Expect more ninja than normal in PlayStation Home starting this week, as G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is set to promotionally invade Sony’s social service, bringing Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes outfits with it. The good news? They’re free via Home’s Threads Store and also include outfits for Duke and The Baroness. Make it…
This week’s North American PlayStation Store is a goodie. PlayStation 3 owners can stuff themselves on newly available games like Fat Princess, the Madden NFL 10 demo and lovely new themes and wallpapers. I’ve already downloaded the Katamari Forever and Noby Noby Boy theme, far more understated than I would have guessed. A Fat Princess…
Brütal Legend‘s Rocktober release appears to be safely on schedule, as a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has tentatively denied Activision’s request to delay the game. The rival publisher sued developer Double Fine in June, claiming ownership to Brütal Legend. Whether the judge will ultimately rule in Activision’s favor and deny gamers a face melting…
There have been lots of assumptions that Borderlands and Brothers In Arms developer Gearbox Software was hard at work on a Halo game for Microsoft. That’s partly based on things Gearbox has said, partly on things it didn’t say. Microsoft has put the kibosh on that speculation, via the Halo Waypoint Twitter account today. “For…
Certainly none of this week’s new games! While plenty of new titles hit Japan this past week, none of them came within spitting distance of Dragon Quest IX‘s continued strong sales. Only next week will we see a real challenger. That’s when Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii will arrive at Japanese game retailers, a…
Unsurprisingly, the developer of the critically acclaimed Wii re-imagining of Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! would like to make a sequel. Yes, Next Level Games enjoys steady work and continued paychecks apparently. But the proposed ideas for a sequel are what’s interesting. Next Level Games’ gameplay lead Bryce Holliday tells the Official Nitnendo Magazine UK that the developer…
A report from the USC Annenberg School for Communication finds that the video game racial landscape has a long way to go to match that of American society, fairing about as well or worse than that of television. The study surveyed the “top 150 games in a year across nine platforms and all rating levels”…
Good news, lonely gamers. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has signed on with Ludia to pump out games based on ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, letting you experience the romantic thrill of combing through scores of suitors from your couch. Expect games based on both dating games to ship “across multiple platforms” following the conclusion…
Microsoft has confirmed the final lineup for Lips: Number One Hits, the sequel to the Inis-developed karaoke game that hit the Xbox 360 last year. You’ll be able to tap into your inner Lady Gaga and MC Hammer this October. As number one hits tend to be, the Lips sequel is filled with nothing but…
Demon’s Souls is coming stateside, thanks to publisher of all things niche Atlus. Therefore, it would really appreciate it if you’d stop importing the already translated Japanese version, now rather cheap. It’s doing so with many, many pre-order goodies. Today those offerings expand, as Atlus notes on the official PlayStation.blog that not only will Demon’s…
A listing for the PlayStation 3 version of Star Ocean: The Last Hope appeared on retailer Gamefly this week, an unannounced port of the Xbox 360 version. Square Enix reps now say that retailer listing was made in error. Sqaure Enix reps told Kotaku “We cannot comment on a PS3 release at this time.” However,…
EA Sports and Tiburon have signed one more fighter for its upcoming mixed martial arts title, adding Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko to the list of brawlers mixing it up in EA Sports MMA. Emelianenko will be joined by Dutch-American Gegard Mousasi and Brazilian Renato Sobral, three fighters who join “a long list of fighters” that…
Fans of everything that Square Enix does should be on the look out for Gyromancer, a trademark recently filed by Square Enix for use in services such as “computer game software” and “video game software.” That’s typically a good sign that Square Enix will use Gyromancer for a computer game or video game. We’d go…
If it’s good enough for Modern Warfare 2, it’s good enough for Gears, apparently. Microsoft is holding a contest for Japanese Gears Of War 2 fans that could net them a pair of night vision binoculars and a BBQ set. Sure, Gears aficionados can also win a replica Lancer gun, but it’s the option to…
Atlus brought Irem’s R-Type Tactics to North American PSPs last year as R-Type Command, a turn-based strategic deviation from the side-scrolling shoot ’em up the series is known for. A sequel is planned, with an amazing subtitle. R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate will be coming to Japan on October 29, according to a report…
Just in case you missed some of our exhaustive Comic-Con coverage this year, we’ve collected the dozens of stories we wrote before, during and after the show. Somewhat unbelievably, we’re not done just yet. We still have a few more interviews to write up, nuggets to unearth and Comic-Con related things to vent about. Read…
Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is due to land on Xbox Live Arcade this summer, a two-dimensional adventure that’s unabashedly inspired by Nintendo’s Metroid series, only rendered in 3D—pretty much exactly what Metroid and Castlevania fans regularly demand. So why did Chair opt to pursue a Metroid-style adventure for its second Live Arcade title? We sat…
Get thee to an e-mail inbox, Kotaku reader, as invites for the “2009 Xbox Live Update Preview” have been going out to those who opted in to the early look at new changes to the Xbox 360 dashboard. Those updates include things like Netflix movie party sessions, Games On Demand via Xbox Live, interface tweaks…
Sega has released what looks to be the final box art for PlatinumGames’ Bayonetta. Like each of the game’s trailers, the Bayonetta box art features prominent mooning, a little yin and yang, and a reminder that Bayonetta outdoes double-wielding. Too bad the game was recently pushed back in North America, because it was one of…
UFC 2009 Undisputed has done great things for THQ’s bottom line, with 2.9 million copies sold making for a profitable quarter. Logically, the publisher plans to expand its MMA offerings to platforms that aren’t the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. THQ spoke of its plans to bring the UFC license to the Wii and unspecified…
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