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Yup, Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming On Three Discs
On the PlayStation 3, Final Fantasy XIII will ship on a single Blu-Ray. Avantage of the format! On the Xbox 360, however, the game will – as expected – ship on three discs. Sources at Square Enix USA have confirmed with Kotaku the reports from yesterday, which have settled a long-running – if ultimately pointless…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Game Guide Cover Gets To The Points
Let’s say you created a game best know for these, rather this. What would you put on the cover of your strategy guide? You’d put this! The walk through guide for PSP title Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins goes on sale in Japan on February 5 for ¥1,995n (US$22). There are individuals who purchased this game because…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
How To Make Final Fantasy XIII Sound Like A Broken Record
What are the odds I’d be mentioning the words “Final Fantasy” and “vinyl” in the same sentence two times in one week? This is “Music from Final Fantasy XIII“, an LP (yup, a proper vinyl, long-playing record) set for release in Japan later this month. All eight songs are already available on the game’s soundtrack,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Namco Bandai To Cut Over 600 Jobs
By March 2010, Japan’s Namco Bandai estimated that net income was going to be ¥8.5 billion ($93 million) in the black. That figure has changed from profit to loss — a big loss at that. The company now estimates that it will be posting ¥31 billion ($342 million) loss this March. To counteract these losses,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Civilization: Network Will Be Playable This June
While there’s trepidation amongst many gamers as to the potential for “proper” Facebook games, there’s one series that was born for the social network platform: Civilization. Which is coming to Facebook, and whose beta will open in five month’s time. Civilization publisher Take Two has told Variety that the game’s open beta, which for an…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Bayonetta Is Not Too Sexy, But Maybe Too Serious Comment by: cityslicker05 Nominated by: anabbeynormality Perhaps gaming needs a female lead whom starts out strong and ends up weak. Or one whom gets oppressed by men and get’s chastised and called a bitch for ‘trying’ to be strong. Or a lead role as a white…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nier Dated For Japan
The upcoming Square Enix published, Cavia developed role-playing game Nier has been given a release date for Japan. On April 22, Nier Replicant will be released on the PS3 and Nier Gestalt will be released on the Xbox 360. The games are set in the same world, but with different character design. A younger version…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s Happened To Nintendo’s “New Play Control”?
When first announced, Nintendo’s line of “New Play Control” games seemed like a great idea. Repackage games from the criminally unloved GameCube, then sell them onto a massive audience that missed them first time around. So what’s happened? It’s been over a year since the first “New Play Control” title was released in Japan, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
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