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Dead or Alive: Paradise is a Game About Beautiful Characters, Y’See
Even though Tecmo Koei America seems happy to market the fact that Dead or Alive: Paradise is called “cheesy” and “creepy,” the game’s director says it isn’t softcore porn, but a game trying to show that women are “beautiful characters.” “From our perspective, we’re trying to make beautiful women, that has been the focus,” says…
By Owen Good Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
More Than Money, Licenses Give a League Control
Sometimes I wonder if, in the future, a sports commissioner raised among our generation will fire up NBA 2K37 at the end of a terrible week, and let his cares melt away in a league where nothing bad ever happens. Video games aren’t just an escapist fantasy for working-class fans or talk radio regulars who…
By Owen Good Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sweepstakes Dates Brink for Sept. 7
A sweepstakes promotion by GameStop and Bethesda Softworks says the upcoming FPS Brink will be available Sept. 7. The promo also shows some box art for the game but it’s unlikely that’s the final version. Yesterday afternoon the Bethesda Blog posted a link to the Brink GameStop sweeps, which is pretty sweet on its own.…
By Owen Good Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout 2’s Rejected ‘Childkiller’ Icon is, Uh, Whoa …
The artist who drew the perk images for Fallout 2 recently revealed his deleted concept for the game’s “Childkiller” status. “Even the designer who requested it realized it was a bad idea,” he writes. Yeah … we can see why that was cut from the game and replaced instead with the “Hated” reputation icon. Just…
By Owen Good Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Weekend Coupons: Months That End in “Y”
We close out the final weekend of the shortest month with a smattering of deals on new games and a helpful way for you to wring more value out of your old ones. Onward, Weekend Coupons! Hardware • Did your out-of-warranty 360 red ring? An Arcade through Dell Small Business is about the cost of…
By Owen Good Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Blur Xbox 360 Beta Begins Monday
Plenty of Fileplanet subscribers tipped us to a solicitation that went out overnight, inviting them to “exclusive access into a highly classified Xbox 360 beta event!” that begins March 8. Those who have signed up tell us it is for Blur. This barely qualifies as a rumor. Earlier this month Activision CEO Mike Griffith announced…
By Owen Good Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: The $43,100 Question
Last night a hunk of plastic no one ever played set a sale price record for rare video games. In 1987 it retailed for $30. And people complain about $60 price points and used sales today. The week in Kotaku’s original reporting: Kotaku Talk Radio Top Stories Collector’s Item Obliterates Record for Rare Game Sale…
By Owen Good Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gothic Lolita Shooter Sequel Dated For Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 port of Cave’s arcade shooter DeathSmiles II has been dated today at a Microsoft-hosted “Shooting Festa” event in Tokyo. DeathSmiles II will be released on the Xbox 360 on May 27 in Japan, complete with a limited edition version. The port will run at a 16:9 aspect ratio and feature seven stages,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Collector’s Item Obliterates Record for Rare Game Sale
There is a new Holy Grail of Rare Video Games, and it is Stadium Events. The auction on a factory-sealed NTSC version closed just minutes ago, and it was sold for $41,300, almost double the old record. Three days into the bidding the high offer had already eclipsed the record price ever paid for a…
By Owen Good Published February 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Put Your Finger in the Socket
Thank goodness it’s Friday. And thank the heavens for Kotaku Off Topic, where non-video game related conversation kicks off the weekend, a chance to let off some steam about whatever subject is on your mind. No dilly-dallying. This is an open topic, yours for the steering. Here are a few things to get the conversation…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2010 -
UncategorizedThere It Is! The Most Amazing Use Of The Nintendo DSi Camera
This is Rittai Kakushi e Attakoreda, a DSiWare game that makes brilliant use of the Nintendo DSi’s built-in cameras to control an in-game camera that lets the player explore a 3D diorama to find hidden objects. The downloadable game, right now for Japan only, comes courtesy of Wario Land: Shake It! developer Good-Feel. As one…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Rock Band Weekly Gets Disturbed, Adds Silversun Pickups & More
Next week’s batch of Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and LEGO Rock Band downloadable tracks leads with mood rockers Disturbed, who bring more of The Sickness to Harmonix and MTV Games’ music game. A three pack of Disturbed tracks will come to various Rock Band games (but not the family friendly LEGO spin-off), with tracks…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2010 -
UncategorizedAn Unfortunate Pairing of Gestures with Double Entendres
An Australian morning news team catches up with curling, the latest It Sport, via Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. What’s the joke? Well, here it comes … here it comes! [thanks Ryan H.]
By Owen Good Published February 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
New 3D Dot Game Heroes Screens Will Add Inches To Your Sword
Atlus is bringing From Software’s 3D Dot Game Heroes to North America this May, a PlayStation 3 exclusive adventure that’s full of tiny, blocky, brave adventurers sporting monster blades and here are six scorching shots full of huge hard steel. Oh, and one rare fish. For a quick video primer on just what 3D Dot…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Details on NCAA 11 Emerge
EA Sports gave its first exclusive look at (and first screengrab, above) NCAA Football 11 to ESPN, and the first details emerging about the game are ones sharpening the game’s visual authenticity. In terms of actual gameplay, so far only the return of formation substitutions (a feature on previous-generation versions of the game) changes what…
By Owen Good Published February 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Review Round Up: Micro Zombie Invasion
It was a week infested with zombies, Nazi zombies and micro-reviews, the smaller format reserved for Kotaku reviews of downloadable video games and downloadable game add-ons. It was also the week that featured our first massive-review. That would have been Mike Fahey’s review and four week long log of massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Judge Tosses Blind Gamer’s Suit vs. Sony
In October a visually-impaired gamer sued Sony, alleging that it wasn’t fulfilling its responsibilities under U.S. law to provide access to the disabled. The reasoning depending on finding that Sony’s products constitute a public accommodation. A judge said they aren’t. Plaintiff Alexander Stern sued Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Online Entertainment in federal…
By Owen Good Published February 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Enjoy the Weekend
To: Owen From: Crecente It’s Friday. I think I’m going to try and catch The Crazies this weekend. That is all. What you missed: Disney’s Guilty Party: Family-Friendly and Fun…Really. FlingSmash: It’s All In the Elbow The Stalling Of An Anti-Bush Video Game This Week In Comics Transformers: War For Cyberton Preview: A World Without…
By Brian Crecente Published February 26, 2010