Once again, Assassin’s Creed vaults from the home console to the portable platform with the iPhone spin-off Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery, starring the second game’s Ezio de Auditore as he travels to Spain. Guide Ezio from platform to platform with touchscreen controls as he attempts to rescue his fellow assassin’s from the Inquisition and uncover…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: One Headache Averted Is time going faster or is it just me? Seriously. I feel like weeks are now the equivalent of days when I was a kid. I don’t know if that’s depressing or scary. Maybe both! What you missed last night Rumor: Next Call Of Duty Is A…
After a rocky PlayStation 3 launch, the platform’s creator was replaced by exec Kaz Hirai as the head of Sony Computer Entertainment. A year later he retired. Besides keeping busy with his new start-up companies Cellius and Cyber Ai Entertainment, Kutaragi has also been giving lectures. And now? Now Kutaragi is joining popular online retailer…
There are universal TV remotes, so why not universal video game console controllers? Sony’s recent patent filing indicates that could change. The Sony patent, which was filed in August 2008 but appeared online on February 18 of this year, reads: “Just like remote controls, game consoles, and thus game controllers, are becoming widespread. It is…
There have been rumors that Tecmo is bringing Tecmo Bowl to the PSN and Xbox LIVE Arcade with Tecmo Bowl Throwback. If you believe the ESRB, those rumors could be true. The Entertainment Software Rating Board has a listing for Tecmo Bowl Throwback for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Here is the listing: This…
The new Resident Evil 5 downloadable content “Lost in Nightmares” is available. It features a special surprise. As an easter egg, the game has a hidden “classic” camera angle mode from the earlier titles. Here’s how to unlock it: Talk to the front door a couple of times until it says “?” instead of investigate.…
The latest batch features helmet wearing bad guy Jagi, who was disfigured after trying to kill his brother, Kenshiro. In March 2010, Tecmo Koei is bringing post-apocalyptic martial arts manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 in Japan. The game has been titled Hokuto Musou, and…
In March, an hi-def port of Perfect Dark will be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The port will feature much more than tarted up graphics. Ken Lobb from Microsoft Game Studios has told Kotaku at DICE 2010 that players can use weapons from Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye 007. That game was developed by Rare, the…
*cough* Adult game developer Waffle is releasing a new title later this month that allow players to track their playing-with-themselves time. Shameful, not-safe-for-work post to follow. You’ve been warned! As website Canned Dogs points out, ero title Migite ga tomaranai boku to, osananajimi no shimai (loosely “Me who can’t stop his right hand and childhood…
After wondering who exactly Gundam was going to fight in the next Gundam VS. arcade game, it’s time to retrench. Because this next Gundam game will be extreme. No, really, that’s what it’s called. Revealed at the AOU arcade gaming expo, Gundam VS. Extreme is scheduled to hit Japanese arcades this fall. ［AOU2010］『機動戦士ガンダム エクストリームバーサス』登場！ [Kotaku…
You can touch it! It’s playable right now. At the AOU arcade game expo in Japan, Konami wheeled out Metal Gear Arcade demo cabinets. The networked online Metal Gear game features 3D, 5.1 sound, a gun controller and a head tracking controller. Check out those 3D glasses! Gameplay footage here and here. メタルギアシリーズ初のアーケード版「METAL GEAR ARCADE」プレイアブルムービー…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Ouch Man, I’m feeling ROUGH. Just sick and tired and fevery, but watch out! Because I’ll tell you what, I’ll be back here tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel. Know why? THIS JOB IS FUN. Seeya tomorrow Kotaku people! What you missed last night Race And Nationality: More Than…
Pretty darn good. In its debut week, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya hit the box office top ten. Depending on which chart you look at, the film, the first Haruhi Suzumiya animated feature, hung around in the top ten. Animated by Uji-based Kyoto Animation, the film is based on the fourth Haruhi Suzumiya light novel…
There have been rumors swirling on the Japanese internet that Square Enix’s MMORPG Final Fantasy XI will be ending this year. Time for Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada to fire up his Twitter account. You know, the one with the fluffy dog avatar. Online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV will be hitting the PS3 and…
Japan’s D3 Puplisher, sorry, Publisher released its bar girl hostess simulator Dream Club in Japan last August. Since then, people on the Japanese internet are claiming that blond pigtailed character Mian has changed, it seems. At the recent Wonder Festival event, website Akiba Hobby noticed something at the Hobby Stock booth about these Mian hug…
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The PS3’s Blu-ray format offers developers plenty of space to fill. But the Xbox 360 doesn’t use Blu-ray, it uses DVD. That makes things tricky if a studio is planning to release a multi-platform title like Lost Planet 2. In a recent interview, Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi said Capcom had to cut a…
When Konami announced what games it would be bringing to the arcade AOU expo, there was one glaring omission: Metal Gear Arcade. That looks like it will change. The original list of games Konami announced for AOU were largely bemani, mahjong and card-type arcade games. Metal Gear Arcade was announced at last year’s E3 in…
“Shaun White” isn’t just some name on some snowboarding game called Shaun White Snowboarding. He’s an actual person! And he’s won Olympic gold. Again. After taking Olympic gold for halfpipe at the 2006 Torino competition, White has won gold yet again at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. White did so well on his first run…
“Look how EA is promoting its game Dante’s Inferno in Japan,” a tipster wrote. If only it was that simple. The gentleman in the Dante outfit is named…Dante. Dante Carver, actually. EA Japan roping in Dante Carver, a well known TV “talent”, to appear at this promotional event for Dante’s Inferno is quite clever. In…
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