How Sony Can Make Their Next Gen Portable A Must Buy

Today, Sony is on the handheld gaming campaign trail, preparing for us to vote with our dollars this fall. Should you buy an NGP — the successor to the PSP — in late 2011? It depends on whether Sony finally gets its PSP line right, if Sony’s prose matches its poetry. The Promise This past…

The New Wii Kirby Loses The Yarn But Keeps The Epic

Revealed during yesterday’s Nintendo investor meeting in Japan, there’s a new Kirby game headed to the Nintendo Wii, and this time around the pink puffball is a bit more substantial than he was in Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Another Kirby game due out in Japan a little over a year since the last? The strong critical…

Did The Next Generation Portable Steal 3DS Thunder?

Kotaku commenter Truthtellah was really excited about the 3DS. Now that Sony has outed it’s Next Generation Portable, he’s a bit less excited. Did Sony steal some wind from Nintendo’s sails? That’s your topic for today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. So… to be completely honest, this new NGP announcement has taken a bit of steam out…

Anarchy Reigns Teaser Is All Sexy Sound And Fury

The first teaser trailer for PlatinumGames online multiplayer brawler Anarchy Reigns might not tell us much about the game, but with pulse-pounding music and the flash of deadly weapons it’s sure giving off a sexy vibe. Yesterday Sega and PlatinumGames gave the online multiplayer brawler previously known as Max Anarchy a proper name: Anarchy Reigns.…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is Kotaku’s official forum. Here you may talk about video games all day long. Thanks to reader OrbitofGlass for today’s TAY image. Submit yours to #TAYpics. Only two slots left open for this month’s image!

QuakeCon Runs Aug. 4 – 7

QuakeCon, the annual celebration of all things id Software (and now Bethesda Softworks), kicks off on Aug. 4 in Dallas, Texas this year. The event will run until Aug. 7 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel.

This Gamey Noun Beat Out Crotchal “Junk” As 2010’s Best Word

Terror baby, gate rape, fauxhemian, skyaking: 2010 was a wonderful year for words. Even more delightful, then, that a term that can sometimes be applied to games won. Beating out the onomatopoeic (nom), the crotchal (junk), the controversial (Wikileaks) and even the buzz-worthy (trend), the word “app” was selected earlier this month as 2010’s word…

Breakfast with CheapyD

Had breakfast with CheapyD from CheapAssGamer this morning, which was a lot of fun. I believe this was the first meal I had in Tokyo this week that didn’t involve me hunched over a computer, stuffing food in my mouth. Very much looking forward to this weekend. Need to decompress. Missed an event at my…

Watch This Shower Scene, And Somebody Else Might Find Out

Survival horror game The 3rd Birthday is heavy on fan service (tentacle anyone?). For example, there’s an unlockable shower scene. And if you watch that, Square Enix just might know it. The Tokyo-based game is using the game’s data logs and Square Enix Members connectivity to track how many times players have viewed the shower…

Why Nintendo Won’t Give Its Sony NGP Impressions

The game industry is buzzing about Sony’s upcoming portable game device. Everybody is talking about it. Everybody except Nintendo. There is a very important reason for this, and it involves Apple. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is not providing his impressions, publicly at least, about the NGP. The reason is that because when the Apple iPad…

Nintendo’s New Wii Game Has Classy Music And A Large Back Tattoo

Nintendo is making a new Wii game, and it’s called Pandora’s Tower. This is it. As hinted at earlier today, Pandora’s Tower is one of the new games revealed at today’s Nintendo investors meeting in Tokyo. The game features the subtitle of “Until I return to your side.” The teaser site features classy piano music…

The Best Thing About The NGP Isn’t New Technology

Sony’s Next Generation Portable has a lot of fancy, no doubt expensive new equipment inside it. And you know what? None of it matters. Why? Because the thing has two thumbsticks. People — and we are among those people — have been crying out for a portable with two thumbsticks ever since the release of…

Which Is Bigger, Sword Or Lady?

The latest Valkyria Chronicles game for the PSP goes on sale in Japan, complete with a cosplayer and a very large sword. As seen on AkibaOS

Scribblenauts Has Changed

Scribblenauts is now out in Japan, and to make up for the delay, some extra characters have been added to the game. Like who? Well, the fact it’s been published by Konami might give you an idea or two… Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has shown off the inclusion of his beloved Snake (from Metal…

Won’t Nintendo And Sony Think Of The Children?

Sony’s new gaming handheld, the NGP, is teched out and glossy. Nintendo’s new gaming hardware is expensive and the 3D function is not recommended for kids under six years old. So what the hell are children supposed to do, play outside? Well, yes. That’s exactly what they are supposed to do. By pitching at an…

The Legend Of Zelda: Link Is Crushing Cities

Old Link drives Cel-shaded Link on a journey to crush cities. Or fight Godzilla. This is so perfect. Even the puffs of smoke have that Wind Waker look to them. By Drew Whitmore

The NGP Won’t Drive Like Your Old PSP

Ever since the release of the PSP in 2004, Sony has made the “XMB” its trademark user interface, not just for PlayStation products, but many of its other devices as well. With the NGP, the XMB is out the window. What you see here is the new handheld’s user interface (or UI). It looks…well, awful.…

A Real Dragon Age Sword Can Be Yours

For just USD$399 (plus shipping!), you can get both your hands — and you’re going to need two – on these life-sized replicas of Dragon Age’s signature weapons, the Grey Warden’s Sword and Darkspawn Greatsword. Both swords are 52″ long (1.3 m), are made from stainless steel and are available to purchase right now. They’re…

PSP’s Father Is Tight-Lipped About NGP

Sony revealed a new portable yesterday, codenamed the Next Generation Portable. In the audience were pundits, press, developers and the former Sony brass who built their gaming empire. Ken Kutaragi spearheaded the creation of the PlayStation, the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation 3. He’s also the father of the PSP, the PlayStation Portable. During the…

A Visual Guide To Ii Niku