Toshihiro Nagoshi, who picked making video games over making porn, took a whiff of “Black Dragon” cologne, which is doing an in-game collaboration with the upcoming Yakuza: Of the End 香水に詳しい名越監督にビックリ!? 『龍が如く』コラボ香水を開発スタッフが語る [電撃オンライン via はちま起稿]
According to THQ’s Danny Bilson, Dawn of War III will “have a much larger strategic component to it, more of a global battle going on with little tactical things, sort of MMO-like”. It’s strongly hinted it’ll be revealed (as though it hasn’t already) in August. [Eurogamer]
Even with a recent resurgence of sorts, the time when true adventure gaming was a blockbuster genre is well and truly past. Those interested in re-living that past, or in finding out what all the fuss was about, can check out Hardcore Gaming 101’s Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures The Basics The book sets out…
In 2009, we told you about Spaniard Lucas Ordoñez, who won a Gran Turismo competition that gave him a shot at racing a real car. Fast forward to 2011 and the guy just made the podium at Le Mans, one of the world’s most gruelling and prestigious car races. Ordoñez, who only a few years…
If using a small monkey to cut off sections of clothing is your thing, listen up. Dancing Eye is coming to the PS3, complete with Move support. Back in April, a PS3 Dancing Eye title was listed as cancelled, something that made waves online. It seems Namco took note, and according to Japanese game magazine…
So many games this year are on boats, Gears of War 3 included. But the game isn’t only on a boat, it’s also on talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Gears designer Cliff Bleszinski and his shirt collar showed off the title and tried to shoot out an eyeball. Cliff couldn’t. Neither could his…
Famed game developer Yoshiki Okamoto went from riches to rags. His studio’s website went off the internet. That’s not all—the Game Republic offices are completely vacant, with a “For Rent” sign in the window. Game Republic is known for PS3 titles like Folklore and Genji: Days of the Blade. Okamoto is an industry vet, who…
Turn-based battles and tiny sprites are for children. Those who grew up on Pokémon and are now a little more, well, grown up, deserve something more violent This custom fan-made game may not have the world’s slickest front-end, but those character animations are to die for. Well. Faint for. If you want to play it…
Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes and the upcoming Shadows of the Damned, is working on a Neon Genesis Evangelion game for the PSP. It’s not your typical Eva game. The game is based on Rebuild of Evangelion, a remake of the original Evangelion. It’s a rhythm game that will incorporate action, music,…
Having been the property of companies like THQ and Majesco, the publishing rights to cult platformer Psychonauts are now back where they belong: with Double Fine, the people who actually made the game. That’s according to a slightly premature tweet from a Double Fine employee, at any rate, who after dropping the info says that…
While the 3DS finally did move a million units in Japan, the Wall Street Journal points out that its sales are far below expectations (the earthquake didn’t help). More in the link. [Japan Real Time]
According to a report from Kyodo News, citing official Japanese government documentation, Sony Computer Entertainment knowingly delayed telling the public about the extent of an attack on its PlayStation Network so as not to “bewilder” its customers. The report, submitted to the Japanese government and obtained under a freedom of information request, says that SCE…
In 2008, Asami Sakurada (above, red beret) was unknown. She spent that September dressed as an Xbox Event companion at the Tokyo Game Show. Even in early 2010, she was doing booth companion work, appearing at AOU arcade show in the Konami booth. But by late 2010, she had a huge fan base, TV appearances,…
Some specific details on the graphics chip powering the upcoming Wii U console have been reportedly obtained by Japanese site Game Impress Watch, who say that while it’s running on “old” hardware, it still packs more of a punch than its current competition. While the exact name and nature of the Wii U’s GPU are…
Last month, there were reports that an “unnamed Electronic Arts studio” already had new Xbox hardware sitting on its desks. EA swiftly denied the rumours, but now another British source is saying almost exactly the same thing. What makes this particular report interesting is that the source in this case is alleged to be from…
Iron Chef, a Japanese cooking show that began in 1992, has quite the cult following in certain Western countries thanks to years of dubbed episodes and re-runs. It wound up in 1999, however, leaving talismanic host Takeshi Kaga needing a new gig. And he found one in Pokémon If you’ve never seen it, Iron Chef…
Kotaku readers! How are you? Would you care to join us in tonight’s open thread of random chitchat and maybe even some video game conversation to end your day? This is the off topic thread in which to do it. So let’s do it! Since it’s Tuesday, we like to have a theme to these…
Gears of War‘s developers certainly didn’t invent “Horde Mode.” But Epic Games, creator of Gears, is lucky in that every other game developer who copies their popular multiplayer mode gives the studio credit for it when showing off their own take on Horde. Gears of War 3 design director Cliff Bleszinski is the one that…
You may have missed your chance to purchase shooter Crysis 2 on anything but EA’s new Origin service, the re-branded EA Store that aims to go head-to-head with the likes of Valve’s Steam platform. Crysis 2 has been yanked from Steam, with EA saying it’s now available “only on Origin.” Well, sort of. While Steam…
I’ve never killed a man. Team Ninja leader Yosuke Hayashi says he’s never killed anyone either. Despite that inexperience, he is confident that his next game, Ninja Gaiden 3, accurately explores what it means to stick a Japanese sword into another man’s body and extinguish his life force. “For us, we’re Japanese developers, we know…
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