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And Now There Is A Boy…
First there was a landscape and the number four. Then a dragon. Now? Now there is a boy. He has a sword. Tomorrow we hope this Square Enix countdown site brings us clouds or maybe, just maybe, the sun. Oh the suspense. It is killing us. NEW GAME [Official Site]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Let’s Take A PlayStation Home Survey!
Let’s! Sony is asking questions, and you are giving answers. What Sony wants to know: “How appealing would each of the following potential features be if a new public space was created that was dedicated to the PlayStation brand?” That’s the main question, and Sony then breaks things down into smaller, bit-sized polling that covers…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Try Getting This Devil May Cry Sword Through Customs
The delightfully-named United Cutlery make things with blades on them. Some are practical for use around the home, others are practical for use only with effeminate half-dressed demon fighters. Like this replica of “Red Queen”, from Devil May Cry 4. It’s 42 inches long, and has real steel, and real leather. Crazy. It’ll only be…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Epic Games In South Korea
Epic Games, the folks behind the Gears of War franchise and the Unreal Engine development platform, are opening a branch office in South Korea. The Seoul-based Epic Games Korea will sell the Unreal Engine 3 to developers in the region. The office will be headed up by Ray Park, who previously launched Microsoft’s in-game advertising…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA “Launched Too Many New IPs” In 2008
Last year, EA tried something new: they released a number of titles based off brand new intellectual property. Perhaps, in hindsight, too many. In an interview with Gamasutra, EA’s Frank Gibeau has said: I think in the spirit of your question, I think we launched too many new IPs all at once in Q3. I…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
These Ladies Might Be In New Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza)
SEGA has started holding “hostess” auditions for an upcoming Ryu Ga Gotoku (aka Yakuza) game. Between May 8 and June 19, there were over 1,500 applicants. Those screened from that pool auditioned at SEGA’s headquarters. Groups of 2~3 applicants were interviewed by the game’s creators, including Ryu Ga Gotoku designer Toshihiro Nagoshi, in a 30…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Patents Method To Emulate PS2 On PS3
My single biggest problem with the PS3? The loss of backwards compatibility. It’s a gaping hole in the system’s feature set. Then again, it may also be one that’s on the way back. Some background: when the PS3 first launched, it was backwards-compatible, meaning you could play PlayStation 2 games on your new PlayStation 3.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Erotic Game Websites Block Foreign Access
The big erotic game trend these days? Block foreign access of your website. Why? Because foreigners have been making a big deal about ero games. Joining the likes of PC developer Minori, Yuzusoft’s website sends up a standard 403 forbidden to those trying to access the page outside of Japan. And while the VisualArts Visual…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
No LAN Play For Starcraft II
One of the reasons Starcraft is still such a big hit at LAN parties is that, like most “older” PC titles, it supports multiplayer over a local network. Starcraft II will do no such thing. A Blizzard rep has told Kotaku: We don’t currently plan to support LAN play with StarCraft II, as we are…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Behind the Scenes of Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li
Remember that Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li movie? Sorry to hear that. We had expunged it from our brain until we saw these clips. Time to share! These clips are hitting the internets to help promote the movie’s DVD release. The home version includes bonus footage, commentary and a full-length comic movie “Street Fighter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Captain Blood Preview: Errol Flynn He Ain’t — But He’ll Do
The popularity of pirates is waning as the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise gives way to Twilight and Harry Potter – but Captain Blood aims to cash in on the tail end of the pirate craze. Loosely based on the Rafael Sabatini books that spawned an Errol Flynn movie and possibly a 2011 remake by…
By AJ Glasser Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three Things We Weren’t Allowed To Photograph At Blizzard HQ
During our visit to Blizzard’s headquarters, we were given a tour of the developer’s campus, a massive office complex that houses a giant Orc statue, an employee-only library filled with nerdy reference, and plenty of things kept top secret. Our guided tour through the halls of Blizzard took us through the mundane—the company’s fitness center—to…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
WoW Players Can Soon *Gasp* Change Sides
If you’re a WoW player, you’re one of two things. You’re Alliance, or you’re Horde. That’s it. That’s where the line is drawn. Or…it was. Pretty soon, that won’t matter anymore. Blizzard have begun work on a new service that will let players switch sides. Alliance to Horde. Or Horde to Alliance. Whichever way you…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dreamkiller Impressions: “Emotional Painkiller” Doesn’t Sound As Cool
Dreamkiller is a first-person shooter starring a “punk rock chick psychologist” who projects herself into her patients’ dreams to cure their psychotic behavior by killing their nightmares. Sound familiar? If it does and you’re not thinking of the anime, Paprika, it’s likely because Dreamkiller sounds a lot like Painkiller. Painkiller you might remember is that…
By AJ Glasser Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Want Serious Sam HD On Your PS3? You Better Speak Up
Developer Croteam is bringing Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD to Xbox Live Arcade this summer and, eventually, the PC. But what about the other platform capable of handling the seriousness of this first-person shooter, the PlayStation 3? Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric tells G4 that there was a PlayStation 3 version planned, but the developer…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rolando Being Pulled From App Store [Update]
Rolando is, at the moment anyways, the perfect example of how to do an iPhone game right. Anyone who hasn’t yet sampled its delights may want to hurry, though, as the game’s about to be yanked from the App Store. With the game’s sequel Rolando 2 due out this week (July 1), publishers Ngmoco want…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Texas to Texas
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Let’s Try Shiso Pepsi! This morning we left El Paso, after spending the weekend with my mom and step-dad there, and Trish drove us across a chunk of the state to Fort Worth, Texas. We’re going to be spending a day in the city looking around before heading out for…
By Brian Crecente Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Bundles Don’t Get Any More Precious Than This
If you don’t already have a PlayStation 3 and your heart isn’t a deep, deep black, consider Best Buy’s current offer, featuring one of the better value-added bundles, featuring both Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet and Pixar’s Wall-E on Blu-ray. That makes the actual hardware somewhat of a steal, considering these are two must have (or at…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pachter: Used Games Sales At 100 Million Annually In U.S., Not A Threat
Gaming’s most-quoted financial analyst shared some unconventional wisdom about used games today. In a 210-page annual report about the state of the gaming industry that begins with him thanking Kotaku and other websites for “keeping us on our toes and always asking us to think about the industry in real-time,” Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fable III “Confirmations” Come From The Darndest Places
Is Lionhead working on Fable III? In some capacity, almost definitely. Considering the success of Fable II, not developing a third game in the series would be throwing money away. But we didn’t expect this kind of Fable III “confirmation.” So who’s mentioning Fable III now? The New York Times, which is typically not wrong…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 29, 2009