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Japan’s Video Game Decline Is “Humiliating”
At the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, game designer Keiji Inafune, then at Capcom, said the Japanese game industry was “finished”. At this year’s E3, one Square Enix exec seemed to realize just that. On the way to an E3 dinner, Square Enix exec Kouji Taguchi tweeted that because Square Enix acquired Eidos, it was able…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2011 -
Here, Thirteen Minutes of Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Footage
Mercifully after the week we’ve had, this extensive gameplay demonstration of Modern Warfare doesn’t need the chit-chat of announcers to kick things off. It’s just straight into the gunplay. Say what you will about the dilapidated state of the series’ story or the impactful departure of some of its key men. Infinity Ward can still…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
E3 Might Not Always Be In Los Angeles, You Know
Aside from a stint in Atlanta and two years spent in Santa Monica that we’ll never speak of again, the Electronic Entertainment Expo has always been held in Los Angeles. But that doesn’t mean it always will A report in the Los Angeles Times today points out that E3’s contract with the LA Convention Centre…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
This Metal Gear Cosplay Is Boss
Just as Konami shows off more of upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, Omi Gibson cosplays as MGS3‘s the Boss. Gibson is, of course, the queen of Metal Gear Solid cosplay, and her latest photos cement it further. Click here to read more about the Boss, and here to read more about Omi. ザ・ボス…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2011 -
These are Your Favourite Games of E3 2011
Yesterday, we asked you to nominate your choice for E3 2011’s Game Of The Show. It could be based on anything: your heart, your head, a trailer, some gameplay, whatever. And now, the results are in! (Spoiler: we really didn’t need so many voting options). Despite including 33 of the biggest games of the show,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
See the Strange Gameplay of Upcoming Wii U Shooter, Killer Freaks from Outer Space
Killer Freaks from Outer Space isn’t your average shooter. Makes sense—the Wii U isn’t your average console. Unveiled at E3, Killer Freaks from Outer Space pits you as a balding, old British geezer who takes on an alien invasion. Here is the gameplay and multiplayer Ubisoft showed off. Multiplayer is about six or seven minutes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2011 -
Oh My God, It’s Carrier Command
First revealed nearly two years ago, Bohemia Interactive’s Carrier Command remake is looking bang on the money if this E3 trailer is anything to go by. For those too young (or unfortunate enough) to have never played it, Carrier Command was a revolutionary 1988 PC game that combined vehicle simulation and strategy in the one…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
Dead or Alive: Dimensions May Not Be For Kids After All
The international ratings absurdity surrounding 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions just got a little more absurd, as the game is now being reclassified in Australia after media reports pointed out the game’s somewhat adult photography mode. [Kotaku Australia]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
They Came to E3 to Dance—Just Dance
Some of us would admit to playing Just Dance in the privacy of our own homes. I’m not saying I would, mind you—certainly not on the internet. But these poor folks had to dance day after day for the duration of E3 to promote Just Dance 3 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. So let’s…
By Drew Cohen Published June 10, 2011 -
A Tour of LA Noire‘s Biggest, Still Standing Stars
LA Noire takes place in…LA. The guys from Machinima Respawn go on a tour of the landmarks that appear in the game—and in LA—providing fun facts along the way. It’s a neat video tour and worth taking. I used to live in LA, and I love just driving around. I lived on Wilshire and Rampart.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2011 -
The Xbox 360’s Minecraft Will be a Little Different
Minecraft is officially coming to the Xbox 360 this Fall. When it hits, though, don’t be surprised if it’s not the quite same Minecraft you’ve been playing on the PC. Creator Markus “Notch” Persson has said that his studio, Mojang, will not be developing the game. Instead, a developer that has “done several console games…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
Japan Predicts Inevitable Wii U Games
As soon as Nintendo launched the Nintendo DS, with its “Touch!” campaign, it was only a matter of time before DS games with touching were released. Japan saw a spate of boob-jiggling titles, such as Doki Doki Majo Shinpan Picking up where the DS left off, the 3DS is already getting “touchable” jubblies with Senran…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2011 -
Vita’s Most Gravity-Defying Game Looks Hot In This Trailer
Gravity has quietly become one of my most anticipated PlayStation Vita titles. And what looked good in screenshots looks only better in motion. You know those awesome parts in Dead Space where you switch from walking on the ground to flying to walking on the wall? Yeah, this looks like an entire game built around…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
Nintendo Talks Wii U Game Pricing
Nintendo has already talked Wii U pricing. While the Kyoto-based electronics giant didn’t give an exact figure, company honcho Satoru Iwata did say that he doesn’t think Nintendo can charge the same price it does for the Wii. But how much will Wii U games be? Iwata talked to CNBC about game pricing in very…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2011 -
Finally, a Game Shows What the Wii U Can Really Do
Despite a ton of footage and endless words from Nintendo representatives, we’ve been given few clear examples of what the Wii U’s new controller can actually do in terms of improving a game. Ubisoft just changed that. This trailer for Ghost Recon Online focuses on the Wii U’s touch pad and voice communications, and how…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2011 -
Do You Want to Experience Michael Jackson? Again?
Experience the excitement. Experience the magic. For the umpteenth time. But in glasses-free 3D. After being released on the PSP, the PS3 (Move), the Xbox 360 (Kinect), the Wii, and the Nintendo DS, Michael Jackson: The Experience is moonwalking its way onto the Nintendo 3DS this fall.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011 -
What Will A Middle-Aged Ivy Look Like In Soulcalibur V?
Well, first, we should get this out of the way: recurring Soulcalibur fighter Ivy will be in Soulcalibur V, producer Hisaharu Tago says, with the increasingly underdressed fan favorite to be revealed at some point soon. So I wondered “What will Ivy look like as a 49-year-old?” Since Soulcalibur V takes place 17 years after…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2011 -
If XCOM is a Shooter Then So Is Mass Effect
The news that 2K’s XCOM reboot would handle combat as a first-person shooter sent longtime fans of the PC strategy series on a gamer’s tour of the Kubler-Ross stages of grief, rage, of course, lasting the longest. A year after it was first shown at E3, and about a year before its release, we might…
By Owen Good Published June 9, 2011
