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Disturbing Art From Nintendo Powers Past
Agent B from The -Minus World discovered a stack of old Nintendo Power magazines recently, and for some god-awful reason decided to share with us the The Top 10 Most Disturbing Illustrations From Nintendo Power. B theorizes that Nintendo Power made the switch to graphics designers rather than illustrators because graphic designers are so plentiful,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Space War Commander Launches With New Year
Who said there would be no new games this week? Pish, and possibly posh. Independent PC developer Dreamspike has announced their real-time strategy title Space War Commander will launch on New Year’s Day. Actually Dreamspike calls Space War Commander a real-time real-strategy game, and then really doesn’t go into great detail explaining why. Apparently it…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
The Art Of War Vs. Dynasty Warriors
One of the Chris-es over at Hardcasual passes along this little bit of brilliance, which compares the teachings of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to the teachings of Koei’s Dynasty Warriors. So how does the Chinese history-delving hack and slash action series hold up in the face of Sun Tzu’s immensely influential book of…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Call Of Duty: World At War $35 On Amazon
Those of you itching to spend some quality time early next year shooting other people in World War 2-era gear might want to hit up today’s Amazon.com Gold Box deal, featuring COD: World At War. Call of Duty: World at War seems to be one of those titles that retailers have been crazy about discounting…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Reviews
Dissidia: Final Fantasy Import Review: The [Evil] Emperor’s New [Suit of Armor]
When we were children, we wanted two things: a Super Mario Bros. movie and a Final Fantasy fighting game; we got one of those things, and it made us wish we were dead. Today, fifteen years later, we have the other one. Does it make us wish we were dead — or does it make…
By Tim Rogers Published December 29, 2008 -
UncategorizedYou Got KOS-MOS In My Tales Of Hearts
Recently released in Japan, Namco Bandai’s Tales of Hearts for the Nintendo DS features a slew of support-character cameos, including everyone’s favorite gnosis killing machine, KOS-MOS. Hearts features cameos from a wide variety of Namco Bandai’s characters from previous Tales games, but KOS-MOS here comes straight from the ill-fated Xenosaga series, which towards the end…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Michael Phelps’ Game To Be The Next Tiger Woods Game
505 Games is creating a game based on Olympic swimmer extraodinaire Michael Phelps, but can swimming carry a video game? Probably not. That’s where the pure action comes in. Swimming is a the sort of sport that is extremely exciting…for swimmers. 505 Games realizes this, and while there will be a healthy dose of watersports…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Wired’s Annual Vaporware List In Need Of Retiring Or An Overhaul
Like many gamers and gadget junkies Wired’s annual Vaporware list has long been a must read for me. But this year, not so much. Even ignoring the fact that their list includes Home, a game that has already come out and will likely remain in permanent beta, according to SCEA; the writers of Wired seem…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
WSJ: Lower PS3 Holiday Sales Equal Fading Hope
An article in the Wall Street Journal today considers the state of Sony’s PlayStation 3 in the video game market, highlighting the fact that the console’s holiday sales had dropped considerably over last year’s. Citing NPD numbers as well as industry analysts, the article points out that November sales for the PS3 had dropped 19%…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 -
UncategorizedPS3 101: Ripping And Playing Music
Sony ushers in a whole new batch of PlayStation 3 owners this holiday season with a series of videos showing how to get the most out of your shiny new console. The first video went up Friday, showing owners how to create their own photo slideshow on the PlayStation 3, something I’ve never really futzed…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
AP Gets Grumpy About Gaming
The Associated Press has a list of grievances about video games this year, and who doesn’t. Difference is, they have a really, really big soapbox they get to stand on to air them. In classic Festivus style, AP decided now would be a good time to wrap up the year with their Airing of Grievances.…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Here’s What Pool Revolution Looks Like
Well we know from the previous post that Hudson has released Pool Revolution: Cue Sports for WiiWare today, and that it sports online multiplayer gameplay, but what does it look like? This, apparently. Pool games haven’t really had to change all that much since the PSOne days. There’s only so far you can go with…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Weekly Wii Update: Maboshi, Pool, And More Star Tropics
It’s the last Wii Update of the year! Will Nintendo make it count, or end the year with a whimper? Let’s see what two new WiiWare and one new VC titles have to say. Representing the final two WiiWare titles of the year we have a Nintendo first-party WiiWare game called Maboshi’s Arcade (800 points),…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Chet Faliszek Talks Left 4 Dead’s Future
Valve’s Chet Faliszek is one of the guys responsible for the dialog and writing in some of Valve’s greatest games, like Left 4 Dead and Portal. So when we invited him on for our Very Special Kotaku Christmas Podcast we had more important things to ask him about. Questions like, what’s going on with Old…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Get A Present? Give A Present
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft Gearing up for the big New Year’s holidays here in Japan. The entire country has already shut down. Last week, we sent out presents to family members who gave us presents for the Micro Bash’s birth. For celebrations here, you don’t really get presents (sometimes you do!), but rather, celebratory envelopes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Best Game Ads? No, These Are The Worst Game Ads
Sure, video game ads are (generally) a classy, expensive affair these days, but in previous days, things weren’t so high-brow. They were dorky, they were cheap, they were low-brow. Doesn’t mean they’re not worth celebrating, though! Which brings us to the fourth instalment of 1UP’s “The Best Worst Videogame Ads”, which this time around feature…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Wow, Metal Gear Solid 4 Sold Out Today At Some Store
Early Metal Gear Solid 4 reviews might have been too flattering, and the cutscenes might have been too long. But MGS4 is a solid title. And months later, it’s selling out today in Akihabara. Initial sales were strong, and while MGS4 is the biggest selling PS3 title in Japan, it topped off at 600,000 and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Sure, LittleBigPlanet Can Do First-Person, Why Not
You may have heard whispers a few months back about LittleBigPlanet and the first-person perspective. Well, whispers be damned. Media Molecule already have the game running in first-person. Speaking with IGN, Media Molecule’s Alex Evans has – in response to questions about a first-person LBP – shown the site how the game’s levels can be…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Former Capcom Employee Talks Sexuality of Street Fighter IV Developer’s President
Developer Dimps is responsible for developing Street Fighter IV for Capcom. Dimps president Takashi Nishiyama? “Pretty sure bisexual,” outs former Capcom employee Yoshiki Okamoto. In an interview with newly engaged James Mielke, Okamoto (1942, Forgotten Worlds, Folklore) dishes about the Dimps executive, who lives in the same apartment building: Mr. Nishiyama used to work at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 29, 2008 - Uncategorized
Fallout 3 To Show 19 Other Nations What Post-Apocalyptic America Looks Like
North America, Western Europe, Japan. Those are the three major gaming regions in the world. Fallout 3 being released there, no big deal. But Fallout 3 in the Balkans and Middle East? It’s a little more unique, especially when you consider many of the countries I’m about to name don’t often get dedicated “official” releases.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2008