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Kotaku East
This Game Is Half Zero Escape, Half Ace Attorney
As I was watching Danganronpa: The Animation for my look at the five anime you should be watching this summer, I realized two things: 1) that I really wanted to play the game and 2) the anime was going to take all the fun out of it by spoiling every single mystery. So I immediately…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published August 23, 2013 -
Bad News for the PS Vita: No Monster Hunter 4 Anytime Soon
Remember how popular Monster Hunter was on the PSP in Japan? And how it became a system seller for the Sony hardware? And how the PSP was pretty much the machine Japanese people used to play Monster Hunter? Remember that? This time around things are different. Monster Hunter 4 is coming to the 3DS, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2013 -
Ready for Gran Turismo 7? Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi said his studio has conceived a PS4 version of their PS3 game Gran Turismo 6. However, Joystiq reports it will take some time to get out (surprise!), and it’s possible the game might be what’s eventually Gran Turismo 7. The keyword here is “eventually.”
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2013 -
Bungie Aiming Absurdly High With Destiny In New Trailer
Possibly the best-looking game of E3, the next-gen epic from the makers of Halo now also has a new trailer/developer-diary thing. In it, Bungie boasts: “This game has an activity for every mood.” Raise that bar, Bungie! Destiny is slated for release on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, and Xbox 360 next year. Note: An earlier…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 22, 2013 -
Super-Powered Mayhem Looks Pretty Damn Good On PS4
The free-roaming super-powered action-adventure Infamous: Second Son appeared at Gamescom with a trailer featuring Fetch, a fellow conduit, who will presumably serve an important role of some sort in the game. Sidekick? Love interest? Escort mission target? We’ll find out when the game drops in February for the PS4.
By András Neltz Published August 22, 2013 -
Look At All The Colors in This PS4 Launch Game
Fresh from Gamescom, here’s a brand new look at Knack, the amicable self-building golem star of the PS4’s first big platformer. Well, you know, amicable until he starts throwing tanks around and bashing some heads in. Colorfully. If your curiosity’s peaked, look for Knack on the PS4’s launch day, on November 15.
By András Neltz Published August 22, 2013 -
Kotaku East
Be Two Historical Figures For the Price of One in the New Yakuza Game
The latest chapter of the Yakuza series, Yakuza: Ishin!, is a trip back in time. Much like in Yakuza: Kenzan!, the game will feature series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu as a famous historical character. However, this time, Kiryu will be two historical figures instead of one. Featured in this week’s Weekly Famitsu, Yakuza: Ishin! will have…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 22, 2013 -
Kotaku East
The Last Guardian is Not As High A Priority As Other Games
The Last Guardian IS in production. Though the game was absent from this year’s E3, that’s what we’ve been repeatedly assured of by Sony reps. Well, front man Fumito Ueda, creator of PS2 classics ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, stepped out from behind the curtain to reiterate that fact, but with a little caveat.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published August 22, 2013 -
The Fastest Leveling Up In Disney Infinity Is Just a Giant Fan Away
Tired of grinding through adventures to earn your Silver and Gold character statues in Disney Infinity? YouTube user Craig Sullivan (viaChris Kohler’s Twitter) discovered this simple-yet-devious means of leveling up in minutes. Having had all of my progress eaten by the PlayStation 3 problems, I am certainly down with a little creative cheating. All you…
By Mike Fahey Published August 21, 2013 -
A Fighting Game With Just Two Buttons And A Sense Of Humor
Divekick started as a parody of fighting games, but then became a real fighting game that’s being played at tournaments like EVO. Of course, as the game evolved, it only added to the number of inside jokes and references, so Tina and I took a look at all the characters while testing our divekicking skills…
By Steve Marinconz Published August 21, 2013 -
So Much Wrong With These PlayStation Home Star Trek Costumes
I’m sure Geordi La Forge would be pleased as punch to see the visor he used to overcome his handicap reduced to a fashion accessory for a backwater virtual world. Oh, I guess he wouldn’t. Unless of course these Star Trek: The Next Generation costumes, crafted by Flashman Studios as part of an initial wave…
By Mike Fahey Published August 21, 2013 -
To Be Fair, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes‘ Galactus Is OMG Squirrel Girl
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes reveals its ultimate villain, and we are all acting surprised. I gasped audibly. We did not see this coming. Well, we did see it coming. We just didn’t know it would be so freaky. Of all the incarnations of Marvel’s world-eating ultimate menace, the brief glimpse we’re given here in the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 21, 2013 -
Rain has a release date: IGN reports that Sony’s PS3-exclusive downloadable adventure arrives on the first of October in the US, the second in Europe, and the third in Japan Rain will cost $15, and comes with an extra music montage, an avatar pack, and a dynamic theme for those who preorder.
By András Neltz Published August 21, 2013 -
Can’t wait for the next-gen version of Call of Duty: Ghosts? Activision’s got your back. If you buy the game’s PS3 version, you’ll be able to upgrade to the PS4 version as soon as it releases ten days later, at a price of 10$ (or €10, or £10). In the US, Amazon and Gamestop will…
By András Neltz Published August 21, 2013 -
You’ll Pay A Monthly Fee To Play The Elder Scrolls Online
Putting an end to speculation that the massively multiplayer entry in Bethesda’s award-winning role-playing franchise would be free-to-play, Zenimax Online’s Matt Firor has confirmed The Elder Scrolls Online will follow a subscription-based business model. The general manager of Zenimax online confirmed monthly subscriptions for the eagerly-anticipated game during a pre-Gamescom interview with German site Gamestar.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 21, 2013 -
Not All New Skylanders Split In Half. Some Are Sabertooth Turtles.
More of a sabertooth turtle dinosaur, I suppose. This is Slobber Tooth, and he’s one of the latest non-splitting Skylanders champions, joining the fray when Swap Force hits October 13. The whole Swap Force mechanic is nice and all, but I’m a sucker for a well-designed one piece with a focus on function. I had…
By Mike Fahey Published August 21, 2013 -
Defiance ‘Castithan Charge Pack’ Adds Playable Creepy White People
Nothing plays on the TV screen quite as well as an alien race whose defining feature is cake makeup and contact lenses. Defiance‘s dorkiest extraterrestrials look much better as playable characters in today’s ‘Castithan Charge Pack’ release. The ‘Castithan Charge Pack’ is a two-pronged bit of downloadable content for the video game portion of trion…
By Mike Fahey Published August 21, 2013 -
The Fix For Disney Infinity PlayStation 3 Problems Is In
After two days of PlayStation 3 players being unable to play Disney Infinity properly without the game locking up and save game corruption, patch 1.03 has arrived to make things all better, mostly. The previous patch, 1.01, caused the game to lock up shortly after launching, as well as corrupting game saves. A workaround for…
By Mike Fahey Published August 20, 2013 -
With Xbox One Gaining Momentum, Sony Still Has Confidence
The most remarkable thing about Sony’s Gamescom press conference today wasn’t the big game announcements (Sony still loves indie games) or the PS4 feature demonstrations (the new menu looks like a video game console menu). It was Sony’s overarching, at times infectious confidence. While the event didn’t have the same razzle-dazzle of their PS4 reveal…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 20, 2013
