The climax of tonight’s Final Fantasy XIII party was the game’s brand new trailer. It will be shown at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, so all attending will be able to check it out. Tonight, however, only a hundred or so individuals were able to see it. The trailer is so new that many Square…
Square Enix and beverage company Suntory announced during tonight’s Final Fantasy XIII party that, as is becoming custom, they’ll once again be pairing to release a line of FF-themed drinks for the Japanese market. The drinks, called Final Fantasy XIII Elixir, will be out sometime this “Winter”. Since every line of these things seems to…
The topic was barely whispered of during the Final Fantasy XIII party earlier tonight in Tokyo, but the game’s latest press release has confirmed that there will be a PS3/FFXIII bundle in Japan. It’ll be a Slim PS3, will include a copy of Final Fantasy XIII and…that’s all the info they had. More information will…
Forget for a moment that the Age of Empires series looks destined for a long spell on the sidelines, courtesy of Microsoft. And instead, make do with the news Age of Empires III is about to get bundled. On September 15, Microsoft will release Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, a box set which includes…
Japanese release dates for Final Fantasy XIII are all well and good if you’re Japanese, but what if you’re American? Canadian? British, Australian, German, French? Well, then you’ll want to know dates for the game’s Western release. Speaking at tonight’s Final Fantasy XIII event in Tokyo, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has said “In the…
Square Enix confirmed tonight at a Japanese press event that Final Fantasy XIII will indeed be out on December 17. Least, that’s when it’ll be out in Japan. The date isn’t a surprise – not after it was accidentally leaked by Square on the company’s YouTube site – but still, it’s nice to get confirmation.…
Tonight Square Enix is hosting a Final Fantasy XIII Premiere event in Tokyo. We’re at the Miraikan, a fancy science museum of sorts. Nothing quite says FFXIII like science museums!
Manomio’s C64 emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch – which was originally knocked back by Apple in June – has now been cleared for release. It includes five “classic” games (though “classic” might be a bit of a stretch), those being Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck and Jack Attack. What, no…
Europe’s budget line for PlayStation 3 games, the Platinum range, last week expanded by four titles, each going for £20 (€30). Strangely, they all seem to be using the old box format and old PS3 logo. Before you say anything, yes, we know Metal Gear Solid 4 has been out in select PAL territories for…
Tonight in Tokyo, Square Enix is holding a Final Fantasy XIII event, and we’ll be there liveblogging our brains out. By “we”, we mean “me”. The event will start at 7:00pm Japan Time (which is 4am Kotaku Time) and is expected to run for two hours. Be sure to check back for our liveblog and…
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s Zeno Colaco has told Develop magazine that, somewhere down the line, Sony may stop charging some developers for PSP dev kits and just start handing them out for free. Speaking about the endless comparisons between the PSPgo’s “Minis” line and the almighty App Store, Colaco says that unlike Apple – who…
This is a trailer for Winter of the Melodias, sequel to the brilliant Lostwinds. Good to know that with Nintendo off doing…other things, there’s still someone around to do this kind of thing on the Wii. [via Offworld]
Those picking up Metroid Prime Trilogy appear to be trading convenience for graphical fidelity, with this clip showing that one of the Trilogy versions of the game is sporting reduced textures and particle effects. The opening minutes show the original game (Metroid Prime), while the Trilogy version kicks in at around the 3-minute mark. The…
Not every game exec plays video games. Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada does. Or rather, says he does. The businessman claims to have spent 30 hours over the course of four days after Dragon Quest IX was released this past July. But for Wada, it’s not simply a matter of “I like videos games”. The…
There’s little doubt that Blizzard’s World of Warcraft can be addictive. Most of you probably know someone addicted to it. But we doubt you know anyone stupid enough to pay $14,000 to kick said addiction. The ReSTART clinic in Seattle claims to be “the first residential treatment center for Internet addiction” in the US, and…
The Beatles have made their Rock Band debut. We even reviewed it! But what if, what if the fab four was coming to rival franchise Guitar Hero? Let’s fantasy. Let’s.
Sega announced today that, come next year, Valkyria Chronicles owners will be able to dust off their copy of the game and play through some new content. A brief statement issued by Sega’s PR said “Today, Sega announces new downloadable content for Valkyria Chronicles on PS3. ‘Challenges from Team Edy’ will test your strategy skills…
Take that! Again! The all-female Takarazuka Revue troupe is best known its musical stage shows where women actresses play both male and female roles. The Revue’s shows range from the traditional (Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!) to anything but (stage versions of Oliver Stone’s JFK, Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby). Takarazuka star Ranju Tomu is once again…
You are looking at a photo from a little over two months ago. Savor that lush green grass. It’s beautiful. This is a photo of the Gundam statue from a week ago. Drink in that brown dirt and the odor of human sweat. Oh the humanity, so real. The kicker? This 1-1 scale Gundam project…
A big fuss was made of the mere fact Paul & Ringo were at Microsoft’s E3 presser, but less fuss was made of the fact they looked awkward and out of place. Almost as if they couldn’t give a shit. Now, that may be true, it may not be true, we’ll probably never know. But…
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