes, “I want to die”. Cave’s bullet hell shooter DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou was ported to the Xbox 360 by Japanese…
Cutscenes are nice and all, but gameplay is what we want to see. And gameplay is what we will see! Set before the Transformers had contact with Earth, multi-platform title War For Cybertron allows players to partake in the battle between Autobots and Decepticons. The game is being developed by High Moon Studios, best known…
The Xbox 360 of multi-platform role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII is shipping on three discs. For those curious as to how much space installing the game on the Xbox 360, read on. According to website Ve3tro.com, the totally optional install for all three discs is: • Disc 1: 5.9GB • Disc 2: 5.8GB • Disc…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: EXCER-CISE! Oh yeah, I’d totally like to take up kendo. Not sure how soon I can start — but I’m definitely keen to. Been taking lots of walks recently. So Micro Bash is a little over one years old. He kinda babbles on, makes noise, can’t really talk and the…
In the early 1980s, Nintendo began releasing a series of handhelds. They were created by Gunpei Yokoi, who would go on to create the Game Boy. And now they are keychains! Japanese toymaker TakaraTomy is releasing solar powered Game & Watch keychains. Since they are keychains, they are smaller than actual Game & Watch. The…
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