Former Team Ninja lead Tomonobu Itagaki has set up shop at Valhalla Game Studios, aligning himself with numerous ex-developers of Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden games, all working together to focus on just one game… for now. Itagaki tells 1UP that “Valhalla will compete in the field of mainstream, packaged games so it wouldn’t…
The Wii is getting a new family-friendly party game—at least in Japan—dubbed And Kensaku that features an unusual partner: Google. Nintendo and developer Shift will be releasing the Google search-powered game next month. According to details from Siliconera, And Kensaku taps into some 10,000 Google search terms and trends, with the option to download additional…
Nintendo recently revealed The Last Story, the first Wii game from role-playing game specialists Mistwalker, but instead of showing actual screens, it’s focusing its energy on highlighting concept art. This time, we get a preview of the game’s ships. While we’ve already basked in the conceptual glory of The Last Story’s islands, cities and NPCs,…
THQ’s apocalyptic adventure Darksiders isn’t forgetting about the PC gaming crowd, with a slightly late port of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game coming to Windows users at some point in the future. Wait, make that “June.” The official reveal of Darksiders for the PC doesn’t offer much in the way of details, just…
Super Mario Bros. recreated in marshmallow Peeps form, for the Washington Post‘s annual Peep Show competition. Thanks, Allison!
Just because High Voltage Software’s horror shoot ’em up The Grinder is making the leap to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, transitioning from first-person perspective to top-down shooter, doesn’t mean the original Wii version is dead. Far from it. According to High Voltage’s CEO Eric Nofsinger, the Wii version is still a going concern,…
Don’t let the first 30 seconds of this new Metroid: Other M trailer fool you. Wedged in the middle of more pre-rendered Samus Aran action is actual gameplay of the new Wii adventure (and *ahem* Zero Suit Samus footage). Not only does Metroid: Other M look fantastic in motion, it looks fast—Team Ninja fast, at…
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-man is going on a spectacular multi-dimensional adventure in his next outing, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, which sends old Web-head to realities both “amazing” and “noir.” Let’s hope the two remaining mystery realms don’t include a “suck” dimension. The previously teased Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions will toss Spider-Man into four separate Marvel universes, according…
High Voltage Software will give fans of its original shooter The Conduit another opportunity to enjoy first-person shooting thrills on the Wii. The latest issue of Nintendo Power unveils the sequel, Conduit 2. That’s Conduit 2, not The Conduit 2, it appears, for reasons that are still unclear. But what is clear is what Sega…
It’s blue skies and barrel rolls for After Burner fans, as Sega puts a date and price on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network release of arcade dogfighter After Burner Climax. On April 21, After Burner Climax touches down on XBLA for 800 Microsoft Points ($10 USD, give or take). One day later, it…
Wipe away that case of the Mondays, Kotaku readers, and do so with a little off topic conversation that can be cleansing and cathartic. The comment thread in this post is yours for the taking. Of course, if you want to talk about bunnies and Cadbury Creme Eggs and Easter basket grass, that’s your prerogative.…
It may not be the timeliest of additions to the LittleBigPlanet virtual closet, but Sackboys and Sackgirls will get some Pixar-designed clothing choices this week. Nine new costumes from The Incredibles hit the PlayStation Store this Thursday. The Incredibles costumes pack features the five costumes you see above, plus a “Retro” Mr. Incredible get up,…
Artist Michel Gagne’s stunning Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet will be coming to consoles, thanks to developer Fuelcell Games and Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade service. Why is this important? Because this game looks amazing. The confirmation of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet’s platform likely won’t come as much of surprise to those who have closely followed the…
If you ever owned a copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, specifically the naughty version that contained the crude, digital doggy-styling mission known as “Hot Coffee,” you may already be five U.S. dollars richer. Publisher Take-Two is sending out checks. Those checks are part of publisher Take-Two Interactive’s efforts to “voluntarily fulfill all properly-submitted…
Guus Oosterbaan’s dedicated Pong console, encased in cement, as seen on the creator’s blog, via Make and Gizmodo.
Retailer Play.com is apparently confirming—and re-confirming—27 tracks from the upcoming Green Day: Rock Band, noting that two of the punk band’s albums, 1994’s Dookie and 2004’s American Idiot, will be included in the game “in their entirety.” MTV Games and Harmonix have officially confirmed a handful of songs from the albums Nimrod, American Idiot and…
Heavenly Sword developer Ninja Theory’s next game, Enslaved, may offer the most pleasant looking post-apocalyptic environment ever, as new screen shots of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game illustrate. Sure, the environments in Enslaved definitely look dilapidated enough, but they don’t have that post-nuclear feel that its end of the world peers have. Namco…
Koei’s latest massive beat ’em up—known as Hokuto Musou in Japan, simply Fist of the North Star for the West—will get a little something extra when it comes westward: the extreme violence that we so desperately need. While the newly released Fist of the North Star game with Dynasty Warriors mechanics is already bursting with…
The maker of Dragon Age and Mass Effect has ended its online countdown clock teasing, revealing something that isn’t a new game, isn’t a batch of fresh downloadable content and isn’t a port of Mass Effect 2. It’s the BioWare Bazaar. The BioWare Bazaar isn’t a new game feature, it’s simply a chance for fans…
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