The average amount of time a person plays New Super Mario Bros. is climbing quickly and could catch Super Mario Galaxy. Call of Duty is surging. But Wii Sports Resort is flattening. Here are three key Wii comparisons of satisfaction. (Click the charts to enlarge them) Each month Kotaku tracks the average playing time of…
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We need more mash-ups in video games. You know, like when a DJ takes two great songs, or two awful songs, and turns them into something all together different, but still recognizable. Take for instance G-Switch. It plays an awful lot like the bastard child of forever-runner Canabalt and gravity-flipper VVVVVV. And it’s pretty great…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Get Lost With Your Lost Got a English tea set today. Any know why they call it china? To the internet! What you missed last night Death of A Wii Commander Shepard’s Toughest Choice Yet Microsoft: No More Original Xbox Games Over Xbox Live Want The Heavy Rain Demo Right…
The developer behind the Disgaea series, announced its financial earnings. You may want to sit down. In the first nine months of this financial year, the company’s operating profit is down 97.5 percent. During 2009, the company released several titles in Japan, including Makai Senki Disgaea 2 Portable, Disgaea Infinite, A Witch’s Tale, Let’s Hitchhike…
Six weeks after it arrived on the North American PlayStation Store, PAL users can finally relive what I, at least, think is the best Final Fantasy game of the lot: FFVIII. It’s the standout addition to this week’s store update, though there’s plenty of other good stuff to tempt you, from the Aliens vs Predator…
When the football World Cup begins later this year, EA’s FIFA series will be cashing in with an officially-licensed World Cup game. And what will competitors Pro Evolution Soccer be doing? Why, releasing an unlicensed World Cup game, of course. Announced only for the Japanese market, Winning Eleven Aoki Samurai no Chosen will put the…
Ka-pow! Joining the SSFIV fray are schoolgirl Sakura and fortune teller Rose. Fists out, cause these characters are rarin’ to fight. Both Sakura and Rose appeared in the console version of Street Fighter IV. Super Street Fighter IV will be released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360 this April. The game will feature characters…
SEGA has had a tough past nine months. But haven’t we all? There were bright spots. During the first three months of this fiscal year, net sales were down 7.7 percent compared with the same period last year. “In the home video game software industry, the demand was generally weak in the U.S. and European…
Microsoft’s decision tonight to end online play for all original Xbox consoles and games marks the end of an era in console gaming. Let’s take a minute to remember those titles who tonight gave their lives. Being the first successful platform for online console gaming (sorry, Dreamcast), the Xbox was home to many good games…
These “erotic portraits” of Sylvia Christel are part of a Japanese pre-order bonus for upcoming title No More Heroes: Paradise. Because sitting on a toilet eating fruit is erotic. Or something. The game uses toilets as save points, and the game itself was conceived while No More Heroes designer Goichi Suda was on the can.…
While most (but not all) multiplayer games on Facebook at the moment are crude, simple affairs, one developer is looking to release a full-fledged 3D shooter onto the social networking platform. 3G Studios, which has worked on games like SWAT: Target Liberty on PSP and…the Jillian Michaels game on the Wii, is currently developing Brave…
Namco Bandai PSP game Queen’s Blade Spiral Chaos features more than fighting. It features enormous boobs. And so does this Queen’s Blade figure. Going on sale March 1 for ¥2,900 (US$32), curvy character Cattleya is the latest entry in the “Revoltech” poseable Queen’s Blade figurines. The 1/12 scale Cattleya comes with battle damage clothes, one…
According to a report from Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment (FADE), Xbox Live Arcade is becoming quite the healthy source of income for Microsoft. Based on FADE’s estimates, during 2009 the service racked up $103.4 million in revenue, an increase of 34% over 2008’s figures. This may have been helped by a rise in the…
Upcoming psychological thriller Heavy Rain won’t be out until February 23. The game’s demo is not scheduled until February 11. Today is February 5. So what, let’s get the demo. Sony has launched a website called “Precinct 52”, an alternate reality game of sort. This ARG asks players to submit four pieces of evidence. For…
Microsoft announced tonight that online play for original Xbox consoles and titles – including those played on an Xbox 360 – over its Xbox Live service will soon be discontinued. The axe will fall on April 15, and will bring an end to years of online play for games like Halo 2 and…whatever other original…
That’s rude. Shoko Nakagawa is more than a nerd heroine who puts her cats’ heads in her mouth. She also sniffs their butts. Where to start? Shoko Nakagawa is a singer and Japanese celebrity, who hosts kiddy show Pokémon Sunday, among a bajillion other things. She voiced the new Pocket Monster character Giza Mimi Pichu…
Isn’t he just adorable? Collectible company NECA will later this month be releasing these plush toys based on BioShock 2‘s “Big Daddy”. Well, not the Big Daddy himself. They’re based on the hand-made toys cobbled together by the game’s Little Sisters. They stand around 7″ tall, will sell for around $25, and from the looks…
Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura doesn’t believe a Final Fantasy VII remake will happen “for some time”. He isn’t alone. Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase is equally pessmistic about the prospects of a Final Fantasy VII remake. The reason? “This issue is related to whether a Final Fantasy 7 remake will happen or not,”…
Most high profile games these days have a regular edition and a collector’s edition. Yakuza 3, however – at least in PAL territories – will only have a collector’s edition. Making it regular! Sega announced today that only one version of the game is to released in Europe and Australasia, with that version given a…
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