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PS3 Tales of Vesperia Sees Biggest Tales Sales Ever
The PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia has been released in Japan, and according to early sales figures, the game is a smash hit. A huge, enormous smash hit. According to website Sinobi, ToV for the PS3 sold 147,000 copies in its first day on sale. To put things in perspective, the Xbox 360 version…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Babies Brought into a World of Swag
Seems Capcom USA (driving down the 101, San Mateo here we come … ) has seen an employee baby-havin’ boom lately. To properly indoctrinate the next generation, their offspring are romping around in Capcom-themed onesies with the drop-seat dumper flaps. Ha-POOP-en!!! Snow’s blog on Capcom-Unity showcased the six jumpers, ironed on with Dark Void, a…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
You Draw Like A Dairy Farmer
Here’s something to shiver the timbers of Monkey Island fans the seven seas over: a poster, available for sale, drawn by Lucasarts fan favourite (and Sam & Max creator) Steve Purcell. Yup. The dude from Sam & Max (and the box art for the two original Monkey Island games). You can even pay a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Mega Man History Book Cancelled
Mega Man fans might have been looking forward to “Mega Man: Complete History,” which Barnes & Noble had listed for pre-order earlier this year. Publisher Chronicle Books told Go Nintendo the project has been scrapped. Says a Chronicle rep: Unfortunately this book will not be published, but we are coming out with a Street Fighter…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Petz Preview: There’s Some Strategy Here
Sometimes at a press event, it’s a good idea to try the one game everybody doesn’t want to play – because it’s usually right next to the one everybody would kill to see. That’s right: Petz was my devious strategy to get a good look at Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines. Was it worth it? Actually, yes…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Visualization: A Weird Experience With Beaterator
How do you get a feel for a music game when there’s no sound? Answer: Learn to visualize music. Rockstar’s game that’s more like a music application, Beaterator, features a ton of modes for the making of music on your PSP – all of which Stephen Totilo breaks down for you here. The project was…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tetris Preview: Adding and Subtracting From A Classic
It’s hard to preview a game you’ve been playing most of your life – especially one that has no narrative, little in the way of visuals and long history of success in its simplicity. But, I’m going to take a stab at it anyway with the upcoming downloadable installment of Tetris on the PSP Go.…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Hell yeah! McMike is not around to pose the question, so it’s up to me. As for what I’ll be playing, looks like NHL 2K10 and Madden for the iPhone, as your resident sports lunkhead’s work is never done. What other games will I play? Let’s see, there’s “Cabella’s Extreme Catshit Scooping,” as Sunday is…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
‘All You Need Is Love’ Needs Only Two Days to Set Rock Band Record
The combination of an iconic tune representing both a band and an era, sold to support a charity, helped the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love’ become the fastest-selling downloadable song in Rock Band history, two days after its release. However, in the statement Microsoft released to announce the chart-topping feat, neither the specific number…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2009 -
UncategorizedThis Time, the Teletubbies are the Zombies
Wanna see a horde of burning Teletubbies? Wanna hear them coo “la-la!” while their limbs are blown off? Would you relish seeing a dozen waddle over to a pipe bomb, then vanish in a red mist? Damn right, you do. This is yet another masterpiece put together by L4DMods – with credit to modder flameknight7.…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Flight to Tokyo GO!
To: Ash From: Crecente I’m pretty psyched for this year’s Tokyo Game Show too. How excited? So excited that I still have to pack my bags for the 9 a.m. flight tomorrow. What have I been doing today? Writing, buying last minute equipment and hosting a 45-foot Bakugan trailer in front of my house for…
By Brian Crecente Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Graduates To Holocron Canon
Star Wars Battlefront’s story never made it into the books, comics or cartoons that comprise most of the Expanded Universe – but Elite Squadron is completely canon as far as LucasArts is concerned. They’ve got this thing called the “Holocron” which keeps track of continuity in the Star Wars Universe. Most of what gets done…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Undead Knights Preview: Tag! You’re A Zombie!
Undead Knights had nobody representing it at Sony’s PSP media frenzy, but the game pretty much speaks for itself. In the moaning screams of the undead, that is. The story doesn’t seem too hard to follow: there was a king who had some knights and he decided to kill them and one of their girlfriends…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Notebook Dump: Maximum Greg And Patrice, This Clip, And An Unseen Photo
There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? I wound down my coverage this week in preparation for going to Tokyo tomorrow. On Thursday I had my first day of not posting any original stories on Kotaku since…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Latest 2K10 Trailer Takes It Down on the Blocks
Noted low-post inhabitants Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard are joined by up-and-comers like Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge in this compilation of post-ups, drop-steps, and duck hooks in NBA 2K10, which hits the streets Oct. 6.
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Valve ‘Pretty Bummed’ by Australia’s Refusal of L4D2
No teeth-gnashing, just subdued disappointment from Valve when asked for comment on the Australian government’s refusal to classify Left 4 Dead 2, effectively banning it for sale there. Maybe Gabe Newell’s gonna talk to someone about it when he visits? Said Doug Lombardi, the Valve spokesman: We were surprised to hear of this news yesterday.…
By Owen Good Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP’s Comic Book Store: Watch Civil War Unfold
I’ve always scorned digital readers because no matter how nifty the controls are, they just don’t have the tangible joy of real books. The PSP Comic Book store, though, puts me in a position where digital reader technology might actually trump the feeling of holding a real comic book in my hand. Because unlike books…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tomorrow Is Pirate Day In The World Of Warcraft
You know Talk Like a Pirate Day is getting out of hand (or hook!) when it gets its very own celebration in World of Warcraft. Yes, tomorrow, September 19th, is Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the folks at Blizzard have whipped up a nautical celebration in Booty Bay that’s sure to please fans of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fat Princess: Fist Full Of Cake — Cake or Death? That Is The Question
Fat Princess may have disappointed a few fans with its single player mode, but Fist Full of Cake aims to get it right while still keeping the best bits of the PlayStation Network game. To that end, developer Super Villian (working closely with Titan Studios) added 50% more content to Fist Full of Cake, plus…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet PSP Preview: PSP Platforming At Its Cutest
There are plenty of platformers to pick from when it comes to the PSP, but only one of them has Sackboy. Aside from gameplay features like the level editor and the ability to smack your co-op buddies in the dace, there’s a special charm to LittleBigPlanet that sets it apart from other platfomers. Part of…
By AJ Glasser Published September 18, 2009