First shown at last month’s Comiket, this Metroid: Other M statue features heroine Samus in her Zero Suit. Here’s a better look, because this figure deserves one. The 1/8 scale PVC statue is expected to go on sale this June in Japan. Pricing will be announced at a later date. There was also another Samus…
Chalk this up as Japanese developer minutia, but Keiji Inafune, creator of Dead Rising and Onimusha, pulled a muscle in his calf while playing tennis. Recovery will take a month. [Keiji Inafune だぜ！！]
This summer, Square Enix is releasing a new third-person shooter dubbed Gunslinger Stratos. It’s not a home console game—yet. Rather, it’s a four-on-four team-based online arcade game that allows players to battle others in game centers across Japan. Gunslinger Stratos runs at a brisk 60 frames-per-second on 60 inch, full HD displays. It’s slated for…
Welshman Jonny Mason was exploring some abandoned oil chambers with pals when one of them thought, yes, these acoustics are just perfect for a rendition of the Halo theme. And what do you know. They totally were. Underground Halo Theme Performance of the Day [TDW]
Shoemakers make shoes. Carmakers make cars. And video game makers? They make video games. Tokyo-based Namco Bandai Games is developing, wait for it, a new video game. This is apparently a picture of the teaser, which was snapped in the upcoming issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu The teaser features four young women, all in…
Link from The Legend of Zelda is good at many things: slaying enemies, solving puzzles, and saving Zelda. One thing he totally sucks at is haggling. Pwn Stars (geddit?) is a gaming parody of reality program Pawn Stars (geddit?). In the above clip, Link tries to get the best price for the Triforce of Courage.…
Did you know that in the US, police can use Xbox 360 consoles—and Xbox Live—to trace and catch criminals? And that there are often law enforcement officers posing on the service undercover in an effort to catch child porn offenders? A report on Ars Technica, using recently-leaked correspondence from a digital forensics mailing list, shows…
When you think of Japanese pop culture today, schoolgirls with big eyes probably come to mind. It wasn’t always that way. Japanese pop culture used to be giant monsters, badass superheroes, and robots. They still exist—today’s kids still love super sentai shows and Kamen Rider—but the moé aesthetic dominates anime, manga, and video games. Thank…
Those familiar with adventure game Uncharted will notice something familiar about I Am Alive— it’s climbing gameplay. Kotaku‘s I Am Alive preview should shed more light on what to expect when Ubisoft releases the game sometime early this year. Until then, enjoy this brown gameplay footage from CES. I Am Alive – Climbing Gameplay (CES…
In this video, you will see a man sit down to play some Mega Man II. You’ll also see a band. What you should then notice is everything getting kind of awesome. The player is Noah McCarthy, and he can beat anything you put in front of him. The band is Bit Brigade, who while…
Game developer Ross Mills noticed something he found, tongue planted firmly in cheek, appalling: a British retailer specializing in educational toys had the gall to sell Anakin Skywalker stuff. Mills did what any responsible Padawan would: he wrote an email. “Now, I didn’t really mind,” Mills blogged. “I merely thought it amusing that the murderer…
Swedish artist Andrée Wallin has quite the resume. Since getting into the business in 2008, he’s provided concept art for games like Oblivion, Dirt 3, DJ Hero, Napoleon: Total War, MotorStorm and Split Second. Right now, he’s working with 343 Industries on Halo 4 He’s also worked with clients like Universal Pictures and the Jim…
Male Commander Shepherd. Female Commander Shepherd. Good Shepherd. Dickwad Shepherd. The main character of BioWare’s space opus Mass Effect can be played a bunch of different ways. But Lieutenant Commander Ferret Shepherd? Hunting, rather, ferreting out the evil Geth across the universe, no doubt. This is the work of Amales, and check more of the…
Taco Bell is offering Americans three ways to get their hands on a PlayStation Vita early. Sadly, all of them involve eating something from Taco Bell. [PlayStation]
Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro attachment for the 3DS seemed, when it was first revealed, to be something of a panic move, made in response to the handheld’s then-poor sales and the positive reception received by the competing PlayStation Vita (much of which centred around its two wonderful thumbsticks). But just how last-minute was the peripheral?…
Watch this from across the room, or squinting, and you’ll think it’s Mario Kart. From the effects to the course design, it is literally Mario Kart Wii Only, it’s not. This is a Chinese game called Mole Kart, and as far as shameless Chinese knock-offs go, it’s right up there with Final Combat. Maybe even…
Last week, trade site MCV reported that the PlayStation 4 would make an appearance at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles. Sony begs to differ. Both Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Corp. have come out in denial of the report, with SCE’s Andrew House telling CVG “I don’t think we’re contemplating talking about anything to…
An “undisclosed number” of staff at Doom and RAGE developers id Software have been let go. [Gamasutra]
A few video games have had the honour of being turned into animated series. Zelda and Mario are two of the most prominent, if terrible examples, while Wing Commander is a rarity that got it right Another that got it right, and in a big, big way, were the anime series based on blockbuster role-playing…
Konami’s latest in a never-ending line of Metal Gear Solid remakes, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D, will be out on the Nintendo 3DS in the US on February 21. Those living in Europe or Australia, there’s a slight delay, and you’ll be getting the game on March 8. I played the game at the…
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