Natal is Microsoft’s new controller-free motion sensing tech. It does not have a logo or icons yet — apparently, Microsoft is still in the planning stages for that. At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Xbox Japan whipped up these icons for the booth to help convey what exactly the heck Natal is and does. Thoughts,…
The last big game Square Enix released is Dragon Quest IX, which sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan alone. The next big game? Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix hopes to sell more of that game, way more. The previous title shipped over six million copies worldwide, reports Reuters. The target Square Enix is setting…
Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, is the head of R&D at SEGA. He’s got a real nose for game development. No wonder he’s hard at work on new titles. At a Tokyo Game Show panel, the respected game designer talked about working on new titles and new genres. When pressed about…
It’s your money — spent it the way you like. Newly opened Akihabara business “Cute Room” is offering otaku a bevy of girlfriend-like services that include playing video games, watching DVDs and playing board games with young female (paid) friends. The girls available are pictured above. Cute Room does not appear to be offering sexual…
One of the problems with Tokyo Game Show 2009 is that the mid-September dates are just too close to the August Gamescom. If the TGS organizers, the CESA, were smart, they’d move the Japanese event to October like in 2008. That’s if they were smart. The dates that are currently being tossed around for the…
This August, Gran Turismo designer Kazunori Yamauchi did more than drive on Germany’s famed Nurburgring, he finished won the VLN race— his third race and first in an actual racing car. But what does this mean for Gran Turismo? “The last thirty minutes of the race,” Yamauchi told Kotaku at a recent visit to his…
Nanako Matsushima is not only a big time Japanese actress, appearing in films like The Ring. She also is a product pitchwoman. She does TV ads for things like green tea and Nintendo. The last time we saw her in a Nintendo ad — no, the last time we remember seeing her in a Nintendo…
During Tokyo Game Show, Sony invited a bunch of reporters to peek around Polphony Digital, the developer of the Gran Turismo series. This wasn’t Kotaku’s first visit to the studio, but in case you missed our coverage from a few years back, here’s a glimpse inside the place where they toil away on Gran Turismo.
If the small number of booths at this year’s Tokyo Game Show is any indication, the Japanese game industry has seen better days. Even large Japanese companies are hurting. The company behind the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Square Enix, is rumored to be trimming down its workforce, we hear. Apparently, somewhere between 200 and…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Crecente, you have already seen this — it amused us at TGS. And I first saw it maybe ten years or so ago on Conan O’Brien — that was before the internets! But, yeah, Michael Caine? Does. Not. Blink. What you missed last night Street Fighter IV Getting “New Warrior” Gran…
This year’s Tokyo Game Show is over, but our memories will live on. Nothing says memories like checking attendance figures, so let’s do just that. Let’s. For TGS 2009, the attendance breakdown is: • 9/24 (Business Day) 27,435 people • 9/25 (Business Day) 24,605 people • 9/26 (Public Day) 61,138 people (9,579 kids) • 9/27…
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What we know about SEGA’s upcoming PS3 exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 (Yakuza 4): It has bar hostesses. What we know about SEGA’s TGS booth: It has bar hostesses. That’s Osaka bar girl Himeka Kawasaki seated in the long pink dress and impossible heels. She is one of the ladies who successfully auditioned for the…
DS title “Ni no Kuni” is not just another role-playing-game from Fukuoka-based developer Level-5, it is the first game venerated animation house Studio Ghibli has worked on. Expectations for the title are running high. At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, I was able to get hands on with the title. What Is It? It is…
Next Spring, Professor Layton developer Level-5 is releasing Ni no Kuni: The Another World. The DS and still-unannounced-console-platform title is a single player role-playing-game that features the art and animation of Studio Ghibli. Studio Ghibli is, of course, known for animated features like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service. While screens of the animated…
There are loads of video game arcades in Tokyo, but there is only one Brian Crecente. We think. Maybe there are two, maybe there are three. Who knows. In this gallery of arcade pics, can you find him? Bonus points for those able to i.d. the arcades.
Just like the title says: Another Metal Gear Solid fan movie — no, wait! Don’t go. This one actually looks somewhat professional and is relatively watchable. I know, we’re shocked, too. Written and directed by some guy named Giacomo Talamini, the fan flick claims to be totally non-for-profit and has CG graphics, military vehicles, exotic…
For me, as far as shooters go, there is Mushihime-Sama Futari and there is everything else. I’m not saying that Cave’s arcade shooter is the best, but it’s a title I’ll always pop into an arcade to play, a title that I have some sort of connection to, a title that I can enjoy. The…
It’s simply dubbed the Wand Controller. For the time being, that is. “There are several candidates for the name of the controller,” said Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida. While still undecided, those names are making their way through Sony, being run up the flagpole and getting feedback from various internal departments. “The…
The Tokyo Game Show doesn’t have booth babes, they have booth companions. These men and women are trained to hand out brochures, pitch their games and sometimes even play along side you. Here’s your look at this year’s companions.
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