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2K’s NBA Team Steals Key Player Back from EA

Mike Wang (pictured), hired away from 2K Sports by EA Sports to help turn around the sagging NBA Live franchise, is back with the NBA 2K team after just one year working on Live. Wang, the lead gameplay designer for Live, was a highly touted hire for EA Sports and was the promotional face of…

After Mario, The Next Nintendo Wii Game With Depth

In late February, more than three months after its last Wii release, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Nintendo will finally launch its next, Endless Ocean: Blue World. This sequel has a twist: It’s more of a game than its predecessor. The first Endless Ocean was a January 2008 oddity here in America, a scuba-diving simulator…

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Attack of the SexBox!!!! and It Came From Your Console!!!!

You know (sound of an attempt at a ratings hike). that a reporter is desperate (sound of a clueless editor assigning a bad story) to make something into a story (sound of someone taking a long lunch instead of researching video game consoles) when a TV station (sound of a “reporter” quoting the “FBI” without…

Electric Toothbrushes Are Great

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Trekkie I…had no idea. Like, I’ve always used a regular one, but I got a cheapo electric toothbrush, and it’s great! My teeth feel super clean. Super clean. What you missed last night New Miss America Not Off To Hot Start With Gamers Snuggle Up To New Screens Of The…

In Japan, Final Fantasy XIII’s Buy-Back Value Is Cheap!

On December 17, role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII went on sale for the PS3 in Japan. It was priced at ¥9,240 (US$102). Want to sell back your copy? In a little over a month and a half, the used game is fetching ¥1,500 (US$17) from major Japanese game retailer GEO. By comparison, used games Pro…

Espgaluda II Shoots Up Xbox 360

Fantasy themed bullet hell shooter Espgaluda II hit Japanese arcades back in 2006. It’ll be released only on the Xbox 360 this month in Japan. As Kotaku previously posted, Espgaluda II will have five modes: arcade, arrange, Xbox 360, novice and black label. Bundled with a two disc soundtrack, the game will be priced at…

The God Of Casemods Rages At His Legless Future

This is a PC casemod. Meaning there’s a personal computer somewhere inside that mannequin of Kratos, star of Sony’s God of War series. Meaning terror is only ever a spreadsheet away. I admire the intent. And the craftsmanship. But the execution? No way I could have that thing anywhere near me while using a PC.…

UFC Undisputed Sells 3.5 Million

Before UFC 2009 Undisputed came out, publisher THQ was in trouble. Now that it’s out, THQ is doing just fine. That’ll happen when a single game sells millions. THQ announced this morning that across the 360 and PS3 the game has sold 3.5 million copies, and to celebrate will now be appearing on both console’s…

Tecmo Koei Says Nothankyou To Profits

As previously posted, Tecmo Koei has delayed not one, but two titles: Both Quantum Theory and Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll. That’s not good. Well, it actually is good for players, because Tecmo Koei is delaying Quantum Theory to “improve quality”. It’s just not good for Tecmo Koei. The stock prices for Tecmo Koei Holdings…

Yup, Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming On Three Discs

On the PlayStation 3, Final Fantasy XIII will ship on a single Blu-Ray. Avantage of the format! On the Xbox 360, however, the game will – as expected – ship on three discs. Sources at Square Enix USA have confirmed with Kotaku the reports from yesterday, which have settled a long-running – if ultimately pointless…

This Game Guide Cover Gets To The Points

Let’s say you created a game best know for these, rather this. What would you put on the cover of your strategy guide? You’d put this! The walk through guide for PSP title Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins goes on sale in Japan on February 5 for ¥1,995n (US$22). There are individuals who purchased this game because…

How To Make Final Fantasy XIII Sound Like A Broken Record

What are the odds I’d be mentioning the words “Final Fantasy” and “vinyl” in the same sentence two times in one week? This is “Music from Final Fantasy XIII“, an LP (yup, a proper vinyl, long-playing record) set for release in Japan later this month. All eight songs are already available on the game’s soundtrack,…

Namco Bandai To Cut Over 600 Jobs

By March 2010, Japan’s Namco Bandai estimated that net income was going to be ¥8.5 billion ($93 million) in the black. That figure has changed from profit to loss — a big loss at that. The company now estimates that it will be posting ¥31 billion ($342 million) loss this March. To counteract these losses,…

Civilization: Network Will Be Playable This June

While there’s trepidation amongst many gamers as to the potential for “proper” Facebook games, there’s one series that was born for the social network platform: Civilization. Which is coming to Facebook, and whose beta will open in five month’s time. Civilization publisher Take Two has told Variety that the game’s open beta, which for an…

A Week In Comments

Bayonetta Is Not Too Sexy, But Maybe Too Serious Comment by: cityslicker05 Nominated by: anabbeynormality Perhaps gaming needs a female lead whom starts out strong and ends up weak. Or one whom gets oppressed by men and get’s chastised and called a bitch for ‘trying’ to be strong. Or a lead role as a white…

Four Command & Conquer Four Screens

If you’re stuck in the queue waiting to get your hands on the Command & Conquer 4 beta, you could always kill a minute or two looking at these new screens for the game.

Nier Dated For Japan

The upcoming Square Enix published, Cavia developed role-playing game Nier has been given a release date for Japan. On April 22, Nier Replicant will be released on the PS3 and Nier Gestalt will be released on the Xbox 360. The games are set in the same world, but with different character design. A younger version…

What’s Happened To Nintendo’s “New Play Control”?

When first announced, Nintendo’s line of “New Play Control” games seemed like a great idea. Repackage games from the criminally unloved GameCube, then sell them onto a massive audience that missed them first time around. So what’s happened? It’s been over a year since the first “New Play Control” title was released in Japan, and…

Nintendo vs. Japanese Newspaper, It Continues!

In early January, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata gave an interview with Japan’s second largest newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. The printed article has been a source of dispute. In the original article, the Asashi Shimbun quoted Satoru Iwata as stating the Nintendo DS successor will have “highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have…