Bayonetta and Madworld makers PlatinumGames are giving us Anarchy Reigns (aka Max Anarchy) next, an online beat ’em up full of curious characters. Meet the first confirmed combatant—besides Madworld’s Jack—the tightly-dressed ice queen Sasha. Looks like Anarchy Reigns will feature more of the great fast-paced, timing-based combat PlatinumGames does so well, giving us a little…
Don’t be confused! This is tonight’s open thread! If you want to chit-chat about video games and beyond, do so. If you seek advice, opinion or just good conversation from your fellow Kotaku readers, this is the place to be. There’s some Thai food that needs pickin’ up, so this Reviews Editor is off to…
Like the two-player version of one-button platformer Canabalt, the excellent Super Crate Box is coming to the Winnitron 1000, a video game platform exclusive to Winnipeg, Manitoba. At least we can all enjoy its trailer. The Winnitron 1000, should you happen to find yourself in Winnipeg soon, is an independent video game arcade cabinet. You…
On September 13, 2010, Nintendo celebrated the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. In 2011, two of its other great adventures, Nintendo Entertainment System games Metroid and The Legend of Zelda reach the same milestone. We should celebrate, Nintendo. The 25th birthday of Super Mario Bros. had an air of importance to it. Nintendo released…
Donald Barnes Jr., a video game artist formerly of EA Sports and Activision and the father of two children, was fatally stabbed earlier this week in Oak Park, California. According to police, Don Barnes was assaulted after attempting to intervene in a fight between a man and woman outside of his apartment. Police have arrested…
Still waiting to join the ranks of PlayStation Move owners? If the PlayStation 3’s take on Wii Sports wasn’t your cup of tea, Sony will soon be targeting the Sly Cooper and Ratchet & Clank-loving crowd to get their Move on. PlayStation Move Heroes will join Sports Champions as the other game in North America…
Young Mega Man tries out his medieval arm cannon in this awesome illustration by Damian Buzugbe. Head over to CGHUB and vote for your favorite “Megaman Dark Ages Redesign Challenge” submission! Related Rampage: Megaman Dark Ages Megakids Dark Age Experiments by Damian Buzugbe (Blog) (CGHUB) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so,…
Nintendo makes great rhythm video games in the form of Rhythm Heaven—simple, but smartly designed arcade-style games that are incredibly addictive and rich. The company is bringing one of those to the Wii and it too looks fantastic. Along with the new Kirby game for Wii, Nintendo showed off its latest Rhythm Heaven at an…
Once more unto the new game plus, dear friends. I’ll be playing through Dead Space 2 this weekend for the second time this weekend, a chance to scratch the PlayStation Trophy itch and power up a flamethrower. Dead Space seems to be among the few franchises I personally deem worthy of a replay. I’ve played…
The Nintendo 3DS will get its eShop as late as May in Japan as part of a major software update, along with a web browser and the ability to transfer DSiWare titles, according to details coming from an investor meeting in Japan. Nintendo’s eShop for the 3DS will sell Game Boy and Game Boy Color…
The people who make unusual game products like a Wii Remote that can be customized with LEGO blocks—one of their more successful video game controllers—can sometimes make a controller better than Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft, I’ve learned. Power A is the company who makes official LEGO Wii Remotes, which unless you’re the creator of Final…
PlayStation Portable owners haven’t seen a Call of Duty game on their platform since 2007’s Call of Duty: Roads to Victory. That will change with the arrival of the next generation PSP, the NGP, says Activision. Philip Earl from Activision took to the stage at Sony’s unveiling of the PSP2 to show the Call of…
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series of novels is being adapted for movies and television. Also planned? A “very ambitious game component […] that will further utilize elements from the books,” says an AICN source.
The Virtual Boy is one of Nintendo’s biggest flops, an experiment in stereoscopic 3D that left a bad taste in the mouths of some of the game maker’s employees, leaving them with hesitation that the Nintendo 3DS could succeed. In the latest “Iwata Asks,” the interviews conducted by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, he asks the…
The Street Fighter Blanka needs a RECHARGE! Chewing down on that electrifying Pokemon Pikachu gives him a quick fix. Great idea by banzanza RECHARGING by banzanza Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.
The game we’ve known as Max Anarchy until now—well, for the past two days—will be known as Anarchy Reigns when it comes to the West. Sega makes the latest game from PlatinumGames official today, with all-new screens. Anarchy Reigns is described by Sega as a “third-person multiplayer brawler” due for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox…
The PSP2—or the NGP, as its currently codenamed—may be powerful enough to play PlayStation 3-quality games. At today’s coming out party for the next-generation PlayStation Portable, Sony and friends showed just that. Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida likened the power of the next PSP to that of its current home console, the four-year-old PS3. A handful of…
The PSP2 is finally here. Sony revealed its brand new PlayStation Portable at an event in Tokyo today, our first official look at the PlayStation maker’s next foray into handheld gaming, the NGP or “Next Generation Portable.” First details below. The Hardware Sony confirmed many of the features of the PSP2 that we’ve already heard…
Good evening, Kotaku readers. I know you’re up. You can’t wait to hear about the [forthcoming PlayStation announcement], so let’s make the time pass more quickly with an open thread. Off topic conversations are welcome here. And video game related ones are too. Surely the anticipation of the PSP2 and/or PSP Phone (aka Sony Ericsson…
In the wake of hackers exploiting security vulnerabilities in the PlayStation 3, opening the system to custom firmware, hacks and piracy, Sony appears to be issuing a response with new security updates. The official PlayStation.blog warns that a new system update for the PS3 (version 3.56) will be released soon. Eric Lempel, VP or Network…
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