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Valkyria Chronicles Figure Is As Stoic As It Is Desirable
Selvaria Bles isn’t the nicest of characters in Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles, but she certainly makes for a nice figure. This piece, due for release at the end of the month in Japan, will sell for around USD$170. Expensive, yes, but on the bright side it’s highly detailed, and includes that crazy Valkyr lance that’s such…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2010 -
Let’s Watch The Resonance of Fate’s Opening Movie
Let’s! The Tri-Ace developed, SEGA published role-playing game won’t be released in Japan until January 28, but don’t tell the internet. The game’s opening movie, complete with beautiful hair animation, has leaked online. You can watch it right now. In Japanese. The game won’t be released in English until it hits North America this coming…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2010 -
Ultima Returns! Now For The Bad News…
Not content with kicking sand in the face of Wing Commander fans with the dreadful Wing Commander Arena, EA is now turning its attention towards bringing us a new game based on the Ultima franchise. Look, EA, when I said I’d like a new Ultima game, I meant a new Ultima game. Not…this. Meet Lord…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2010 -
Noby Noby Boy Runs Just Fine On The iPhone
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi popped into an Apple Store in Tokyo earlier this week to give a live demonstration of his upcoming version of Noby Noby Boy for the iPhone. There’s a lot of chit-chat in the above video, but skip to around 0:45 in and you’ll see the start of the demo action,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2010 -
Some More Halo: Reach Screenshots
EB Games gave us an inadvertent taste of Halo: Reach the other day. Cover blown, Bungie has now decided to let loose the rest of the game’s first batch of proper screenshots. Some of these will look familiar to anyone picking up the latest issue of Game Informer, but others – particularly the environment shots…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2010 -
Bleszinski Explains How Gears of War Ended Up In Lost Planet 2
Gears of War protagonists Marcus and Dom are appearing in the Xbox 360 version of Lost Planet 2. Gears of War is developed by American studio Epic, while Lost Planet is from Japan’s Capcom. How did this crossover happen? Capcom contacted Epic. It seems that it’s as simple as that. “They [Capcom] contacted us about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2010 -
Concept Art From The Legend Of Zelda
We often see concept art for games that are coming out, but how about games that are already out? Like, say, The Legend of Zelda, which was released in 1986? The latest in Nintendo’s series of “Iwata Asks” is up on the company’s British portal, and contains four rare, most likely never-before-seen (by you) pieces…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2010 -
Psychonauts Now Just Two Measly Bucks On Steam
Have you somehow missed Double Fine’s lovely and under-appreciated Psychonauts? Now you have no excuse. The debut title from the makers of last year’s Brutal Legend is just $2 USD on Steam. Your 2.0 GHz Pentium IV can handle it! [Steam]
By Michael McWhertor Published January 27, 2010 -
First Lost Planet 2 Screens Of Marcus And Dom
As announced yesterday in Tokyo, Gears of War characters Marcus and Dom will be coming to the Xbox 360 version of Capcom’s Lost Planet 2. Three screens have been released of the Gears characters in their Lost Planet 2 setting. To see the characters in motion, check out the trailer Kotaku posted that announces the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2010 -
You Can’t Play Dungeons & Dragons In Prison (Anymore)
Kevin T. Singer is currently serving a life sentence for murdering his sister’s boyfriend. He’s also challenging the prison’s rights to take away his Dungeons & Dragons. Incarcerated at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin in 2002, Singer had for two years been not only playing D&D with his cellmates, but had in his possession…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2010 -
PS3 Version of Bayonetta Getting Update
Not all multi-platform games are the same. Take SEGA’s Bayonetta, for example. One complaint from PS3 players have been that Bayonetta has long loading times. This upload will offer the option to install the game directly on the PS3’s hard disc drive. The Japanese update will include an “Install” option in the game’s menu screen.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2010 -
Kotaku Off Topic: Tablet Eve
Video game news all day long! How can you stand it?! Let’s take a break with some off-topic discussion, courtesy of Kotaku Off Topic this Apple Tablet Announcement Eve. Just think… tomorrow, all this silly Apple tablet/slate speculation will be behind us, letting us move onto bigger and better things. Things like getting a second…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2010 -
BioShock 2’s ‘Scout’ Plasmid, Explained
Though MAG and Mass Effect 2 dropped today, it’s still t-minus 2 weeks to BioShock 2‘s release, and 2K wants you to watch this teaser trailer in anticipation of the plasmid powers awaiting you. In “Scout” mode, you release your astral form (I guess) to examine what dangers lie ahead – but it’s not just…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2010 -
Glory of Heracles Creators Explain Their New Nintendo DS RPG
One of Nintendo’s more low-key releases of 2010 is Glory of Heracles, released last week in North America for the Nintendo DS. The Greek-themed role-playing game is new user friendlier than most and the first in the series to come stateside. I’ve been playing Glory of Heracles over the course of the past week, a…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2010 -
EA Sports Confirms FIFA World Cup 2010
EA Sports made its World Cup edition of FIFA 10 official today, although the title was entirely expected and its release date was telegraphed by retailers before Christmas. The game, for Xbox 360 and PS3, will feature all 199 countries that competed in the World Cup qualification stage and allow players to take any of…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2010 -
Which Legend of Zelda Game Was Inspired By Twin Peaks?
It may not be obvious, but The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening was influenced by the work of director David Lynch, according to longtime series creators Takashi Tezuka and Eiji Aonuma, citing Twin Peaks as inspiration for the 1993 game. No, it didn’t feature high school murders, treatises on pies, or the bizarre cast of…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2010 -
“Piece Walker” Meaning Revealed
The meaning behind Konami’s “Piece Walker” teaser from last month was revealed today. And it’s not a portal, nor a demo or a new project. It’s just some jigsaw puzzle. Well, the puzzle hasn’t launched just yet, but that’s what it’ll be, likely a Flash game. It gets going at 3 p.m. Thursday (Japan time,…
By Owen Good Published January 26, 2010 -
Is Lost Planet 2 Doing Marcus Fenix Right?
Gears of War’s Marcus Fenix and hetero life companion Dominic Santiago are getting the Lost Planet 2 treatment, but is Capcom’s MT-Framework 2.0 treating them right? Let’s compare! First off, we’re taking an image from a brief trailer shown during the announcement of the Gears guys’ cameo in Lost Planet 2, so until we get…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2010 -
Jailbreak Hacker Releases His PS3 Exploit To The Public
George Hotz, the man responsible for “jailbreaking” the iPhone platform, has released the “coveted” PlayStation 3 exploit he announced last week, the one that means the console is essentially “hacked.” So begins the cycle of homebrew developers finding new ways to run custom code on the PS3 and Sony Computer Entertainment engineers attempting to squash…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2010 -
First Look At Platinum Games’ New Title This Thursday On GTTV
Platinum Games, creators of Bayonetta and MadWorld (and Infinite Space!), are going to reveal their fourth and still unannounced game this Thursday on GameTrailers TV. But that’s not all. Sure, the draw of Platinum’s follow-up to Bayonetta will be one reason to tune in. Will Platinum Games announce a sequel or spin-off to Bayonetta so…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2010