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This Version of Ocarina Of Time Comes With an Actual Ocarina
While only French gaming press were given real, working instruments to go with their copies of Ocarina of Time 3D, in Australia, anyone can get one. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Edition 3DS, available only at EB Games, includes a copy of Ocarina of Time 3D along with a plastic ocarina, which even has sheet…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fighting Game Star And Model Releases Semi-Nude Photo Book
Kayo Satoh, aka “Kayo Police”, is one of Japan’s most talented Street Fighter players. She’s also a popular fashion model. Satoh was designated male at birth, something she finally revealed last fall on Japanese TV program Majotachi no 22ji (“Witches’ 10pm”). For years, Satoh appeared in women’s fashion magazines with none of her fellow models…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Magic Turns Old Pixel Characters Into Modern HD Characters
A pair of researchers, one from Microsoft and the other from The Hebrew University, have come up with something that will be either a game purists’ salvation or worst nightmare, depending on tastes. Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski are the men behind an algorithm that is able to take an 8-or-16-bit pixellated image—like those found…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can’t Take Your Nickname with You
Hudson Soft human mascot Takahashi Meijin is leaving Hudson. His gaming nickname might be staying put. In 2005, Hudson, which is now owned by Konami, copyrighted the name “Takashi Meijin”, thus making that moniker the property of Takahashi’s former employer. According to Japanese website Get News, Konami’s past copyright attempts have raised gamer ire. At…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Oh, The Places You’ll See In Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Like most other games in the series, Assassin’s Creed Revelations will take place in more than one location. So where will Ezio be visiting this time around? Well, aside from Constantinople, he’ll also be undertaking missions in the former Assassin fortress of Masyaf (which is in the first game) and, more interestingly, the Turkish region…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedWould You Like a New Zelda 3DS Trailer?
Well, here ya go! The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is coming to the 3DS with glasses-free 3D and better graphics The game will be out this June. Maybe people will start buying the 3DS then! 【3DS】『ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ3D』最新トレーラー公開 [ゲーム情報！ゲームのはなし]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can Now Buy Almost Every Final Fantasy Game Ever Made (For $15,000)
A guy from Thailand is selling his collection of Final Fantasy games. Normally, not so big a deal, but this isn’t your average collection, since it includes over 70 titles. eBay seller undkodlor is offloading Final Fantasy games from the Famicom, Super Famicom, Game Boy, DS, PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, GameCube, Wii, Xbox 360, PC,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedIs This the Man to Make a Great Gaming Film?
One of Japan’s most famous directors, Takashi Miike recently revealed that he’s working on a film version of a popular DS game. The game is believed to be a film version of Ace Attorney (these might be the first set pics). Miike isn’t a stranger to video games or video game movies. He’s made a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Five Year-Old Girls Make The Most Adorable Video Games
Game developer Ryan Henson Creighton took his daughter to the recent Toronto independent game jam, and let her make a game (with some help). I hope your teeth are ready for all this sweetness Ryan’s daughter Cassie designed all the game’s non-player characters, did all the art, the game’s intro sequence and credits, and even…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Last Xbox Creator Leaves Microsoft (and Why That’s Depressing)
Entertainment & Devices is the division of Microsoft that makes the cool shit. Xbox, Zune, Windows Phone. Courier. J. Allard was its figurehead for years. He left. And now Otto Berkes, the last original Xbox founder, is gone too As the Seattle Times reports, Berkes didn’t just help create the Xbox, along with Ted Hase…
By Matt buchanan Published May 25, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallBefore They Were Famous: Bungie
Today is the first in a new “Before They Were Famous” series here on Total Recall, where we look at the games some of the world’s biggest developers worked on before they became some of the world’s biggest developers. First up is Bungie, creators of the Halo series. While most got their introduction to Bungie…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Have You Been Watching?
Kotaku readers, it’s Tuesday. So, tell us dammit, for lack of a better phrase, about what you’ve been taking in through the eyes and ears. And it doesn’t just have to be about video games, for this is an open thread. As mentioned recently, I partook in the viewing of The Kids Are Alright, The…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
10,000 People Will Get Their Hands On Ms. Splosion Man Early
Ms. Splosion Man is full of surprises. First, it’s called Ms. Splosion Man. Second, you can control two Ms. Splosion Mans at the same time with its “2 Girls 1 Controller” mode. And now there’s an early access beta? It would appear so! In order to test the multiplayer side of Twisted Pixel’s Splosion Man…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Looks Like The Witcher 2 is Also Coming to the Xbox 360
Developer CD Projekt has teased console versions of The Witcher games before, but it looks like it might actually happen for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The game’s producer talked around it to Eurogamer and the ESRB now has a rating for an Xbox 360 version. Maybe at E3, then?
By Michael McWhertor Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
BioShock Infinite‘s Creator on Being A Big Daddy to BioShock, New Story Beats and Low Calorie Hot Cocoa
Please, don’t write off the dazzling BioShock Infinite as simply BioShock in the sky. Yes, it has plasmid-like superpowers (“vigors”) and an impossible retro sci-fi dystopia, but this is a BioShock that greatly contrasts with the one Ken Levine and Irrational Games created four years ago. BioShock Infinite is more of a rollercoaster-powered thrill ride…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sega’s Shinobi and Sonic Generations Outed for Nintendo 3DS
It would appear that the Sonic game with double the Sonic is, in fact, coming to Nintendo 3DS, as already semi-announced by, well, Sega itself. But Shinobi? Well, that’s good news too. Thanks, Nintendo Power magazine! Sonic Generations for 3DS is the cover story for (what is allegedly) the next issue of Nintendo Power. That…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
We Got Microsoft to Promote The Red Ring of Death and Our Other Xbox Live Indie Favorites
Every couple of weeks we deliver a list of our favorite (mostly) new Xbox Live Indie games to officials involved with the Xbox 360. We pick our favorite indie games; they list them in a corner of the Xbox Live Games Marketplace called Kotaku’s Favorites (it’s in the Indie channel). They don’t give us any…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedRez Creator Talks About Positive Power of Games, Plays Child of Eden at TED
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the developer behind Space Channel 5, Lumines, and Rez—and its upcoming spiritual sequel Child of Eden—joined the long list of smart, creative types who can boast of having their own TED talk. What does Mizuguchi think is an “idea worth spreading”? How about the positive power of video games, which Mizuguchi says can…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Little Photog..raphy
NUDGENUDGE, WINKWINK | Dead or Alive Dimensions compelling photography mode. (Photo by Crecente) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Goes Free and Online Only This Summer This isn’t Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, but it may be better, delivering tactical action and fast-paced play in an online only, free-to-play computer game. Ghost Recon Online goes into beta this…
By Brian Crecente Published May 24, 2011