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Grab This Week’s Kotaku Talk Radio Now
Join us this week as we talk about upcoming convention Tokyo Game Show. During the hour show we tackle everything from the PSP go to Lust in Dante’s Inferno and chainsaws in Left 4 Dead 2. Download the latest episode here or subscribe to the show on iTunes. You can also listen to it right…
By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
360’s New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
The 802.11n adapter whose development Microsoft recently confirmed will cost you one benjamin. The existing 802.11g adapter will get a haircut and cost $79.99. That’s according to Ars Technica’s trusty, and unnamed, “Mole.” The new adapter, and its ability to stream 1080p video, is tied to Microsoft’s upcoming Zune video store update to Xbox Live…
By Owen Good Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hope On The Horizon For Aion’s Server Woes
Players are none too pleased with the massive, multi-hour queues affecting most of the newly-launched MMO Aion’s servers every evening. We spoke with NCsoft about plans to sooth the teeming masses. Forcing customers to wait upwards of several hours during peak game-playing time is not the sort of first impression you want to give the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Firmware Update Hits the 360
An Xbox 360 firmware update went live overnight/early this morning. Although it lays the foundation for the 360’s Facebook and Twitter capabilities, no new features are included in this download. Major Nelson confirmed the new firmware in a late-night post; also, for any of our friends who were up late and gaming and found the…
By Owen Good Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Scratch: The Ultimate DJ Track List Grows By Eight
We’re happy for you DJ Hero and we’re gonna let you finish, but Scratch: The Ultimate DJ features some of the greatest newly announced musical tracks of all time, featuring Kanye. Yes, I realized I used that reference already in today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves, but this story actually has Kanye in it, or at least…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Naughty Dog Vows Uncharted 2 Isn’t the End of Drake’s Story
Naughty Dog‘s Amy Hennig told Playstation.Blog that Nathan Drake is “going to have a lot of adventures” past Uncharted 2. What is said here – very successful IP will continue – isn’t news. Yet again, what’s unsaid is. Said Hennig: [Uncharted 2] doesn’t conclude the story at all. The expectation with Uncharted 2 is that…
By Owen Good Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dante’s Inferno Lust Impressions: Breast Bosses And Phallic Walls
EA offered hands-on with its second circle of its interactive Hell in Japan on Wednesday, allowing me to try the Lust level of 2010’s Dante’s Inferno. It was more disgusting than it was sexy, I hope we can all agree. Beware: Lots of words for body parts are used in this post. As it has…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio: Join Us At TGS
In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about Tokyo Game Show due to kick off Thursday morning. We’ll also be taking your calls live from Japan… if we can figure out the tech. To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website.…
By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
You’ve Got Ninja Gaiden In My Dynasty Warriors
Hey, Tecmo and Koei merged. And now their games are merging. Hooray! Ninja Gaiden character Ryu Hayabusa will be appearing in Koei’s PS3 version of Sangoku Musou Multi-Raid as an unlockable costumed character in armor, while Warrior Orochi’s Nu Wa on the Xbox 360 version of Multi Raid. And costumes of Multi-Raid characters Sun Shang…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here Are Your Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Characters
Game designer Hideo Kojima and his Kojima Productions team are hard at work on PSP title Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker. According to the upcoming issue of Famitsu, here are the characters: Amanda, Huey, Chico, Strangelove, Coldman, Cécile, Miller, Paz and Gálvez. Character illustrations above. Due out in 2010, Peace Walker takes place 10 years…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blogging Without The Internet
To: Crecente From: Luke Re: Hangin’ In Shibuya, Heading to Roppongi Hills Hangin’ in Shibuya, you say? I take it tower burgers were consumed? They damn well better have been. I’ve had a less pleasant week. I moved into my brand new house over the weekend, in a brand new suburb with brand new 30mb/s…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tokyo Game Show: Commence
Rise and shine, dear readers, for today marks the beginning of the first day of the Tokyo Game Show, Japan’s premier industry event and the last major game show of the year. We are there. We will bring news. Yesterday saw EA’s rather disappointing pre-TGS press conference, but today (or later tonight, or even early…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioShock, Circa 1882
It’s a real suit. As seen on Boing Boing.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
PC Version Of Borderlands Delayed
The 360 and PS3 versions of Gearbox’s shooter Borderlands are coming along nicely, and are still expected on October 20. But the PC version, well, it’ slipped a little. Because Gearbox are “optimizing the PC version”, a process “which takes a few days longer than expected”, the North American release of the PC version of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Asia’s Other Game Convention: Singapore Shines in September
When the Tokyo Game Show starts this week, it will be the talk of the town. Last year, the event drew 194,288 attendees over the course of four days for business and public visitors. But in Singapore last week, Games Convention Asia drew 102,500 attendees during four days of business and public exhibition. That total…
N. Evan Van Zelfden Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Seeks Suggestions for Next Vs. Title
Whether joking or serious, Capcom-Unity’s asked for input on what its next Vs. game should be, and that sets everyone to wondering if one really is in the works. They’re offering a meager bounty for the best-reasoned suggestion. Winner gets “precisely 12% of the swag in Seth’s “random Capcom swag” box. You can supply yours…
By Owen Good Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Fever Dream of … Burger Time?
As seen on ocularinvasion’s Flickr page. [via GameSetWatch]
By Owen Good Published September 23, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Gran Turismo 5 Clip Takes A Ferrari For A Spin
No in-game footage here, sadly, but still, it’s a treat for the eyes. The day when pre-rendered sequences in racing games become indistinguishable from actual footage is drawing very, very near. Click to view More Gran Turismo 5 News & Previews
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2009