Mobile

No More Heroes Coming To Smartphones

Kotaku AU

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.


September 23, 2011
Xbox

Diabolical Pitch Trailer Makes Me Want Whatever Suda 51 Is Smoking

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.


September 20, 2011
In Real Life

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

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.


September 17, 2011
News

When Video Games Are Grasshoppers

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.


September 15, 2011
PlayStation

Does Evangelion Have Much Of A Sound Impact?

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


PlayStation

31 PS Vita Games, Baseball Monster Kinect Title, 30 Minutes With Dark Souls

Yesterday morning we caught you up on the night’s big Nintendo news, this morning it’s almost all about Sony following a late night presser that revealed the PS Vita’s launch date and a slew of new games.


Xbox

This Kinect Game Is Like George Romero’s Great American Pastime

Wii Sports was a mirage. At first glance it seemed the perfect sports game, all action and technique, no button-mashing. A few hours in, though, and you saw it for what it was: incredibly primitive motion control that let you essentially cheat your way to victory by flicking your wrists instead of hurling your body.


September 14, 2011
News

No More Heroes Developers Try Social Gaming

Japanese developer Grasshopper Manufacture, the team behind games like No More Heroes, is moving into the mobile gaming scene after teaming up with Japanese “social network operator” DeNA.


Xbox

First Gameplay Footage Of A Diabolical Kinect Game

Diabolical Pitch is an upcoming Kinect game from Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio responsible for titles like No More Heroes.


September 12, 2011
PlayStation

OK, So This Neon Genesis Game Doesn’t Look That Stupid After All

There’s a new Neon Genesis Evangelion game coming out soon on the PSP. It’s a music game. Which at the time of its announcement both sounded and looked, well, a little stupid.