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Japanese Voices On Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII, Who Needs ‘Em?
Hey, did you hear? In the West, FFXIII is coming to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The PS3 has Blu-ray. The Xbox 360 does not. So when it comes to things like adding extra voice tracks, that might be difficult for the Xbox 360 version. According to Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase, “Obviously,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Paul McCartney’s Rock Band Bass Replica Looks Like This
We’ve already seen two Beatles: Rock Band-themed guitar controllers: John Lennon’s Rickenbacker 325 and George Harrison’s Gretsch Duo Jet. Now, let’s check out Paul McCartney’s bass. Sold in the Limited Edition Premium Bundle, this wireless Höfner bass controller is a large-scale replica of the bass Sir Paul McCartney played. The instrument, along with the other…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
City Of Heroes Goes Rogue, Gets All-New Expansion
City of Heroes is going to get only its second expansion – and first in four years – with the release of Going Rogue, an update for the game that introduces the world of Praetoria. Praetoria takes the well-worn comic book road of flipping an established universe on its head, presenting “a utopian mirror to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
Look! Japanese Kids Dressed Up Like Monster Hunter
The spring Dream Party, the twice annual nerd gathering, was recently held in Tokyo. The event primarily shows off games, anime and figurines. But like most of these events, there’s bonus cosplaying. If the number of various cosplayers cosplaying Monster Hunter is any indication, that franchise is popular in Japan. Or so we hear. There…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2009 -
UncategorizedChinese Guy Spends A Day As A World Of Warcraft Character
World of Warcraft is a social game, right? Full of goals, and interactions, and relationships. So what happens if you try and live a day of your (real) life as a WoW character? [via Boing-Boing]
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
iDOLM@STER Rakes In Your DLC Money
Japanese illustrator and designer Akiman is famous for his Street Fighter II and Final Fight character work. Now that he’s freelance, his designs pop up in all sorts of places. But for a price, it seems! Take the new downloadable content for idol simulator THE iDOLM@STER SP for the PSP. While Namco Bandai isn’t exactly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Movie Shows A Grisly Future For MMOs
Sure, MMOs today are, outside of a few broken marriages, relatively harmless. But in the future depicted in upcoming movie “Game”, they’re a little more hazardous. The movie, which will be out in September, stars Gerard Butler and…Ludacris, and tells of a future in which MMOs have merged with mind control. The story will centre…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Roger Avary’s Name Mentioned With Silent Hill 2 By Novelist
Oscar winner Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction) penned the movie version of Konami horror game Silent Hill. Word has it he’s involved with the sequel. Avary also penned and directed the movie version of Bret Easton Ellis book The Rules of Attraction. According to an interview with his pal Ellis, Avary is doing Silent Hill 2.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo To Get Car Damage, Yes, “Soon”
Hilarious. Gran Turismo series creator (and professional procrastinator) Kaz Yamauchi has said that car damage – whose absence has long been the achilles heel of the venerable racing series – will be introduced “soon”. In an interview with an official Audi promo piece on the Audi R8 from earlier in the year (February), Yamauchi says…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jerry Bruckheimer On What Chesty Jake Brings To Prince of Persia
When we posted the Prince of Persia clip yesterday, we were so hypnotized by Jake Gyllenhaal’s abs, that we didn’t realize producer Jerry Bruckheimer was talking. He was! Likewise, Bruckheimer seems equally hypnotized by Jake Gyllenhaal. When asked what the actor brings to the film, Bruckheimer replied, “Well, he’s very handsome. And he’s in fantastic…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009 -
UncategorizedSquare Enix Putting The Squeeze On Chrono Trigger Fan Projects?
If you were looking forward to the fan-created Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes, look forward no more. The creators of that ROM-hacked project claim that Square Enix has threatened legal action against them. The five-year-long project, based on the original Chrono Trigger Super Nintendo ROM was due to be released later this month. But according to…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
White DualShock 3 Pads Arrive In The US
While we’ve heard that the silver DualShock 3 controllers will arrive in the US in June, it looks like the even-nicer white pads have already hit. Reader Henry says he just picked one up at his local Wal-Mart. You can see the pic right here. It’s a DualShock 3, it’s white, he bought it in…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Dragon Age: Origins Screens Are Marilyn Manson Free
How’s BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins looking these days? Exactly like this. Minus the HUD and featuring unplayable camera angles, obviously, but new screen shots should give you the general impression of the role-playing game’s appearance. Sure, they may not be “the new shit,” but they should most definitely dispel any misconceptions that Dragon Age: Origins…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
NIS America Struggles With Economy, Swine Flu But Still Delivers
Last Friday’s NIS America press event started with President Haru Akenaga apologizing for the localization job on Ar Tonelico II and wrapped with the announcement of several new upcoming games. The Western branch of Nippon Ichi Software is taking a hit with the sagging economy, Akenaga said. Worse, he added, a lot of Japanese companies…
By AJ Glasser Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Exceed 4000
It’s not easy to get to the very final mission of Rockstar’s DS Grand Theft Auto. But the number of people who have done so has doubled in the past month. When last I checked to see how many people had jumped through the hoops to access the final two missions of Chinatown Wars, it…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Book It
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Where Is My Canned Coffee? Do You Have It? I Think You Do. Trish finally published her book in Amazon’s Kindle store. I talked her into going the digital route, because I think with the increasing pressure agents and book publishers are under, the best way to get any attention…
By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zeno Clash Characters Now Ready For Wacky Garry’s Mod Situations
The charitable developers at ACE Team have released the first batch of downloadable content for their first-person brawler Zeno Clash. Sorry, these aren’t new levels or knuckle skins, but new models for Garry’s Mod. That means the bizarre cast of characters from Zeno Clash is yours for the goofy manipulating in Garry’s Mod, meaning even…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Hires Casual Games Guru From PopCap
The former general manager of Xbox Live Arcade and v.p. at Peggle studio PopCap is going to Blizzard. Let the development speculation begin. Kotaku has learned that Greg Canessa, the man who ran Xbox Live Arcade at the Xbox 360’s launch for Microsoft and has since served as vice president of game platforms at PopCap…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Video Game Girls Go Burlesque, Strip Off Their Varia Suits
This weekend, burlesque troupe Devil’s Playground did its best video game cosplaying, then did what normally happens at such events: they got mostly naked. But the undressing was handled with respect for the games referenced. While the folks at Nintendo may not approve of Princess Peach, pictured, and Metroid‘s Samus Aran getting on-stage nude codes,…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bethesda Calls Its Splash Damage Shooter A “Genre-Breaker” Killer App
Bethesda Softworks is growing, adding titles like Wet and Rogue Warrior to its role-playing game heavy portfolio. It’s also expanding on its hype, touting the Splash Damage-developed first-person shooter it’s publishing in a big way. We’re going to get our first taste of the game at this year’s E3, but Bethesda’s European managing director Sean…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009