Missed the television debut of the new Street Fighter IV gameplay trailer? S’Okay. I did too. There’s a good chance games, and not mixed martial arts TV shows, are your thing. So here it is, for your perusal, presented in stunning internet-o-vision.
New York City got a giant Wii Fit add. Los Angeles got a Grand Theft Auto IV hotel. Tokyo? Tokyo’s Shibuya gets a couple giant Metal Gear Solid 4 billboard overlooking the insanely busy Hachiko Square. Hit the jump for a wider shot.
Pictures taken by Kotakuite Jonathan in Kichijoji.
To recap: Konami are imposing restrictions on what publications can and cannot talk about when reviewing Metal Gear Solid 4. No mention of 90-minute cutscenes please, and while you’re at it, no talky-talky about install sizes either, K? IGN are cool with that. EGM, refreshingly, are not. Due to “limitations Konami wanted to impose on our comments”, the editorial team decided to refrain from giving the game a score, and in lieu of a “review” posted a lengthy roundtable discussion about the game instead. It’s hardly a gloved fist on an Olympic dias, but it is nice seeing somebody do something about such an…unsavoury practice.
EGM July 2008 [via GameSetWatch]
Game Connect 08, I Like The Talking: I’m still keeping a close eye on the Game Connect 08 posts. As I said, if I see something the sounds ace, I’ll send you out a little something. We don’t have a lot of developer-orientated events here in Australia, so the biggest one we have needs all the support it can get. Now, let those ideas flow!
Game Connect 08, Looking For More Discussion Question Time: How Can We Make Game Connect 08 Awesome GDAA May Reconsider Speaker Fee For Game Connect 08
Bionic Commando Wii? Unannounced. Lost Planet Wii? Ditto. “Or Something Like This?” Will be announced soon. Via a Q&A with Capcom’s Christian Svensson. Read on:
Question: Are we going to see Bionic Commando, Lost Planet or something like this on the Wii?
Svensson: Possible… the “or something like this” part we could talk about in a couple weeks perhaps.
We cannot wait to learn about “Or Something Like This.” It sounds like a fantastic game.
Capcom To Announce New Wii Game [N-Europe via Infendo]
MTV has an exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer up that’s part of the company’s promotional tie-up with Konami. Watch it, if you like! There’s another one after the jump as well.
Oh, the videos are not viewable for those logging in from Canada and the UK, so folks in those regions will just have to imagine these trailers.
I’m starting to think running competitions is a bad idea. Not because giving stuff away is bad, but choosing just a few winners out of many, many entries makes me cry. Inside.
Our Battle of the Bands comp for $350 worth of awesome T-shirts and tour bag, which ended on Friday, was by far the most popular comp we’ve run on Kotaku Australia. It was also the hardest to judge, as there was only one prize pack to give away.
But choose we did.
So, congratulations to Benjamin, who sent in his suggestion of “GoldenActz” – in picture form. I think you’ll agree it’s rather clever… nothing like mixing music with a classic arcade title. Benjamin signed his entry with the rather heart-warming words “i might be drunk right now”. Oh, you’re a regular charmer Ben!
We’ll be in contact soon for your mailing address. Thanks to everyone who entered, we received some very creative stuff. Also massive props to THQ for providing the goods.
Called “Connection Tour 08″, Nintendo will be traversing from Westfield shopping mall to Westfield shopping mall, showing off upcoming titles on its DS and Wii consoles.
If you haven’t had a chance to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Connection Tour 08 will give you the perfect opportunity. Otherwise it’s not a terribly exciting event, though there are promises of Mario Kart Wii comps and “heaps of giveaways”. Kind of hard to belittle anything that involves free stuff, so I won’t try.
Hit the jump for times, dates and mentions of pokemon.
Just because you don’t live in Sydney doesn’t mean you have to miss out on meeting some of machinima’s biggest names.
Rooster Teeth’s Burnie Burns, creator of This Spartan Life Chris Burke and Bioware’s Armando Troisi, among others, will be present at the ACMI in Melbourne from June 14 to 15. They’ll be talking about all-things animation, including making movies in games like Halo and World of Warcraft.
Press release with pricing and bios after the jump.
[Pic, thanks Sgt. Hartsock]
Alone in the Dark Delayed for PS3 As long as it comes out on at least one system, I’m not fussed!
Rumour: Nov. 16 is Your Gears 2 Drop Date Interesting news on a date for Gears of War 2. Let’s see how it stands up.
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