Onechanbara. You know, those hack-and-slash games with bikini cowboy hat lady. According to the latest issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu, the latest Onechanbara, Onechanbara Z Kagura, will be released this winter in Japan on the Xbox 360. [ゲーム情報！ゲームのはなし]
A former tester at Visual Concepts, the developers behind 2K's NBA and MLB games, is trying to take the pair's parent company Take-Two Interactive to court, accusing them of a number of workplace violations.
The suit is being put together by former "temporary employee" Aaron Martinez and his legal team, alleging that Quality Assurance (QA, or testers) workers at Visual Concepts were, during his time there, not paid for all their hours worked. He also claims they weren't given break periods for rest or meals, and at the time of termination hadn't been paid all their wages owing.
Take-Two, for its part, denies the allegations.
Take 2 Interactive Is Getting Sued By QA Tester [moop2000 @ NeoGAF]
Photographer Mike Kowalek loves taking pictures, whether that be birds, bridges, you name it. But it's his cosplay photos that got him on Kotaku.
He doesn't just take photos, but proper portraits of folks who don costumes, who deserve way more than simple convention snaps.
The images in this gallery have been cropped. The uncropped originals are viewable on Mike's site. Check 'em out!
Reader Andrew McMurry sends us this short little video he made, in which he jumps head-first into a Metal Slug level and proceeds to shoot, slash and explode his way through legions of bad guys. All in the name of your entertainment.
While these "real man shoots like he's in a video game" clips are getting a little tiresome, the production values on this one—especially the shadows on all the Metal Slug characters—make it worth watching regardless.
It's not the first gaming video Andrew has made; you can check the rest of them out on his YouTube page.
Today, Nintendo's ambassador program kicked off early in Japan, giving early 3DS adopters like me the chance to snag free NES games. In this video, I give some of the games a spin.
It's hard to give things a spin when you're holding an iPhone with one hand and tugging on a joystick with another. Wait. That sounds wrong.
I just downloaded the titles, and didn't have a chance to see if there are any cool Easter Eggs tucked away. So far, I like the games Nintendo is offering, and my 3DS better get ready for all the use it's going to get. Finally!
As previously posted, here's how you can get your free NES games.
There's a reality TV special to be broadcast on Spike later this year that'll be all about Uncharted 3. Think Survivor, only it's a single episode. Or, more aptly, The Tester with half-tucks. It's called Uncharted 3: Race to the Ring.
To be filmed over the course of a week in October in Los Angeles, entry to the show is open to US residents aged 21 and over. Contestants will be doing stuff both in the game and in the real world, with the winner taking home a bunch of Sony and Uncharted swag.
If you're at all interested, you can download entry forms and the associated legal mumbo jumbo at the link below.
UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception™ Special Coming to Spike TV [GT]
Today, the 3DS' "ambassador program" kicks off—you know the program that gives early adaptors twenty free games.
Previously, Kotaku let you how to get your free games with words. And now we're doing it with words and moving pictures. The future, people, the future!
Today, the 3DS' "ambassador program" kicked off in Japan—you know the program that gives early birds twenty free games.
Previously, Kotaku let you how to get your free games with words. And now we're doing it with words and moving pictures. The future, people, the future!
As readers (and my wife) pointed out, these free games were supposed to go live September 1. Today is not September 1. It is August 31. No clue if the games will go live early outside Japan, but apparently they haven't yet.
Today, the 3DS' "ambassador program" kicked off in Japan—you know the program that gives early birds twenty free games.
Previously, Kotaku let you how to get your free games with words. And now we're doing it with words and moving pictures. The future, people, the future!
As readers (and my wife) pointed out, these free games were supposed to go live September 1. Today is not September 1. It is August 31. No clue if the games will go live early outside Japan, but apparently they haven't yet.
Update: According to readers, the games are live in North America, too.
Sega's Toshihiro "Brown Man" Nagoshi, the creator of the Monkey Ball series, has revealed today that he's formed a new studio at Sega which will deal exclusively with games for the Ryu ga Gotoku (Yakuza) series.
That studio's name is Ryu ga Gotoku Studio (catchy!), and is currently working on two new titles. The first is a sequel to the PSP's Yakuza spin-off, Black Panther, which will be out in 2012.
The second? Yeah, it's Yakuza 5, which will actually be the seventh instalment in the long-running and successful gangster series on a PlayStation console, though information on that one is at a premium (gotta save something to announce at this year's Tokyo Game Show!).
【速報】PSP「クロヒョウ 2 龍が如く 阿修羅編」2012年春発売！＆「龍が如く5」の開発も決定！ [MGNF]