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Final Fantasy XIII Toilet Water is Coming Soon
What? What?! That’s what “eau de toilet toilette,” means, right? Oh, fine, it’s perfume, specifically a fragrant homage to Final Fantasy XIII, and it’ll be available a month after the game’s release in North America. The 50 ml bottle of “Lightning,” inspired by the character of the same name, will cost 7,140 yen or about…
By Owen Good Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Splinter Cell Conviction To Co-op Once Again
Ubisoft won’t let Splinter Cell fans fond of cooperative multiplayer down with Sam Fisher’s upcoming adventure. Splinter Cell Conviction is reported to have some form of co-op as well as a “new mode” that should be revealed shortly. CVG cites PC Zone as the source of that cooperative multiplayer reveal, also pointing out that Conviction…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Is What “Toned-Down” Looks Like In Dead To Rights
When I first got a look at Dead to Rights: Retribution, I had to ditch a whole plate of food lest I upchuck in front of the producer at a Namco Bandai event. If the level of violence I witnessed back then has been “toned down” in this developer diary hosted by Character Art Manager…
By AJ Glasser Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Black Friday In Photos
Black Friday still has a few hours left to go, but here’s a look at how it’s going in several California GameStop and Best Buy locations. You’ll notice a lack of insanity and mobbing in the check-out lines. We’ll wait ’til the numbers come in before declaring it a tame Black Friday, though, and maybe…
By AJ Glasser Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
We’re Up To Our Elbows In Splatterhouse Screens, Blood
Call me cautiously optimistic about the new Splatterhouse, despite the developer switcheroo and year-long delay for the re-imagining of the arcade and Turbografx classic. New screens from Namco Bandai keep me cautiously optimistic. Despite some of the character design choices—that Terror Mask isn’t doing anything for me and, Rick, please pull up your shorts—I’ve long…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo DSi LL Grabs XL Hardware Sales In Japan
The Nintendo DSi LL, having officially launched in Japan this past week, has outsold everything else to the tune of 100,000-plus units, adding a “wine red” slice to the weekly Japanese hardware chart. Welcome, wine red. After giving up pie chart real estate to Sony for the past few weeks, the ninth hardware platform on…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft: Project Natal Can Replace The TV Remote
The Xbox 360‘s hands-free motion controller, due to hit sometime next year, could be more than just a new way to gyrate frantically or befriend boys in front of your television screen. It could also replace your TV remote. Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten has designs on replacing the traditional TV remote with voice and…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Q-Games’ Reflect Missile Coming To DSiWare
PixelJunk and Art Style game creators Q-Games have a new, original project heading to the DSiWare shop next week. Reflect Missile looks to combine Arkanoid-style brick smashing with missile management strategy, which sounds potentially fascinating. The official Nintendo of Europe web site has details and first screens on the Nintendo DSi downloadable title, promising 200…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gaming For Good
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Domino, James Brown – Denver’s historic Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom has seen them all since its inception as a ex-servicemen’s club in the 20s. On a night earlier this month, the people packing into the club didn’t come to listen to the famous sing. They came instead to stand on a…
By Brian Crecente Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Ezio and I will spend a few hours cleaning up the trash this weekend as I explore the world of Assassin’s Creed II. Right now, I’m not much of an assassin, but I’m learning. Other games on the menu this holiday weekend include Demon’s Souls and Borderlands’ new Zombie Island of Dr. Ned downloadable content,…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Review Round-Up: Resident Evil Spin-off, Assassin’s Creed Spin-Off And More
Fans of headphones and spin-offs and Excitebike were hopefully also fans of Kotaku reviews this week. Check out what we reviewed in the past seven days. NCAA Basketball 10 Review: Some Shining Moments In which Owen Good explains how Dick Vitale can be tolerable. Wii Energizer 4X Charging Station Review: Induction Into the Hall of…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Street Fighter IV’s Cody, Adon, And Guy In Pictures
If the trailer we posted early this morning was too fast for you, these screenshots and artwork for Super Street Fighter IV’s three new fighters should slow things down nicely. Cody is one of my favorite characters in Street Fighter / Final Fight history. Not only does he share a name with my mother’s dog,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Battle Of The Brick Is Coming
Coming in early 2010 from the creator of LEGO Zanzibar, The Battle of the Brick is a 25-minute LEGO Halo video made entirely out of LEGO bricks. Check out the extended reveal trailer below! We featured Alex Kobbs’ impressive LEGO recreation of the Zanzibar multiplayer map back in 2007. Now he’s getting ready to release…
By Mike Fahey Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft: 3D Gaming Will Be The New Stereo Sound
With a new game coming out that supports 3D glasses gaming, publisher Ubisoft is claiming that 3D glasses gaming will someday be essential. The action-shooter Avatar: The Game hits on December 1, tying in to the upcoming movie of the same name from James Cameron. The film and the Xbox 360 / PS3 versions of…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Alderaan Makes Its Explosive Debut In The Old Republic
BioWare has announced the latest playable planet for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Alderaan – an lovely place to hide your bastard children from their corrupted, guilt-crazed fathers. The planet of Alderaan wasn’t always a smoldering cloud of debris. No, back in the day it was a lovely, peaceful planet – perhaps the closest thing…
By Mike Fahey Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Turning The Beautiful Game Into A Video Game
As I’ve said, FIFA 10 comes as close as any sports game I’ve played to being just like the real thing. Begging the question: how do the developers actually turn a sport like football into a video game? After all, football is not like most other sports represented in video games. It is not a…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet Online Create Coming Monday
LittleBigPlanet is getting a LittleBigUpdate on Monday, adding new save game functionality, improved connectivity, and the ability to create levels online with up to three friends. Until the new Leerdammer update hits on Monday, the only way to create LittleBigPlanet levels with your friends was to gather around the television set or coordinate online and…
By Mike Fahey Published November 27, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why Shop When You Can Enter Contests?
Yesterday we rolled out two fairly-easy-to-enter contests for some neat give aways. The first contest has you sending in a photo to prove how metal you are for a chance to win a kick-ass Mishka Brutal Legend Tee. The second involves a bit of Tekken Cosplay with a chance to win a limited edition Tekken…
By Brian Crecente Published November 27, 2009