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A Loving Chainsaw-Decapitation, Just In Time For Valentine’s Day

11:40AM Yesterday | Pierre Bienaimé

The latest trailer for Lollipop Chainsaw reminds us that just one bite from a zombie is all it takes to spell doom. Unless, of course, you have a loved one nearby to cheerfully chop off your head and keep it animated… somehow. More »


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Do You Want More Lollipop Chainsaw Violence? There’s A Switch!

11:50PM February 7, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

In the Japanese “Premium Edition” of Lollipop Chainsaw, players can switch between a “D-rated” version a “Z-rated” (think Mature) version. The standard version is D-rated. Watch the game’s trailer here, complete with sparkles and vivisections. [ゲーム情報!ゲームのはなし]


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Goths Don’t Cry In This Lollipop Chainsaw Trailer

5:00AM January 13, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

In the high-school food chain, it always seemed like nerds or stoners would be the natural enemies to cheerleaders, not goths. Suda51 seems to think otherwise, judging by the trailer for the developer’s upcoming Warner Bros-published action game. More »


In Real Life

Lollipop Chainsaw’s Box Art Smells Like Ghoul School Spirit

5:20AM December 15, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

Suda51′s upcoming mash-up of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie version, mind you) and grindhouse horror flicks just scored some scary-sweet box art that Warner Bros. Games is sharing with the world. More »


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The New Trailer For Lollipop Chainsaw Offers Tricks And Treats

1:30PM November 1, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

What you’ve got to love about Suda51 is the way his avid embrace of junk culture and grindhouse aesthetic informs everything he does. The buckets of gore in all of his games, the lucha libre wrestling mask he used to do interviews in and the foul-mouthed, hormone-plagued tension in No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned make them all more idiosyncratic than most other games out there. The newest trailer for his latest game, the PlayStation 3 and box 360′s Lollipop Chainsaw, puts all that on display again. You’ll get to wave your pom poms in March of next year. More »


Mobile

No More Heroes Coming To Smartphones

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3:30PM October 7, 2011 | Tracey Lien

Grasshopper Manufacture is working on a smartphone version of No More Heroes, Marvelous AQL have announced. Marvelous, who own the IP to No More Heroes, also announced three other titles coming to mobile platforms by renowned developers Keiji Inafune, Noritaka Futamizu and Yuji Naka. More »


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Diabolical Pitch Trailer Makes Me Want Whatever Suda 51 Is Smoking

7:40AM September 23, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Diabolical Pitch, if you haven’t been keeping up, is the horror baseball game for Kinect conceived by the oddballs at Grasshopper Manufacture. Kotaku saw it at Tokyo Game Show last week, but here’s your first official trailer for the most curious Kinect game. More »


In Real Life

Just Because You Know Him, Doesn’t Mean Japan Does

4:00PM September 20, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

The press room on the last day of the Tokyo Game Show was dead. I spent the afternoon in there, finishing up some stories and just when I was leaving, I spotted a slick Mercedes Benz. I stopped, pulled out my camera and got ready to snap off a quick photo to send to my car crazy son. More »


News

When Video Games Are Grasshoppers

1:40AM September 17, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Woody Allen once said that the reason why he makes a new game every year is so that his movies don’t become events. A steady stream ensures that the hits don’t become that big of a deal. Ditto for the failures. More »


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Does Evangelion Have Much Of A Sound Impact?

10:00AM September 15, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Venerated anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is being reborn on the PSP as Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact. More »