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Hey Schoolgirls! Giving You Chocolate!
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Konami thought a good way to promote its Nintendo DS title Love Plus would be to have girls in school uniforms hand out chocolate snacks to random men. Wrapped bags with the Pocky snack were distributed today, and the snacks come with a card that can be used…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
PC Sales Charts: Probing Uranus
Space and laser guns feature prominently in this week’s PC sales charts, last week’s consumers opting for aliens and bright-coloured uniforms over olive-grey outfits and the real world. Least, they did on the whole. You have to overlook Bad Company 2 at the #1 spot on Steam if you want to think sci-fi games dominated…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2 Body Count Is In The BILLIONS
Valve released a statistic today. Not the boring type, like “sales are up 156% compared to this time last year”. The awesome type, like “this is how many zombies have been killed in Left 4 Dead 2”. Since the game was released late last year, players have wiped out 28,981,249,043 (and counting) card-carrying members of…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Three Bayonettas, One In Athletic Gear, And Dueling Pikachu Girls
Whenever people think of Bayonetta, they typically think of her black hair suit. That’s not her only outfit, though, and cosplayers know it. Kotaku Japan spotted these three Bayonetta cosplayers at the recent Wonder Festival in Tokyo, as well as Pikachu girls and a hoard of fellow cosplayers. Wonderful Festival is a bi-annual event that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Cutest Thing You Will See Today, Promise
Namco Bandai’s Banpresto turns up cute to full blast for this ad in which the characters like Rei Ayami and Asuka Langley from Neon Genesis Evangelion make a cup of coffee for some sleepyhead. Ichiban Kuji Evangelion New Theatrical Ver. CM & New Images [Ngee Khiong via alafista]
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony Whips Out New God of War III Trailer
Ready for more chaos? Because this new God of War III trailer is telling me it will rise again. So if you don’t like chaos, you’re screwed. Video Games | God of War III | Exclusive Chaos Will Rise Trailer HD XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Developed by Sony’s Santa Monica studio,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Some Dead Rising 2 Gameplay
Know what I like about this Dead Rising 2 clip? It’s rough. Presentation isn’t its strong-point; rather, it’s in showing the possibilities inherent in leaving a man alone with sharp things and some zombies. Just like the game itself. Click to view
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Box Art Shootout: Halo: Reach, Crackdown 2 & Alan Wake
Lots of Microsoft news today, and where there’s news, there’s box art. Here’s what you’ll see staring back at you when you go into a game store and spy Halo: Reach, Crackdown 2 and Alan Wake. You’ll notice two Alan Wake boxes; the normal one, and the giant fake book one. The collector’s edition features…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Activision Shutters Guitar Hero Creators, GH: Van Halen Developers [Update]
In addition to sackings at Neversoft and Luxoflux, Kotaku has learned today that publisher Activision has also laid off employees at RedOctane and internal studio Underground Development. We’ve heard that RedOctane, the publisher of the original Guitar Hero and creator of the franchise’s plastic instruments, has been completely shut down. Those responsible directly for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Back Pay Is Hell: Viacom Wants Refund From Harmonix
I’m just a simple caveman lawyer, and your world of finance frightens and confuses me. However, it sounds like Viacom wants a refund on a substantial bonus it paid to Harmonix’s founders. Long story short, Harmonix was bought by Viacom, the parent company of MTV Networks, in 2006 for $175 million plus “earnouts,” which is…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Booze Hounds
It’s been a day. A long day. So let’s relax in a warm bath of off-topic conversation while I enjoy a cold beer or three, a half bottle of wine and Demon’s Souls. We can talk booze if you want. What’s your poison? I’ve rarely met an alcohol that disagreed with me, with the exception…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
2K Makes It Official: No Gamepad Support in BioShock 2 PC
It didn’t sound likely that 2K Marin would go back and accommodate gamepad support for BioShock 2 on the PC, a complaint that quickly arose after release this week. But now the studio’s made it official. “I talked to the dev team about controller support for BioShock 2, and I want to let you know…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sweat or Shadow: You Make the Call
I’ve never thrown a 102-mph fastball in any inning of any game, let alone the ninth, but I’m guessing it requires effort. And Justin Verlander’s pit stains in this vid would seem to confirm that. OK, I know that’s most likely shadowing, but seriously, when Verlander starts his windup at 0:28, he’s not exactly a…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: The Heavy Rain Demo Is Here Edition
Intrigued by the prospect of Heavy Rain? Still not sold by our review of the story-driven PlayStation 3 adventure? Then download the demo, which leads this week’s North American PlayStation Store update. The decision to download or not to download has been made easier for you by this week’s additions. It’s largely comprised of new…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Colorblind Hackers See In BioShock 2
As Kotaku’s resident Pissed-Off Colorblind Gamer, I have yet to play BioShock 2, but I already knew the hacking mini-game would be bad news for mutants like me. Here’s a comparison of what colorblind gamers are up against. Negative Gamer took a screengrab of the hack terminal and ran it through a color contrast analyzer…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo 2 Maps, Original Xbox DLC Returns To Xbox Live
Microsoft’s plans to end Xbox Live support for original Xbox games had an unfortunate early affect — the removal of all downloadable content from Live for those older Xbox titles. The good news? That DLC is back. That means that your old Splinter Cell or Halo 2 downloadable content is once again accessible, the data…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Day The Gamers Took Over Reselling
When it quietly went online for pre-launch testing early last year, Glyde was a reseller marketplace built with a midwestern, middle-aged book or music lover in mind. Then the gamers found it, and practically took over. “Even though we weren’t really aiming at gamers, one found it somehow, told someone else, and they told even…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Post Was Written While It Was Dark Outside
To: Our Man In Japan From: Our Man In New York Re: This Is It Should there be more sunshine? What you may have missed during this very newsy day: Mile Marker 28: Trauma Dev Eyes Call of Duty: World at War for iPhone Married By Master Chief, One Year Later Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note
Danger. You are at risk of discussing January’s U.S. video game sales data without the proper analysis at the ready. Grab a marker and consider scribbling the following cheat-sheet notes on your hand. For the raw data, check out the NPD’s U.S January video game hardware sales and video game software sales. Fact: The PlayStation…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010