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Metal Gear 3D, Zone of the Enders Coming In 2012
Soaking up the adoration of the masses at a Tokyo Game Show stage presentation over the weekend, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima dished out some release information regarding two of his company’s upcoming remakes. First, Metal Gear Snake Eater 3D. It’ll be out in early 2012, dashing the hopes of those who thought the game’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Get Ready To Fall in Love with Lumines All Over Again
Monster Hunter is now synonymous with the PSP. Back in late 2004 and early 2005, that wasn’t the case. Monster Hunter was a PS2 game, and Sony was still convinced that the PSP was its new Walkman. Puzzle game Lumines, which launched in Japan in December 2004, was the PSP’s killer app. It took advantage…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011 -
Uncategorized“New” BioShock Infinite Trailer Makes a Mockery of the Monorail
I’m not a scientist, so I can’t tell you exactly how much of this new BioShock Infinite trailer (commission for the Tokyo Game Show) is actually new. So let’s just guess and say “some”. There’s a can-opening sequence that looks new (at least compared to the very similar E3 clip). And some new gameplay stuff.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedLet’s Watch the Most Beautiful PS Vita Game of the Tokyo Game Show
Sumioni is one of the most striking and arresting games I’ve seen in a long, long time. Last week during the Tokyo Game Show, Acquire’s Luke Rideout showed me the game. In the above video, Rideout provides an overview for the title. Sumioni is still early—hence, the load times. The game has been called Okami…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe History of Video Game Consoles (Brought to you by TGS)
Tucked away in a deserted corner of the Tokyo Game Show was this enormous timeline, charting the history of both video game hardware and of TGS. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Year’s Tokyo Game Show Smashed Attendance Records
Not only was the first public day of TGS the biggest ever, the entire show’s attendance was, too. Over TGS 2011’s four days 222,600 people attended the show, which is about twenty thousand more than last year. [Mantan Web]
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
How PSP Games Will Get a Second Lease of Life On the Vita
A big problem with PSP games like the Grand Theft Auto titles was the fact the old handheld only had one thumbstick. Now that the Vita has two, and can play old PSP games, Sony is looking at a backwards fix for that. “Downloadable PSP games will play on the Vita”, Sony Worldwide Studios boss…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cosplay at the Tokyo Game Show is a Sweaty, Dangerous Mess
Saturday was hell. The Tokyo Game Show convention halls overflowed with 86,000 people. Not everyone was there to game. Many had something else in mind: Taking pictures of cosplayers. Tokyo Game Show’s cosplay alley is a walkway between convention center halls. Cosplayers agree that the lighting and even the stone structure and frosted glass backgrounds…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis World of Warcraft Family is a bad Sitcom In the Making
The family that games together stays together. Or so the Santellana family believes, having traded in family outings for nights spent roaming Azeroth on their matching mounts. They’re part of a guild that includes…the parents and two sons, and have setup a World of Warcraft command station in their living room so that all four…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedNetflix Adding Video Game Rentals, Spawning Spin-off Qwikster
Big changes are afoot at video streaming and DVD-by-mail service Netflix. It’s splitting the business in two, with the Netflix half focusing solely on internet video streaming and a new company, Qwikster, handling the old school shipment of DVDs and Blu-ray discs by mail. It’s also about to start renting video games. Netflix will do…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Congratulations On Your New Game! Please Don’t Play It.
Reddit user jinoxide lucked out and got his mail-order copy of Gears of War 3 a little early. Perhaps to cover their asses – or perhaps just sensing we need to start the working week with a chuckle – GameStop included a friendly little message. I guess they expect me to organise my own midnight…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Ico HD Looks Like the Game’s Third, and Best, Release
With the games to be released internationally over the next two weeks, the Tokyo Game Show was our last chance to check out both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus in HD before they hit the shelves. Sadly, I didn’t have time to get to Shadow of the Colossus (it was a little busy in…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 - CultureTotal Recall
The Year E3 Went to Japan and Tried to Kill the Tokyo Game Show
With the Tokyo Game Show having just wound up, I thought today would be a good time to look back to 1996, when for the first and only time it wasn’t the only major gaming event held in Tokyo. For one year, and one year only, it had competition in the form of E3. An…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Golden Potato
Gabe and the Golden Potato | Valve boss Gabe Newell autographed this golden potato (both his signature and “Spaaaaaaaaace!” above it) for Kotaku reader Rodger A., who won a virtual golden potato during the Portal 2 ARG release event. As he already had all the games in the Valve Complete Pack awarded to Golden Potato…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedSuper Pixel Bros. is a Playable Super Mario Bros., in Only 64 Pixels
This is Super Mario Bros. reduced to a 64-pixel version (sorta). Modder Brad Slattery made this handheld 8 by 8 LED board which displays a playable Super Mario Bros., if you use a lot of imagination, of course. Mario is just a single yellow blip. Just as impressive, Slattery wrote a level editor that converts…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2011 - Culture
Gears Up
The conclusion to Epic Games’ Gears of War trilogy arrives only on Xbox 360 this weel, joined by the HD remake of Resident Evil 4, another DLC extension for Fallout: New Vegas, the Rezurrection map pack for Call of Duty players on PS3 and PC, and the controversial fighter Supremacy MMA Monday • Dragon Quest…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Former Mega Man Producer Says He Offered to Finish Mega Man Legends 3 Under Contract but Capcom Said No Thanks
Keiji Inafune split from Capcom about a year ago, clearly burned out—at one point he said he “hated” his job. However, he still was committed to finishing the 3DS game Mega Man Legends 3, whose cancellation set off a firestorm of anger this summer. Inafune threw more gasoline on the blaze when he suggested that…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Come Out to Play …
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Top Ten Gangs in Video Game History [Joystick Division] JD plumbs the lineups of some of the most well known crime-genre games to compile…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
There Will Be No Prestige Edition of Modern Warfare 3
In late August, details leaked about a Modern Warfare 3 “Hardened” special edition, but none for a “Prestige,” a more deluxe package that notoriously included night-vision goggles for Modern Warfare 2 in 2009. There are no details yet on a Prestige edition because there will be no Prestige edition for Modern Warfare 3 Infinity Ward’s…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Go Pick Up The Gunstringer‘s Soundtrack for Free
If you’re a fan of video game soundtracks, you can pick up a hefty 27-track compilation for free right now from The Gunstringer. Twisted Pixel just made it available on the game’s official page. Head over there, click on “Downloads” atop the page and you’ll see it. It’s about a 70MB .zip offering you more…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2011