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Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending Hope you like the PSP! If not, you better, buster. Because you are stuck with it. Well, at least for the next ten years. That’s right, count ‘em, ten years. Says Sony PSP marketing manager John Koller:
After weeks of getting their knickers in a twist over it, British pundits and interested consumers can now read up on what the long-awaited Byron Review has to say. Commissioned by the British government in response to growing concerns over children’s exposure to unsuitable content in games, it’s findings are already being blown out of proportion by many British press outlets, but in reality are really quite sensible. Dr. Tanya Bryon’s report recommends the adoption of a more recognisable film-style ratings system – including a “12″ rating – clearer, more prominent displays of a game’s ratings on the cover and more effort on the part of parents in monitoring and controlling their children’s gaming and online habits. Like I said, all quite fair and reasonable, really, so if you’re British and are waking up to a falling sky, things aren’t as bad as certain “excitable” elements of the press will have you believe. Byron Review backs movie-style ratings [MCV]
This morning, PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G went on sale in Japan. Around Tokyo, folks lined up early to purchase the eagerly awaited sequel. (Japan certainly loves lining up!) At the Bic Camera in Ikebukuro, there was already over 200 people in line by 9:30am. In Yurakucho, 200 people also lined up in front of the Bic Camera. Something like 400 people waited at the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara, while at the Yodobashi Camera in Shinjuku, a whopping 600 folks waited patiently to snag MHP 2ndG. Keep in mind that a Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP bundle also went on sale, meaning that it wasn’t only Capcom who had a big sales day. Monster Hunter on Sale [Famitsu]
My loot? Pretty good. Definitely a solid contest’s worth of rare and just flat out cool stuff. Now, we have something to sweeten the deal. Bethesda will also be giving the winner of our Paint-An-Egg-Contest a Vault Boy Fallout 3 shirt. There’s more! The back of this shirt is signed by Fallout 3 team. So big kudos for Bethesda for pitching this in and for the devs for writing their names!
It’s a safe assumption: many of you will have been jerked around by Microsoft’s bum digital rights management setup for the 360. You’ve bought content, lost a console, and now can’t play arcade games or use DLC unless you’re online. Chin up, eh? Courtesy of Consumerist reader James, there’s a way around it! James called up Microsoft support and hassled them about transferring the license from his old console to his new, replacement one. Voilà! The content was tagged to his new 360 instead of the old one, and James can play with the stuff he paid for whenever and wherever he likes. As should always have been the case. Only downside? There’s two: it took 32 days for Microsoft to transfer the license, and there’s no way of confirming whether this was due to some new Microsoft policy or the fact James is an expert at complaining. Microsoft May Slowly Be Fixing Their Broken XBOX DRM [Consumerist][Pic]
Sure, we like beatmania and all, but this? A beatmania pachislot machine? Besides being a regular, token spewing pachislot machine, it also has a rhythm game beatmania bonus game in which players play, well, beatmania on a pachislot machine. There are even 11 different songs for each of the three (easy, medium, hard) difficulty levels. A total of 33 songs! This clip says it’s geared for younger players, but can even satisfy heavy pachislot users! So, there yah go. Beatmania is a pachislot machine.
Thanks, Riyu!
Gran Turismo creator Kazanori Yamauchi? Total liar. Or at least a total fibber. Speaking about Gran Turismo’s continued lack of damage-modelling, he says:
Look at Jake’s egg contest entry!! We’re doing an egg contest? Yes we are! Here’s how it’s going down: Decorate an egg (yes, an actual egg), take a pic of it with a Kotaku sign and send it to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom. Commentland will vote for its favourite finalist. We’ll kick this baby off right now, wrap it up on April 4th. Here’s the loot. Hop to it!
You thirst for blood. Don’t be coy. You see Ninja Gaiden II screens, and you struggle to control yourself. I know you. Well, hopefully May will bring some kind of relief, as the game’s website says that’s when a demo will be turning up on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Should be more than enough time for you to keep it all together before the game’s release in June.
Better lock the door, close the blinds. That’s right moppets, Kotaku After Dark starts now. Last time we visited Super Smash Bros. Brawl‘s riskier elements, it was in the form of underoos. Pedestrian! This time, we’ve got Solid Snake engaging in some snaking of his own with SSBB‘s female cast members. The clip’s after the jump, and might be someone NSFW depending on how your boss thinks of simulated sexual encounters between fictional video game characters. Know: The clip isn’t just a collection of scandalous shots, but there’s a story of a woman scorned in there. No, really.
