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PS3 Slim Ad Copies Photographs, Features Rumored Drug Users
In its native Japan, the PS3 Slim ad machine is kicking into high gear with a slick campaign. Yet, as with many past Sony promotions, this one is already drawing controversy. Titled “Play Face”, the campaign pays homage (rips off?) to artist Phillip Toledano’s series of video game photographs of gamers’ O-face. About his original…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2009 -
Improve Your Player Stock at the Draft Combine
NBA 2K10 one-ups the create-yourself sports fantasy with its upcoming DLC package, which allows you to play in the build-a-baller workshop and then experience the thrilling meat market of the NBA Draft Combine. More than just facial features and uniform choices, you see here how the game allows you to give your guy traits based…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009 -
Kotick: Most Gamers Prefer Sequels to New IP
Those CEOs, the things they say when they’re talking to the magazines CEOs read, thinking no one’s watching. Talking to the Economist, Activision’s Bobby Kotick said “a small segment” of gamers are the ones insisting “everything has to be new.” In an Aug. 13 profile run by the respected news magazine, Kotick responded to a…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009 -
More Fairytale Fights Screens
We’ve told you all we can about Fairytale Fights for the time being — but don’t let that stop you from ogling these blood-splattered screens. Based on how smooth these screens look, I can only surmise they were taken from a later build of the game than the one I saw. On display is that…
By AJ Glasser Published August 19, 2009 -
Transformers DLC Brings Back More Of The Transformers We Love
We don’t love the “new” Transformers. Not one bit. They’re too…impersonal to care about, and too spiky to cuddle. Nothankyou. Seems Activision are aware of this, as there’s more G1 characters coming to their Transformers movie game. Like who? Like Megatron. Joining the Decepticon leader in Revenge of the Fallen’s upcoming DLC pack are old-school…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009 -
Shatner Sends C&D to Studio Over “Shatter” Joke
Captain Kirk set the lawyers to stun when he heard a skin was coming for the PSN game “Shatter,” using his likeness and including a remix of Big Bill’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” cover. One problem: the news was a joke. Two weeks back, New Zealand site Game Console wrote up a spoof about Kiwi dev…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009 -
Two Cave Bullet Hell Shooters Dated For Xbox 360
Once again, the Xbox 360 console is the shoot ’em up console. Cave’s Espgaluda II Black Label and MUSHIHIME-SAMA FUTARI Ver 1.5 are case in point. MUSHIHIME-SAMA FUTARI Ver 1.5 will be out November 26 with a standard edition and a limited edition pack with a two disc soundtrack set. Espgaluda II Black Level will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2009 -
Do You Dream Of Kotaku?
To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: If Only There Was German Beer In My Fridge, If Only I have no German beer for you, man. I’m in the U.S. of A! And — shhh — Crecente is sleeping right now. Do you think he’s dreaming of Kotaku? Today wasn’t as insane as yesterday. Sony had already…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2009 -
Kotaku Talk Radio: Gamescom
We had an international adventure this week on Kotaku Talk Radio, connecting Crecente in Germany at GamesCom with England, the U.S. and an “undisclosed location” to talk Gamescom, PS3 Slim and those darn Starcraft II Internet petitioners. Listen in. Best of all, we had on you, our readers, phoning in live to ask questions and…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2009 -
Dark Void Release Void Filled, Launch Date Announced
Sci-fi jet-pack title Dark Void from Osaka-based game maker Capcom now has a ship date: The game will blast off on January 12, 2010 in North America and on January 15 in Europe on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game was originally slated for release late this year, but was shuffled to avoid…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2009 -
1000 Rock Band Songs By The End Of The Year
With more than 800 songs already available in the Rock Band Music Store, Harmonix and MTV Games foresee that number reaching 1000 by the time 2010 rolls in. Speaking at Gamescom 2009 today, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos flaunted his franchise’s massive library of music, citing it as just one of the reasons for Rock Band’s…
By Mike Fahey Published August 19, 2009 -
$40 For That Old Thing? How Used Games Are Priced
Not content to pay any old price for a used game, Kotaku recently attempted to figure out how big stores decide what to charge for old games. The idea to research the subject of how game resellers priced their titles came after a visit to a local GameStop store. Browsing the used PlayStation 2 section,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 19, 2009 -
Fat Princess Teases Pirates And Ninjas
What could possibly be missing from Titan Studios’ multiplayer online PlayStation Network game, Fat Princess? Oh yeah…those. No details and no teasing words. Just a simple image popping up on Titan’s website. Subtle. Classy. Pirates. Ninjas. New job classes for the game, or does someone over there just really love pirates and ninjas? The world…
By Mike Fahey Published August 19, 2009 -
Gamescom Booth Blitz: The Old Republic
The good thing about The Old Republic booth is that it sure looks all Old Republically. Just imagine publisher LucasArts made it look New Republicish? That would be very embarrassing. We can feel our faces flush red hot right now. Star Wars: The Old Republic is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game for PC…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2009 -
Sony: PSP Minis Not An iPhone App Store, No PSPgo UMD Transfer Update
Sony is gunning for games — not “apps” — on its new Mini download PSP store, the company told Kotaku about the October-launching service. What it couldn’t tell Kotaku is the answer to the biggest burning October PSP question. John Koller, head of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment of America told me yesterday that the…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2009
