Let’s Tap Trailer

I can’t work out whether this clip sums up everything that’s wrong with the Wii, or everything that’s wrong with Sega. Probably both.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Goes Budget In Japan

This past March, Metal Gear Solid 4 went to Sony’s Platinum budget line in Europe. Now, it’s following suit for Japan. Hideo Kojima’s swan song for Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, will be released on Sony Computer Entertainment’s “PLAYSTATION 3 the Best” line on June 18 for ¥3,990 (US$41). MGS4…

Kids Make Old Games Look Good On New TVs

Earlier this week, we saw the ugly side of modern emulation. So, in the interests of fairness, today let’s look at some people hoping to set things right. Full-time thinking man and part-time Kotaku Guest Editor Ian Bogost has asked some kids at Georgia Tech to come up with an emulator that can not only…

This Japanese Supermarket Prize Game Is Ironic

Codemasters To Release Two Formula 1 Games

While we’ve long known Codemasters have been working on a new Formula 1 game – and also that it would be serious – the company have today come out and made some official announcements. Seems there is not one, but two F1 games currently in development. The first will be out this year, and will…

Onechanbara THE MOVIE vorteX THE TRAILER

We’ve already met the real stars of the new Onechanbara vorteX movie. Heck, we’ve already seen the short online announcement trailer. Now? Now we’ve got the full length coming attraction. There’s blood, zombie movie and girls swinging swords around — the game in a nutshell. Thanks Michael for the tip!

Games Funding Has Dried Up

In these tough times, cash money reserves have dried up. It’s the same the world over, and the games industry is no different. Especially if you’re a start-up. According to Games Investor Consulting director Nick Gibson “In the last four or five months there has been a collapse in venture capital and, more broadly, private…

Bringing Bayonetta’s Butt To Life

Don’t think of “stylish action game” Bayonetta as Devil May Cry in heels, think of it as Devil May Cry in heels with a great ass. On the Platinum Games blog, the game’s modeler, Kenichiro Yoshimura, walks us through the process of modeling the character: from wireframe to finished product. Yoshimura is quick to admit…

First Madden 10 Trailers

Witness Peter Moore speaking for an eternity without actually saying anything in these debut Madden 10 trailers. First up, the Wii version. With a…unique new visual style. Second one’s the PS3/360 version

Guild Wars Series Breaks Through 6 Million Sold

Just as MMO Guild Wars is about to reach its fourth birthday, the franchise has surpassed six million units sold. Hooray! The ArenaNet developed game released the first Guild Wars episode on April 28,2005. “We are humbled by how gamers have responded to Guild Wars over the past four years, and we are proud that…

Guitar Hero: Van Halen Now Available For Pre-Order At GameStop

Executives have spoken of it. Ratings Boards have classified it. And now the world’s largest games retailer is accepting preorders for it. Activision, it’s about time you announced Guitar Hero: Van Halen. A GameStop employee has helpfully pointed us towards his overseer’s website, where you can throw some money down on the unannounced title right…

You Too Can Meet 50 Cent!

That is, if you live in New York City. And if you do, lucky you. On April 30, the rapper will be appearing at retailer Play N Trade to promote his game 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. If you don’t care about 50 Cent (and why the hell not!), there will be a Street…

Topless Bathing Man Covered In Ketchup

Yep! That’s right. Topless man. Covered in ketchup. Kotakuite “Neo Deus” sends this, writing: Don’t worry, Kotaku! I haven’t gone all Patrick Bateman on you! I realized that my apartment contains lamentably few red items, and so I had to make due with what I DID have…and that included a jumbo-sized bottle of ketchup and…

More Legal Fuss Over Scratch DJ Game

What. A. Mess. Having been sued by publishers Genius Products earlier in the week, Scratch developers 7 Studios are now suing them right back. The counter-suit alleges that Genius’ actions are a “textbook case of unlawful and unsavory business practices”, and that the game has been delayed a number of times thanks to Genius, not…

Face Tracking Erotic Game Wars!

A battle is being waged. A very important battle. The battle for upskirt face-tracking technology in Japanese erotic PC games. Developer Teatime put out Tech48, a game that uses a special face-tracking web cam called the T-Cam that lets players do things like look at in-game heroines from various angles. Read: Up their skirts. Not…

Best Buy’s $10 Game Sale

Next week, Best Buy will be kicking off a $10 game sale. While there will be copious amounts of crap, this list might encourage you to hit the sales bin and start digging. Because while most games going for $10 deserve to be going for $10, you’ll find a few attractive bargains (namely good, recent…

This Is What Free Yakuza 3 DLC Looks Like

Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) may have already been released, but that doesn’t mean SEGA is finished with the game. The title has been getting downloadable content — free of charge. The DLC content is a total of 29 items and is being released over the course of eight weeks. What kind of content?…

Prototyping The Wii Remote, Nunchuk

No doubt inspired by yesterday’s reveal of the MotionPlus prototype process, Siliconera patent trawler Spencer Yip has uncovered a similar process, only this time for the Wii’s actual controllers. Again, like with the MotionPlus, if you were hoping for a radical evolution from batshit crazy design to the current models, you’ll be disappointed. They’re all…

Hideo Kojima Giving Lecture At Tokyo Apple Store

Want to listen to a man who not only makes video games but also carries an iPhone with his own face on it? Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear franchise, is your man. On April 26, Kojima will be giving a lecture at the Ginza Apple Store in Tokyo in a speaker series called…

Virtual On Out (Again) Next Week

In case you couldn’t tell, we’re excited about the impending return of Virtual On, with Oratorio Tangram about to be released on Xbox Live Arcade eight years after first appearing on the Dreamcast. And it’s going to be released soon, with Sega today announcing that it’ll be available for download on April 29. The re-release…