Originally Posted by Diesel Mac (Post 3236461)

I almost did that with SSF4. So furiating that game.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3236464)

Surely there's some value we're missing. I just need a week or two with it to be sure. Maybe my past conclusions were overly harsh due to playing Tekken so much. I'm much more open to alternate gameplay now.

I promise.

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3237116)

Capcom's Dead Rising Case Zero sells over 300,000 copies since its release last week. The "demo's" price of $5 turned out to be very popular and now it is rumored other companies might start to do games that seem like demos but cost money (ex. Acitivision, EA).

The last paid "demo" that ended up successful was GT 5 Prologue which helped fund the last couple of years of development for the main game.

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http://kotaku.com/5632494/dead-risin...el-sells-a-ton

Originally Posted by Diesel Mac (Post 3236927)

DJ Hero 2 demo is up. Can I play it without the turntables? Vocals maybe?

Originally Posted by Kane Knight (Post 3237327)

I don't mind paying five dollars for a demo if it's got its own complete story. A two hour "demo" with a complete story, replay value, GS, etc? Works for me. I've never even played Dead Rising, but I'm tempted to buy this.

Originally Posted by Diesel Mac (Post 3237702)

Thanks for the answer assholes. :foc:

Originally Posted by Xero (Post 3237131)

lol paid demos.

Originally Posted by Diesel Mac (Post 3237704)

You should. It's pretty big for 5 bucks and you can have fun fucking around, building weapons and killing zombies.

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3237908)

You do realise that Case Zero has a demo that costs nothing and that all the content in Case Zero will not actually be in Dead Rising 2... Right?

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3237908)

You do realise that Case Zero has a demo that costs nothing and that all the content in Case Zero will not actually be in Dead Rising 2... Right?

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3238507)

I don't understand why people are calling case zero a demo, if it's all original content, seperate from the main game. Wouldn't that make it pre-release dlc? Not a demo?

Originally Posted by Escapist

Lionhead chieftain Peter Molyneux claims that his original vision of a "physically correct" creature for Black & White ended up with an artist threatening to pull a knife on him.

This can get filed under the header "Things I never thought I'd find myself writing":

While speaking on a podcast with IGN UK (via iTunes) during the Gamescom event in Germany last month, Peter Molyneux mentioned that the sausages in the recording booth - because those Germans have sausages everywhere or something - reminded him of his earlier game Black & White.

Specifically, they reminded him of the creature's penis.

Now, if you've played Black & White, you probably know that the creature didn't actually have a (visible) Sgt. Peppy. No, this monstrous wangerdoodle was only in an early prototype of the game: "I for some reason had this obsession to make them anatomically correct. So the first version of this giant ape had this sort of beautifully physically correct - I'm going to say the word - penis dangling between its legs."

And in case the mental image in your head wasn't bad enough, said member "morphed depending on how excited your creature was."

That sort of thing would never fly in a game, of course, and Molyneux knows it. "I don't know what was going through my mind. I wasn't even on class A drugs! It was this bizarre thing," he says, and don't think we didn't notice that "class A drugs" qualifier, Peter. "It was this bizarre thing. Especially in America! Even if you show nipples they go insane, rating it under-the-counter product. It just goes to show you just how rubbish I am as a designer, really."

Nevertheless, Molyneux initially persisted, and the poor modelers working at Lionhead had to create the creature's morphable schlongalong. "The artist that modeled it ended up going completely insane. [He] threatened to knife me ... absolutely true story. He went on to found Media Molecule. Chap called Mark Healey."

Having never met Mr. Healey myself, I cannot say whether or not the founder of the LittleBigPlanet studio is likely to threaten to knife somebody (if only in jest). In all fairness, spending your work day painstakingly rendering a monster tallywhacker would probably drive most people insane, so it's hardly just him.

"Driven mad by making huge, sausage-like penises on apes - that's the sort of thing I get people to do at Lionhead."

Whether or not you believe Peter Molyneux's story here - because the only indication we have that this is the truth is the eccentric designer's word alone - I think we can all agree that it is, in fact, a story. A very interesting one. About a game artist going crazy from working on an animated giant monkey porker.

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3242215)

I would want X-Men before The Simpsons, tbh.

