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UncategorizedHere, Look at WipeOut 2048 for Five Minutes!
Frantic, futuristic racing. That’s right, WipeOut 2048 is one of the launch titles coming to the PlayStation Vita. It’s shaping up nicely. Here, game designer Graeme Ankers walks us through, providing a look at what you can expect. Be sure to check out Kotaku‘s hands on impressions of the game. You can contact Brian Ashcraft,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Japan’s Deadliest Developer Tells The Next Generation To Grow A Pair
I got the chance to sit down with Dead or Alive creator and former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki yesterday, ostensibly to talk about his studio’s upcoming action game Devil’s Third. Since that game made a late pullout from the Tokyo Game Show, however, there wasn’t much to talk about. So instead we talked about…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s a Sin Only Europe Gets This Persona 2 Collector’s Edition
Are you seeing red, North American Persona fans? That’s because this European collector’s edition of the PSP redux of Persona 2: Innocent Sin comes with so much more than the skimpy mini-soundtrack we’re getting over here. Ghostlight, the company handling Innocent Sin’s European release, is pulling out several of the stops to please fans of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedThese AR Games Are the PS Vita’s Holy Shit Moment
AR is the Nintendo 3DS’s holy shit moment. Ditto for the PS Vita. Sony is offering a new spin on AR with markerless AR play. It’s impressive to see in action, and certainly something to show the friends if you want to wow them with your new hardware. Here, Sony shows off upcoming PS Vita…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD Remake is Filled With Gorgeous Bugs
Can you spot the bugs in this trailer for the HD remake of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath for the PlayStation 3? That’s right, they’re hanging out in the ammo slots for Stranger’s critter-launching crossbow, one of the greatest first-person shooter weapons of all time. It shoots insects, chipmunks, small fuzzy ball creatures, and more, and it’s…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Do You Clean Your Horribly Filthy Gaming Equipment?
In today’s disgustingly dirty edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner wonders what everyone does to keep their controllers and portable game devices from cultivating new forms of bacterial life. I was wondering, Kotaku, do you guys have any special tips or tricks for keeping your controllers and handhelds clean? I typically use a…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Ignoring iPhone, 3DS and Vita Hype, Valve Doesn’t Want to Make Portable Games
Nintendo is catching a lot of heat these days for refusing to make games for the iPhone, but one of the other elite video game companies, the forward-thinking makers of Portal, Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2, Valve Software isn’t just shunning iPhone. Valve shows no interest in making portable games at all. Not for iPhone.…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dead Island Devs Push Back DLC, Refocus Energy on Bug Squashing
Dead Island‘s expansion packs, both announced and not, may be hitting later than planned as developers refocus their energy on fixing the game, Deep Silver tells Kotaku “Right now the Dead Island development team’s priority is working on fixes and updates across all platforms so that we can take care of all of the fans…
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
What a week: Nintendo 3DS conference, Sony Conference, the TGS. There’s lots of news and I’m sure you guys have lots to say about it. Or you don’t… In that case, just speak whatever comes to mind because it’s talk amongst yourselves time. Cheers to Cleesox for today’s image. Want to have your TAYpic featured…
By Nick Partyka Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tokyo Game Explosion Day 1: Final Fantasy XIII-2, Gold Vitas and… Good 3DS News!
We’ve got a guy who speaks Japanese and one who speaks Australian tearing through Tokyo Game Show, eyeballing Hideo Kojima, playing the prettiest PlayStation 3 game they’ve ever seen, and soaking in all the news from Tokyo Game Show 2011. Here is all the top news from the last 24 hours of TGS… PS Vita…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Holding Out Against a Hero
You see the icon, you read the name, you boot it up, you think Tiny Heroes is about deploying a diminutive unit to plunder the gold from the dungeon laying out there before it. Wrong. In this game, you are a goblin, and your job is to marshal your resources to keep the Tiny Heroes…
By Owen Good Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Isn’t Your Father’s Panzer Dragoon
Project Draco is the latest title from the designer behind Panzer Dragoon The game is a sci-fi yarn in which humans colonized an unnamed planet inhabited by dragons. The humans are able to befriend the dragons and control them. Enter Project Draco The game is a Kinect rail shooter, but promises 180 degrees of freedom.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dead Island Nears 2M
Buggy, but fun hack-and-slash zombie role-playing game Dead Island shipped more than a million copies to stores in the first few days of release and expects to send out 2 million globally by the end of week, the publishers say. Of course, these aren’t sold to gamers numbers, but it is still pretty impressive.
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedDo You Know Whose Voice Haunts This Game?
Haunt is the latest title from Masaya Matsuura, the designer best known for Parappa the Rapper Haunt is an Xbox Live title for Kinect. It’s set in a haunted house with players fending off ghosts and shining a flashlight down creepy hallways. It’s not scary, and it’s kid friendly. For gamers, Haunt has a special…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedI Think I Just Played the Prettiest Game On the PS3
What determines somebody’s “best-looking” game on a system is a subjective thing. Some will prefer clean lines, others copious effects. Me, I can do without either if a game just has great art Level-5 and Studio Ghibli’s Ni No Kuni on the PS3 has amazing art. Given the contributions of Japan’s most storied animation studio,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tokyo Game Show Shook by a Small Earthquake
This afternoon, just as the Tokyo Game Show was grinding to a halt for the day, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan. There were no immediate injuries according to early reports The quake was 140 miles east of Tokyo, and the quake was felt at the Makuhari Messe, where TGS is held. The press…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Square Enix’s Tokyo Game Show Booth Is…Look Out, Giant Chocobo!
As you’d expect, Square Enix’s booth at this year’s Tokyo Game Show is one of the biggest and most popular, even on this first day, which should be quiet. Which it wasn’t. At least at the place where you could play Final Fantasy games. Also on-hand were some Western games that Square Enix is helping…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Three Out of Four Online Marriages End in Divorce, Says Korean MMO
MapleStory, the South Korean sidescrolling MMO (above), allows players to get hitched if they so choose. Sadly, many of the unions are not parted by death but divorceā€”20,344 out of 26,982, to be precise. Nexon, the publisher of MapleStory recently released the figures. Getting hitched runs a $25 in-world fee but splitting up doesn’t incur…
By Owen Good Published September 15, 2011
