News

Disaster Report Developer Making New Games

Kazuma Kujo, who created the Disaster Report games, recently stated via Twitter that he is working on a new title.


November 22, 2011
News

Japanese Earthquake Game Wasn’t Cancelled Because Of The Earthquake?

On March 11, Japan was hit with a massive earthquake and tsunami. The country was left in ruins. Within days, Japanese game developers began cancelling, altering and postponing games. One game, the latest Disaster Report, got the axe.


November 1, 2011
In Real Life

Disaster Report: A Different Take On Survival

Kotaku AU

In the wake of this year’s Japanese earthquake disasters, a game called Disaster Report 4 was cancelled, and all its earlier iterations were removed from Japanese shelves. Insert Credit has done an interesting write-up about the circumstances surrounding the game’s removal and why it should stay.


August 24, 2011
PC

Didn’t Feel The Earthquake? Here Are 5.9 Games That Let You Recreate It

Earthquakes are great and terrible forces, destroying homes, claiming lives, and reminding humanity as a whole that this planet we crawl across isn’t as solid as it seems. The east coast of the US found that out today. For the rest of us, there are video games.


March 30, 2011
PlayStation

Is Disaster Report’s Developer OK?

After Irem outright cancelled Disaster Report 4, rumours swirled that the studio would no longer be releasing new copies of previous Disaster Report games. Disaster Report 4 was to be Irem’s first PS3 game. The fate of the studio’s second PS3 game seems equally grim.


March 29, 2011
PlayStation

Japanese Game Maker Cancels All Disaster Report Titles

In the wake of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, publisher Irem cancelled its catastrophe survival adventure Disaster Report 4, a game that was due to hit Japanese PlayStation 3s this autumn. Now it’s halting production of every other Disaster Report game.


September 15, 2010
News

See Japan Crumble (In 3D!!!) In Disaster Report 4

Added to the list of games playable on the Tokyo Game Show floor this week is Irem’s Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, the latest and greatest catastrophic adventure, now on the PlayStation 3.


August 14, 2009

Journalists In Video Games — An Anniversary Celebration

One year ago today I started officially blogging for Kotaku. What better way to celebrate this anniversary than by ticking off a list of journalists that appear in video games?