Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - Page 2
In Real Life

Kojima Celebrates April Fool’s Day In Style

Continuing a tradition of going completely over the top with April 1 gags, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and his team have come up with… this. Metal Gear fans, be warned: you’ll go bananas.


In Real Life

Nothing Says Cute 2D Fighter Like Maid Cafe Food

Two dimensional PlayStation 2 fighter Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2 was released this month in Japan. What better what to mark the occasion than with a maid cafe?


In Real Life

The Cruelest April Fool’s Joke In Japan

This is going to be hard to top. Japanese website Akiba Blog has run a post saying that Dragon Quest IX went on sale.


Uncategorized

Quiz Show Has-Beens Play BUZZ; Larry Emdur Not Invited

Kotaku AU

‘Baby’ John Burgess, Greg ‘Perfect Match’ Evans and Ian ‘Turps’ Turpie are trying to resurrect their careers as a boy band. No, wait… that’s not right.


News

A Look At How Microsoft Approve A Game For Release

Introversion – developers of Defcon and Darwinia – have a treat in store for us. Following “unprecedented approval” from Microsoft, they’ve uploaded a paper trail documenting the journey a game takes from pitch to release.


News

No PS2 Price Drop In Australia

Kotaku AU

Overnight we heard Sony announce a PS2 price drop for the US, a PS2 price drop for Europe and… not a PS2 price drop for the UK. But what about Australia?


News

Koei Tecmo Reveals Its New Company Logo (Looks Familiar)

Back in January, Tecmo and Koei officially merged. The merger created a joint holding company called Koei Tecmo Holdings as of April 1, when the new financial year starts.


AU Diary: Games I’m Quite Looking Forward To

Kotaku AU

I’ve just finalised my registration for E3, having booked my flight and accommodation a couple of weeks back. My expectations for this year’s event – to be held June 2-4 over in LA – are higher than for last year’s. It’s exciting!


News

So, How Many PS3 Games Are Any Good?

Picture the scene: your mum walks into GameStop. She walks to the PlayStation 3 section, and picks out a game for your birthday. At random. What are the odds she picks a good one?


WIN! Tom Clancy’s HAWX PS3/PC Packs

Kotaku AU

We’re giving away three copies of Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., the new air combat game from Ubisoft. We’re also giving away three flight sticks from Thrustmaster so you can feel just that much closer to being a real pilot. If you wanna be in the running to win, you’d better hone your creative writing skills and head over to the original post for the full details.