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UncategorizedBecause Halo 3 Always Needed A Little More Fallout 3
The Halo series is, when it comes to shooters, up there with the best of the best. Only problem is, it’s so old. I mean, the last game came out in, when, 2007? That’s ancient! So let’s freshen the game up a little, throw in some features from games we’ve been enamoured with a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three New Final Fantasy XIII Screens (So, So Sazhy)
Last week, new Final Fantasy XIII scans appeared in Japanese magazine V-Jump. And this week? Those same scans appear in the upcoming Famitsu. But, Famitsu being Famitsu, there are a few new scans — three, actually. They’re of Sazh Katzroy and his magnificent hairdo. 2chan
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead Brings 2 Lovers Together
Valve’s Left 4 Dead is useful as both a chilling simulation of the zombie apocalypse and as a tool for encouraging cooperative play in an online shooter. Those and…weddings. Example: AJ plays Left 4 with his lady friend. Seeing as the game plays a special part in both of their lives, he decided to propose…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Developer Would Like DS Mother 3 For Fans Abroad
GameBoy Advance Mother 3 sadly never got a Western release. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t possibly get a DS release. Nintendo funded studio Brownie Brown had a hand in developing Mother 3. Brownie Brown President Shinichi Kameoka said a DS port is possible — though, this is not an official announcement in any regards. “If…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Real Portal Gun Won’t Leave You Tasting Blood
Click to viewFlickr user emilyskeith has a boyfriend who knows she loves Portal. Knows she loves to cosplay. Knows that, should she ever feel the need to cosplay as Chell, she’d need a suitably authentic ASHPD. So he made her one! A real one, made out of heavy, real materials. Calling it amazing would be…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kaz Hirai Feels Faint, Needs To Lie Down
We saw some fairly conclusive evidence last night that Kaz Hirai needs a good lie down. Today, though, we got some more, as the rest of his Official PlayStation Magazine interview hit the internet. You’ll find two things of interest. Here’s one: This is not meant in terms of numbers, or who’s got the biggest…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
No, Famitsu Didn’t Announce Tales of Vesperia For PS3
See that blurry magazine scan? It apparently says that Xbox 360 title Tales of Vesperia is coming to the PS3 with new events and new dungeons. Don’t get excited just yet. It’s totally fake. Below is the index for the upcoming issue of Famitsu — the same one that supposedly announces Tales of Vesperia for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Get In On The Dawn Of War II Beta
Want in on the Dawn of War II beta? Don’t want to pay “full price” for Dawn of War: Soulstorm, the only way you can currently get into the beta? Things just got easier. Valve and THQ have announced that the price of Soulstorm has been slashed by 75%, so if you want in now…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Exclusive Noodles From Another PS3 SEGA Exclusive
The last Yakuza PS3 exclusive, Ryu Ga Gotoku KENZAN! got instant udon. The upcoming Yakuza PS3 exclusive gets, you guessed, instant noodles. On March 2, Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 cup ramen will go on sale in Japan from food maker Ace Cook. It’s not just ramen, but Kyushu tonkotsu (“pork bone”) ramen. The ramen references…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Maybe Microsoft WILL Fire Some People (Like, 8000 People)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reckon Microsoft will hold off on massive job cuts. But analysts speaking to Reuters think otherwise, and believe the company will lay off between 6000 and 8000 workers. And that might just be a start. While those numbers would put a dent in the company’s 95,000-strong workforce, McAdams Wright Ragen analyst Sid…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hey PC Gaming, BioWare Says You’re Alive And Kicking
Some have given up on PC gaming and have already thrown it on the funeral pyre, but not BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka. He totally believes in it. Muzyka optimistically says, “I think there are more people playing PC games and more dollars being spent on the PC space than ever before, but it’s taking a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Outrun Online Arcade A 360 Exclusive (Only In America)
Outrun Online Arcade has us excited. But if you’re American and own a PS3, you may want to ease back on the throttle of your own white-hot excitement jets. For safety reasons. Because it’s been confirmed that while the game will be released on both Xbox 360 and PS3 the world over, in North America,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
FromSoftware Holding Festa For Itself
Three demos will be available for folks to check out: Inugamike no Ichizoku, NINJA BLADE and Tenchu 4. Held at the Akihabara Yodobashi Camera first floor event space, the festa kicks off January 24 and 25 at 11am and ends at 7pm. Free multi-purpose pouches will be given away. フロム・ソフトウェア、「FROMSOFTWARE Game Festa 2009」 Xbox 360「NINJA…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo 3 ODST Writer: “Put That in Your Speculation Pipe and Smoke It!”
In a new interivew with GamePro, Halo 3: ODST writer and creative director Joseph Staten talks plot, gameplay and design choices for the upcoming Halo 3 expansion. Among the many things the guy has to say, I’m most intrigued by the stuff about the Rookie’s place in the overall Halo story. Halo 3: ODST is…
By AJ Glasser Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Gives Us A Peek At God of War III In February
You thought that brief glimpse of God Of War III from the Spike TV VGAs was all you’d see of Kratos for a while? Nope. Sony will be showing the game off in mere weeks. We just got the invite to check out Kratos’ “final mission in his war with the Gods,” an appointment just…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: More EA Job Cuts, This Time At Madden’s House
EA are cutting 1000 jobs, and they’re cutting them from everywhere. We’ve already seen, or heard of job losses at Blackbox and Mythic, but are now hearing of more at Tiburon Studios. Tiburon are most famous for being the developers behind the cash-conjuring Madden series, but they’re also responsible for the Tiger Woods and NCAA…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Dominates Street Fighter Club Round 3
The third installment of the Fight Club-themed Street Fighter community events went down in a semi-seedy building next to the James Lick freeway in downtown San Francisco last Friday. Stations were set up for games journos, community members and industry insiders to go head to head in Street Fighter IV. The layout included six arcade…
By AJ Glasser Published January 20, 2009 -
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Marketing Gone Wild: Tits, Ass & Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
I swear to God this “review” of Ubisoft’s Tenchu: Shadow Assassins from Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is real. A heady blend of flesh, gameplay and tiger growls makes it 2009’s best video. And by “best,” I might actually mean the most confounding, flagrant display of “college girls” wearing nothing but Tenchu logos and…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Podcast Guest Editor
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: “Happy Inauguration” We just finished recording the month’s video podcast. This time inside Grand Theft Auto IV. Our special guest this month around was the winner of the year-end Be a Kotaku Editor for a Day contest. Kinda fun, mostly because we drove around shooting each other. Adam, apparently, has…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children PS3 Now Yours For The Importing
Want to get your hands on the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete branded PlayStation 3? That fancy decoration is going to cost you if you plan on importing. So… how much? Importer National Console Support is first out of the gate on pre-orders for the “limited” edition version, offering the complete package — one…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2009