You do need to go to Tunisia, which doubled as Tatooine spaceport Mos Espa. It was what Anakin Skywalker called home and the locale for the podrace in Star Wars: Episode I. Real people now live on the abandoned set, but not all of Mos Espa was created by Hollywood. Ksar Hadada in Tunisia served…
The bugs are back. D3 Publisher has released new details and images for Earth Defense Force 4, the sequel to Earth Defense Force 3 (Better known in the west as Earth Defense Force 2017). Unlike Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon which is being treated as a spin-off, EDF4 will be the official sequel to EDF3.…
Nintendo of America’s pricing and release date reveal for the Wii U is only hours away. Kotaku already posted the game’s Japanese release date and dual pricing. But how much will it cost in U.S. dollars? I’m fairly confident my educated guess is right. In Japan, Nintendo is launching two Wii U bundles: there’s the…
Those Wii U owners who shell out for the higher end Wii U get more than added gigabytes and accessories. They also get access to Nintendo Network Premium. The Nintendo Network is the Kyoto-based game company’s online service. It’s supposed to be free, but earlier this summer Nintendo said it could not promise that the…
The Wii came with a Sensor Bar. The Wii U does not. The logic behind this seems to be that Nintendo thinks Wii U customers already have a Wii, so they can use that Sensor Bar with the Wii U. Those customers who do not have a Sensor Bar, Nintendo is more than happy to…
Those who do not get the Wii U Premium Set might want to pony up for the various Wii U accessories that the bundle contains—namely, the stands. You can get the Wii U GamePad Stand Set for ¥1,890, and it includes a Wii U GamePad stand and a charger stand. For ¥315, you can get…
While Nintendo made public announcements earlier this morning about the Wii U’s price and release date in Japan, they were mysteriously silent on the final specs for the console. A post on VGleaks has appeared this morning, though, claiming to have info directly from Nintendo’s restricted developer’s site. Take this with a grain of salt,…
When the Wii U goes on sale in Japan on December 8, the cheaper of the two hardware bundles available will be priced at ¥26250. If you want to buy a second Wii U controller, though – and remember, the system does support two, even if early games won’t – you’re going to have to…
When the Wii U launches in Japan on December 8, both New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land will be available for gamers to purchase. New Super Mario Bros. U, the Wii U version of New Super Mario Bros., is priced at ¥5,985, while Nintendo Land is ¥4,935. Both will also get download versions.
Today, Nintendo revealed that its next generation home console will be out in Japan on December 8. There will be two types of Wii U’s on sale: a Basic Set and a Premium Set. They are priced at 26,250 and 31,500 (plus tax). The Basic Set has 8GB of Flash Memory, while the Premium Set…
Tonight, for the first time, Nintendo will be divulging concrete information on its upcoming Wii U console for the Japanese market. Release dates, prices, specs, the works. While much of it will be of direct relevance only to the Japanese market, we should be able to divulge hints as to Western availability and pricing from…
Today, Nintendo also dated and priced the Wii U Pro Controller. It will be available at launch in Japan on December 8. It’s priced at ¥5040. The Wii U Pro Controller was first shown earlier this summer. It sill looks like a pad from one of Nintendo’s competitors. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though!…
Well, they did. Never mind they spend their entire lives scrounging an existence atop a wet, post-apocalyptic wasteland. It’s all they know and they’re happy with that, OK? Wind Waker Love [DeviantArt, via sollybot]
According to Japan’s Corocoro magazine, the latest Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Magna Gate and The Maze of Infinity will be out on the 3DS this winter in Japan. The Corocoro article calls the game “totally new” and “totally different” from Pokémon games up to now. Have a look at the game—and its 3D…
Capcom’s online store in Japan is selling these Mega Man hoodies. Just looking at them, they appear to be like any other poorly-imagined video game hoodie, straddling the fence between design and cosplay and satisfying neither. That is, until you fold the arm back. Oh my God that’s a mega buster you can fold out…
As previously hinted at, here is the teaser site for Sega’s “Project Omega”. Under September 13, the Japanese character “de” (デ) is written. It seems like each day a new phonetic katakana title will appear, revealing the game’s name. There’s also a lady in a black dress with an icon on her chest. Not sure…
Believe it or not – and I’d forgive you for not believing it, given the mod’s torturous history – but this is reportedly a shot of notorious Half-Life remake Black Mesa. Like, its gold master disc. Meaning the thing is actually done Well, mostly done; as we told you last week, the mod won’t contain…
We won’t know the exact details of the Japanese Wii U launch until 4pm Tokyo time. That’s soon, but to pass the time until then, let’s speculate a little about the console’s price. While we could just guess wildly, plucking numbers out of thin air, let’s instead look at that mightiest of historical tools: precedence.…
Sensible Software. If you know what that means you’re probably smiling already. If you don’t, well, you sure missed out. A British studio most prolific – and successful – in the late 80s and early 90s, Sensible developed for platforms like the Spectrum, Amiga and PC, and became famous for two things: adorable little pixel…
You might think the most important new feature in Steam’s “Big Picture” mode is, well, its big picture. But for many hardcore PC gamers, who don’t use the service on a TV screen, the real good stuff can be found with the tweak of a command line. Users in the Big Picture beta have found…
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