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  A Little Bit Of Fable II For Free

  Fable II finally gets a demo of sorts with the debut of Fable II: Game Episodes, the epic adventure split up into five bite-sized chunks, and the first one is free! Fable II: Game Episodes is the full version of Fable II split up into five easy pieces, with all of the achievements, co-operative gameplay,…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 29, 2009
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  Booth Check: The Behemoth

  Not all the booths at the Tokyo Game Show were huge, some where just right. Take, for instance, this compact little show space by The Behemoth, makers of Castle Crashers. It featured cookies!

  By Brian Crecente Published September 29, 2009
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  Super Talk Amongst Yourselves

  As of yesterday, the word “Super” is back in the gaming lexicon, the once again perfect prefix for quasi-sequels. Consider today’s installment of this feature the first edition of Super Talk Amongst Yourselves. This edition contains tweaked moves, new characters. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 29, 2009
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  A Week In Baby Time Is A Long Time

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: More than 1 Billion Served A billion — the mind boggles. I wonder how many words I’ve written since I’ve been writing at Kotaku. I wonder how many of them have been spelled correctly. :/ ……………..So last week I was in Tokyo. This week I am not, I am home.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  First Super Street Fighter IV Trailer

  So, Super Street Fighter IV is real, and it’s not quite what we were expecting. Neither is this trailer, which features zero new characters and zero gameplay footage.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  Don’t Buy Left 4 Dead’s DLC Yet! [Update]

  Because if you do, you’ll be paying too much. Instead of the promised 560MSP price point, the Left 4 Dead expansion has hit the Xbox Live Marketplace at 800MSP. You might want to wait until it’s fixed. And fixed it will be, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb confirming that the price is indeed a mistake, and not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  L.A. Noire Is Coming Along “Splendidly”

  Remember L.A. Noire? It’s the 1940s-era detective game developer Rockstar first announced back in 2006. We’re not still hearing much, just rumblings of things to come. On the official Rockstar site, there is this blurb: “While we have yet to announce a definitive release date, L.A. Noire is coming along quite splendidly, and we’re going…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  New Mass Effect 2 Screens Are, Well…

  Oh dear. I really feel sorry for the person at EA marketing who thought highlighting this woman was a good idea.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  Uncharted 2 Western Box Art Vs. Japanese Box Art

  The Japanese box art for upcoming PS3 exclusive Uncharted 2 has been revealed. But how does it stack up with the European and North American box art? The Limited Edition Uncharted 2 box art on the left will be released in Europe (and North America, for that matter!), while the box art in the middle…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  First Dawn Of War II: Chaos Rising Trailer & Screenshots

  Dawn of War II is getting an expansion – Chaos Rising – and with it, finally, some new terrain. Oh, and some Chaos Marines, the Saints Row 2 fans of the desolate, distant future.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  What Do You Think Of These TGS Natal Icons?

  Natal is Microsoft’s new controller-free motion sensing tech. It does not have a logo or icons yet — apparently, Microsoft is still in the planning stages for that. At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Xbox Japan whipped up these icons for the booth to help convey what exactly the heck Natal is and does. Thoughts,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  A Couple Of Ghibli/Level 5 RPG Clips

  Ni no Kuni, an RPG collaboration between Level 5 and animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli, looks great on paper. But how does it look in motion, while you take turns whacking monsters? Ni no Kuni: The Another World [GameVideos]

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  Square Enix Wants To Sell Over Six Million Copies of FFXIII

  The last big game Square Enix released is Dragon Quest IX, which sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan alone. The next big game? Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix hopes to sell more of that game, way more. The previous title shipped over six million copies worldwide, reports Reuters. The target Square Enix is setting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  Pro Evo 2010 Gets Bundled For PS3 and 360

  Time for some cross-platform bundle parity this week, as Konami, Sony and Microsoft announce Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 hardware bundles for the PS3 and Xbox 360. As it stands, these are for the Japanese market, but if they turn up in Europe as well, don’t act all “oh my GOD” and pretend you never saw…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  Yakuza Game Developer Working On New Games

  Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, is the head of R&D at SEGA. He’s got a real nose for game development. No wonder he’s hard at work on new titles. At a Tokyo Game Show panel, the respected game designer talked about working on new titles and new genres. When pressed about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  Paper Boy: The Movie

  You know that Dig Dug "movie trailer" we ran the other day? It was for a competition, and after seeing it, one of the other entrants – Johann Wagoner – sent us his trailer. For Paper Boy, "the movie".

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  Would You Prefer To Be Slapped Or Game With A Girl?

  It’s your money — spent it the way you like. Newly opened Akihabara business “Cute Room” is offering otaku a bevy of girlfriend-like services that include playing video games, watching DVDs and playing board games with young female (paid) friends. The girls available are pictured above. Cute Room does not appear to be offering sexual…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  How Tim Schafer Got His Start

  These days, Tim Schafer is known as the man behind Grim Fandango, Psychonauts and Brutal Legend. But everybody has to start somewhere, and Schafer got his start at Lucasfilm Games, a job he won after sending in this crazy-ass application. I read about this a few months back in Rogue Leaders, the book on the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009
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  Tokyo Game Show 2010 Dates Don’t Bode Well

  One of the problems with Tokyo Game Show 2009 is that the mid-September dates are just too close to the August Gamescom. If the TGS organizers, the CESA, were smart, they’d move the Japanese event to October like in 2008. That’s if they were smart. The dates that are currently being tossed around for the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2009
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  Tearing The PSPgo To Pieces, Just To See What Its Insides Look Like

  Hardware destruction specialists iFixit are at it again. Fresh off tearing the PS3 Slim to pieces, they’ve now taken a screwdriver and a thirst for blood to the PSPgo, with surprisingly interesting results. Because unlike your average teardown, which just looks pretty, the PSPgo teardown has revealed a strange design decision on the part of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2009