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Sure, Play the PS Vita in Your Car
A new gaming portable means more than new games. It also means new peripherals, and that’s exactly what Sony is giving the PS Vita. Some of the peripherals are no surprises (a pouch! a cloth!), while others are other slightly more interesting. Sony also provided the Japanese pricing for the PS Vita memory cards. Let’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
The PS Vita’s 3G Plans Could Raise Eyebrows in Japan
This December, Sony is launching two PS Vitas. One model is the cheaper 3G model. The other is a 3G version. Japanese carrier Docomo is handling the Vita’s 3G services. Paid online services are nothing new to Sony or the PlayStation platform. The Vita’s 3G services are a departure. Do be aware that these are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
How About Two New PS3 Colors? Okay, Then!
At today’s pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference, Sony revealed two new PS3 colors: Splash Blue and Scarlet Red. Both are 320GB models and will go on sale Nov. 17 in Japan for ¥29,980 (US$390). You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Does the PS Vita’s Battery Life Stack Up to the 3DS’s?
According to Nintendo, the Nintendo 3DS’s battery gives players from three to eight hours of play. How does that compare to the PS Vita’s battery? Today, Sony revealed that the PS Vita will offer between three to five hours of game play. Sony noted that this does not include network play. This is the battery…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Not All the Japanese Launch PS Vita Titles Are “Games”
Several of those, like NicoNico Douga and calendar app Yuusha no Kiroku, are not launch games in the tradition sense. They do not seem to be stand alone titles, but downloadable apps. In this day and age, with the rise of smartphones, I think that’s fine. But let’s not confuse them with “launch titles” in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here Are the PS Vita’s Twenty Six Launch Titles for Japan
On December 17, the PS Vita will go on sale in Japan. When it does, it will have a whole host of titles to support it. Today, at Sony’s pre-Tokyo Game Show press event, the handheld’s launch line-up for Japan was revealed, twenty-six titles strong. Here is a list of the titles available at launch:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Vita Can Play ‘Most’ Downloadable PSP Games, Sony Thinking About Solution for UMD Owners
Sony’s next generation handheld will, as previously promised, support downloadable PSP titles. The PlayStation Vita will even let you take advantage of its dual analog sticks to control some software. But what about those of us with nothing but PSP games on UMD? Well, Sony says that it’s “thinking” about a solution that would accommodate…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders HD Collections Coming to Vita Too
And the ports just keep on coming! PlayStation Vita owners will have even more high-def versions of classic games to play on the go as Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that the previously announced Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders HD collections will also come to Vita. Those games are said…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy X is Coming to PlayStation Vita and PS3 in HD
Square Enix will bring PlayStation 2 role-playing game Final Fantasy X to the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3, the company announced today, giving the 2001 video game a high definition makeover. The game’s publisher called the HD upgrade a “special 10th anniversary production” but did not show the Vita and PS3 version in action, only…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Are You Going Commando To the Gears Of War 3 Launch
GameStop sent us a box of underwear, t-shirts and steak seasoning to help promote their Go Commando Gears of War 3 giveaway… What now? The t-shirts all say Go Commando, as do the boxers, but what about that steak seasoning? “Omaha steak seasoning – to help prepare a Gears meat shield.” Wait, doesn’t the underwear…
By Brian Crecente Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony’s Tokyo Game Show Press Conference LIVE Coverage
Tokyo Game Show 2011 is… GO!!! Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is kicking it off with its pre-TGS keynote, talking about all things PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Network. Kotaku is in the house, keeping an eye on what Sony execs have to say about the future of PlayStation. Join us, won’t you? Sony will…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Ninja Gaiden, Katamari, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and More Coming to PlayStation Vita
Details from the latest issue of Famitsu magazine are leaking all over the place, revealing a slew of PlayStation Vita games both new and old, including versions of Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Katamari Damacy, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and more. Early, still unconfirmed reports from the Japanese magazine front indicate that in addition to the…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedMario & Sonic Will Be Walking Like Crazy At the London Olympic Games
Why isn’t this future Nintendo 3DS video game, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, included alongside the other 3DS videos Kotaku posted earlier today? Because you’d probably gloss right over this one, missing out on the most intense walking we’ve ever seen from Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. The Nintendo 3DS version…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedStreet Fighter X Tekken Opens Up ‘Pandora Mode,’ Adds Online ‘Scramble’ for 4 Fighters
The battle between Capcom and Namco Bandai’s most famous fighters in Street Fighter X Tekken just got a little more interesting, thanks to some new modes revealed in time with the Tokyo Game Show. Just what are Pandora and Scramble modes? The former lets fighters sacrifice their tag team partners for a “short, but powerful,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Thursday Retro Game Master Takes On Golden Axe
This season’s Retro Game Master ends with a bang as the Kacho takes on… Golden Axe. Released in 1989 by Sega for the arcade, this high fantasy side-scroller beat ’em up later made its way to a number of different consoles. In the game players take on the role of a dwarf, a barbarian or…
By Brian Crecente Published September 13, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe ‘Super Mario Ceremony 30th Anniversary Medley’ is an 18-Minute Mariogasm of Sight and Sound
Jamming 30 years worth of Mario tunes and visuals into an epic 18-minute-long video remix, the creators of “Super Mario Ceremony The 30th Anniversary Medley” doing an impressive job of honoring Nintendo’s famous mascot. “Super Mario Ceremony” covers the basics, from Donkey Kong to Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario 64 to Super Mario Galaxy,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Get A Good Look at the Posterior of Nintendo’s New 3DS Slide Pad Expansion Thing
Still curious about Nintendo’s new aftermarket add-on for the Nintendo 3DS, the one that adds a second analog stick, one more shoulder button and the need for an AAA battery? Yes, that one. Well here it is in the wild, snapped in all its ungainly glory at Nintendo’s 3DS Conference 2011. It’s a bit thicker…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
God of War: Origins, Renegade Ops & From Dust Are New on the PlayStation Store
This week’s North American PlayStation Store update is here, dropping an eclectic mix of downloadable games that includes a pair of PSP remakes in God Of War: Origins, god game From Dust and… the import version of Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness?! While Kratos in HD may be the most prominent release on the PlayStation Store (and…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tokyo Game Show Get!
MonHun – Scene from the massive Monster Hunter Portable 3rd booth at the 2010 Tokyo Game Show. TGS 2011 begins today. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine: The Kotaku Review Until recently I was under the impression that Warhammer 40,000 was a tabletop war game played mainly by bookish and bearded nerds in comic shops and out-of-the-way…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011