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Pocket God Leaps From iPhone to Comic Book
Popular iPhone game Pocket God is getting its own comic book. Bolt Creative, producers of the game, tells Kotaku that they’ve cut a deal with indie comic book company Ape Entertainment to create a new series based on their game. “A comic book series is a natural extension of the Pocket God brand,” noted Dave…
By Brian Crecente Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Canceling eBay Purchase?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Loooooove This morning a family friend said that she bought something from an eBay shop, but then decided that she wanted to cancel or something like that. I looked online and it said that you cannot cancel an order per se (she has not finalized her purchase yet), but have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
World Of Warcraft Facing More Problems In China
World of Warcraft has been having some serious problems in China lately, both because of its content and because of local political infighting. It’s now having some more problems, thanks to expansion pack The Burning Crusade. NetEase, the company which operates the game in China, has blocked new users from registering while it applies for…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Dragon Ball Commercial Is Catchy, Classy
For the upcoming Dragon Ball DS2 Totsugeki! Red Ribbon Gun, Bandai released this web ad that features hands, a copy of the game, a Yamaha piano and singers. It’s classy. The song is DB ending them “Romantic Ageruyo.” The game will be out February 11 in Japan. The theme song will live on in our…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 -
UncategorizedPikmin? Made For Japanese Schoolgirls
GameCube strategy game Pikmin might have been inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto’s gardening, but do you know why he made the game? “Every once in a while, you want to make something that high school girls can get into,” the famed Nintendo creator said at a recent symposium. The concept behind Pikmin, reports Japanese site 4Gamer,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy’s Angry Australian Motorbike
Final Fantasy is a very delicate series. Effeminate, even. So you’d expect any marketing tie-ins with the game to feature delicate things. Books, clothing, artwork, etc. Not in Australia. No, to celebrate the launch of Final Fantasy XIII in Australia, EB Games and Ubisoft (the game’s distributor down under) will be giving away a motorcycle.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
New BlazBlue Character Coming To Consoles
That’s Kanako Kondou, not the character per se, but the actress is lending her voice to the game. Once again. Kondou already voices fighter Noel Vermillion as well as cyborg ν-13 and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift’s cyborg Λ-11. In the console version, Kondou will be voicing new character μ-12. She has the market cornered on BlazBlue…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Sims 3 Simming To A Console Near You
The Sims 3 is headed to consoles. And handhelds. What’s surprising here isn’t the fact the game is making the move, but why it’s taken so long. The game is listed as part of EA’s financial results report from earlier today, with the placeholder title “The Sims 3 on Console Title”. Catchy. It’s scheduled for…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Kotaku Off Topic: Straight Into Compton Comment by: legendnthemaking Nominated by: cokefan999 Today me and the wife moved into first house. It was a long wait but its finally ours. Tomorrow, we celebrate 5 years of marriage and we knew each other since we were 10 and been a couple since we was 12. I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Unveils New Ghost Recon Title
Ubisoft Paris announced this morning that it’s working on a new entry in the Ghost Recon series, titled Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. And yes, you’ve heard that name before. It’ll feature both singleplayer and multiplayer modes, while the publisher also promises beta access to anyone buying Splinter Cell Conviction on the Xbox 360 later this…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Is Deus Ex: Human Revolution?
Well, it’s a trademark filing, that’s what. Square Enix Europe, formerly Eidos, has trademarked Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This could either be the official name for Deus Ex 3, the upcoming prequel entry in the cyber-punk series or it could be a spin-off. With Deus Ex 3 on the horizon and taking into account the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Netflix Streaming Goes 1080p, 5.1
AV aficionados looking for a little more shine from their Netflix titles streamed over 360 or PS3 are in luck, as the film rental company announced today plans to beam its movies to your TV in “full” HD. That means a 1080p video signal and 5.1 surround sound, just like the PS3 and Xbox video…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Claims Title Of “Number 1 Packaged Goods Publisher” In Western World
For a while now, Activision Blizzard has held the title of #1 publisher in North America. It’s a title it wrestled from EA. And EA will stop at nothing, fancy nomenclature included, to reclaim the title. During the company’s financial results report from earlier today, EA claim that from April 2009 to December 2009, it…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Diablo III’s Female Monk Has The Cutest Haircut
Game developer Blizzard has already shown the male version of the Diablo III monk. It hasn’t shown the female version. Until now. Diablo III has four character classes announced so: Witch Doctor, Wizard, Barbarian, and Monk. This concept art is for the female version of the existing monk. In previous games, players were locked to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku, Your Complete Reader Guide
Commenting. Regular features. Kotaku culture. If you are new to the site, there’s a lot to absorb. It would be great if somebody condensed everything into one easy to follow guide. Somebody did. Reader deanbmmv did. His guide explains the star system, profile pages, the hashtag system and even how to view a NSFW-free Kotaku.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Finding The State Of The HD Generation
You know, for all the talk of this being the “HD generation”, we’ve got our suspicions that many of you are still toiling away on standard definition TV sets. It’s time to turn those suspicions into science. Below you’ll find some polls. The second allows you to select multiple options, since there may be more…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
There Will Never Be Another Final Fantasy Game Like FFXIII
Final Fantasy XIII has been in development for over five years, has involved hundreds of staff and has cost the publisher a ton of money. So you can see why there’ll never be another Final Fantasy game like it! Speaking with Sony on the official European PlayStation blog, the game’s producer Yoshinori Kitase and director…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010 - Uncategorized
Report Mentions Nintendo’s New Hardware, Miyamoto’s New Game
From website 4Gamer.net comes the news that Nintendo is developing new hardware, and Shigeru Miyamoto is working on a new Wii Motion Plus game. The news is from a recent symposium in which Miyamoto discussed things like hamsters. 4Gamer does not quote him directly, but does state that Miyamoto revealed he is working on a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010