Brian Ashcraft

Butterfly Bra Flies Into Tekken 6

We knew something was missing from the game! And that appears to be this. Joining the new Jin Kazama outfit is another new Tekken 6 character costume for home consoles. Fighter Zafina gets a butterfly bra — it might be a halter top. What do we look like? Women’s clothing experts? She’s also in hot…

TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine) On The Japanese PSN

The Japanese PlayStation Network is the latest home for the TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine) games. Starting today, four retro Hudson games will be available for download as part of the “PC Engine Archives”: • Mega Bomberman • Adventure Island • Sengoku Mahjong • Devil Crash All of these titles are already available on Nintendo’s Virtual Console.…

Virtual Golf Hookers

Seoul’s Metropolitan Police Agency have been targeting “screen golf” rooms that mix driving range golf with a virtual video-game-type screens. Some of these golf rooms sell alcohol and employ female entertainers in mini-skirts. The virtual golf rooms measure the distance the ball travels, and the newest golf rooms feature game systems that can reproduce famous…

“Casual” Is No Way To Label Games, Argues Casual Developer

Get rid of the term “casual”! Do it! Dave Thomson of Scottish games developer Denki wants the word gone, banished, erased, deleted. At the Develop Conference in Brighton, UK, Thomson gave a session titled “A Game is a Game is a Game”. He calls the term casual pejorative. “We may not find a particular type…

Famitsu Awards Dragon Quest IX Perfect Score

Amazon Japan may not love DS role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX. That’s a-okay. Know why? The country’s biggest game mag totally loves it. Famitsu has given DQIX a perfect 40/40 score. “This adventure is amazing!” Famitsu writes. “It’s so much fun.” The reviewers also praised the music and the multi-player, which Famitsu called “ground breaking”. The…

Bar Girl Game Now Bar Girl Comic

D3 Publisher’s upcoming Xbox 360 title Dream C Club lets players booze it up with maid-uniform-wearing night club hostesses. The game is text heavy, perfect fodder for a comic book. The October issue of manga Comic Rush, on sale August 26, will see the first manga version of Dream C Club, called Dream Club Destiny.…

Valkyria Chronicles 2 Is A PSP Game

Valkyria Chronicles was a PS3 game. Valkyria Chronicles 2 is not. It’s a PSP game, and here is its localized title: Valkyria Chronicles 2: The Gallia Royal Military Academy. Announced in the newest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu, the game is set in 1937, two years after the first game. Cadets from the Gallia…

Xbox Taiwan Looking For Angelic Lady

Not content to have some middle-aged male exec in khakis talk gaming, Microsoft Taiwan is holding an open cattle call to find a model-type to represent the platform. Requirements: You must be a female, over 18 years old and play the Xbox 360 for at least 360 minutes per week. A panel of judges will…

Japanese Superstar Pitcher Needs Xbox 360 Internet Connecting Help

Nippon Ham Fighters ace baseball pitcher Yu Darvish got his Xbox 360 about a year ago. “I used it a little,” he blogs, “but then I ended up not using it at all.” Darvish, one of the country’s best ballplayers, has been practicing Street Fighter IV on the Microsoft console recently and asks his readers…

The Witcher Director Cut With Nudity

You can take the boobs out of million selling computer title The Witcher, but can you take The Witcher out of the boobs? Polish developer CDProjekt has announced The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut for North American gamers as a free patch. This is basically the nudity-enhanced European version of the title. Back in March…

A Friendly EVO Championship Reminder

EVO 2009! The spinning blue globe’s longest-running fighting game tourney is just around the corner — kicking off July 17 in Las Vegas. This year’s EVO will feature the likes of Daigo, Alex Valle, John Choi and Justin Wong and a special appearance by Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono. For those of you who…

Wanna Play “Smashed Sta Barrier”?

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Kotaku’s Biography The staff biographies are neato — and I agree about Fahey. He is certainly a man of mystery. A very large man of mystery, that is. All afternoon, Mini-Bash kept saying he wanted to play “Smashed Sta Barrier.” “Smashed Sta Barrier”? “Smashed Sta Barrier”. What’s that? “Smashed Sta…

But How Many Copies of Dragon Quest IX Were Shipped?

We know how many were sold in the first two days, and now we also know how many copies of the game were shipped. We sure do know a lot of things. Rumors that 3 million copies of DQIX would be available at launch in Japan are corrected. Three million copies of the game were…

Starred Commenters, Listen Up!

Last week, we rolled out a re-organized and revised version of our comments. Our star commenters’s comments will now get much deserved top billing. But that’s only half of it. These starred commenters will also have some interesting new powers. Sadly, few are using them. So cheeky. To review: The new commenting system now has…

Check Out These Club Nintendo Member Platinum And Gold Member Rewards

Nintendo of America’s Club Nintendo is announcing the “Elite Status” rewards for folks who snagged Gold or Platinum Member status. According to Nintendo.com, Customers are able to register select merchandise for Nintendo Coins, which can be redeemed for Club Nintendo items. Those who reach a certain amount of Coins can become for eligible for Platinum…

Want To Peek Inside Smash Bros. Creator’s New Office?

Earlier this year, Nintendo announced it was joining forces with Smash Bros. designer Masahiro Sakurai‘s Sora Ltd. to found a new company, Project Sora. Nintendo is the principal investor, owning up to 72 percent of the company. The company is hard at work at a game, but it’s not another Smash Bros. title. Sakurai added,…

Nokia Closes Vancouver N-Gage Studio

Oh, Canada. You marvelous country with your marvelous Canadian things. While we’d never want to leave the country, Nokia has shuttered its N-Gage development outfit in the region. Its Vancouver studio was shuttered on June 30, nixing 100 or so jobs in the process. This decision seems to be part of Nokia’s March announcement to…

BioWare: Activision’s PS3 Comment Is “Silly”

After Activision CEO Bobby Kotick expressed his displeasure at Sony for not announcing a price cut, he came back a few weeks later threatening to “stop supporting” the console. Sony honcho Howard Stringer then retorted that a price cut would cause the company to lose money on every PlayStation 3 sold. Now BioWare co-founder Greg…

Hideo Kojima Met With Heavy Rain Developer

Cut scenes. Some love them, others loathe them. In games like Metal Gear Solid, players sit and watch as cut scenes push the story forward. In the upcoming thriller Heavy Rain, gameplay pushes the story forward. Metal Gear Solid designer Hideo Kojima meet with David Cage of Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream. Cage calls the…

Check Out Korean Team Fortress 2 “Rip-Off” Gameplay Footage

When South Korean game company SK-Imedia released the trailer for its upcoming PC title H.A.V.E. Online, some freaked about similarities with Valve’s Team Fortress 2. Now a gameplay clip is out, is there still need for the hyperventilation? Previously, some were calling the game “an embarrassment” to South Korean gaming to which SK-Imedia replied, “Debating…