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Rumor: Western PSPs To Get Neo Geo, TurboGrafx Games?
Alongside the new PS3 firmware update, the PSP has been updated as well. And it looks like this one brought with it a nice little surprise. Reader Ryan sends us this pic, showing what the games folder on his PSPgo looks like after downloading the 6.30 update. Alongside his regular PlayStation-branded titles, there were now…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2010 -
Play World Of Warcraft With Your…Feet
Despite the fact it’s played by millions of normal people around the globe, World of Warcraft players still get a bad rap sometimes. Peripherals like this don’t help. It’s the official World of Warcraft “Tap Chat”, which is a one-button pedal. Which you can use to play World of Warcraft. Tap to chat! Tap to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2010 -
Activision In Talks With Hasbro Over More Transformers Games
Transformers: War For Cybertron is good enough to deserve a sequel, but that doesn’t mean the next non-movie game will be another shooter. BotCon, the world’s biggest Transformers fans convention, was held over the weekend, and part of the festivities was a Q&A session between fans and Matt Tieger (High Moon Studios) and Aaron Archer…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2010 -
Who Makes Big Money In Japan?
People who run big companies, that’s who. As previously mentioned, a new regulation now requires Japanese companies to disclose the previously well-guarded salaries of employees over ¥100 million (US$1.1 million). Executive salaries in Japan are lower than the astronomical compensation execs receive in the West. “Companies owe their existence to society,” says Shizuka Kamei, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2010 -
Multiplayer Tetris Is Ten Years In The Making (And Counting)
Alexey Pajitnov, creator of Tetris, may be semi-retired these days, but he still likes to dabble in a bit of game design from time to time. At the moment, for example, he’s working on multiplayer Tetris. “We are working on multiplayer versions for more than 10 years — I’ve been trying to design it. I…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2010 -
Nintendo, Please Pay Mario’s Creator More Money [Update]
The long-held belief is that Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto rides his bicycle to work and doesn’t make more money than other Nintendo designers. Part of Miyamoto’s image is that he’s just a regular guy! And that he doesn’t take a larger salary than other employees, as Giant Bomb put it, “in order to prove…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2010 -
How To Make Millions Playing World Of Warcraft (The Hard Way)
Stephen Gillett was at one time the youngest chief information officer on the Fortune 500. How’d he get there? Playing a ton of World of Warcraft, of course. It’s not the grinding that got him there, nor the neglect of a personal life outside of the game. No, Gillett says it’s the leadership skills developed…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2010 -
First Look At PlayStation Plus
The latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 isn’t just some regular old update. Oh, no. This update is a big deal! Firmware 3.40 brings players PlayStation Plus, Sony’s new subscription-based service, as well as a new video editor/uploader to the PlayStation 3’s XMB, enabling users to edit and upload movies directly to YouTube and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2010 -
If Only All These Team Fortress 2 Weapons Were Real
Polycount, an online resource for video game artists, has been running a Team Fortress 2 competition, asking users to submit their ideas for new weapons and items for the game. The winners end up actually in the game. While some of them are a little odd, look stupid or would wreck the balance of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2010 -
Microsoft: Project Milo “Not A Game We’re Planning To Bring To The Market”
We’d always thought Project Milo, Lionhead’s Kinect tech demo from E3 2009, was an actual game. Or at least an actual something. Turns out it’s not, and will probably never be released to market. While Microsoft told us that “Project Milo is something that is in ongoing development at Lionhead Studios” following its no-show at…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2010 -
Club Nintendo Members, Time Is Almost Up
Nintendo fans of North America, this a public service announcement! You have two more days to achieve annual Gold or Platinum membership status at Club Nintendo. Register your Nintendo games now before you miss out on members-only swag!
By Michael McWhertor Published June 28, 2010 -
Kotaku Off Topic: LEGO Facebook
Who doesn’t like a good literal visual gag? I know I do and I’ll bet a few Kotaku Off Topic regulars do too. This is where we chat about those kinds of things and video games too. Isn’t it nice having images back on Kotaku? Yes. The answer is yes. It lets more people enjoy…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 28, 2010 -
No Eye Witnessing for Tebow on NCAA 11 Cover
It is hardly a surprise that the cover of NCAA Football 11, out July 13, does not feature Tim Tebow with the Scriptures written on his eyeblack tape. That’s not to say EA Sports has never allowed similar things before. Reggie Bush, on the cover of NCAA 07 (click that picture to enlarge), gives a…
By Owen Good Published June 28, 2010 -
Watch Seth Green Sell Dragon Quest IX To Teenagers
How does one sell a game like Dragon Quest IX, a traditionally core role-playing game, to the general Nintendo DS-owning populace? Right. Seth Green and pop rock band The Lost Boys. This is Nintendo’s attempt at shilling Square Enix’s Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies and… gotta say, I think it works. Sure,…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 28, 2010 -
Homefront‘s Future Plans Include London
At E3, Homefront was offhandedly mentioned to me as inspired by Resistance, just without the aliens, naturally. As if to drive that point home, the man in charge of THQ’s core games portfolio already has designs on London. Homefront, written by John Milius (“Apocalypse Now,” and “Red Dawn,”) is set in Colorado, 2027, with the…
By Owen Good Published June 28, 2010 -
Madden‘s Newest Stat, “Swagger,” is Sponsored
In the rollout of Madden player ratings, few noticed the attribute “SWG” – for swagger. But a leaked screenshot in the EA Sports forums put it on everyone’s map today – because it’s sponsored by Old Spice. See for yourself: As for what “swagger” does for you, word has it that it’s a kind of…
By Owen Good Published June 28, 2010 -
The New Kid Icarus Is Trying To Fix Shooters’ ‘Creativity Problem’
After two decades, Nintendo is finally creating a new Kid Icarus, this time for the new Nintendo 3DS. Kid Icarus Uprising‘s designer has even loftier goals for the sequel, targeting “an overriding problem with a lot of game design.” Masahiro Sakurai, the brains behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the new Kid Icarus, says that…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 28, 2010 -
Xbox Live Arcade Deals of the Week Are Critical Darlings
A handful of Xbox Live Arcade‘s critical successes are now vying for commercial accessibility. Defense Grid, P.B. Winterbottom, Rocket Riot and Poker Smash are just 400 Microsoft Points. Darwinia+ is now 800 Points, Chime a mere 240 Points. [Major Nelson]
By Michael McWhertor Published June 28, 2010 -
Don’t Think Of Kinect As ‘Casual,’ Think Of It As Super Mario Bros.
Worried that Microsoft’s E3 showcase of its Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 was a little too “casual,” a little too Wii Sports rewarmed? Kinect’s creative director sees it otherwise, that Microsoft’s taking a Super Mario Bros. approach instead. So says Kudo Tsunoda, the oft-sunglassed man behind games like Kinect Adventures, the river rafting and…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 28, 2010