The re-release of Resident Evil 5—aka Biohazard on that side of the Pacific—looks like it has already paid for itself, the zombie hunting adventures of Chris and Jill delivering another 143,000 scares to Japanese gamers. This week also saw another PlayStation 3 exclusive or two arrive in Japan, Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain, selling well enough…
Namco is giving Pac-Man another chance to satisfy his hunger for dots and ghost flesh at arcades, unveiling Pac-Man Battle Royale at next month’s Amusement Expo show in Las Vegas. What is Pac-Man Battle Royale? It’s not a fighting game in the Tekken vein, as some of us theorized, but what appears to be a…
The puzzle’s the thing in The Odd Gentlemen’s time-twisting, brain-teasing platformer The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, a pie collecting adventure made fascinating by the eponymous Winterbottom and his superhuman ability to clone himself. In The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, players control the umbrella-wielding Winterbottom and his many clones, which are recorded loops of the pie-hungry…
Ubisoft’s real-time strategy city building game experiences The Kirby Effect during its trans-Atlantic trip, as seen on NeoGAF. (Xtreme version for ass-kicking North Americans follows.)
Yesterday’s announced update to Valve’s Steam digital distribution service came with a surprise—hints that the Half-Life developer may be planning to add Mac OS X support to the currently Windows-only software. Steam forum members dug through newly released files from the recently launched open beta and dug up a handful of Mac OS X-specific graphics,…
Don’t be alarmed by that “party” in the title. Disney Guilty Party from Wideload Games, announced today at Nintendo’s media summit in San Francisco, looks like more than your average Wii mini-game collection. From the developer of Stubbs the Zombie and Hail to the Chimp and published by their new owner Disney Interactive Studios, Guilty…
Nintendo has released all new media of Metroid: Other M, the Team Ninja and Nintendo developed Wii game that tells a more “revealing, personal story” than previous Metroid games, including Other M’s chronological predecessor, Super Metroid. What Nintendo calls a “dramatic new direction for a legendary franchise and a bold new blend between cinematics, storytelling…
Why does a man play Mario? This brand new Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer of the May 23-dated Wii game is may be the ideal answer to that question. It’s not just the drilling through planets in Galaxy 2 or the bigger than a moon dragon that Mario must battle. It’s the clever use of…
Nintendo of America announced today that the Metroid: Other M, the second proper Metroid game for the Wii, will release in North America on June 27. The Nintendo, Team Ninja and D-Rockets co-developed Wii game was announced at E3 2009 and promises to delve further into the story of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran. Expect…
Nicalis’ enhanced WiiWare port of PC adventure game Cave Story is finally coming to Nintendo’s downloadable game service and we’ve got the release date to prove it. Cave Story for WiiWare is officially on for March 22nd, according to the developer. The Wii version of Cave Story features enhanced graphics, remixed music and a “few…
Nintendo has made today’s Nintendo Summit in San Francisco the most exciting event of the day, dating two titles that have been TBA for far too long: Sin & Punishment 2 for the Wii and Picross 3D for Nintendo DS. Sin & Punishment 2 will come stateside as Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, arriving June…
BAFTA! That’s the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to the rest of you not on an acronym basis with the academy. And they’re giving the creator of Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. fellowship props. The BAFTA’s fellowship award is “the highest accolade the Academy can bestow on an individual for their creative…
Kotaku Off Topic readers and commenters, I have a largely off topic question for you. Should I watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine? Not trying to up my nerd cred any further, but as a long time fan of The Next Generation and the unfortunate follower of Voyager, my interest in finding more enjoyable Trek…
PopCap Games is practically giving away Peggle Nights, offering the PC and Mac nighttime sequel to the amazing Peggle for little more than signing up for a PopCap Passport account. That’s just a few keystrokes and checkbox clicks! Yes, if you would like to save $19.95 USD off the regular price of Peggle Nights, the…
The North American PlayStation Store is getting one new addition that can bear the PSone Classic moniker with a straight face this week, the excellent role-playing game from developer Game Arts, Grandia. Look, no offense to the makers of Dirt Jockey, Sorcerer’s Maze and Hi-Octane: The Track Fights Back, but the addition of Grandia is…
Valve has revealed its plans for a brand new version of Steam, its digital distribution and social networking service. And it’s letting Steam users test its long list of new features out, starting today. The visual and functional update to Steam includes an expanded Friends List, letting players keep closer tabs on what their Steam…
The artists behind 2009’s Game of the Year and recent award hog Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be showing off the artistic talents that got them hired at Naughty Dog at the upcoming Unleashed: The Art of Naughty Dog Exhibit. That opportunity to eyeball the creative works of some 20 strong Naughty Dogs will be…
How far would you go to improve the box art of the game that you love? If that game is the newly released Heavy Rain, fortunately, you don’t have to go too far to upgrade it. As promised Sony Computer Entertainment America has offered purchasers of today’s release a more pleasing, less tank top-highlighting Heavy…
Mode
Follow us
