Soul Sacrifice is the latest game from the mind of Mega Man creator, Keiji Inafune. The game is scheduled to hit stores in North America on April 30th, and in Europe on May 1st, giving people living in those areas a month to wait. However, for those of us fortunate enough to live in Japan…
This Tweet from Hideo Kojima seems to be about lens flare, but the folks at NeoGAF see a Phantom Pain reference. Do you?
In Japanese, “shinrei shashin” (心霊写真) means “spirit or ghost photography”. It’s usually accidental, and some people think it’s real. Others don’t. This notion isn’t only Japanese and exists pretty much wherever there are cameras. Oh, and dead people. Often these pics end up being creepy photobombs, with unsettling images discovered in the background. You know,…
“It’s coming,” boasts a Sony UK Facebook post. I’m not entirely sure what “it” is. What do you think?
Continuing with their series on the PS4, this week, Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu published the second half of their two-part developer interview, with several more Japanese developers sharing their thoughts on Sony’s new console. Once again, the standard 3 questions were posed: 1. What are your impressions of the PlayStation 4? 2. Of the…
It’s 2013. But in the year 2113, I’ll be dead. So will you. But some of the things we own will live on. Japanese artist Maico Akiba has a series called “100 Years Later”. As website Spoon & Tamago points out, Akiba adds what she calls “aging paint” to a variety of modern possessions that…
Square Enix has registered a trademark in Japan for “Fantasy Village”. A life simulator? Dunno! [Siliconera]
Debuting in 1988, Patlabor spawned a bunch of manga, anime and video games. Next year, it is getting a live action version. “Patlabor” is short for “patrol labor” and follows police in the near future who use mecha. The franchise was co-created by Mamoru Oshii, the highly influential anime filmmaker. It’s unclear if Oshii will…
In South Korea, Everybody Cha Cha Cha is an incredibly popular social networking game for Android. The objective is to race cars and try to score points. And it looks very similar to a racing game in the 2010 mini-game collection Everybody’s Stress Buster. Make that looked Earlier this year, Sony cried foul and moved…
Sega has a teaser site up for a PS3 and PS Vita game. What could it be?
The Fox Engine. You’ve heard about it. You’ve seen the PR. We know it’s going to be the game engine for the next Metal Gear The Phantom Pain. So what’s it all about? Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, in a recent tweet, revealed the concept of the Fox Engine, his thoughts on games, and reminded…
Masters of Doom author David Kushner profiles foreign service employee Sean Smith on Playboy [NSFW site!].
In video games, whether they’re shooting games or role-playing games, there’s always a last boss. And according to convention, the last boss is typically large. Make that, enormous However, this isn’t a video game character. It’s Japanese singer Sachiko Kobayashi. Online in Japan, though, she’s dubbed “the last boss”. And for good reason. Kobayashi is…
Capcom now believes the app needed for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate‘s 3DS-WiiU cross-saving will be available Friday.
You might recall that Volition was acquired by Deep Silver after the bankruptcy of THQ. You might also recall that Deep Silver are the people responsible for the highly unpalatable severed torso that came packaged with some of the collector’s editions of Dead Island: Riptide Hence, they will also be responsible for the collector’s edition…
Earlier this week, I was messing around with video game bows and arrows for an article I was writing on the subject. Shooting arrows, lighting stuff on fire, blowing up aliens… you know, research. One of the games I was writing about was Skyrim, and while playing, I captured the video above. Actually, I accidentally…
Hi, Moneysaver readers. Welcome to the slightly-different but still wallet-friendly version of the Moneysaver. Going forward, this feature will be brought to you by a member of our company’s new Commerce Team. Fancy! What this means is that you’ll no longer see Moneysavers penned by those of us in editorial but by the good Shane…
Battlefield players have found all sorts of awe-inspiring ways to do stunts with dirt bikes. But this one takes the cake when it comes to how much air the player grabs, not to mention the rather dramatic ending. Good teamwork, t4ct1x1. After all—this wasn’t errant luck. The YouTube description says that the player had his…
Discover the secret origins of Khan, one of Star Trek‘s coolest villains, via our friends at io9
The release date’s in the coffee, Zach: Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut will arrive on PS3 on April 30.
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