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UncategorizedChecking Out Flight Control With The PS3 Move
Firemint’s ultra-popular iPhone game, Flight Control, is also Move compatible on the Playstation 3. I spent a bit of time with it and was delighted to see how fun and easy it was to quickly draw precise flight paths on the game’s top-down map of the landing strips. Controls were snappy, providing a bit of…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsStart The Party Review: Reality Improved, Ridiculously
The most futuristic thing you can do in video games so far this year is to play Start The Party. Start The Party is -yawn- a party game, a -groan- mini-game collection. Oh, but it’s motion-controlled. Wait! Don’t run away. After years of camera-based video games that didn’t work under normal lighting conditions… after years…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Star Cosplayer Comes Out As Transgender During TV Show
Kayo Satou, aka “Kayo Police”, has not only been called one of Japan’s best Street Fighter IV players, but also one of Japan’s best-looking Street Fighter IV players. She has revealed that she is transgender. Last night on Japanese television show Majotachi no 22ji (Witches’ 10pm), Kayo came out as transgender. The program often shows…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsTumble Review: Barebone Blocks
Playing with blocks never gets old, especially if you’re using a motion-control enabled Playstation 3 to do it. But is the block-building puzzler a step above the colorful and fun Boom Blox for the Wii, or just a pale version of the Electronic Arts classic? Let’s have a look. Loved Controls: The level of detailed…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Man Loses Linux Court Case Against Sony
An Australian man has lost a court case he brought against Sony after the company removed the “Other OS” feature from its PlayStation 3 consoles. Michael Trebilcock, from Adelaide in Australia’s south, had sought AUD$800 in compensation (ie the cost of his console) from Sony, claiming that the Japanese company’s decision meant that he could…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsMove Sports Champions Review: A Cut, A Spike, A Toss Above the Rest
Sports Champions is bound to be the most owned Playstation Move game when the motion-detecting peripheral hits the Playstation 3 on Sept. 19. That’s because the game comes bundled with the controller and camera and with a special Playstation 3 console pack. But you can also pick the collection of sports games up for $40…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsKung Fu Rider Review: Tony Hawk Suggestive Jam
They’re launching the PlayStation Move with a game that plays like a Tony Hawk downhill trick racer, if Tony was a nerdy private detective guy or a girl who knelt on a chair and stuck her butt in your face. Kung Fu Rider is one of the PlayStation Move launch games targeted to a more…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Ladies Will Be In The New Yakuza Game
Sega is making yet another Yakuza game. Not to be confused with the upcoming PSP spin-off, this new Yakuza title is headed towards the piece. Know what that means? More Yakuza hostesses! Sega has auditioned a slew of girls and selected a handful of hopefuls. From that lot, the in-game hostesses have been selected. At…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsPlaystation Move Review: The Motion Controller Wars Start Now
The motion controller wars start now. In the four years since its launch, the Nintendo Wii has made motion-controlled gaming not just its dominion, but a hugely profitable business. But by the end of the year Nintendo will be back where they started, slugging away with two well-monied competitors for the hearts, the minds, the…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt’s A Move! Beauty Shots Of Our Newest PS3 Controller And Its Older Brothers
We have a Move and a Navigation Controller. The PlayStation 3’s new motion controllers pose here, alongside fruit, a PS3 DualShock, an Xbox 360 controller and a Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Comparison videos and lots of button tests included. (Click any thumbnail to enlarge and/or play video)
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
What We Loved, What We Hated About the Playstation Move
Due out later this month, the Playstation Move promises to deliver the best of two worlds: The motion-sensing realism and casual fun of the Wii combined with raw muscle power and high-definition graphics of the Playstation 3. We’ve had the peripheral add-on in our offices for a little less than a week now, plenty of…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedIf Only There Was Official Halo LEGO
There is no official Halo LEGO. Instead, there is only Halo Mega Bloks, and no amount of fancy stop-motion animation will make that any easier to deal with. I mean, look at this! It looks…OK, which for Mega Bloks, the poor man’s LEGO, is a big deal! [thanks John!]
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hints At New Super Street Fighter IV Characters
Capcom is bringing console game Super Street Fighter IV to arcades. The game center version is getting new characters. But who? A recent issue of Arcadia magazine shows artwork for a skateboard and roller skates, which are associated with twin Hong Kong fighters Yun and Yang from Street Fighter III. Both fighters made cameos in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brutal Legend Developers Want To Sell Out
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer is a bit of a cult darling, having been behind brilliant yet under appreciated games like Psychonauts and Grim Fandango. Thing is, he doesn’t want to be a cult darling. “There’s definitely not any sort of drive to become exclusive, art-house content” Schafer told GamesTM magazine. “I think we’re making very…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Check Out PSP-Bound White Knight Chronicles
The latest entry in PS3 exclusive series White Knight Chronicles won’t be coming to Sony’s home console. It will arrive on its PSP. And as previously mentioned, it’s a prequel. Dubbed “White Knight Chronicles: Episode Portable Dogma Wars”, the game is set 10,000 years before the events in the earlier games. The game follows the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Morons Arrested Stuffing Games Down Pants
Four men from New York City have been arrested after going on a video game-stealing rampage along the East Coast of the United States. Rodney McCreary, Gilberto Matos, Derrella Winfrey and Wilfredo Matos were caught by police when an off-duty cop saw them stuffing video games down their pants at a Toys ‘R Us in…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report: Kinect Doesn’t Speak Spanish (It Speaks Mexican) [Update]
According to the Spanish press, Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera Kinect will not speak Spanish. It will only speak “Mexican”. At a press event in Bilbao, Spain last week, reports say Microsoft revealed that when the peripheral ships worldwide in November, it will only ship with the capability to understand three spoken languages: English, Japanese and “Mexican”.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Tokyo Jungle Brings A Post Apocalyptic Wildlife War To PS3
Lions, tigers and… pomeranians will run wild in the streets of a deserted Tokyo in Sony’s newest PlayStation 3 exclusive, Tokyo Jungle, a most unusual concept revealed in the newest issue of Famitsu magazine. Tokyo Jungle takes place in a deserted, futuristic Japan, in which the city has transformed into a vicious wildlife wasteland. Developed…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ramping Up For Ramen
Good evening, Kotaku readership. Been on any interesting trips lately? Have something you need to get off your chest? Looking for stimulating non-video game related chatter? This post is for you. Who out there in Kotaku-land is going to Tokyo Game Show this year? I am! So is Mr. Ashcraft, naturally. But since I’ve got…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 31, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden’s Numbers Nudge Higher This August
Early discounts by retailers such as Amazon and Walmart stoked speculation that Madden’s sales were coming slow. EA Sports is projecting a modest increase over what the title pulled last August. A statement today by the publisher called Madden the top selling game in North America for August, and said its sales are up about…
By Owen Good Published August 31, 2010