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  Happy Birthday Game Boy!

  Twenty years ago today, the original Game Boy first went on sale in Japan. What better way to pay tribute than with a series of cheesy retro ads. The Game Boy was created by Nintendo’s Gunpei Yokoi, who also created the company Game & Watch handhelds. Worldwide, the Game Boy and its later iteration Game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009
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  Britain Gets A New PSP Bundle

  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have today announced a new PSP hardware bundle for the British market, which will include a PSP-3000 console, a memory stick and some free TV service hours. As it stands, anyone signing up for Go!View – Sony’s pay-TV partnership with Sky, which sees content made available for the PSP – gets…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2009
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  Magna Carta 2 Debut Trailer

  Here’s the first trailer for Softmax’s 360 JRPG Magna Carta 2. It was announced at Microsoft’s press event in Tokyo today that the game will be out in Japan on August 6.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2009
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  Fantastic Scrolling Arcade Shooter Coming To Xbox 360

  Once again proving itself the shmup console of choice, the Xbox 360 is getting a port of Cave developed arcade shooting game Mushihime-sama Futuari. Yes, that game. Several Cave shoot ’em ups have already been ported over to the Xbox 360 with varying degrees of success. Take the 5pb ported DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009
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  Tekken 6 Punches Out New Trailer

  It’s Tekken 6, it’s from Namco Bandai and it’s here to ask you a very important question: What do you fight for? The new Tekken 6 trailer was shown at the Microsoft press conference in Tokyo earlier today. Tekken 6 was originally released in Japanese arcades in late 2007 and will be hitting both the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009
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  Stephen Fry Doing Voice Work For “2nd Edition Of A Video Game”

  Warning: this comes from Twitter. If you’re sick of hearing about Twitter, well, you have been warned. Anyway. Stephen Fry is spending the day doing voice work for a game. As he “Tweets” (sorry): Morning all. In studio today voicing 2nd edition of a video game. Will check when I’m there if I’m allowed to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2009
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  SNK Making Fighting… Shmup Game (Bwah?!)

  Best known of its King of Fighters fighting games, SNK Playmore is releasing a fighting-meets-shooting game for Xbox LIVE Arcade. It’s currently sporting the temp title of The King of Fighters Sky Stage. The game features characters from the KoF series in a traditional shoot’em up game — each with special shooting skills. There’s a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009
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  Team Fortress 2 Patch Hints At New Headgear, Huge Gameplay Changes

  The most recent Team Fortress 2 update brings with it updates that may radically change the way we play the game, including the fascinating—but still unannounced—addition of headgear to classes. Oh, it gets much better. While the official Valve change log rather mundanely notes that the Team Fortress 2 team has “reworked the character loadout…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  PlayStation Gamers’ Day: Why I Was Absent From Kotaku Today

  Sony held day one of its pre-E3 PlayStation Preview days today, an event that consumed a day’s worth of posting for this Kotaku editor. Honestly, though, playing new games all day was better than posting. Unfortunately, we can’t really discuss much of what I got to go hands-on with today, as all of the preview…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Right Now, Microsoft Showing 31 Games For Japan

  Today in Tokyo, Microsoft is holding its spring 2009 press conference. Xbox Japan boss Takashi Sensui announces that 31 titles for Japan will be covered. Before we get to them, Sensui confirms that a million Xbox 360s have been sold in Japan. To mark the occasion, a million Microsoft Points will be given out nationwide.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009
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  Ninety-Nine Nights II Is Dark, Fiery And Smokey

  Xbox 360 title Ninety-Nine Nights is getting a sequel with the clever temp title Ninety-Nine Nights II. As you can tell by these screenshots, the game’s visual hook is equally clever: light and dark. So original! As we previously posted, the game is currently 50 percent finished and slated for release sometime this year. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009
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  This Is How You Get Me Interested In A Transformers Game

  I didn’t want anything to do with the last Transformers game, partly because I’d heard it was awful, but mostly because it featured “movie” Transformers. Which are terrible, spindly things. Call me a purist, call me an asshole, I don’t mind, but when a Transformer looks like a Bionicle with a bone disease, it’s not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2009
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  The Wii Is Perfect For Computer Illiterate Old People

  Not that there is anything wrong with computer illiterate old people. Why our mother just asked us yesterday if it was difficult to use a PC mouse. Yes it is, we said. We lied! The above ad is for phone carrier NTT Western Japan and is eye-roll inducing if you understand Japanese. For those who…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009
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  Muramasa Loses Its American Publisher

  What is it with Wii games losing publishers? First Fatal Frame, now Muramasa – which was about the best-looking thing due on the console in 2009 – finds its American release up in the air. Vanillaware’s gorgeous 2D side-scroller was supposed to be released by XSEED in North America later this year (it was released…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2009
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  Comparing Final Fantasy XIII Demo On HD TV And Analog TV

  Not all televisions are built the same. For kicks, Japanese site Intermezzo compared the Final Fantasy XIII Blu-ray PS3 demo on two televisions (one HD, one analog). Let’s have a look. One of the televisions was a US$200 model 14-inch Sony WEGA from the year 2000. It was connected to the PS3 with composite cables.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead Survival Pack: April 21

  Tonight, it’s still April 20. But when you open up those sleepy eyes and greet April 21? Left 4 Dead’s Survival Pack will be there waiting for you. Valve announced today that the free content – which will introduce new gameplay modes and open up two campaigns for versus play – will be released on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2009
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  Kojima Productions: Who Wants Zone of the Enders 3?

  Hideo Kojima doesn’t only make Metal Gear Solid games. He also makes Zone of the Enders mecha games — though, it’s been six years since the last one. He’s been busy, you know. ZoE spawned two three sequels as well as two anime. The first title was released on the PlayStation 2 in 2001 with…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2009
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  ESA Welcomes Trion and XSEED

  Just when you thought everyone was jumping ship, the Entertainment Software Association welcomes two new companies to its ranks. Trion World Network, Inc. isn’t familiar to most gamers – because they haven’t actually put out any games yet. The company is working on “server-based games and original entertainment” and made a couple of headlines last…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 20, 2009
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  New Madden Screens Bring The Wildcat

  Last year, the Dolphins shook things up a little by breaking out the “Wildcat”, an offensive formation rarely used in the NFL. To sum up, it worked. So it’ll be available in Madden 10! And to ram that point down your throat, EA Sports have released three new screens for the game, showing RB Ronnie…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2009
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  Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Dev Falls Into Bankruptcy

  Developer Ascaron Entertainment has filed for bankruptcy protection in its home country, Germany. Their newest game, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, hit the PC last November and the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports are due out this May. But as decent as the game’s been doing so far, that four year development cycle apparently murderized…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 20, 2009