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

The Wild, Sexy World Of Japan’s Biggest Amateur Pin-Up

“I’m just a regular, amateur cosplayer,” says Ushijima Ii Niku, or Ushijima “Good Meat”, in a swish Tokyo hole-in-the-wall eatery. By day, she has an office job, photoshopping adult-related pictures, and in her free time, she cosplays. She’s anything but ordinary. (NSFW) Her fans range from the Akiba faithful to artists like Street Fighter II…

PS3 Hacker Has To Give Up His Computers

Sony is taking famed hacker George Hotz to court, claiming his contribution to jailbreaking the PS3 is breaking the law. As part of that case, the court gets access to all his computers. Yes, as part of the case, Sony has been granted a temporary restraining order, which is common in situations like this. It’s…

There Will Be More Than One Model Of The NGP

And not all of them will have 3G connectivity, it seems. Speaking after yesterday’s big PSP2 / NGP reveal in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment’s chief Andrew House told game site Eurogamer “The first thing to clarify, which I’m not sure the presentation did a perfect job of doing today, is that all of the devices…

SOCOM 4 Dated For April

Sony tells us today that SOCOM 4, for the PlayStation 3, will be out in North America on April 19.

This Isn’t Really StarCraft (But We Like It!)

Earlier this week, StarCraft II developers Blizzard released three new custom maps for the game. Two of the three maps don’t play much like StarCraft at all, so we figured we’d show you what they do play like. The three maps – Aiur Chef, Left 2 Die and Star Jeweled – are attempts by Blizzard…

Image-ine This

You’ll have to. Technical difficulties are preventing some pictures and video thumbnails from hitting our front page. If pictures are worth a thousand words, we need to all pitch in and get a-writin’. The Onion gives the anarchy symbol a facelift; it’ll just be a little harder to spray-paint. Know those pork-barrel “bets” where politicians…

Nintendo 3DS Gets eShop, Browser And DSiWare Transfer In May

The Nintendo 3DS will get its eShop as late as May in Japan as part of a major software update, along with a web browser and the ability to transfer DSiWare titles, according to details coming from an investor meeting in Japan. Nintendo’s eShop for the 3DS will sell Game Boy and Game Boy Color…

A Comic Book Game Restores A Feeling Of Power

Finishing off Giganta in D.C. Universe Online this week, I was treated to this scene, and a reminder that no matter how much the medium matures, comic books’ emotional attachments are made in your youngest and most vulnerable years. For those not playing this video game, in D.C. Universe Online you create a super character,…

So I Went To A Hockey Fight And Punch-Out!! Broke Out …

Fighting in hockey is awesome. It’s more than tolerated – the NHL has no problem with fighting on the ice, nor in the video games it licenses. Know what makes a hockey fight more awesome? Punch-Out!! music. This is Zack Stortini of the Edmonton Oilers and Chris Barch of the Dallas Stars getting rough Tuesday…