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Outgoing IGDA Chief Departs With a Rant
This was said in the context of the GDC’s notorious annual rant session, so, it’s not a classic burning of bridges in the last day on the job. But the outgoing head of the International Game Developer’s Association, Jason Della Rocca, has some tough love for the folks he represented. Della Rocca, who helped plan…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Reggie Fils-Aime Comments on “Bob’s Game”
Despite a stonewall of no-comments from Nintendo, and increasingly bizarre behavior by amateur developer Robert Pelloni, MTV Multiplayer’s Stephen Totilo stuck with the story of “Bob’s Game,” Pelloni’s DS title that Nintendo declined to support. Thursday, Totilo finally got an official response on the matter from Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America. For those…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Iwata Plays … WarioWare: Snapped
Playing WarioWare: Snapped makes you look like a total fool, which is why it puts together a slideshow of your silly pantomimes at the end of the game. Yes, that means you, Mr. Nintendo President. Check out Satoru Iwata playing singleplayer pattycake the DSiware title. The nosepicking microgame isn’t showed, but he does have to…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekend Coupons: Clarence Sale
This weekend’s Steam Sale is Tomb Raider Anniversary for $5. GameStop is disguising a clarence sale as a huge blowout spectacular. And Best Buy has a free controller deal for PS3, but it’s not cheap. For starters, nearly every major retailer puts a bunch of games on sale on the weekends. Here are a couple…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Blizzard Takes On Redneck Rampage?
“Published reports” (i.e. don’t blame me) say Blizzard’s got the Redneck Rampage brand now. Someone should tell Blizz there’s already a redneck MMO out there – it’s called “Mississippi.” IncGamers, checking up on some trademark notices, found that ones for the three Redneck Rampage properties (that would be, of course, Redneck Rampage from 1997, Redneck…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Fox Creator Won’t Do a Barrel Roll on Wii
Q-Games prez Dylan Cuthbert also is the creator of three Star Fox games for Nintendo, but he’s not interested in doing one for the Wii. He also says Star Fox fans like furries. Cuthbert sounds like he wants no part of a new Star Fox title for the Wii. “It’d be a big project, like…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: April’s News
Before the Internet, we didn’t have April Fool’s Day. When we played a joke, we’d tell a guy his shoe was untied and then WHAM! bash him upside the head with a piece of firewood. See? That’s funny. You kids couldn’t find funny with both hands and a map. And you should be glad we…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 -
UncategorizedLike Muppet Babies, Only For Street Fighter
There was a key hook for classic TV series Muppet Babies. They were Muppets, but they were babies. Can the same formula work for Street Fighter? I’d say yes. Because there’s something strangely adorable about Akuma throwing a tanty. The painting’s by Kei Acedera (who has done art & design work for, among others, Disney)…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Games Have You Bought So Far This Year?
It’s time for, you guessed it, time for me tell you it’s time for TELL US DAMMIT. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2009 -
UncategorizedGalaga, Now On Your iPhone
Namco Bandai should, over the next few days, be releasing an iPhone version of classic shooter Galaga. Hurray? I mean, we should be happy. It’s Galaga, in your pocket. Actually, it’s two Galagas: the original, and an updated version that runs in landscape mode. But then, as with most iPhone ports, that control scheme looks…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
SCEA: PS2 Price Drop Will Cut Into Wii, Eventually Help PS3 Sales Comment by: Mike Newlad Nominated by: ShadowOdin, representing the… Dude, don’t base your opinions on forum/comment posters – they are not a true representation of the real public. If they were piracy and drugs would be legal in the US, OSX would have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pornstar Tera Patrick Will Ride Shotgun With You
Tera Patrick joined Saints Row 2 as a “special producer” giving hot developer “commentary“. Now, she’ll appear in game as part of new downloadable content. Dubbed Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed, the DLC features three new missions, new vehicles, multiplayer maps and Tera Patrick. Developer James Torbit explains, “As a homie, you can call Tera…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
EA: Wii MotionPlus So Accurate It Can Be *Too* Accurate
Hoping the new MotionPlus tech for the Wii will bring some added realism to console’s controls? You’ll like hearing what EA’s Grand Slam Tennis team have to say, then. The producer of the upcoming EA tennis game – which will be one of the first titles available to make use of the peripheral – has…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zombie Slashing Bikini Cowgirl Game Movie Gets Sequel
Last spring, a movie based on D3’s cowgirl-in-a-hat-killing-zombies game Onechanbara hit theaters. It was even localized as Chanbara Beauty for Western audiences. While pretty much panned universally, the cheesy low budget flick was good old fashioned mindless fun. Guess it was successful enough to warrant a sequel, which has just been announced. Dubbed Chanbara Beauty:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Shenmue Creator Yu Suzuki “Retires” As Creative Officer At Sega
The creator of titles like Virtua Fighter, OutRun and Shenmue has “retired” from his Creative Officer position at Sega of Japan, Sega announced this week. But the company isn’t done with Yu Suzuki just yet. While Sega-Sammy notes that Suzuki has “retired” from his role as Creative Officer of the AM Plus R&D department, he’ll…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
UncategorizedThe Mega 64 GDC Videos You Didn’t See*
*That is, unless you actually attended this year’s Game Developers Conference and the associate Independent Game Festival Awards, because these two skits aired during the ceremony. And they’re quite good. As good as Mega 64’s Metal Gear Solid spoof? That all depends on your point of view. Particularly if you’re a fan of indie gaming.…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft, Lionhead Settle Gay Discrimination Claim
Jamie Durrant, an ex-Lionhead employee suing Microsoft for £45,000 on the grounds he was harassed in the workplace for being gay, has settled the case out of court. Terms were agreed upon earlier this week in a court in London, but as is usually the case with these things, terms of the deal were not…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
DSi Inspires Fiscal Responsibiity
My 7-year-old son, it seems, has suddenly learned fiscal responsibility. But it wasn’t the ailing economy, or thoughts of a car that started him on the road to saving, it was Nintendo. Two months ago, the day Nintendo announced when their DSi portable gaming system was coming to the U.S. for $170, Tristan said that…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bay Area Game Jam Rocks My Weekend
This weekend, Wild Pockets, Crispy Gamer and Microsoft are teaming up to host Bay Area Game Jam – a 24-hour game development competition at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California. Contestants have to use Wild Pockets’ 3D web-based game engine and the fine print on the contest rules specifies that this is…
By AJ Glasser Published April 3, 2009