PaRappa Creator Turns Kinect Into A Haunted House

Masaya Matsuura’s NanaOn-Sha are working on a game for Microsoft’s Kinect. Considering these are the guys who made PaRappa The Rapper, it’s not what you’d expect. The game is called “Haunt”, and is a puzzle game set in a haunted house full of traps and monsters. No cartoon animals, and it doesn’t look like the…

There’s A New PSP Coming With A New Piece of Hardware

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan isn’t done with the PlayStation Portable. In fact, it’s releasing an updated version of the PSP alongside Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, introducing a new analog stick. The special edition Monster Hunter styled PSP will feature an analog stick that’s slightly modified to make those epically long loot-gathering sessions more comfortable for…

Mafia II Sets An F-Bomb Record [NSFW]

House Of The Dead: Overkill previously held the Guinness-certified World Record for most uses of the F-word in a video game, with 189. Mafia II has whacked that target. Rooster Teeth’s Achievement Hunter compiled all 200. Language very NSFW. Achievement Hunter: World Record F-Bombs [Rooster Teeth]

Surprise, There Is Another New Character For Marvel vs Capcom 3

Another new character has been revealed for fighting game Marvel vs Capcom 3 today, and this one goes out to fans of scantily-clad Marvel mutants. X-23, Wolverine’s sexier (test tube) sibling, will be appearing as a playable character in the game. You can see her strut her stuff in this new trailer, minted just for…

And So The Process Begins Anew…

Polyphony Digital boss and Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi tells Kotaku that despite throwing everything from karts to damage at Gran Turismo 5, still he wanted more. For that stuff, wait for GT6, due sometime in 2019.

Look! A Zombie Yakuza And Two Girls With Guns

As seen at the Sega booth at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.

Project Dark Is The Demon’s Souls Team’s Next Game

Sony revealed a new title from the team responsible for hardcore hit Demon’s Souls at its Tokyo Game Show 2010 press conference today. Project Dark was touted as something of a successor to 2009’s PS3 exclusive Demon’s Souls. A short preview trailer for Project Dark was shown at Sony’s press conference, full of demons and…

The Last Guardian Looks So Pretty It Hurts

Team Ico’s creative vision has never been in doubt, but I don’t think even the developer’s most zealous fans would have expected 2011 release The Last Guardian to look this gorgeous. Click here to visit our Last Guardian timeline!

Live From Gran Turismo 5’s Tokyo Game Show Panel

Kazunori Yamauchi, designer of Gran Turismo, is showing off the latest entry Gran Turismo 5. There is a Logitech steering wheel clamped to a table. Driving ahoy!

Here’s What Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus Look Like In HD

When PS2 classics Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus are re-released on the PS3 next year, they’ll look a little nicer. How much nicer? This much nicer.

Team Ico Collection: Out In 2011, Has Some Surprises

The Team Ico Collection – a high-definition remastering of two of the PS2 generation’s finest titles – will be out next year, the developers said earlier today at the Tokyo Game Show. For European and American consumers, both games will ship on a single disc, as has been seen with the God of War and…

Team ICO Presents At Tokyo Game Show Live

The man behind Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian, Fumito Ueda, is presenting his latest projects at Tokyo Game Show today, offering insight into the designer’s new (and not so new) work. We’re getting started a little late, but follow along in the liveblog below to hear what Ueda and Team ICO…

PS3 GT5 Gallery

The Last Guardian’s TGS Trailer [Update]

Sony showed a new trailer for Team Ico’s The Last Guardian at its Tokyo Game Show press conference earlier today. Here it is! While we wait for Sony to release the clip officially, in a resolution more pleasing to the eye (and when they do, we’ll swap ’em out), here it is in Showroom Floor…

The Last Guardian Finally Coming Holiday 2011

Sony has put a date on Team ICO’s highly anticipated third game, The Last Guardian. The PlayStation 3 game will be released at some point during the “holiday 2011” window. Yes, that is a very long wait for a game we’ve been lusting after for more than a year now. At least we have the…

Let’s Watch Some Ni No Kuni Gameplay Footage

During Sony’s TGS press conference, a short clip was shown which gave us our first prolonged look at the gameplay for upcoming Level 5/Studio Ghibli RPG Ni No Kuni. Or, at least the PS3 version of the game. Apologies for the blurriness, but it’s fresh from the show, not a developer or PR agency’s editing…

Metal Gear 3DS Out In 2011

Konami has just revealed that Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3 “The Naked Sample” – or, “that Metal Gear game for the Nintendo 3DS” – will be out on the new handheld in 2011.

Live From Sony’s Tokyo Game Show Event

Microsoft gave this year’s Tokyo Game Show keynote, but that doesn’t mean Sony won’t be giving a press conference. It so will be. What will be in store? What won’t be in store? Let’s find out. And we are underway, Sony has mentioned the the PlayStation Move will launch in Japan will be October 21.…

Ni No Kuni PS3 Hands-On Impressions

Studio Ghibli, Japan’s beloved animation studio, is teaming up with Level-5, one of the country’s most popular game makers, for a new adventure called “Ni no Kuni”. A high definition version is coming to the PS3. It is beautiful. Studio Ghibli is known for anime like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service, while Level-5…

Kinect Gets Its Panzer Dragoon

Yukio Futatsugi, the creator of Panzer Dragoon and Phantom Dust, has a new game coming out for Microsoft’s Kinect. What do you do? You ride dragons. The game is called Project Draco, and has you both flying your dragon in aerial combat, as well as using Kinect’s camera capabilities to “nurture and learn to communicate”…