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Nintendo vs. Japanese Newspaper, It Continues!
In early January, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata gave an interview with Japan’s second largest newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. The printed article has been a source of dispute. In the original article, the Asashi Shimbun quoted Satoru Iwata as stating the Nintendo DS successor will have “highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Playfish Working On A “Well-Known EA Brand” For 2010 Release
Playfish president Kristian Segerstrale, flush with cash after his casual gaming company was bought out by Electronic Arts last year, has told the Wall Street Journal of his plans for the year ahead. Among advice dished out to Playfish’s competitors and predictions of a “rapid maturing” in the casual scene over the next year or…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Cutest PSP Bundle Of 2010
Well, so far. It’s only February! Today, Sony Computer Entertainment announced the PSP-3000 Sweet Limited Package. Ah, that’s sweet. Priced at ¥ 21,000 (US$232), the bundle is a collaboration between Sony and American fashion designer Jill Stuart. The bundle features a Blossom Pink-colored PSP-3000, a 4GB memory stick, a Jill Stuart cloth and a Jill…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
CBS Not Happy With Dante’s Inferno Super Bowl Commercial [Update]
As with many of the game’s tactless marketing stunts, EA’s big Super Bowl trailer for Dante’s Inferno has run into a problem: broadcaster CBS has demanded edits to the commercial. Not for the dark, mature tone of the ad, nor the graphic scenes of violence which punctuate the clip; it’s because of the tagline used…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Tester’s Trailer Highlights Need For Quality Assurance
Haven’t yet made up your mind about Sony’s new reality series “The Tester”? Let this trailer help you decide. It makes you wonder whether, through all the tears, man-hugs and witless catch-phrases, these people know what they’re getting themselves in for.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Quantum Theory Delayed To “Improve Quality”
The release of Tecmo Koei‘s “TPS” Quantum Theory appears to have hit a rough patch, with the publisher-developer announcing that the game will not make its scheduled March 25 release date in Japan due to quality reasons. As of right now, per Tecmo Koei’s announcement, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 third-person shooter is listed…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off Topic: Hot Dog
No, let’s not talk about food again in tonight’s edition of Kotaku Off Topic, despite the weight of two Trader Joe’s hot dogs weighing heavily on my duodenum. Let’s talk about music. Or, you know, whatever. The reason I bring it up is because I went to one of my first shows in quite some…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Miss America Not Off To Hot Start With Gamers
Caressa Cameron (pictured, left), as the newly minted Miss America, wants you to play imaginary games in the street. That’s one of the “standards” that should be “set” for our “children,” she said in her winner’s interview. Cameron’s take-away-the-tv-and-games quote in her winner’s interview was straight boilerplate: Video games destroy kids’ motivation, creativity, make them…
By Owen Good Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Behemoth Unveils… BattleBlock Theater!
The Behemoth has named and detailed its third Xbox Live Arcade game, the title formerly known as "Game 3" and now known as BattleBlock Theater. Get ready for shipwrecked, theatrical battle action torment under the cruel direction of giant cats. “Having shipwrecked on a mysterious island you find yourself both betrayed by your best friend…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedShout It Out Loud With This Indie Game
This is GNILLEY, and by God, this game is a scream. Literally. Built by Glen Forrester of Australia, you play by screaming your foes into oblivion or shouting down obstacles in your path. The video is of Forrester showing GNILLEY this weekend at Global Game Jam Sydney 2010. Looks like he screams “GO!” to get…
By Owen Good Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Snuggle Up To New Screens Of The Last Guardian
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has launched the official web site for Team ICO’s forthcoming PlayStation 3 adventure The Last Guardian, giving us a fresh but familiar look at The Last Guardian. Much of what you’ll see in the newly launched official Japanese site for the game appears to be lifted from the amazing trailers from…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Walmart, Best Buy Close Down Trade-In Kiosks
E-Play, the company providing kiosks for used game trade-in pilot programs has suspended operations, ending Best Buy and Walmart’s short-lived experiment in the used games business. Industry Gamers, which first reported E-Play’s closure, quoted an analyst describing the business generated by the machines as “underwhelming.” They will be deactivated and cleared out of stores over…
By Owen Good Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age Action Figures Will Probably Look Like This
If you want Dragon Age: Origins action figures, DC Comics’ collectibles division has you covered. DC Unlimited will give gamers a quadruple dose of plastic, fully poseable playthings based on BioWare’s role-playing game later this year. Recently announced but heretofore lacking in photographic evidence, the four Dragon Age figures are due to ship on September…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Simpsons Lampoon Nintendo Straightly With The Funtendo Zii
Last night’s episode of Fox’s long-running The Simpsons parodied, I guess, the Nintendo Wii with the introduction of the Funtendo Zii. The Simpsons’ take on Nintendo’s motion controlled hit was far more straightforward than it was skewering. See, the episode “Million Dollar Maybe” pretty much presented the Wii as-is, offering animated versions of the Wii,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Life Imitates Art, And Vice Versa, For Monday Night Combat
Aung Zaw Oo – better known as the parkour-lovin’ game animator AZO – shows how he incorporates moves he does in real life into the animations of the upcoming class-based shooter Monday Night Combat by Uber Entertainment. The good stuff begins about the 0:56 mark – especially the move where the sniper tees up his…
By Owen Good Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Trekkie
To: Ash From: Crecente Happy Star Trek week. I don’t know if you saw but we kicked off a little theme week in light of the launch of Star Trek Online. I dint think we had the same Star Trek influenced childhood, but did you watch the original show at all? I have some Beta…
By Brian Crecente Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Xbox 360 Ships On Three Discs, Says GameFly
Square Enix, to the best of our knowledge, has not officially nailed down the amount of disc-swapping Xbox 360 owners will need to do to enjoy Final Fantasy XIII on Microsoft’s console. But retailer GameFly may know. The online rental service notes in its product description of the Xbox 360 version of FF XIII that…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Madden 11 Cover To Be Put Up To A Vote
Doritos and the Super Bowl. Chances are you’ll be picking up a bag of the former before watching the latter this weekend. On the back of said bag is a promotion inviting you to vote on the game’s cover athlete this year. In a statement, EA Sports only confirmed that it had partnered with Doritos…
By Owen Good Published February 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Zone Sega Looks Like A Wii, Plays Like A Genesis
Sega has given its licensing blessing to the makers of the Wii doppelganger Zone 40, resulting in the Zone Sega, a cheap, wireless gaming alternative that plays 20 of your favorite Sega Genesis games… and so much more! Unfortunately, that so much more appears to be built-in dreck like Fight & Lose, Bomber and Darts,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010