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Giant Swords and Silly Cleavage? Ah, This is Code of Princess
Mass-market appeal, family-friendly mascots and fluffy animals be damned. Code of Princess is a 3DS game that wants to sell itself on giant swords and barely-clothed women. Which sounds awfully crass, but then, those barely-clothed women have been designed by Capcom legend Kinu Nishimura, who is working on both the characters and the world of…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011 -
Red Dead Redemption Designer Now Making a Movie
And it’s not Red Dead Redemption. Christian Cantamessa, who designed and co-wrote the wonderful Red Dead Redemption, is going Hollywood. Cantamessa sold a script he co-wrote called Wake Cycle. According to Variety, the movie is set in an underground hyperbaric facility after a nuclear fallout. Every six months, two custodial workers can take care of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011 -
Adorable Zelda Cosplay is Breaking my Heart
Not all Halloween costumes need to be scary. These parents dressed their son as Link and it’s having the opposite effect of scary. Call them stage parents if you want, but they’ve really gone the extra mile here. Not only is the costume great, but they took some slick photos and, to top it all…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011 -
Man Sings Tribute to Mario’s Creator. No, It’s Not Creepy.
Well not that creepy (kidding! sorta!). YouTube user WyldStallynsGames really likes Shigeru Miyamoto. He likes him so much that he wrote a ballad for him. No, he wrote a power ballad. On YouTube, WyldStallynsGames explains why he wrote this tune. “It was through the work of Shigeru Miyamoto that I discovered my own passion: creating…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011 -
A Dead Sega Mascot is Even Deader Now
Forget his flirtation with Nintendo on the Wii. Monkey maraca simulation Samba de Amigo was, is and always will be a Sega icon, a reminder that the Dreamcast was cool, quirky and now very, very dead. Something this neat shirt captures perfectly. Samba de los Muertos is a new shirt from Meat Bun that takes…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011 -
Does This Lady Love Final Fantasy XI More Than You?
Emiri Kato doesn’t just play Final Fantasy XI, she lives there. The voice actress has an impressive resume of anime and game titles she’s worked on, but that’s nothing compared to her FFXI playtime. As pointed out on website 4Gamer, Kato has played FFXI for 557 days and 18 hours. That’s 13,386 hours. Before you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011 -
Bleep a Few Words and Suddenly Zelda is Very NSFW
While getting a genuine laugh out of the Zelda cartoon series is tough, it’s not impossible. Provided you cut a few words out which turn innocent encounters into tawdry tales. While this clip’s joke wears thin pretty quick, while it’s still wearing it’s good for a chuckle or two. Especially when she’s only three inches…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011 -
Ni No Kuni Gets Extra Help in the Cute Department
Ni no Kuni isn’t only the PS3’s most beautiful game, it’s also pretty darn cute. Thank Studio Ghibli for that. Know what cute calls for? A cute kid. Mana Ashida is one of the most popular stars in Japan. She’s only seven, but she’s already done way more than those twice—three times, even—her age, including…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011 -
Pokémon Gray Incoming?
Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services recently registered pokemongray.com. This is the same company that registered pokemonblackwhite.com, an official Nintendo site. When you mix black and white you get…gray. [IGN via Gimme Gimme Games!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011 -
You’ll Probably Want to Avoid Battlefield 3’s “Standard-Def” Version
I thought the first screenshots of Battlefield 3 running on an Xbox 360 looked fine, but then, they were probably using the optional high-resolution texture pack Those who don’t use that pack, well…you may want to find a way to make it work. Because Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Bach has given the vanilla version of…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011 -
Why Do Shy Girls Love Singing about Nerdy Things?
I guess they’re not that shy, because they are filming themselves singing songs and then uploading the clips to YouTube. There’s an entire subgenre of young females strumming their guitars, usually in their bedrooms, and singing about the nerdiest things imaginable, from StarCraft to physics. Many of them do a wonderful job, too. Kotaku‘s posted…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011 -
Some of Team Fortress 2’s Coolest Weapons Have Been Made by You
Well, not you specifically, “you” as in “people who don’t work for Valve”. Ever since Team Fortress 2’s recent Manniversary update, players have been able to show off fan-made weapons and items in The Workshop, a central spot where other players can vote on them. The best ones then get taken by Valve and turned…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011 -
Arkham City is (Maybe) Mark Hamill’s Last Performance as The Joker
Arkham City is pretty damn special, so the fact it’s out this week is good news. That good news has been tempered with a little sadness, though, as it could be the last time we’ll ever hear Mark Hamill lend his voice to The Joker. The star of General Hospital and The Big Red One…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011 -
Ultima Creator’s House for Sale for a Cool $4 Mil
Richard Garriott, the Ultima creator and space tourist believed to be the only private citizen to own property on an extraterrestrial body, is selling real estate here on Earth. For about $4 mil you may claim the stately Texas manor owned by Lord British. According to KUT-TV of Austin, Texas, Garriott’s “captivating and magical” estate…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 -
Pinball FX2 Gets a Free Table for Halloween
Zen Studios, the master maker of pinball tables, will offer a free treat by Halloween for all Pinball FX2 owners. Anyone who picks up the free Pinball FX2 platform on Xbox Live can get the Paranormal table for free from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. Paranormal‘s setup involves “solving” a series of supernatural phenomena served…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 -
Imagine I Gave You $10,000 For That Tooth
Greetings once more, Kotaku readers. We’ve had a fun day here, talking about all sorts of video game stuff, from the contentious to the non-contentious. And now it’s time to talk about other things. Good things! Bad things! All of the things. So kick back, relax, put on some smooth saxophone music, and dive into…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 19, 2011 -
The Best Quotes of GDC Online (and Things I Noticed While I Was There)
Last week, I attended the Game Developers’ Conference Online in Austin. I was there to give a talk about game storytelling, but I stayed for the entire event, and caught a good number of talks, workshops, and keynotes. On Monday, Gamasutra (who helps put on GDC each year) ran a fun collection of quotes from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 19, 2011 -
All It Takes is a Dollar and a Dream in EA Sports’ Oklahoma Lottery Cards
You can’t buy a cold six-pack* in Oklahoma, but next time you’re at the likker store for a carton of Parliaments and a fifth of Evan Williams you can buy some EA Sports-branded lottery scratch cards. The Oklahoma Lottery teamed up with the sports video games label for the lottery’s latest sports-themed scratcher, seen above.…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 -
How 9/11 Gave Us Grand Theft Auto‘s Iconic Cover Style
There was Sept. 11. Then there was Oct. 22, when Grand Theft Auto III released, at a time when the United States was extremely high strung about things like the violence and moral relativism for which the series is known. Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser, in a rare interview, said that the game did strip out…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 -
Hype Video for NFL Blitz Doesn’t Show Off a Lot of Big Hits
Lost in the shuffle with the announcement of NFL Blitz‘s return is the fact the game is actually rated more strictly than its Madden counterpart. As the inaugural hype video for the game shows, it’s an E10+ for, among other things,”mild language.” Didn’t the original NFL Blitz have comically censored cussin’? Maybe that’s what the…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011