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Sega Still Says Phantasy Star Online 2 Is ‘Delayed’
Yesterday, we received an email from Kotaku reader Jacob. He said he was bummed out. See, he really wants to play Phantasy Star Online 2, the free-to-play online RPG that was released in Japan last year. But he can’t because it’s not out in the West, and publisher Sega hasn’t told anyone what’s going on.
Bayonetta 2 Looks Deadlier Than Ever, Even With Short Hair
As seen on this morning Nintendo Direct, the sequel to Platinum’s beloved camp-action game features even more over-the-top craziness than ever. Bayonetta’s rocking a pixie cut but isn’t any nicer than she used to be. New powers were shown and she apparently wield both dual pistols and dual whips. The game’s due out in 2014.
The Last Sports Stars Of Video Games’ Cartridge Era
Earlier in the week, Jason Kidd gave the NBA his retirement notice. He and Grant Hill were the only active players this year that appeared in NBA Jam: Tournament Edition from 1994. Like veterans of a long-ago war, day by day we are losing the athletes of video gaming’s cartridge era. These are the last of them.
This Company Of Heroes 2 Trailer Likes To Get In Close And Personal
From sombre to frantic to sombre again. Company of Heroes 2, Relic’s followup to their 2006 real-time strategy game, will be released for the PC on June 25.
Video Game PR Issues Beautiful ‘No Comment’ In Haiku
The Yakuza games are some of the very best on the PS3, so Sega’s silence on a possible localisation of Yakuza 5 is killing me. The publisher has since broken that silence, however, responding to a Yakuza fansite. In haiku. Like every single Japan-related PR communication should be.
Sonic’s New Move In His Nintendo-Exclusive Adventure Is… A Wall-Run?
This year’s Nintendo-only Sonic game, Sonic Lost World, looks like it will feature 2D and 3D gameplay, similar to the other recent pretty-good Sonic games. IGN just ran the game’s first trailer, which you can see here. The trailer hypes Sonic’s new moves.



























