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Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions
Try asking Harrison Ford about Han Solo, and you’ll only get dirty looks. But ask Sonic programmer Yuji Naka (pictured) about working on Sonic the Hedgehog, and he’ll gladly cooperate… …not that Yuji Naka is Harrison Ford or Sonic is Han Solo. Let’s Tap is the first title Naka has created since leaving SEGA and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Animal Crossing, Now With Pikmin DLC
So, GameCube classic Pikmin is beign re-released on the Wii. For older, pre-Wii Nintendo fans who probably already played it, it’ll be a tough sell. So Nintendo figure Pikmin-themed DLC for Animal Crossing might help. Provided your Wii is connected to the internet, and provided you’ve enabled outside communication from within the game, from now…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Soulja Boy Kisses Maple Story Through The Phone
Rapper Soulja Boy has posted this Maple Story version of his song "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" video on his YouTube. It’s created by xl0vemeh, viralerrific and certainly sporting more sprites than cleavage. Fewer old people kissing, too. There’s ROFLMATION, too. All good things! Thanks AwesomeGamerGirl for the tip!
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Shoe-Throwing, Anti-Bush Game Barred From iPhone Store
A guy threw a shoe at former US President George W. Bush. The internet enjoyed it. Yet while countless flash games turned up lampooning the affair, you won’t find the same thing on the iPhone. Why? Because Apple won’t allow it. The Pakistani developer behind MyShoe, a shoe-thrower with accelerometer support, have been told by…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Evolution Of Chun-Li’s Face
Like with fellow Street Fighter Ryu and pretty much any character over time, Chun-Li has changed. Japanese website IT Media has traced Chun Li from 1991’s Street Fighter II to today’s Street Fighter IV (and upcoming movie!) as well as all the various SF titles in between to see just how the character has changed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Crippling Gears Of War Glitch All Fixed Up
Few days back, Gears of War on PC stopped working, courtesy of an expired Windows digital certificate. Meant people owning the game couldn’t play it. Few days later, it’s OK! Everything’s fixed. Epic have since released a patch for the game, which will turn up as a mandatory update. If by some chance you were…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Star Ocean 4 Differences For Japan And The West
Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released on February 19th. The following week, a slightly different version will be released in North America. There will be two types of character portraits in the battle scenes — one for each region. One is getting anime faces, and the other is getting CG models. Likewise, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Australia Gets Killzone 2 Console Bundle
While we’ve seen sketchier reports of this bundle’s existence from Europe, this is the first official announcement that’s rattled our mailbox. And it comes in the form of a release date and price for Australia. The bundle – which includes an 80GB PS3, a DualShock 3 and a copy of Killzone 2 – will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
No More Xbox Support For Japan
Starting March 3, Microsoft Japan will no longer service first generation original Xbox consoles (not Xbox 360s). This includes Xboxes that are under warranty as well as out-of-warranty consoles. Microsoft Japan, however, is offering an upgrade to those owners with still-under-warranty first generation Xbox consoles in need of repair: Swap that busted console for an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
Translating The “Dead Rising 2” Trailer
Last Friday, viral trailer from Capcom popped up online. Some believe it’s the Dead Rising 2 trailer. By “some,” we mean “all.” Throughout, Japanese quickly flashes on the screen. What does it mean, though? Below is a list of the Japanese that briefly appears in the trailer along with English translations: 1. 完治不可能 = incurable…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2009 - Uncategorized
XIII The TV Movie Airing Now
Well it is if you live in the Kotaku time zone at least. XIII: The Conspiracy, the two-part TV mini-series based on the comic later turned into a video game, was first aired in France last October. But this is its first airing in the U.S. The two-parter stars Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff. My…
By Brian Crecente Published February 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square-Enix Brings Toys, Not Games, To NYCC
While the rest of the other video game publishers at the NYCC brought video games for fans to check out, Square-Enix brought lots and lots of toys. No playable demos. No trailers. Just toys. At least these were new toys. On display were action figures and statues from Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core, Star Ocean,…
By Jim Reilly Published February 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Mod Squad Arrives … and Departs
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Reportage I’ve been trying to sell my old TV, which is a nice HD screen but it’s big and heavy and about four years old. Friday I got a call from a guy up in Sacramento, which is more than five hours round trip, wanting to look at it. He…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
W.E.E.K. in G.A.M.E.S.
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin is your headliner this week. Other notables include House of the Dead: Overkill and Deadly Creatures on the Wii, Flower via PSN, LocoRoco 2 on PSP and X-Blades on PC. I know I’ll P.E.R.S.O.N.A.L.L.Y. be G.L.A.D. when this F.A.D. for putting P.E.R.I.O.D.S. at the E.N.D. of every L.E.T.T.E.R. in a game’s…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Dead Appreciation, and Hopes for Redemption
I’ve loved Red Dead Revolver like no other console game. It’s the only one I have 100 percented and finished on all difficulty levels. And I’m going back to play it after this post. So when Rockstar finally confirmed this week that Red Dead Redemption – the sequel rumored off and on for two years…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2009 -
UncategorizedCosplay Game Boy Works; Tetris Player Fails
I can only guess this player isn’t rotating the pieces because he’s afraid he might touch the cosplayer’s nipple. Or that he’d like it. GoNintendo found this vid, shot last week at Ohayocon, an Ohio cosplay/gaming convention. I’m guessing the working N-Gage cosplayer was too wide to get through the door. Working Game Boy Cosplay…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Old Republic Webcomic Debuts This Month
LucasArts, BioWare and Dark Horse comics are collaborating on a prequel-ish webcomic, debuting this month, to stir up more frenzy for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The comic is titled “The Threat of Peace.” The webcomic covers “the three decades from the pivotal signing of the Treaty of Coruscant to critical events at the beginning…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Headbang Hero: Rock Out with Your Locks Out
"For the first time in history," writes the creators of Headbang Hero, "a wireless motion-sensing wig is used as a game controller." God, I was wondering if I’d ever live to see that day. We just got sent this in tips by Tiago Martins, who created Headbang Hero along with Andreas Zingerle and Ricardo Nascimento.…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2009 - Uncategorized
Epic Considers Remaking Gears 2 Ranking Structure
The complicated and not-always-transparent TrueSkill level in Gears of War 2 isn’t a player favorite, Epic’s Rod Fergusson acknowledges. They’re considering an overhaul that would make levelling more experience-based, once the third update releases. Under TrueScore “It’s not always clear how your rank will be affected by a particular match and your rank is based…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2009