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Was The Pokemon Center A Hot Spot For Foreigners In 2008?
Yes, yes it was. Travel guide and research site TripAdvisor.com ranked the most popular places for foreign travelers last year. There’s loads of things for them to see: temples, shrines and Pokémon. Here’s the top twenty hot spots foreign travelers wanted to visit in 2008: …drumroll please… 20. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (Tokyo) 19. Hokkaido…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 -
Assassin’s Creed 2 Details From This Month’s Game Informer
Seems some people are getting early copies of this month’s issue of Game Informer. You know. The issue that has a ton of details on Assassin’s Creed 2. Provided, of course, that this is all correct (we haven’t seen the magazine ourselves), here’s some of the stuff you can expect from the sequel to one…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 -
Two Million Copies Of Deca Sports Shipped
DECA SPORTS, Hudson’s take on Wii Sports with added Adidas advertising, may not be a very good game, but since when does that matter. The game is a hit! Developer Hudson Soft has announced that it has shipped 2 million copies of the game worldwide since it launched last spring. Like Wii Sports, the game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 -
Court Documents Show Midway May Be Out Of Cash Real Soon
Poor Midway. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. The latest news to come out of the beleaguered firm’s bankruptcy proceedings suggest that the company will be completely out of cash by June. That grim revelation is contained in a statement issued to the courts by Midway owner Mark Thomas last week: Moreover, the Debtors…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2009 -
How To Take Upskirts In Monster Hunter Frontier
A recent issue of Fontier Tsushin, the official Monster Hunter Frontier magazine from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, has some helpful advice. In a tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek article titled “The Way To Take The Screenshots You Want ~ What a Pantsuful world ~”, Enterbrain editors give readers a primer on how to take risky pics of fellow players’ underpants…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009 -
OutRun Online Arcade Powerslides Into Your Life Next Week
Despite being largely overlooked in favour of louder, faster games, Sumo’s OutRun 2 was one of the most joyous racing experiences of the last hardware generation. And next week, it arrives on the current generation. Sega have announced that OutRun Online Arcade will be released on Xbox Live Arcade next Wednesday, April 15. In case…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
Sony’s Colossal No Comment On Shadow Of The Colossus Movie
Trade publication The Hollywood Reporter reported that Sony Pictures is planning on bringing wonderfully stoic PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus to the big screen. Producer Kevin Misher, responsible for films such as The Scorpion King and The Interpreter, as well as the upcoming fighting movie Fighting, has apparently roped in scribe Justin Marks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2009 -
The Chronicles Of Riddick On PC Has A Ridiculous Install Limit
Oh look. Another PC game with a pointlessly restrictive limit on the number of installs. Aren’t these kind of stories just heart-warming? Irate users on the forums of both publisher Atari and developer Starbreeze are complaining that Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena only allows you to install it on three machines. After that, sorry. Atari’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
Perfect Dark Teased On Xbox LIVE
This screenshot from developer Rare shows what appears to be an icon for its Nintendo 64 first-person-shooter Perfect Dark in an Xbox LIVE folder. That’s funny, because the game isn’t out on Xbox LIVE as a re-release. It would make sense though — Rare has started bringing other Nintendo 64 classic titles to XBLA. (Case…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2009 -
Japanese Hardware Sales Drop, PS3 Still Beating Wii
Console sales were flat in Japan this week amid a slow batch of new releases. Hardware leaders from Sony and Nintendo were down, but Xbox 360 sales were up slightly. With nothing new and exciting hitting the dominant platforms, Nintendo DSi and Wii sales dropped, as did PSP and PlayStation numbers. The Xbox 360 saw…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
Preview: Spore Galactic Adventures – The Cake Is a Portal
Spore’s first expansion pack focuses almost entirely on the space exploration segment of the game, adding a layer of adventure gaming to spice space up. Once space exploration is unlocked, players can choose the Galactic Adventure tab from the main menu and get down to some real exploring – like where you get out of…
By AJ Glasser Published April 9, 2009 -
Even Uncharted 2 Has Concept Art
Every game has concept art. Most games, though, you probably don’t care if you see it or not. Then again, not every game is as anticipated as Uncharted 2. Developers Naughty Dog have released some of the game’s concept art to IGN, which aside from being quite nice to look at on its own own,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009 -
The Left 4 Dead Box Art That Didn’t Survive
Serious Left 4 Dead fans are well aware of the previously nixed box art for the game, but Valve has revealed more of the game’s rejected attempts at box art that says “zombie apocalypse.” Like previous insights into the making of Left 4 Dead, the journey through rejected covers are full of “well, now that…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
Gearbox: “Borderlands Is Not Cel-Shaded”
From what we heard earlier, it sure seemed like open-world sci-fi Borderlands was cel-shaded. According to Gearbox president Randy Pitchford, it’s not. “No, Borderlands is not cel-shaded — it’s a gritty and serious world after all,” Pitchford told Kotaku via email. “But since the game was first unveiled we have made big advancements with the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2009 -
Busy Day
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: People’s Dork Pictures Are So Very Funny Well that was pretty much an entire day’s work. What you missed: D&D Co-Creator Dead At 61 Nielsen Drops the Ball on Console Usage Numbers Frankenreview: Nintendo DSi Metal Gear Solid Touch Micro-Review Sony: Killzone 2 Sales Have “Exceeded Our Expectations” Confused about…
By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2009 -
Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector’s Edition Is Definitely Bat-tastic
Remember that extra pricey Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector’s Edition we told you about last month? You know, the one with the Batarang? Well, here it is, old chum, in all its bat-glory. The official Batman: Arkham Asylum Facebook presence gives us a bat-peek at the game-accurate bat-bonus, a 14″ Batarang—with stand, to possibly prevent throwing.…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
GameStop Sells Played Games As New, Sources Say, Practice Could Be Illegal
The alleged practice of GameStop lending new copies of games to employees at their stores and then later selling those games as new, unused copies, may be a violation of federal law. GameStop’s “check-out” policy, confirmed to Kotaku by a number of the chain’s managers and employees, could fall under scrutiny of the Federal Trade…
By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2009 -
‘Tis The End Of Ubidays?
The thrill of corporate self-promotion, Ubisoft style—otherwise known as “Ubidays”—won’t be happening this year. Why? The French publisher already has enough overblown, game-pimping grandeur in the form of the revitalized E3. MCV reports that Ubisoft’s two-day media event won’t be happening in 2009 because the company believes, courtesy of established trade shows like E3 and…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009 -
Sony: Killzone 2 Sales Have “Exceeded Our Expectations”
Guerilla Games’ PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter Killzone 2 is, by Sony’s own estimate, already a sales success. With some 500,000 copies already solid in the U.S., Sony says it’s breaking internal records. Sony Computer Entertainment America’s vice president of marketing Scott Steinberg tells GameDaily that Killzone 2 “set the record as the most pre-ordered SCEA…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 9, 2009