Originally Posted by Kotaku

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Please, Nintendo, release the Mario 25th anniversary collection in the West. Not for the games, we've got those, thanks. Just for the box.

This fetching art adorns the special bundle for Nintendo's Mario 25th Anniversary bundle for the Wii, which includes Super Mario All Stars (a compilation of early Mario games first released on the Super Nintendo), a soundtrack CD and a DVD detailing the history of Nintendo's mascot.

It'll be out October 21 in Japan, and cost ¥2,500 (USD$30).

Originally Posted by Drakul (Post 3242165)

Paid £3 to download "The Simpsons Arcade" to my phone. I was misled. It wasn't the actual arcade game. It's a really simple and crappy game where you play as Homer trying to get a doughnut that Smithers ran off with.

Speaking of The Simpsons Arcade game, they should bring the real one to XBLA. 4 player online would be fun.
I only ever played it once when I was on holiday. Some American boy about my age at the time came across to the arcade machine and randomly joined in on my game. Didn't say his name or hang around afterwards. Could have used someone to play against on the other machines. Anyway, It was fun so I'd like to see it for download.

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Originally Posted by Xero (Post 3243096)

Would easily buy that Mario collection if it were released here.

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3243125)

They probably won't release it here until next year since that would be the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros in the US (March 1986).

Originally Posted by Diesel Mac (Post 3243453)

Not bad for a buck.

Originally Posted by alvarado52 (Post 3245447)

i didnt like Degeneration...and this is coming from someone who is a die hard RE fan.

Originally Posted by alvarado52 (Post 3245514)

lol, or you can just keep your old ps2

Originally Posted by Diesel Mac (Post 3244799)

It feels like a cheap version of Fire Pro Wrestling. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3245930)

Oh god I hope NT 'gets it'.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3245930)

Oh god I hope NT 'gets it'.

Originally Posted by alvarado52 (Post 3245514)

lol, or you can just keep your old ps2

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3245868)

lol no, it certainly does not. In fact, it might be the worstwrestling game I've ever played.

Originally Posted by Kotaku

During Microsoft's Tokyo Game Show press conference this morning, Capcom's Keiji Inafune took the stage to introduce the world to Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor for Kinect, a new interpretation of the classic game with the extremely expensive controller.

I can't believe McWhertor was right, but there it is in our E3 2010 predictions post: "Steel Battalion is revealed as Capcom's core Natal game." We all laughed and laughed, and now Capcom and From Software make the rest of us look silly with this new version of the mech game so complicated it required its own complicated and costly controller to play.

Capcom and From Software are collaborating on the new title, set in a 2082 without computers, which explains the gritty, World War II style. From the official press release:

"Manhattan, 2082: In a world where computers and almost all modern technology have been lost, the greatest nations of the world continue to battle for supremacy. The American army lands in New York to begin its first big offensive of a long ground war. Soldiers fire from the trenches as scorched bunkers belch black smoke. As comrades continually fall to the unrelenting crossfire of bullets, the Vertical Tanks make their relentless advance. Experience the battlefield as never before with Kinect for Xbox 360."

Inafune was light on the details, but since this is a Microsoft Kinect game, we're guessing that this time around you'll be taking on the role of the unwieldy, expensive controller.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3246645)

Better answer than some PR line about 'expanding audiences', 'unique opportunities', and other shit like that.

Originally Posted by thecc (Post 3246598)

Originally Posted by Kotaku

Japan's venerable wrasslin' series, Fire Pro-Wrestling, is back and now on the Xbox 360. And now with Xbox 360 Avatars as playable grapplers.

Spike, the developer of the Fire Pro-Wrestling series as of the year 2000, will be creating a new entry for Xbox Live Arcade for release in 2011. Fire Pro-Wrestling lets you customize your avatar wrestler from a selection of costumes, unlock new moves over the course of your career in the squared circle and compete online.

Fire Pro-Wrestling has always been known more for its deep gameplay and character customization, something we hoped continues in the newest iteration. Avatars, though. Hmmm.

Originally Posted by Kane Knight (Post 3246587)

Yeah, I don't know what D Mac was thinking. This is worse than his Lars/Hetfield slashfic.

Originally Posted by Diesel Mac (Post 3246773)

It's one fucking dollar. Geez