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Katamari creator moving on
Keita Takahashi, the creator of Katamari Damacy,
recently told the BBC that he plans to leave the gaming industry to pursue a career in playground design: "In 10
years time, I am not going to be making games any more… I would like to ...
Hudson crafting a new Adventure Island
It may be hard to believe, but it's been 13 years since the last Adventure Island game was released. ... OK, so maybe it's not that hard, the "dude riding a skateboard and collecting eggs" genre isn't exactly thriving. Undeterred, Hudson's ...
Keita Takahashi 'not completely satisfied' with Noby Noby Boy, blames budget
Was Noby Noby Boy misunderstood by the gaming masses? Creator Keita Takahashi seems to think so, as he believes the game's limited resources didn't fully realize his vision. "Ultimately, with Noby Noby Boy, I wanted to break the barriers between ...
Robbie Bach, CXO, on MSFT's digital entertainment plans
Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer, was interviewed by Mercury News staff writers John
Boudreau and Dean Takahashi just prior to the Xbox 360
launch this week. If you're wondering how the Xbox 360 fits into Microsoft's vision of the digital living ...
Takahashi: Microsoft portable coming halfway through 360's lifespan [update 1]
According to Dean Takahashi's new book, The Xbox 360 Uncloaked, the Xbox 360's hardware team have been divided in two: half to work on reducing production costs for the Xbox 360, and the other half is at work on making a portable console (we've ...
Loco Roco slammed by nine year old
Tired of all those positive reviews and previews for Loco Roco that say the game is "fresher, funnier and more satisfying than words could ever make it sound." and "guaranteed to keep you smiling too." Well, all you contrarians out there can count ...
A gamer's guide to buying an HDTV
Dean Takahashi from the San Jose Mercury News navigates uninitiated gamers through the world of HD television when considering the purchase of a new boob tube. He breaks it down comparing digital to standard sets, content programming, flat panel ...
Miyamoto hints at new Nintendo franchise in 2008
In an interview with Dean Takahashi, Shigeru Miyamoto said that Nintendo may introduce some new characters next year "in the same way [Nintendo] came up with Pikmin when [they] introduced the GameCube." While that's all well and good for getting us ...
Reggie talks MotionPlus timing, avoids Wii HD
Thanks to the journalizing of one Dean Takahashi, we may finally have an answer to one of our favorite questions: Why wasn't the Wii MotionPlus, the thing that makes the Wiimote work the way you thought it would before you bought it, included when ...
Facebook games manager is eyeing your grandma
And the rest of your family, for that matter. In a recent interview with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi, program manager for games in Facebook's platform marketing division Gareth Davis had a lot to say about their burgeoning social network/"gaming ...
King of All Cosmos has no love for Revolution
While Japan is known for
its bizarre games, none have been as popular as the stoner-iffic Katamari Damacy. Creator Keita Takahashi gave
us one of the simplest (yet strangest) concepts, and we loved him for it. Yet, despite his predilection for ...
HDMI- and 120GB-enabled Xbox 360 Elite: all signs point to yes
Even after offering the scoop on the worst-kept secret in gaming to Game Informer -- complete with pictures and pricing -- Microsoft still hasn't gone on record with the Xbox 360 Elite. We're left gathering the artifacts, like 21st century video ...
Full GDC interview with Katamari creator
The boys at Gamasutra have posted their full interview with Katamari creator Keita Takahashi from this year's GDC conference in San Jose. On whether he's glad that the Katamari series has ended: "I know I won't be working on it right now, but I think ...
New Katamari Damacy shirts roll into your life
A new set of official Katamari Damacy t-shirts has been unveiled at Panic. The Mac software company serendipitously walked into a licensing deal with Namco a few years ago and are the only official source for Katamari apparel. Apart from the ...
Nintendo hires two new executive VPs
Nintendo has announced two new executive vice presidents joining their new Silicon Valley offices. Cammie Dunaway -- former chief marketing officer for Yahoo! -- will take the position of executive vice president, sales and marketing, the position ...
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