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Vin Diesel Game Becomes Vin Diesel Movie (Again)

Wheelman (the game) was supposed to be based on Wheelman (the movie). Didn’t happen, so we only got the game. But now, for some reason, we’re actually going to get that movie. Variety reports that Paramount Pictures, fresh off the buzz surrounding Fast & Furious, “is accelerating its efforts” to get the movie made, with…

Full Blast Hitchhike Preview: Just As Weird With The Name Change

Formerly known as Let’s Hitchhike!!!!!!!!!—yes, with nine exclamation points—the re-christened Full Blast Hitchhike is probably the weirdest WiiWare game I’ve ever played. It also doesn’t seem to have all that much to do with hitchhiking. Sure there’s a thumb cursor and some vehicles you’re trying to “flag down” via all manner of Wii-mote flailing you…

Please Send This To The Square Enix Boss

We get email. We get lots and lots of email. Here, have a peek into our mail bag. Lucky you. No, lucky us. Know: The brackets and capitalized words have been added by us. The email was original sent in Japanese and English where noted. from SOME DUDE to kotaku subject [in English] Please send…

So, Just How Many People Have Lost Their Jobs In The Past 12 Months?

Despite constant claims that the gaming business is recession proof, it seems every day we wake up to learn more and more people have lost their jobs. But just how many have been lost? M2 analyst Wanda Meloni has tried to work out just that and, through through her studies, has found that an estimated…

How Were Those April Game Sales?

Enterbrain, publisher of Japanese game mag Famitsu, has released sales game sales data for April. Ooooooooh… The figures were collected from the period beginning March 30 and ending on April 26. Cherry Blossom Cat is very interested. Here’s the raw data: 1. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai Platform: DS Released: 4/18/09 April sales:…

The $80 Million Inspiration For Disney’s Latest Wii Game

Movies, books, comics, even a 14th century poem have inspired video games, but Toy Story Mania! is the first game designed to recreate a Disney ride experience. Toy Story Mania! is being developed for the Wii with the help of Disney’s imagineers and designed to replicate the experience of the 4D ride of the same…

Puchi Puchi Virus Screens Make Outbreaks Adorable

Nippon Ichi’s Puchi Puchi Virus just keeps getting cuter and cuter. Sadly, the game’s U.S. release was delayed by a whole year, putting us two years behind all the fun they’ve been having in Japan. Guess I’ll just have to play it twice as long to make up for it. I totally dig puzzle games…

The Japanese Hardware Contest Evens Out

It was a good week for Japanese video game hardware makers, as sales were up across the board, with the Nintendo DSi and Wii seeing the biggest boosts from the previous week. Nintendo’s portable platform likely has Made in Ore, the newest do-it-yourself WarioWare game, and Dragon Ball Z to thank for its weekly uptick…

Street Fighter IV PC Gets Control Pad Bundle

Street Fighter IV is coming to the PC. PCs use a mouse and keyboard. For Street Fighter IV, that’s, uh, not exactly ideal. So smartly, Capcom will be releasing a control pad bundle. Of course, for those already planning on using their own controller (or who are happy using a keyboard), you can just pick…

Ubisoft Teases Rabbids Go Home With Wii Jokes

Ubisoft’s giving the hideously adorable rabbids from the Rayman spin-off series their own adventure, one that’s not a collection of Wii mini-games. Rabbids Go Home offers heavy-handed zaniness, Ubisoft style. The game’s first teaser doesn’t give one a great sense of how the Wii title will play, instead taking a few jabs at console-proprietary controllers.…

Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days Coming Stateside

Nippon Ichi Software’s Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories will be making its way to PSP with a subtitle change, new characters, new content and a new character class this Fall. I’m not sure what the “peta” character class is, or even if I spelled it right, but it it should spice up the replay value even…

Persona, Portables Do Big Business In Japan

This week’s (slightly delayed) Japanese software sales chart is packed with new games populating the top ten, with Atlus’ redux remake of Persona for the PSP outselling all new competitors. The PlayStation Portable title, with its updated presentation and various refinements, bested new Nintendo DS games like Dragon Ball Z: Story Saiyajin Raishuu and Nintendo’s…

Cross Edge Crosses The Sexy Line

Cross Edge is the ultimate fan service game where characters from Capcom, Gust, Namco Bandai, Idea Factory and Nippon Ichi all collide in an epic turn-based role-playing game. This means we get all kinds of characters from the cute to the scary and the fugly to the sexy. Pictured here is Morrigan from Capcom’s Darkstalkers…

LA EX

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Play Me Off, Keyboard Cat I’m sitting in a little diner inside LAX as I write this, waiting to catch a flight back home from LA. The week’s been packed to the gills with hands on, meetings and interviews, much of which is embargoed until E3 or at least closer…

Grand Slam Tennis Preview: Tennis With a Twist

The Wii ships with a free tennis game bundled in with a clutch of other sports titles, so how can you convince Nintendo gamers they should spend more money on a stand alone tennis title? What Is It? Based on the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the Wii version of the game will give players…

Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! Preview: Badman Does Good Things

Aside from having the wackiest titles ever, Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman does interesting things with the strategy game genre on the PlayStation Portable. The plot of the game is about you – the disembodied God of Destruction – protecting an evil overlord character from marauding hero characters by digging him a vast underground dungeon.…

Is This New Beyond Good & Evil 2 Footage?

We’ve gotten our hands on some footage that appears to be for Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil 2, the sequel to the underappreciated 2003 title. The footage shows a woman dressed very much like Jade was dressed in the 2008 announcement teaser for Beyond Good & Evil 2, running through a rundown looking town, avoiding…

Toy Story Mania! In Action

We reported on the Wii game based on a Disney amusement park ride earlier this week and previewed it yesterday . Now take a look at the game in-action and judge for yourself. We’re having embed issues with Blip, so you’ll have to hop over there to watch the video in action. Toy Story Mania!…

Duke Nukem Forever Screen Shots, Artwork Rise From 3D Realms’ Grave

Now that Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms appears to have become little more than vapor itself, the unreleased fruits of the game’s art staff have been posted online, ready to be picked over. In-game screen shots from Duke Nukem Forever art director Tramell Isaac and artwork from concept artist Layne Johnson have been uploaded…

Microsoft: Pay-Per-“P” Video Marketplace Prices Were Correct

The $9 price for one-hour episodes of some Xbox 360 Video Marketplace content was correct, the company said, following our post from yesterday. Yesterday we reported that some content on the Xbox 360 Video Marketplace was priced in a way that seemed like it could have been a typo. High-def videos for some HD Net…