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Your TGS Booth Companions
The Tokyo Game Show doesn’t have booth babes, they have booth companions. These men and women are trained to hand out brochures, pitch their games and sometimes even play along side you. Here’s your look at this year’s companions.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Risen Trailer — We Swear Famous People Are In This Game
You’d think if a developer shelled out to have Andy Serkis and John Rhys-Davies in their voice cast that they’d make use of the heavy-hitters in their trailer. But nope. All you get is some guy saying the name of the game right at the end. I guess that’s why they call it a “teaser”…
By AJ Glasser Published September 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Has Not Yet Decided Resident Evil 6 Producer
Osaka-based game company Capcom makes Resident Evil zombie games. With Resident Evil 5 shipping 5 million copies worldwide, damn skippy that Capcom is going to churn out RE6. “Honestly”, RE5 and Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi told Kotaku, “the producer for Resident Evil 6 hasn’t been decided yet.” Takeuchi has previously expressed interested in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kojima Talks More About Hardcore Natal Plans
The father of Metal Gear told Kotaku that he’d like to make games for Natal that appeal to people who like his own work and Halo. Hideo Kojima elaborated on his interest in Microsoft’s hands-free Xbox controller system, Project Natal, during his interview with Kotaku at the Tokyo Game Show on Friday. He was following…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Great TGS Underboob Cover-Up (NSFW)
If someone ever asks you what the biggest difference between the press days and the public days at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, tell them one thing. Make that, two things: GAH! Just as TGS started to take shape and stiffen up, the early pictures from the Acquire booth showed a booth companion promoting upcoming…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Introduces the Crimson Lance
Gearbox sent out a punchy update today assuring us that Borderlands is “pretty damn huge” and all that we’ve seen so far are “the noobie areas of the game. You haven’t even met the real bad guys yet.” OK, enlighten us. Well, first, Gearbox touts a 60-plus hour experience “in just the first play through,”…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Crackdown 2 Multiplayer Gameplay
Earlier this week I had a chance to sit down and play a bit of Crackdown 2 multiplayer. It was, no pun intended, a blast. GameVideos shot some lovely video of the multiplayer mayhem in action. Check it out. Crackdown 2 TGS 2009 Deathmatch Gameplay [GameVideos]
By Brian Crecente Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Seven Japanese Developers Discuss Their Visions of Project Natal
Microsoft has released seven quick-take videos of top-flight Japanese developers discussing Project Natal and the opportunities they see in it for the next generation of game development. Keiji Inafune, of Capcom, sees Natal as a way to expand the means of control beyond the “limited interface,” a standard controller. Tecmo’s Keisuke Kikuchi sees Natal as…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hands-On With Crackdown 2’s Tribes-Like Multiplayer
Earlier this week I had a chance to sit down with Crackdown 2‘s multiplayer, leaping between towering buildings, and throwing cars at fellow agents in a city-roving free-for-all that felt like one part Halo and one part Tribes. A group of journalists gathered on the 25th floor of the New Otani Hotel in Japan to…
By Brian Crecente Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA Spokeswoman Hits Back at Australian Classification Board
Electronic Arts, the retail distributor for Left 4 Dead 2 weighed in against The Australian classification board‘s refusal of Left 4 Dead 2, and it’s not as mild as the “pretty bummed” Valve offered last week EA spokeswoman Tiffany Steckler, speaking to GameSpot Australia, implied Left 4 Dead 2’s violent content is not beyond the…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Lets TGS This Weekend
To: Owen From: Crecente It may be Friday night at Kotaku Tower and Saturday morning here in Japan, but that doesn’t mean that the news, reviews and pictures won’t continue to flow out of the Tokyo Game Show. We still have plenty, plenty to post. This morning marks the first public day of the Tokyo…
By Brian Crecente Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rock Band 2 Patch Gets By With a Little Help from The Beatles
Improved chord hammer-on/pull off notes, taken from The Beatles: Rock Band’s better handling of the feature, have been patched into Rock Band 2 as part of an omnibus update that became available today. Additionally the update enables support for wireless microphones and lays down an “audition” feature you may use when the Rock Band Network…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dead Rising 2: Behold The Rake Shotgun
We’ve got a quartet of videos showcasing some of the new weapons in Capcom’s Dead Rising 2, but only one of them really matters. Ladies and gentlemen – the rake shotgun. Don’t get me wrong. The stick thingy, wheelchair, and explosive footballs you’ll find in the clips below all look…nice. It’s just that they can’t…
By Mike Fahey Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Fit Plus Preview: One Fat Slice Of Cheese
My cat, Lola, is 14.1 pounds – which is actually three quarters of a pound lighter than what the vet said she weighed last year. I’ve never given Wii Fit all that much though until I gave my brother and his wife a Wii for their wedding present last year. Then my sister-in-law was all…
By AJ Glasser Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Back to the Gallows with Assassin’s Creed II
The Tokyo Game Show trailer for Assassin’s Creed II divulges Ezio’s motivation – namely revenge – in a nicely edited homage to the original Assassin’s Creed trailer, before dissolving into an intense, bloody montage featuring some brief gameplay. It’s very well shot and builds to a nice climax with Da Vinci’s glider launching from the…
By Owen Good Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Mega Street Fighter IV Mans
Created by SpeedBrkr on the Capcom Unity Forum
By Mike Fahey Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hands On With Tecmo’s “TPS” Quantum Theory
Announced last year as Tecmo’s stab at a “TPS,” PlayStation 3 game Quantum Theory drew immediate comparisons to Gears of War, partly because of its heavily armored and beefy protagonist Syd and its cover system. Those comparisons were mostly fair. We played the Tokyo Game Show demo of Quantum Theory at the PlayStation booth, immediately…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 25, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Fit On Public Transit — Not A Good Idea
I picked up a copy of Wii Fit Plus from Nintendo today for review purposes — and then had the traumatic task of getting the Balance Board pack home on public transit. I was standing on the Powell Street station platform when I noticed a man staring at the box. The thing’s as big as…
By AJ Glasser Published September 25, 2009