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Nothing Bad To Say About The New Castlevania’s First Chapter
The first chapter of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is broken into five parts, parts that tour through reinventions of some of PlayStation’s best exclusive games, from God of War to Uncharted to Shadow of the Colossus. Gradually, it’s also a fine Castlevania. You’re reading the second set of glowing impressions of the latest three-dimensional Castlevania…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 26, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
On Thursday here at Kotaku, we talk video games. And we talk about them right here. Today’s TAY image was made by MrSnuffles, who is now part of the very problem he criticized. Create your own Catch-22 and submit an image at #TAYpics to be featured in a future Talk Amongst Yourselves.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 26, 2010 -
Mmmmm Beer
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Case Zero Starting to get busy moving forward for TGS. But…Right now… I would like a beer! I haven’t had a beer in a couple of weeks, oddly. But I would like one. What you missed last night The Idol Game Metroid’s Co-Creator Made With Final Fantasy’s Creator The Bible…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Halo: Reach’s Live-Action “Deliver Hope” Brings the Combat To Life
Forget the civilian bickering, the standing around in the dark, Halo: Reach’s game-setting live-action videos have suddenly gotten very real, very explodey. This is the sort of video that delivers chills and the burning desire to play through a game. Starting on Aug. 29, the Deliver Hope campaign kicks off for real, with the live-action…
By Brian Crecente Published August 26, 2010 -
The Idol Game Metroid’s Co-Creator Made With Final Fantasy’s Creator
Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy. Yoshio Sakamoto co-created Metroid. And in 1987, both worked together on a game with this lady, Miho Nakayma. Game company Square was interested in doing an adventure game. But not any old adventure game, but one that used the telephone. Square was gung-ho for Nintendo’s Famicom Disk System console, which…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
The Rock Band Of The Future
Most signs point towards the future being a place free of clumsy plastic instruments with our video games. On the off chance they are still around, though, we hope Rock Band plays a little like this concept clip by Freddiew. Only a little. Because while the mechanics look workable, if there was going to be…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010 -
Origin Of The Species
As seen on Ript
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010 -
Kill It With Fire? It Might Already Be Dead
This ToHeart2 figure looks like the work of the devil. Relax, because the company that released it apparently isn’t around anymore to frighten you. Japanese figure maker Taki Corporation has gone under it seems. While Taki had secured the rights to make figures for big properties like Dr. Slump and Dragonball, quality had been slipping…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
The Bible Is Now An MMO
I’m willing to give this game a chance, because when you put the whole religious side of things in a box, the Old Testament – with its plagues and pestilence and pillars of salt – is pretty badass. The Bible Online is a new massively-multiplayer online game from German outfit FiAA, and will – over…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010 -
The PS4 Doesn’t Sound Like It’ll Be Download Only
The PlayStation 3 was released in 2006. Sony has famously said the console will have a ten year console life. By that math, we can expect the PlayStation 4 sometime after 2016. But can we expect a digital-download-only console? Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai discussed digital downloads and their future in Sony consoles. “We…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
BioShock Loses Court Case Over Its Internet Home
You’d think that the URL www.bioshock.com would take you to the official site for 2K’s BioShock series, but no, it does not. And after the publisher lost a recent court ruling, it probably never will. The domain is currently owned by Name Administration Inc., a company that specialises in…purchasing domain names then sitting on them.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010 -
Hey, It’s Milla Jovovich Landing A Plane In Resident Evil
Milla Jovovich returns this fall as Alice in the latest installment in the Resident Evil film series, Resident Evil: Afterlife. She’ll be landing a plane, it seems. Good for her. Afterlife will be shown in 3D. This clip isn’t in 3D, it’s in 2D. So you’ll just have to imagine the 3D bits. Sorry! Here…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
The Games That Made Me
In this line of work, I’m continually reminded of how big a part games like Castlevania, Mega Man and Contra played in raising a generation of gamers. Which is funny, because I never played any of them. Being raised in Australia, where the NES never really played as dominant a role as it did in…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010 -
Giant Gundam And No Official Parking
Over 500,000 people have visited the 1-to-1 scale Gundam near Bandai Namco’s Gundam figurine factory in Shizuoka, Japan. And there is no official on site parking. Street parking is out, too. What to do? Japanese website Byoukan Sunday has couple possible workarounds for motorists who want to visit the site — and not take public…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
First Mega Man Online Trailer Isn’t Screwing Around
And here we were thinking Mega Man Online, the Korean MMO being worked on by Capcom and Neowiz, would be a pedestrian affair. Seems the pair have something a little more epic in mind. At least, they do in this teaser trailer for the game, which owes as as much to something like Akira as…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010 -
Sega Offers Larger Robot Chest Code
This December, mecha game Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Force is coming to the Xbox 360 in Japan. Sega is keeping the world abreast of its pre-order present. Those who reserve the game will get “Fetish Unlock Code” from Sega that enables players to select the chest size of Virtuaroid robots Fei Yen and her sister Angelan.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
What Do The Buttons On The PlayStation Controller Mean?
The buttons on PlayStation controllers have always been a bit of a mystery. Why those weird colours? Why those wacky shapes? PlayStation designer Teiyu Goto explains. Goto, who designed not only the PlayStation but the PS2 and PS3 as well, has told Japanese magazine Famitsu that it was all about keeping it simple. “That was…pretty…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2010