To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Must Get Zombrex When I first came to Japan, I weighed about 59 kilograms (130 pounds). I think I’m like 5 foot eleven inches? I forget. Anyhoo, I used to be really thin. At that time, all I did was smoke and wander the streets late at night. I don’t…
Bayonetta is an action game that stars a character named Bayonetta who wears a body suit made out of hair and has pistols in her high heels. Forza Motorsport 3 is a racing game. What do they have in common? In Japan, both are part of a new Xbox 360 bundle. The bundle comes with…
Upcoming 2D arcade fighting game The King of Fighters XIII already has curvy ninja Mai Shiranui in its line-up. But just because KOFXIII has Mai, that doesn’t mean the line-up is finalized. Two more fights are entering the fray. Assassin Vice, who first made her debut in The King of Fighters ’94, and Takuma Sakazaki,…
While Traveller’s Tales’ LEGO games have already visited the DC comics universe, courtesy of the LEGO Batman game, did you know we almost got a LEGO game based on Marvel’s characters as well? Writing on his Twitter account – which seems to exist purely to field questions from developers for LEGO game ideas – TT’s…
John Hillcoat, director of The Road – and more importantly The Proposition – has helped developers Rockstar put together a 30-minute animated film machinima based on Western adventure Red Dead Redemption, which will air next month. Aside from the fact it will run on Fox on Saturday, May 15, we know little else of the…
Not only does Lotte’s gum make your breath minty fresh, it also turns all the ladies around you into moé anime characters. Chew on that. Lotte’s television ad campaign features the girls of manga/anime franchise Haruhi Suzumiya popping up all over the place. Wonder who the old lady turns into… Light novel The Melancholy of…
The popularity of Japanese erotic games does not rest solely on the game’s concept, story or illustrations. The actors who lend their vocal talents to the game are important, too. But they’re not free! According to Japanese bulletin board 2ch (via website Canned Dogs) the average rate per word is ¥100 (US$1), and popular voice…
Activision community man (and former games writer) Dan Amrich has taken to Facebook to chat with people about his employer’s recent public relations issues. I don’t think he’s helping things. Attempting to shed light on the legal mess surrounding the fate of bonus payments due to Infinity Ward staffers – especially deposed bosses Vince Zampella…
There’s a “prime time” for TV, and it’s after dinner. There’s a “prime time” for radio, and it’s when people are driving to or from work. But what about gaming? Yes, gaming has a prime time as well, according to research done by Nielsen, which indicates that the peak time for playing video games is,…
In Japan, cars covered with stickers depicting anime and game characters are called itasha, or literally “painmobile”. Bicycles covered in stickers are called itachari (“paincycle”). And jet skis? Jet skis! They’re called “awesome”. These ita-jet skis were on display at the recent Moe-Haku 2010. The Yamaha booth even had a waverunner featuring vocaloid character Hatsune…
Continuing a partnership begun with the game’s prologue, Gran Turismo 5 is once again teaming up with British TV series Top Gear, with the inclusion of the show’s famous test track in Sony’s PS3 racer. Die-hard fans of the game (or show) may remember a fleeting promise of this all the way back in 2007,…
In December 2009, a special version of Gran Turismo hit the PS3 as a download. The twenty fastest drivers then competed for a chance to enter the GT Academy bootcamp. Only two were selected. And now one has won. France’s Jordan Tresson was been declared the winner of GT Academy 2010. The Frenchman underwent a…
Yes, dapper. He’s like a cross between the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Piett. For more of our Fable III coverage, click here Fable III, the third game in Lionhead’s role-playing series, will be out for the Xbox 360 later this year.
Paul W.S. Anderson is famous for two things: Being Mr. Milla Jovovich and making movies based on video games. He’s now keen to spread his wings and create video games. “In the future,” the filmmaker told MTV News, “I want to be developing intellectual properties that will occupy both spaces simultaneously.” Anderson has brought survival…
Left 4 Dead 2’s “The Passing” will bring together the survivors from Left 4 Dead 1 with the survivors of the second game. Just because they’re all surviving, though, doesn’t mean they’re going to get along. The Passing will be out later today on both Xbox 360 and PC. It’ll be 560MSP on Microsoft’s console,…
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Many rappers rhyme about marijuana. But how many of them do it to the Chrono Trigger soundtrack? Grass-roots (geddit?) rapper Wiz Khalifa, perhaps best known for his “Say Yeah” single, has released a mixtape dubbed Kush and Orange Juice for free online. That was nice of him. And this song is, as one commenter points…
According to the New York Times, Sony will tomorrow spill the beans on a deal that will see Major League Baseball games streamed live to PlayStation 3 consoles. Yes, by the end of the week Americans will be able to turn on their PS3, sign up to the league’s MLB.TV service, and watch “out of…
Valve’s PC gaming platform and online store, Steam, is coming to Apple’s Mac. And while it’s not yet available to Joe Everyman, some people are already messing around with it, giving us our first look at it in action. And, surprise! It looks just like it does on PC. Only, it’s running on a Mac…
At first glance, the PlayStation 3’s latest firmware update – which brings the system to v3.30 – seems inconsequential. Some trophy reshuffling. But it’s the behind-the-scenes stuff that’s more interesting, as it readies the console for 3D gaming. Yes, while most of the release accompanying the update bangs on about how it will “make it…
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