Today Sony Computer Entertainment announced plans to expand its “Official Licensing Program” for PlayStation peripherals and accessories for the PSP, PS2 and the PS3. Sony explains, “By entering into a license agreement with SCE through this program, peripheral and accessory manufacturers will gain access to technical documentations necessary for designing and creating variety of licensed…
First there was a landscape and the number four. Then a dragon. Now? Now there is a boy. He has a sword. Tomorrow we hope this Square Enix countdown site brings us clouds or maybe, just maybe, the sun. Oh the suspense. It is killing us. NEW GAME [Official Site]
Let’s! Sony is asking questions, and you are giving answers. What Sony wants to know: “How appealing would each of the following potential features be if a new public space was created that was dedicated to the PlayStation brand?” That’s the main question, and Sony then breaks things down into smaller, bit-sized polling that covers…
Epic Games, the folks behind the Gears of War franchise and the Unreal Engine development platform, are opening a branch office in South Korea. The Seoul-based Epic Games Korea will sell the Unreal Engine 3 to developers in the region. The office will be headed up by Ray Park, who previously launched Microsoft’s in-game advertising…
SEGA has started holding “hostess” auditions for an upcoming Ryu Ga Gotoku (aka Yakuza) game. Between May 8 and June 19, there were over 1,500 applicants. Those screened from that pool auditioned at SEGA’s headquarters. Groups of 2~3 applicants were interviewed by the game’s creators, including Ryu Ga Gotoku designer Toshihiro Nagoshi, in a 30…
The big erotic game trend these days? Block foreign access of your website. Why? Because foreigners have been making a big deal about ero games. Joining the likes of PC developer Minori, Yuzusoft’s website sends up a standard 403 forbidden to those trying to access the page outside of Japan. And while the VisualArts Visual…
Remember that Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li movie? Sorry to hear that. We had expunged it from our brain until we saw these clips. Time to share! These clips are hitting the internets to help promote the movie’s DVD release. The home version includes bonus footage, commentary and a full-length comic movie “Street Fighter…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft …like shiso. I love me some shisho, but fizzy Pepsi shiso? It’s drinkable, but more of a novelty. Less mouthwashy than the cucumber Pepsi released a few years back, maybe even “good”… Think I’m going to have another glass! Noooooooooooooooooooooooo. What you missed last night StarCraft II Hands-On: Round Three StarCraft…
We’ve all seen that clip from Living with Michael Jackson where he goes bananas buying stuff in Las Vegas. Jackson didn’t limit his spending sprees to tacky furniture. Oh no. This image from Japanese tv shows that a then-34-year-old Jackson allegedly spent over half a million dollars at a London toy store on video games…
One new Kingdom Hearts game, KH 358/2 Days, has been released in Japan. Two more Square-Enix-meets-Disney mash-ups are forthcoming: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for the PSP and Kingdom Hearts: Coded for cell phones. But where is the one everyone is waiting for, Kingdom Hearts 3? Kingdom Hearts designer Tetsuya Nomura says he already has…
The countdown page for some game Square Enix is trying to hype. The large “4” and the countdown clock are old, but the dragon drawing is new. Even if we don’t like countdown clocks, we do like dragon drawings. Also, the SaGa (AKA Final Fantasy Legend) style music *might* be new as well, since we…
Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku, is coming to the PSP with Hatsune Miku -Project Diva-. So are her underpants! SEGA has been playing up the “3D modeling” of the Miku character. This is perhaps why? Then again, maybe these are just her bathing suit — totally innocent. Still, a slew of new screenshots makes some wonder…
The Mainichi Daily News is running a three part series on online game addiction. Most of it seems like scare mongering — students who start playing Maple Story and suddenly became poor students. There’s even worse with one mother saying this about her game addicted child, “Sometimes, he’ll throw the remote control at the TV,…
Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 is slated for this winter. So, we should expect a demo sometime between now and then, no? LP2 producer Jun Takeuchi tells Famitsu, “I think we might be able to offer it [the demo] in a little bit.” The game was in playable form at E3, and Capcom is busy developing…
Michael Jackson passed away late last week. He was remembered by the game industry — and SEGA is the latest to comment. We here at SEGA were very sad to hear about the passing of Michael Jackson. He was a true music legend whose songs touched each of us at some point in our lives.…
Hello! The weekend is just around the corner. But first, let’s talk. It’s Friday, time for TELL US DAMMIT. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku…
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Has Really Big Guns Comment by: psycoking Nominated by: -MasterDex- Yeah, something about this thread has me feeling like I’m some cranky old man of gaming. I seriously can’t believe that people here are complaining about a few slightly rough edges and calling them “jaggies.” Hell! I remember a time when…
Way back in October, we brought word that Spielberg’s “ultra-real” game, code-named LMNO Project, had been shelved — a rumor EA said was “incorrect”. Earlier this year, we heard that despite the many denials, Steven Speilberg action title LMNO (pronounced Elemental) was dead in the water, the budget pulled, the assets locked away. The game…
Now, we’re hardly convinced that the original is real, we are convinced that this Japanese remix is UTTERLY AMAZING. More phony freak-outs for brilliant remixes, please! Oh, and as Kotakuite Gantz La Dix Croix points out, that’s Kirby’s theme song. Kirby’s theme song makes everything better. Even spinach. WOW Cancellation Tantrums: Japan Gets Into The…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: King of Pop Has Passed Earlier this week, Mrs. Bashcraft bought a baby sling for Micro-Bash, but one of the straps on it caused him to rub his chin, irritating it. So, Mrs. Bashcraft called the company that made it, Combi, and an employee said that they would send someone…
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