SNK, the Osaka-based game developer best known for its fighting games, has made a shooting game that features its fighting game characters. Dubbed KOF: Sky Stage, the vertical shmup has characters like curvy ninja Mai Shiranui fly over freeways and shoot enemies — or in Mai’s case, throw fans at them. The game has been…
Crime game Mafia II is getting its second downloadable add-on called Jimmy’s Vendetta. The DLC follows Jimmy, who is described as “the guy the other guys call when they need to finish the job”. Jimmy cleans up the messes made in Empire Bay, and the game features 30 new quests that run the gamut of…
Here’s what Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV would have looked like were it a first-person shooter, and not a third-person…whatever you like to call these games. Before you say it, I agree, it’s not entirely practical for the purposes of playing the game. Combat, always the trickiest part of a GTA game, is made even…
The demo for Platinum Games’ upcoming third person shooter Vanquish has hit PSN and Xbox Live. You can download it. Yes, you can!
Interested in a job with Starcraft and Warcraft developers Blizzard? You’re going to need to put on a gun show. Reader Chris pointed us toward this advertisement for a Junior Linux Administrator, and among the expected criteria like a driver’s license, knowledge of Linux and a bachelor’s degree is this: Ability (and willingness) to lift…
PSP title MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Ailu Mura, the spin-off game feature the Monster Hunter cats, went on sale on August 26. It looks like it is really popular. Japanese websites have been collecting photos that show that the game is sold out at a variety of retailers (Sofmap, Bic Camera, Yodabashi Camera). These kinds…
Super Meat Boy will be out on Xbox Live Arcade on October 20, as part of Microsoft’s new “Game Feast” promotion for the online service.
Starcraft’s Baneling is a Zerg unit, meaning it’s a slimy, repulsive bug sort of thing. That explodes. Luckily this plush representation is a little more cuddly! Made to order by Etsy user BoRoShan, at the moment, you can expect a 1-2 week wait to get your hands on one. At the moment. If you all…
Daigo Umehara. AKA “The Beast”. AKA The best Street Fighter player on Earth. If there’s someone who might have advice on how to improve your game, it’s him. Earlier this year, Umehara appeared on NHK (think BBC for Japan) and provided tips on how gamers can sharpen their game. His reflexes are lighting quick and…
Sure, she’s cheating by standing so close. But you try playing Duck Hunt with no opposable thumbs. It’s a fairly good effort, especially later in the clip as “Claire” begins to learn she’s only supposed to be clawing madly at the ducks, not the dog as well. [via Go Nintendo]
Hollywood is working on a big screen version of underwater opus BioShock. There have been stops and starts, but the game’s designer Ken Levine assures the film adaption is being “actively” worked on. “I will say that it is still an active thing,” Levine tells DC radio station 106.7. “And it is something we are…
Nvidia vs ATI. To PC gamers who are big on their hardware races, it’s like Ford vs GM, Packers vs Bears or Sony vs Microsoft. Sadly, it’s a fight that’s about to get a name change. When processing giant AMD bought ATI a few years back, it kept the old name around, but with a…
The Nintendo Wii launched in 2006. For one reason or another, I wasn’t able to get my Wii online, save for a brief spell when Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released. Today all that changed, and my Wii is online. This morning, a wonderful fellow at Nintendo was kind enough to walk me through the…
Why aren’t Japanese games made by companies not called Nintendo not as big or important as they used to be? Square Enix’s Final Fantasy veteran Akitoshi Kawazu has a theory. “Aside from a few well-known titles, games from Japan are receiving less and less attention, regardless of if it’s an RPG or not”, he told…
Sony Gets Federal Court to Temporarily Block Sale Of PS3 Modchips [Update] Comment by: newmark5 Nominated by: UsernameOfTheDead Sony has to do this, everyday it breaks my heart when I walk down the street and I see a homeless Sony employee or some other developer who was put on the street from piracy. Forget that…
Internet funny man David Thorne received an abnormally hefty gas bill earlier this month. He blames two portals, a PlayStation 3 and Prince Adam of Eternia. Or, he does in this email conversation with the surprisingly up-front Allison Hayes from Aussie gas provider AGL, who first provided Thorne with days of fun before he finished…
On a recent episode of cloak-and-dagger thriller series Rubicon, a female analyst explains to Miles Fielder, played by actor Dallas Roberts, why she has a Triforce tattoo. Haven’t seen this show yet — is it any good? Thanks for the tip, Jeff!
A Japanese nail saloon has decorated a handful of PSPs covers in the image of in-game hostesses. Thrilling! Here is curvy Yuu Tejima. The design done in her image is called “colorful leopard print”. This is Aya Hoshi. The design is called “Black Love”, because the PSP-3000 is covered with black rhinestone-type thingies and has…
Microsoft’s two most recent PC game reveals were welcome, sure, but they were also catered towards a certain end of the market: the end that is cool with playing browser games. But what about the PC gamers that hardware companies would call “enthusiasts”? Is there a game coming for them, something for them to double-check…
A hearing due to take place today to determine the ultimate fate of the new PS3 modchip in Australia has been postponed, Kotaku has learned. Previously, Sony had sought and been granted a temporary injunction by Australia’s Federal Court to block the sale of the devices, ahead of a hearing due to take place on…
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