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First Look At Resident Evil Creator’s New Horror Game

Shinji Mikami, best known for creating Resident Evil, is gearing up work on a brand new survival horror game with his new studio Tango Gameworks. It’s codenamed “Zwei”.


April 25, 2012
News

Resident Evil Creator Working On New Survival Horror Game. It Could Be His Last.

Shinji Mikami, the man behind Resident Evil, is working on a brand new survival horror title.


March 13, 2012
In Real Life

The Art Of Outselling Skyrim (…in Japan)

Western games are getting increasingly popular in Japan. But they’re still a small slice of the pie. Just ask ZeniMax Asia’s Tetsu Takahashi.


July 15, 2011
News

Does This Make Up For The Delay, Japan?

Shadows of the Damned is out in the West. Kotaku‘s been playing it. Japan hasn’t.


May 16, 2011
News

Suda 51′s New Game Will Give You A Big Boner

Kotaku AU

Alright, alright – give me a break. I just find it hard to pass up pun opportunities such as this one. Just to clarify, Shadow of the Damned is the latest game from Japanese heavyweights Suda 51 (No More Heroes) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil), a game which features a gun called the ‘boner’ – a gun that you can fully upgrade into a ‘big boner’. Key point – it fires bones.


April 22, 2011
PlayStation

Shadows Of The Damned Delayed. Dammit.

Action game Shadows of the Damned, which is being designed by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and No More Heroes developer Goichi Suda, is being pushed from its June 7 release date to June 21. [via GameSpot]


April 1, 2011
News

Creator Of Resident Evil Gets His Own Truly Bizarre Action Figure

Shinji Mikami, the video game creator behind games like Resident Evil, God Hand and Vanquish, is finally getting his own action figure, now available for pre-order at the website of Tango Gameworks, the developer’s new studio.


March 9, 2011
PlayStation

Shadows Of The Damned Is A Kick In The Nuts Of Convention

It may be hard to take Shadows of the Damned‘s journey into the depths of Hell too seriously, when you have a disembodied ex-demon skull named Johnson – who can transform into a weapon dubbed the Boner – as your sidekick. When demonic pubic hair and eyeball-eating baby heads serve as key obstacles in this horror game, you’ll find it hard not to giggle with delight.


March 2, 2011
PlayStation

Go To Hell With Shadows Of The Damned In June

Shinji Mikami and Goichi “Suda 51″, the creators behind demon-slaying action adventure Shadows of the Damned, will bring their next adventure to consoles on June 7, EA revealed today.


December 14, 2010
News

Robot Pilots Were Ejected From Vanquish

Sci-fi game Vanquish was originally inspired by a 1970s Japanese anime. It was also supposed to star a remote-controlled robot.