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NPD Groups Says Video Game Gift Sales Down This Holiday
Research group NPD predicts a less techy Christmas in their holiday retail outlook. So don’t act shocked if a book shows up in your stocking instead of a video game. Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst, explains in a press release that “consumers will be looking for the right gift, rather than the most extravagant or…
By AJ Glasser Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Looks Like A New Game Mode For Birth By Sleep
I was jealous when I heard Stephen Totilo played Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep at the Tokyo Game Show. But even if he saw it first, it looks like he didn’t see everything. Apparently there’s a board game-type of mode in Birth By Sleep that breaks up the hack ‘n’ slash monotony many non-KH fans…
By AJ Glasser Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Don’t Expect Maniac Shooter Ketsui On Xbox 360 Anytime Soon
The Xbox 360 port of bullet hell shooter Ketsui ~Kizuna Jigokutachi ~ EXTRA has been plagued. Bad. The game was slated for release on May 28 in Japan. It’s October 15, and the game isn’t out. According to an April Xbox Japan press release, the game was now TBA. The 5pb Games, who was working…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
God of War III Demo Dated For Japan
Kotaku has seen God of War III being played, and hot diggity, did it look good. Played it, too! Would you like to play it? Would you? Sony Japan is giving out codes to download God of War III from the PSN Store as part of the promotion for Infamous. The God of War III…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Z.O.E. Not Too Soon, Kojima “Really Considering” It
Hideo Kojima might be making Metal Gear Solid games right now, but he’s made other games in the past. Games like Zone of the Enders. But when will we get that game? Kojima tells PlayStation.Blog.Europe: A lot of [people] love Zone of the Enders, and we love the title as well, especially at Kojima Productions…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rare: ‘Who Knows” Why Donkey Kong 64 Hasn’t Hit the VC
Who knows? Maybe it has something to do with Rare being owned by Microsoft, and it and Nintendo being unable to decide who divides the loot. But yeah, answering a reader question, they don’t know what the deal is either. Asked in the latest RARE Scribes mailbag why Donkey Kong 64 isn’t on the Wii…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Do You Know This Lady’s Name?
She appeared in the Tokyo Game Show Final Fantasy XIII trailer, and we didn’t know her name until now. Her name is Oerba Yun Fang — she’s a mysterious L’Cie lady with a nifty tattoo. And her summon? Her summon is “The Dragon King”, Bahamut. Shonen Jump: New details on new, blue l’Cie lady [Final…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 -
UncategorizedSega’s Office Prank Doesn’t Think Too Much of Game Informer
Jen Groeling went off on a two-week vacation and came back to find her cube at Sega cordoned with plastic wrap and filled with about a zillion pages from Game Informer magazines. See for yourself in this video. I totally would have cannonballed into that pile. SEGA’s Office Pranks [YouTube, big hat tip thanks to…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
The New York PSPgo Sign Is Smaller
Remember that huge PSP in New York City’s SoHo? The one that was up since 2005? It has been taken down, sadly. But Sony has put up a new PSPgo billboard in SoHo — albeit smaller. That’s okay! The PSPgo is smaller, and the economy is crap. And who can afford enormous PSP billboards these…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Look Who’s Gonna Buy Uncharted 2
I’ve always wondered if Pepsi guys, on vacation with the fams, ever pull into a McDonald’s and go, the hell with it, gimme a Coke. Of course, that’s a smidge different from deliberately buying and complimenting a competitor’s flagship product. But give the Major his due, the Xbox Live community guru Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb…
By Owen Good Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gus Van Sant And Bret Easton Ellis Working on Suicide Script
Drugstore Cowboy director Gus Van Sant and America Psycho novelist Bret Easton Ellis are partnering to pen a script based on the 2008 Vanity Fair article The Golden Suicides about the dual suicides of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake. The film will be produced by Lionsgate, and Van Sant is currently involved only involved as…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Users Report Fallout 3: Game Of The Year Edition Save Snafu
Bethesda Softwork’s recently released “Game of the Year” edition of post-apocalyptic adventure Fallout 3 may have a little problem. Some owners of the Fallout 3: GOTY say the game won’t recognize their hard-earned game saves from the original Fallout 3. According to reports from Kotaku tipsters affected by the save and posters on Bethsoft’s official…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Classic Call of Duty Offers a Dirty Dozen Achievements
Xbox360Achievements.org, on the ball as ever, found the set of 12 achievements for the original Call of Duty, which will soon arrive on Xbox Live Arcade and will be free with Modern Warfare 2’s Prestige Edition. The achievements are worth 200 points in total and not one of them is offered for multiplayer performance. Here’s…
By Owen Good Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Miyamoto’s Secret Hobby: Measuring Stuff
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata chat about Wii Fit Plus, and Miyamoto discusses an odd fixation he has – guessing the length and weight of certain things. It’s why he carries a tape measure. For real. Says Miyamoto: “I’ve always enjoyed guessing the lengths of objects, which is why I carry a…
By Owen Good Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Preview: I’m A Total Space Case
I’m glad Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron‘s space-to-ground transitions made it into the multiplayer –- there was some initial confusion about whether or not the PSP Infrastructure could handle it. But the final answer is yes. Yes, Elite Squadron can handle all 16 players leaping from space combat to ground battles and back again almost…
By AJ Glasser Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameFly Filing Shows Netflix-Only Mail Slots
The slapfight between GameFly and the U.S. Postal Service now extends to the question of official-or-unofficial “Netflix Only” mail slots, which the rent-by-mail service contends is another example of the inappropriate preferential treatment its peers and competitors receive. Last month, GameFly filed an order to force the USPS to provide figures showing how many of…
By Owen Good Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Two Years’ Worth of Dragon Age DLC is Planned
Mark Darrah, the BioWare executive producer for Dragon Age: Origins, said the studio has a two-year plan for downloadable content for all versions of the game. Speaking to The Game Reviews, Darrah said: We have plans that stretch out for basically two years. And it’s going to be everything from really small stuff like item…
By Owen Good Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wolfenstein PC Demo Now Available
Are you one of the millions of gamers who didn’t play Wolfenstein when it hit the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3? Perhaps you’d like to try the PC version on for size? Of course, you can also contribute to the game’s underperformance by downloading the Wolfenstein PC demo, yours for the sampling. It’s available wherever…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio Podcast Now Downloadable Content
This week, we and the readers of Kotaku got to bend the ear of Robomodo’s Josh Tsui, the man behind Tony Hawk Ride and formerly the face of Mortal Kombat’s Liu Kang. Quite the resume. That episode of Kotaku Talk Radio, recorded earlier today with the aid of your phone calls, is now available for…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 14, 2009