We know that Gran Turismo 5 looks realistic. The people who made the PlayStation 3 game wanted us to see how close they got. This is their racing game splitscreened with real life, on Germany’s famous Nürburgring track. Gran Turismo 5 Official Nurburgring Reality Check [YouTube]
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Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, will keynote the 2011 Game Developers Conference this March in San Francisco. His topic: “Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future.”
All this one gamer wants is some help to decide which video game console he should buy. In a rare and curious display or near-unanimity on the Internet, he gets an answer. (Click to enlarge this image) And then, for the twist, there’s page 2. Update: And… as a reader points, out… the fact that…
To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Zombie Snow Apocalypse II Went to a shrine on Sunday. As you can see towards the end of the video, there is a man standing at a table with bananas on it. The man was asking the audience riddles. His question was this: Both a beautiful woman (美人の女) and a…
They don’t just make Ninja Lego sets — Ninjago — they’re now making a Ninja Lego game. Lego Battles: Ninjago will be an “epic family friendly adventure” focused on the martial art of “Spinjitzu” for the DS this spring, according to publisher Warner Bros. Interactive.
Sad, but true. The image of video gamers is of those overweight and adverse to exercise. With Wii Fit and Wii Sports, Nintendo tried to change that, but the Kyoto-based game company ain’t done yet. The upcoming 3D-glasses-free Nintendo 3DS seems to be outfitted with a pedometer (of course, Kotaku is no stranger to pedometers).…
For the past few years, there’s been a tidy little black market operating around the fringes of E3 for those who wanted into the trade-only event but didn’t have official tickets. That market is now under threat. Sorry! The Electronic Entertainment Expo, held annually in Los Angeles, is in many ways the centre of the…
Years ago, Nintendo released the Nintendo DS and the DS Lite. Anyone could import them and play games on them. Those days are long gone, and with the Nintendo 3DS, they don’t look like they’re returning. According to an email from Nintendo’s Japanese support, the Nintendo 3DS is region coded, which means that players cannot…
Super Street Fighter IV is officially available in arcades in Japan and…that’s it. If you’d like to import your own, then, you’ll need to know where to look. Oh, and bring money While some enterprising (and wealthy) arcades in the West have a cabinet or two on display, there are many who simply live too…
With the uproar of what the 3DS will or won’t do to children’s vision, know that 3DS title Nintendogs + Cats is more than simply an updated Nintendogs with feline friends. It’s an update with eyes that can see players. The first Nintendogs game, released in 2005, was inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto’s own experiences owning…
Normally, the art of cosplay is best served with pictures. Movies only show up the costume’s inadequacies. But this Zelda gear is so good it looks better in motion. Filmed at Youmacon, held late last year in Detroit (which explains why things look like a GT5 photo mode shoot by the end), it shows a…
Even though Super Street Fighter IV: 3D has “3D” in the game’s title, players don’t have to fight in 3D — even if their opponent is. So, relax. As revealed at the recent Nintendo World event, players can select either 2D or 3D for worldwide online play, and their selection has not bearing on how…
Until April, visitors to New York’s Museum of Modern Art will be able to check out “Long March: Restart”, which is basically one of (if not the biggest) video games you’ll ever play. Not in terms of the scale of the game itself; it’s a 2D platformer, not an expansive role-playing game. But it is…
First released in Japan in Fall 2008, the Nintendo DSi brought a new era to Nintendo’s handheld gaming with a low-res camera. That era, it seems, is apparently finished. According to a Japanese retail source, the Nintendo DSi seems to be out of production. The available DSi consoles are apparently only those currently in inventory,…
Thousands of Nintendo fans turned up at the company’s 3DS showcase over the weekend, among the first to ever get their mitts on the new handheld. You weren’t among them, but after watching this video you could pretend you were! It was shot by Aussie David Turnbull (site here!), who labelled the vid “The Unnecessarily…
Because this game’s got bombs. Japanese arcade developer Cave brings its popular shoot ’em up Mushihime-sama to the iOS with Mushihime-sama: Bug Panic. Only now with a new spin. Instead of a straight-up shmup, the game adds a dash of Bomberman for a side-scrolling adventure title. Sure, the arcade original had bombs that could clear…
“The Trashmaster” takes the art of turning a video game into cinema and delivers an astonishing 88 minutes film. While we’ve seen similar Grand Theft Auto IV-related projects recently, we’ve never seen one run for that long, nor have one that took over two years to put together. Sadly, while it looks great, with lots…
Shigeru Miyamoto is a very important man. He created a whole slew of iconic games like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and many more. He probably has better things to do than respond to fan letters. Not necessarily. Ever since he was a young boy, Kotaku reader Ariem always dreamed of…
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