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Journalists In Video Games — An Anniversary Celebration
11:20AM AJ Glasser | 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? More »
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Folklore Dev Was Working On Tom And Jerry For Brash
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Game Republic, (in)famous for its work on Genji and Folklore, as well as its founder Yoshiki Okamoto, was working on a Tom and Jerry game tie-in with an upcoming movie, according to a new interview. More »
Two New Folklore Tales Coming Soon
2:02AM Brian Crecente | Two more Folklore add-on packs are heading to the Playstation 3 “soon”, adding more quests and new folk for $US 4 a pop, according to Eric Fong, associate producer of Folklore. The Alchemist Pack has Ellen heading for Undersea City in search of her mother and includes side quests which have you collecting stones for an alchemy experiment. The pack also includes the Scarab Folk and a new costume for Ellen. The Origin of Belgae pack includes three new quests which have you taking on the rites of teh ancient messenger, searching for the source of a noise and using a photo to solve a new mystery. The pack also includes the Radian Folk and a Cloak of the Deep for Ellen. More New Folklore Tales Coming Soon [Playstation Blog] More »
Folklore Fans Find Something Under The Christmas Tree
9:05AM Michael McWhertor | I’m a sucker for holiday themed timed events and downloadable content, so Sony releasing an add-on pack for Folklore replete with Christmas-y outfits ensures I’ll dedicate the hardware space. I may even run out and buy Folklore at some point! Yes, it’s that enticing. The details on main characters Ellen and Keats holiday get ups are at the official PlayStation blog, but for those unwilling to venture out of the Kotaku fort, the deal is this—a snow bunny outfit for the lady, a fantastically and fashionably ironic reindeer sweater for the gentleman. In addition to those the new togs, a new quest for Keats dubbed “Holy Night Visitor” and a new Folk that goes by the name Grab Bag—it’s a gaping mouthed present with legs—will also come with your download. Not bad! A Holiday Gift to All Folklore Fans! [PlayStation.blog] More »
Folklore Demo, Calling All Cars Discounted
12:20PM Luke Plunkett | PlayStation Store update time. This week’s specials include two demos, four game trailers, three movie trailers and a wallpaper. Oh, and Calling All Cars has been reduced to $US 5 until October 25. Nice price. You know, I’m really starting to grow to love the weekly updates. Gives the whole PSN thing a sense of routine. Which I find comforting. Full menu is after the click. More »
Folklore on the Wii? Laughter!
10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | Folklore (AKA FolksSoul) is a PS3 game. But let’s imagine, for a second, just a second, that it wasn’t. Hypothetically, could the game work on the Nintendo Wii? Folklore director Takashi Shono says: We donÂ’t think so.Â… (laughs) The design of the controller is entirely different, so we donÂ’t think it could be played in the same way. So, it wouldn’t work with the waggle. What about with a regular controller (read: Xbox 360)? More »
Sony’s “Create A Folk” Contest Winner Revealed
6:00AM Flynn De Marco | You may remember a few weeks ago we announced Sony’s contest for players to create a Folk for the upcoming Folklore. Well, the big winner has been announced and her name is Lisa (no last name given) and her creation, Quasarilli, will be available for download in an expansion pack soon after the game is released. For her efforts, Lisa will be receiving a free copy of Folklore and a limited edition art book. Congratulations, Lisa! [via PS3 Fanboy] More »Folklore
11:59AM Brian Crecente | To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Live in Tokyo? Forget It. I spent the afternoon playing Folklore. I bet you didn’t know that the game forces you to sorta replay through the plot from two perspectives? I kind of see what they were going for with the idea, but I’m not sure it’s the best idea. Forced repetition, no matter the reason, is still repetitive. I still haven’t made my mind up about the game. While I love the way it looks and the plot is fairly interesting, there is that repetition issue and the capturing of the fairies starts getting repetitive too. This is one of those games you have to spend a lot of time with before you decide whether you like it. I’m about six hours in now, so I’m hoping to beat it by the weekend. What you missed: Art meets games meet crime scenes Halo 3 made $300M in the first week Cliffy tried to hide, but we found him A Primer for Sony PR FrankenZelda Best Wii Bowling Vid Yet More »Folklore: Capturing Id
6:40AM Flynn De Marco | The demo for Folklore came out while I was at PAX last weekend so and I haven’t gotten a chance to sit down with it yet. Luckily on one of my early press arrival days I slipped over to the Sony booth to check it out and it is a really beautiful game. When I talked to the Sony rep about it he told me that they didn’t have the same kind of advertising budget on all their games and that unfortunately, Folklore was flying under the radar a bit. It really is a shame because it seems (from the little bit that I played) to be a pretty cool game. This video shows off the capturing of the Id which is essentially stealing the powers from the Folk and using them for your own. The capturing is done using the Sixaxis to wrestle the Id out of the enemies with bigger creatures requiring a bit more tugging and pulling. Make the jump to check out a couple more videos including a comic book style cut scene and a battle using the Id in to bring a big boss down. More »
