There was the time the slave gladiator came to work, and the other time in which dudes got spanked. This time, it’s PSP gaming day at Japan’s Dengeki.com. Ladies cosplaying as characters Ryomou and Kanu showed up at the site’s offices to play a round of Ikki Tousen: Xross Impact and…play around? 脱衣を賭けたバトルが始まる!? 『一騎当千 クロスインパクト』プロモに闘士参上…
Hollywood loves talking money — salaries, budgets, you name it. The game industry doesn’t. Some developers have been very open about how much their titles cost to produce. Other developers have not revealed their budgets. As Kotaku mentioned earlier when posting the Digital Battle.com list of games with the biggest budgets: “The sticky part of…
First Australia had its Nintendo Summit and then America has its Nintendo Summit. Now Europe is having its…Nintendo Summit. For big titles like Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Other M, Nintendo of Australia gave release dates like “mid-year”. Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be released in North America on May 23, but won’t be out…
Alfa Romeo’s MiTo hatchback faces down oil drums and gas pumps in a Space Invaders-style shootout. The MiTo went on sale in 2008, and Space Invaders debuted in Japanese arcades in 1978. These commercial has been running in Europe. Video: Alfa Romeo MiTo promoted through new “Space Invaders”-themed ad [Rpmgo Thanks, Andrey!]
The Wii was released in November 2006. The GameCube was released in 2001. About time for a new home consoles, right? Um, no. “I don’t think it’ll [Wii successor] be any time soon,” Nintendo of America exec Cammie Dunaway told GameSpot at the recent Nintendo Summit. “Even though our installed base it, at this point,…
Call it merchandise. Call it stuff. Call it crap. Fable III developer Lionhead Studios is already thinking about things to sell you. “With the release of Fable III imminent this year we’ve started thinking about different kinds of merchandise for the game,” Lionhead wrote on its Facebook page. There are literally hundreds of things we…
The latest entry in the 2D King of Fighters series has been announced by Osaka-based game developer SNK Playmore. It is The King of Fighters XIII. The title runs on the Taito Taito X2 arcade system board. Details are scant, and SNK is expected to reveal more about the arcade fighter in a preview next…
Apple cracked down on titillating apps with a Victorian laundry list of no-nos. Then, it seems, Apple created a new “Explicit” category in the Application Store. Then it vanished! The new “Explicit” category didn’t show up in the App Store per se, but a developer spotted the new section in the submission software. But hours…
As video games get bigger and bigger, video game budgets get bigger and bigger, too. But what’s games have the biggest budgets? The sticky part of video game budgets is that some developers will not confirm the actual budgets, and there is some speculation in these numbers. But here, according to website DigitalBattle.com, here are…
The Nintendo DSi LL, (DSi XL in the West) is the latest addition to the hugely successful Nintendo platform. “LL” is the Japanese equivalent of “XL”, or “extra large”. But is bigger really better? Released in Japan in late November, the Nintendo DSi XL features 4.2 inch screens that are 93 percent larger than the…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Hey, That’s My Robe! Dinner was exactly ten minutes today. Then Micro Bash started upchucking everywhere. Fifty minutes were spent cleaning. Yeah. Then just as he was about to fall asleep, you guessed it. What is it with my kids and puke? I *rarely* throw up. These kids barf all…
Another Yakuza game means one thing: More Yakuza branded noodles. The last two Yakuza games have gotten instant noodles, so damn skippy Yakuza 4 is getting tonkotsu-style ramen. The noodles are the same stuff served in the game. So dig in and then go elbow people in the face or something!
You might remember erotic game W.L.O. Sekai Renai Kikou (World Love Organization) as the game that had its Xbox 360 port announced on a character’s breasts. You might not. Publisher 5pb Games has released W.L.O.’s opening movie. Go on, watch it. Did you watch the entire thing? How many seconds did you last? I’ve built…
The publisher of titles such as BioShock and Grand Theft Auto is opening up shop in Japan by establishing a Tokyo office. Previously, Capcom released the GTA games, while Spike has released the BioShock titles. With its new Tokyo office, Take Two will begin localizing and releasing its own titles directly into the Japanese market.…
With No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise, Wii title No More Heroes is being ported to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. But when? The game will be released on April 15 for ¥5,800 (US$64). It has not yet been announced for the West. However, Ubisoft has passed on releasing the title in North America. Heroes’…
Starting on April 1 of this year, Sony’s reorganization will take effect. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai will head a new business group that brings together Sony’s mobile electronics and personal computers. Instead, the wholly-owned Sony subsidiary will be centered around networked devices and will be known as SNE Platform or SNEP, the Sony…
Namco Bandai’s God Eater might look like a Monster Hunter knock-off, but it’s a very successful Monster Hunter knock-off. Besides custom clothing, GOD EATER allows players to customize their bullets with a “Bullet Edit” feature that allows for five different “Modules” with settings like Type, Elemental, Distance, Path, etc. The GOD EATER demo has been…
When Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst showed up in Tokyo’s Akihabara wearing a frilly sailor suit, there were those who thought the actress was turning Japanese. She was. Dunst’s cosplaying was part of a collaboration between McG, the director behind Terminator Salvation and Charlie’s Angles, and Takashi Murakami, Japan’s most famous living artist. The result is…
Yakuza 3, the crime drama from SEGA, is finally coming to the West after being released in Japan almost a year ago. The game will have subtitles. That’s not what SEGA is screwing up. This is. “The content between Yakuza 3 US/UK and Yakuza JP is a little different in that we took out certain…
Last May, Kojima Productions launched a teaser site with either a “S” or a “5”. It was a number “5”. And it belongs to Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. According to Konami spokesperson Jirou Oishi, Peace Walker was named Metal Gear Solid 5 during the planning stages. These are concept logos for the game. Peace…
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