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Yes, Super Hexagon has an Ending. The Creator Will Show It to You.
Terry Cavanagh creates some hellaciously difficult video games, like VVVVV, but it’s not like the man won’t eat his own cooking. Thanks to Joystiq, you can see the creator of the ultra badass puzzler/whatever-it-is Super Hexagon beat the game on its hardest mode, showing that the iOS game indeed has an ending. Not that you…
By Owen Good Published September 22, 2012 -
Skyrim‘s “Cribs” is Where the Magic Happens. Literally.
Lots of folks aren’t diggin’ Hearthfire, the homemaking Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim extension that some have called SkySims and others have noted does not do anything different from any PC mod already available. But that’s because you’re not using your imagination, bitches! Here, YouTube’s Tyrannicon introduces us to the most gorgeous digs in all Riften,…
By Owen Good Published September 22, 2012 -
Bayonetta 2 Going to Wii U Isn’t a Platform Change, from Its Creator’s Certain Point of View
Some interesting doublespeak comes out of Tokyo Games Show, as reported by Polygon. Platinum Games’ executive director Atsushi Inaba affirmed that Bayonetta 2 wouldn’t exist without Nintendo publishing it. Most folks already saw it that way, but he put it on the record with Polygon, so there you go. But then, “We are not viewing…
By Owen Good Published September 22, 2012 -
Borderlands 2 Tips Its Cap to a Dark Souls Fan Favorite With This Easter Egg
Borderlands and Demon’s Souls were two of 2009’s biggest hits, measured by sales and/or popular acclaim. So there’s a nice symmetry in seeing Borderlands 2 paying homage to Dark Souls with an Easter egg encountered in the Caustic Caverns. There’s a ghost sitting on a rock, which is enough of a visual Easter egg. But…
By Owen Good Published September 22, 2012 -
Here’s Some of the World’s Best Cosplayers (Live and In Person!)
Tonight at the Tokyo Game Show, some of the best cosplayers in Japan—and around the world—gathered for Cosplayers’ Cure Night. It wasn’t a competition or a contest to see who put on the best outfit (or the best show), but rather, a gathering of cosplayers—and members of Cosplayers’ Cure, a hugely popular community site for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012 -
Dishonored Protip: Don’t Do What You’re Told Until You’re Told To Do Something
Evidently playtesters of Dishonored took the game a little too literally the first go around, requiring developer Arkane Studios to do a little bit of handholding to get them to complete the missions. For example, “People would just walk around,” Arkane’s Julien Roby told Games.On.Net. “They didn’t even go upstairs because a guard told them…
By Owen Good Published September 22, 2012 -
The Moneysaver: Where Credit is Due
Ordinarily bonus credits don’t do much for me as you’re still paying full price, and the lure is meant to get you to buy more later. But Resident Evil 6 delivers $20 in Xbox Live’s funny money if you pick it up through the Microsoft Store, and that credit’s good for a whole lot of…
By Owen Good Published September 22, 2012 -
The Line into the Tokyo Game Show is Hours Long
The Tokyo Game Show has lines—long lines for almost every game. But what about the line to enter the show, just how long is that line? Before the show began Saturday morning, it wrapped around the entire convention center and was six to seven people wide. Walking the entire length of the line took me…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012 -
Earth Defense Force 4 Is Big Fun with Big Enemies and Big Guns
I’ve always liked Earth Defense Force—or rather, the idea of Earth Defense Force. I love running around Japanese cities, shooting giant insects. But, who doesn’t? The idea of Earth Defense Force has always been better than the actual games, which have suffered from bad physics, wank controls, and small maps. Good news as Earth Defense…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012 -
It’s Like Inception, But with Cosplay Photos
One of the highlights every year for Tokyo Game Show is the cosplay and cosplay events, and this year is no different. During the day, before the evening events, cosplayers pose and show off their costumes for the public to see and take photos of, and Kotaku photographers were on the scene for some snapshots.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 22, 2012 -
Tales of Xillia 2 Plays Exactly Like the First Game (And That Isn’t a Bad Thing)
Today at the Tokyo Game Show, Kotaku spent some time with the newest game in the Tales series, Tales of Xillia 2. It looks, plays, and feels like the first Tales of Xillia—and this is in no way a bad thing. The demo begins by letting you choose to party with one of two different…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012 -
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Luke just keeps finding all the best cosplayers. This week, he stumbled on a fantastic Assassin’s Creed duo that was just too good to not feature for the Best of Kotaku Moving on to our Best Of content this…
By Tina Amini Published September 22, 2012 -
Project X Zone Puts the “Cross” Back in Crossover
Project X Zone is the mega-crossover game from Capcom, Namco-Bandai, and Sega starring a staggering list of characters—ranging from Street Fighter to Devil May Cry, Tekken to Tales of Vesperia, and Space Channel 5 to Valkyria Chronicles 3 (among many others). And today at the Tokyo Game Show, we at Kotaku got to spend some…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012 -
Come for the Games, Stay for the Macross Concert
Today Namco-Bandai held a Macross 30th Anniversary event at their booth in the Tokyo Game Show. During the event they talked about upcoming Macross projects like Macross the Musiculture (a Macross-themed stage musical debuting this fall in Japan) and showed the first non-teaser trailer for the new Macross movie, Macross FB7. There were even several…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012 -
Men. In Fancy Consoles and Fancy Costumes.
Today, the cosplayers came out in full force at the Tokyo Game Show. There weren’t just female cosplayers. There were dudes, too. Here are the some of the male cosplayers of this year’s Tokyo Game Show, fancy outfits and all.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012 -
Expect The Wii U Version of Dragon Quest X Next Spring… Maybe… Hopefully
At Tokyo Game Show 2012, Square Enix held an event with special guests, Yuuji Horii, the creator of the Dragon Quest series, and producer Yousuke Saitou to showcase the Wii U version of Dragon Quest X During the stage event, Horii was asked what the release date for the Wii U version of the game…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 22, 2012 -
Giant Robots and Giant Insects Look Even Cooler in LEGO
In Earth Defense Force, you save the globe by blowing up huge bugs and big robots, which lay waste to Japanese urban environments. At the game’s Tokyo Game Show booth, LEGO master builder Yoshikazu Saitou has recreated Earth Defense Force in brick form. Don’t expect an EDF set to hit your local LEGO shop anytime…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012 -
From Mass Effect to Metal Gear, This is a Symphony in Plastic
Square Enix doesn’t just make video games. It also makes figures. And it doesn’t only make Final Fantasy figures, it makes figures from numerous other games. Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line features a whole slew of characters from games like Street Fighter, Tekken, Medal of Honor, Metal Gear, Halo, and Dead Space as well…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012 -
I Kissed A Girl With My Brain… The Results Weren’t So Good
Find out if you really like each other by testing your brain waves. That’s what the Brain Kiss app tests to see. By wearing a brain wave scanner and looking into each other’s eyes for 15 seconds, you can get the results of how you really feel about the person you’re looking at in 5…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 22, 2012
