Michael McWhertor

TGS Cosplay Gallery: Day One

Gran Turismo 5 ‘Titanium Blue’ PS3 Looks Pretty, Classy

Sony is releasing a special “Titanium Blue” colored PlayStation 3—part of a Gran Turismo 5 bundle—in Japan later this year. It looks like the kind of thing a PS3 owner who’s in love with cars will appreciate. Sony had exactly one Gran Turismo 5 Racing Pack bundle on the Tokyo Game Show floor giving us…

Hands-On With The Girl Ships Of Otomedius Excellent

Konami offered a single level’s worth of its next great titillating side-scrolling shoot ’em up, Otomedius Excellent, at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Being a fan of Gradius-style gameplay and cleavage, we had to go hands on. Otomedius Excellent is the third entry in Konami’s moe perversion of the Gradius and Parodius series, featuring even…

Tokyo Jungle Hands-On: Every Pomeranian For Himself

In a world… where humanity has been eradicated… one Pomeranian… wearing a pretty cute little sweater… will do anything to survive… the Tokyo Jungle. That’s basically the set up for the Tokyo Game Show 2010 demo version of Tokyo Jungle, the new post-apocalyptic wildlife survival game for the PlayStation 3. The goal? Hunt to stay…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

If things go according to plan this weekend, I’ll be playing a little bit of everything—Tokyo Jungle, Sonic Colors, Bangai-O HD. Well, everything that I’m somewhat interested in playing at this weekend’s Tokyo Game Show. See, when you’re faced with the flood of TGS’s public days, you have to plan smart. You can’t plan to…

Cute Monster Hunter Beaten By Manga Action On Japan’s Charts

The battle for hearts and minds and portable gameplay time in Japan has been won by One Piece. The latest manga-based spin-off has kicked MonHun Nikki, the cuter version of Monster Hunter, from its top spot overseas. It was a slow week in terms of exciting Japanese sales developments. Wii Party made its way closer…

Microsoft’s TGS Booth Also Home To Random Dance Parties

Sometimes, Tokyo Game Show booth companions need to cut loose. Perhaps to a little computerized J-pop and when instructed to by management. This is the kind of thing that happens at TGS. And despite the cutaway to the massive LCD screen promoting Gears of War 3, this little dance number is not a celebration of…

Another Look At NeverDead

Hey. It’s been a while. Let’s check in with NeverDead, the shoot ’em up that’s chock full of self-inflicted dismemberment and decapitation. I think Konami’s shoot-and-slice fest is looking rather promising. What do you think? NeverDead, produced by Metal Gear Acid creator Shinta Nojiri and developed by Rebellion, adds a new element to shooting action…

Sonic The Hedgehog Producer On Sonic Colors vs. ‘The Sonic Cycle’

Longtime fans of Sonic the Hedgehog may be familiar with the phenomenon known as “The Sonic Cycle,” seemingly a constant in the development of new games starring the blue blur. It’s something the producer of Sonic Colors is confident his newest game will avoid. For those who aren’t familiar with The Sonic Cycle, it represents…

Shooting High School Girls With My Pheromone Shot In Gal Gun

I’ve played Gal Gun, the Xbox 360 on-rails shooter that pits you, the lonely high school student Tenzou, against a horde of school girl admirers on a quest to find true love. Cute? Kind of. Creepy? Yep. Shallow? You bet! Alchemist’s new romantic on-rails shooter, from Mega Man Zero and Mega Man 9 developer Inti…

How Did Zombies Invade Sega’s Japanese Gangster Game?

Sega’s ultra-popular (in Japan) Yakuza series is going completely bananas with its next console-based entry, Yakuza: Of The End. Sega is taking the crime-culture Japanese gangster series and throwing a zombie invasion into the mix. Huh? According to Masayoshi Kikuchi, producer of the Yakuza games, it was his inspired idea to introduce the hordes of…

New NeverDead Trailer Adds Some Laughs To Tokyo Game Show

It may be a twin gun shooter featuring a quirky, scruffy hero battling hordes of demons, but there’s something novel—something endearing—about Konami’s NeverDead. It must be the immortal hero’s frequent loss of limbs and head. Designed by Shinta Nojiri of Metal Gear Acid and developed by Rebellion, NeverDead is wacky enough and attractive enough to…

What *Is* PixelJunk Lifelike, Anyway?

If you saw the debut trailer for Q-Games’ new project Lifelike, you probably thought to yourself “Uh… what?” Fortunately, we caught up with Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert and visual artist-musician Baiyon at TGS to learn more about the PixelJunk spin-off. Cuthbert says that Lifelike is not a game, but a music visualizer for the PlayStation…

There’s A New PSP Coming With A New Piece of Hardware

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan isn’t done with the PlayStation Portable. In fact, it’s releasing an updated version of the PSP alongside Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, introducing a new analog stick. The special edition Monster Hunter styled PSP will feature an analog stick that’s slightly modified to make those epically long loot-gathering sessions more comfortable for…

Project Dark Is The Demon’s Souls Team’s Next Game

Sony revealed a new title from the team responsible for hardcore hit Demon’s Souls at its Tokyo Game Show 2010 press conference today. Project Dark was touted as something of a successor to 2009’s PS3 exclusive Demon’s Souls. A short preview trailer for Project Dark was shown at Sony’s press conference, full of demons and…

Team ICO Presents At Tokyo Game Show Live

The man behind Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian, Fumito Ueda, is presenting his latest projects at Tokyo Game Show today, offering insight into the designer’s new (and not so new) work. We’re getting started a little late, but follow along in the liveblog below to hear what Ueda and Team ICO…

PS3 GT5 Gallery

The Last Guardian Finally Coming Holiday 2011

Sony has put a date on Team ICO’s highly anticipated third game, The Last Guardian. The PlayStation 3 game will be released at some point during the “holiday 2011” window. Yes, that is a very long wait for a game we’ve been lusting after for more than a year now. At least we have the…

Fire Pro-Wrestling Returns, Now Cuter To Xbox 360

Japan’s venerable wrasslin’ series, Fire Pro-Wrestling, is back and now on the Xbox 360. And now with Xbox 360 Avatars as playable grapplers. Spike, the developer of the Fire Pro-Wrestling series as of the year 2000, will be creating a new entry for Xbox Live Arcade for release in 2011. Fire Pro-Wrestling lets you customize…

Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show Kick-Off Keynote Live

Microsoft is about to kick Tokyo Game Show 2010 into full gear, pimping all things Xbox 360, Xbox Live and Kinect. Hopefully, that means Microsoft executives talking about Gal Gun with a straight face. We shall see! Follow along with Microsoft’s TGS keynote, which we’ll be covering live for the next hour or so. Let’s…