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When The Girls Are Mean, The Customers Are Happy
Japan is famous for its service. Waiters and waitress are attentive and prompt, and they don’t even expect a tip! It’s very easy to get accustomed to. But sometimes good service gets old. Sometimes otaku just want to be treated like crap. Enter the tsundere cafe, where folks pay money to be treated like dirt.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2011 -
Current Consoles Are Still Capable Of Some Amazing Graphics (Like These)
With all this talk of Wii 2 and consoles holding PC graphics and development back, it’s easy to forget the fact we’re stuck with the Xbox 360 and PS3 for another three years. Just because they’re getting a little long in the tooth, though, doesn’t make them slouches in the graphics department. This is a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 -
Say Goodbye To The DS Lite
If this image showing an email circulated amongst GameStop stores is legit, then the humble Nintendo DS Lite may now be a thing of the past. Having been first succeeded by two models of the DS, the DSi and DSi XL, and now by an all-new handheld, the 3DS, the writing has been on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2011 -
“Potato Sack” Studios Say They Had “Free Rein” In Portal 2‘s ARG
The elaborate alternate reality game that served as a viral marketing device for Portal 2’s release was not entirely devised by Valve. In fact, the developers of the 13 games of the “Potato Sack,” the group of indie games central to the ARG’s final resolution, say they were involved in the scheme’s design from the…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 -
Judgment Night
Guys, I think we might just pull this off. We might actually make it through Judgment Day, because it seems that Skynet was never switched on and I haven’t heard a single nuclear explosion all day. Whew! Of course, there are still a few hours left in the day here on the west coast, but……
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 -
Free Crysis 2 Modkit Arrives In Early Summer
A modding toolkit for Crysis 2 will release in early summer, Crytek said today in an announcement. If that’s not enough freedom for you, the CryENGINE SDK releases to developers in August. The Crysis 2 modkit will be free, the company’s CEO said. CryENGINE 3 is “internally, the same engine we give to our licensees,…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 -
Fable III Available May 17 — On Steam
Fable III’s PC version has been dated and, surprisingly, it’s going to be available via Steam. Though the Microsoft-published game won’t be a Games for Windows Live exclusive, like past Microsoft PC versions, GFWL sounds like it will be required even if you buy the game over Steam. But, if you do pre-order the GFWL…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 -
New Call of Duty: Black Ops ‘Escalation’ Screens Will Give You An Itchy Trigger Finger
Here are a zoo-full of new screenshots from the next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack, Escalation, which show off the add-on’s four new multiplayer levels; a Soviet zoo, a Cuban hotel, a Russian suburb, and an American convoy besieged by Russian troops. The new zombie map, Call of the Dead, is still shrouded…
By Mike Epstein Published April 21, 2011 -
A Rainbow-Shitting Unicorn May Be The Greatest New Video Game Weapon
YouTube video sensation Freddie Wong and friends introduce us to Mr. Toots, a candy-colored unicorn with a magical gift: the ability to emit a high-powered rainbow beam from its anus, capable of destroying anything in its path. But what does this have to do with video games? Turns out Mr. Toots here is the property…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 -
Come Get Some New, NSFW Duke Nukem Forever Footage
If you’re just catching up with this whole Duke Nukem Forever thing, this brand new video of Gearbox Software and 3D Realms’ game in action sums up this puerile first-person shooter beautifully. It’s all here: pig-faced aliens, catchphrases, monster trucks, first-person urinating, schoolgirls making out, blood, gore, and—of course—strippers. Strippers baring all, with full-on nudity…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 -
Buttload of EA Mobile Games — Including Dead Space — Go On Sale For A Dollar
Dollar days appear to have just begun for EA Mobile’s offerings on the iTunes App Store, where Dead Space, including its HD version on the iPad, is just 99 cents. FIFA 11 is likewise a dollar on both platforms. Dollar apps for iPhone only include NBA Jam, Fight Night Champion, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12,…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 -
Child of Eden‘s PS3 Release Pushed to September
Though Child of Eden, the rhythm-action game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi, is still due for a Kinect-enabled June 14 release for Xbox 360, the game’s PS3 release is being pushed into September, says Ubisoft. It is expected to have PlayStation Move support. [IGN]
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 -
Super Mario 3DS Headed For E3, Out This Year & A Mix Of Two Great Mario Games
The first real Mario game for Nintendo’s new 3DS will indeed be out this year, according to creator Shigeru Miyamoto. And it looks like we’ll get our hands on the game simple known as Super Mario at E3 in June. But wait… there’s more! Miyamoto tells Edge that Super Mario 3DS will “a combination of…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 -
Mortal Kombat on Ice
GET OVER HERE | HOLLYWOOD, CA: The unleashing of Warner Bros.’ Mortal Kombat Legacy at Saint Felix II and its lovely ice sculpture. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Warner Bros.) Korea Institutes National Curfew For Kid Gamers South Korea this week passed a new law that would ban children under the age of…
By Brian Crecente Published April 21, 2011 -
Our First Look At StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Happens Next Month
Blizzard plans to show off the single-player side of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm for the first time next month, offering an early look at the first expansion for and follow-up to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. We received an invite to see Heart of the Swarm earlier today, promising that we’d see a…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 -
We May Have a Whole Bunch of Wii 2 Specs
Courtesy of IGN, we’ve gotten our hands on some details about “Project Cafe” (Or Wii 2, if saying the codename makes you feel silly). IGN says they have intel on many aspects of the new console, ranging from the hard tech to console design. According to their report, Project Cafe will have the following: •…
By Mike Epstein Published April 21, 2011 -
First Licensed Sports Indie Game Is Now First Licensed Sports Indie Game With Fighting
NLL Lacrosse, which last year became the first fully-licensed sports game on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel, has released its second version. Though it features all 10 NLL teams and its 230 players, it’s not just a roster update. A completely new game engine, statistics compilation celebrations and fighting are all features debuting in…
By Owen Good Published April 21, 2011 -
Leaked Kinect Star Wars Doc Reveals Pod Racing, Rancor Stomping and Lightsaber Action
At last year’s E3 event, Microsoft and LucasArts showed us what a Star Wars game would look like when played with the Xbox 360’s Kinect motion controller. What was demonstrated at E3 2010 focused on a Jedi swinging his lightsaber in a battle against enemy droids and culminated in a showdown with Darth Vader. But…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2011 -
Discover New Ways To Play In Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
“Hunted is running through dungeons and killing monsters with really cool swords, really cool weapons, and amazing spells,” says developer inXile’s president Matt Findley. That’s enough of a description for me. The rest of you should watch this behind-the-scenes trailer. It may look like just another hack-and-slash dungeon crawler, but Hunted: The Demon Forge has…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2011 -
PSPgo Not Dead In North America
Yesterday, Sony Japan said that the PSPgo, the disc-free variation of the PlayStation Portable was no longer in production. Dead. Done. Put to rest. Well, not in America. Clarifying news that broke on IGN, a Sony spokesperson in the U.S. told Kotaku today: “We are continuing production of PSPgo for North America. We will also…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 21, 2011