Osaka-based game company Capcom makes Resident Evil zombie games. With Resident Evil 5 shipping 5 million copies worldwide, damn skippy that Capcom is going to churn out RE6. “Honestly”, RE5 and Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi told Kotaku, “the producer for Resident Evil 6 hasn’t been decided yet.” Takeuchi has previously expressed interested in…
If someone ever asks you what the biggest difference between the press days and the public days at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, tell them one thing. Make that, two things: GAH! Just as TGS started to take shape and stiffen up, the early pictures from the Acquire booth showed a booth companion promoting upcoming…
Osaka-based game company Capcom has packed up its gaming goodies and brought them to Chiba’s Makuhari Messe convention center. This is what the company’s booth looks like. Stare at it. Do it!
From looking at the screenshots, here is what we *think* the plot of Dead Rising 2 is: Reality show Terror Is Reality has mortals slay zombies for cash and prizes. A virus has infected folks, turning them into zombies. After being rounded up and quarantined, these zombies are turned into fodder for this reality show.…
The price difference between the PSP-3000 and the PSPgo? In Japan, about a hundred bucks. But, no sweat, Sony’s not worried. When asked if there was concern that the price gap between the PSP-3000 and the PSPgo would push Japanese consumers towards the less expensive PSP-3000, Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida told Kotaku, “That’s…
Today at Sony’s Japanese, the company announced a price drop for its PSP-3000 — the PlayStation Portable will now cost ¥16,800 (US$185) in The Land of the Rising Sun, starting October 1. Keep in mind, in the US, the PSP-3000 is $169 in the US, while the PSPgo is $249. In Japan, the PSP-3000 is…
“I originally didn’t want to make another No More Heroes,” says game designer Goichi Suda. The game was supposed to be a one off dealio, but when the title did well, sequels do happen. “It’s not just that,” Suda explains. “I wanted to revisit Travis Touchdown. I wanted to write the continuation of his story.”…
There’s a PS3 exclusive press conference going on at the Tokyo Game Show, with Level 5’s White Knight Chronicles and Sony’s Last Guardian on show. Click here to visit our Last Guardian timeline! Click to viewLevel 5 Liveblog
Sony’s Kaz Hirai is presenting the keynote address at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, so expect plenty of PlayStation-related news. We’re there, pencils and notebooks in hand. Why not join us? The key note kicks off at 10:30am in Tokyo, and should run for around two hours. Click to viewSony TGS Keynote Address
The Zelda comparisons are obvious and prevalent. EA Nintendo DS title features a young, light-haired boy in an adventure-puzzle title — the cell shaded graphics are reminiscent of Zelda DS titles. But there is more to the title than simply Zelda DS stylings. “We’re really big Zelda fans,” says EA producer Nelson Wong. “It’s a…
Hey, Tecmo and Koei merged. And now their games are merging. Hooray! Ninja Gaiden character Ryu Hayabusa will be appearing in Koei’s PS3 version of Sangoku Musou Multi-Raid as an unlockable costumed character in armor, while Warrior Orochi’s Nu Wa on the Xbox 360 version of Multi Raid. And costumes of Multi-Raid characters Sun Shang…
Game designer Hideo Kojima and his Kojima Productions team are hard at work on PSP title Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker. According to the upcoming issue of Famitsu, here are the characters: Amanda, Huey, Chico, Strangelove, Coldman, Cécile, Miller, Paz and Gálvez. Character illustrations above. Due out in 2010, Peace Walker takes place 10 years…
EA is bringing the opening of the Italian epic The Divine Comedy to life, complete with its game vision of hell and enemies spawning out of boss enemy breasts. According to the game’s developer, it’s the most original enemy re-spawn of next year. Here’s a first peek at the Lust level of Dante’s hell. Beware:…
The Tokyo Game Show is days away and just before it kicked off, we had a chance to catch up with former Team Ninja lead ninja Tomonobu Itagaki — designer of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. Itagaki has kept a relatively low profile since leaving Tecmo, working with his new company Tokyo Vikings and…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Part-ay This afternoon, if anything to soak up the alcohol, we ate hamburgers at Pakuchi Burger. Pakuchi Burger is a tasty burger, a damn tasty burger. I love hamburgers. There is another event going on tonight with some Tokyo folks I like a great deal, but sadly, I am stuck…
To recap: A young pirate girl was referenced in the original Xbox 360 version: “Inside the drawer, there’s a pirate outfit for girls. A name is written, but it’s hard to make out because of heavy wear. ‘Pa…..’?” Pa? Hrm, “Patty” starts with “Pa.” Patty is also a girl – a girl who wears pirate…
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Tri-Ace’s role playing game Resonance of Fate is getting the big roll out at the Tokyo Game Show. A big TGS roll out needs a big TGS trailer. This is that, apparently. Published by SEGA, Resonance of Fate will be released in the West next Spring.
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The Xbox 360 is cheaper. The PS3 is cheaper. That means that both are, well, cheaper for people to buy. And that means more people buy the consoles. But how long does that sales increase last? “I don’t believe the price cuts that both companies have made will impact the market dynamics too dramatically in…
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