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Giants of Chinese Cosplay Bring You Lineage II and Evangelion
Our good friend Modashi (Mengjie Luan), has graced us once again with his cosplay photography. This time around the subjects of his camera are Chinese cosplayers Mei Wai and Tao Bao. Mei is seen here portraying New Linage II’s Goddess of destruction Shilen. Mei a long time collaborator with Meng has been featured on Kotaku…
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Bomb Buddies: Right Amount of Bombs, Not Enough Buddies
Growing up I was always excited to visit my cousins house for the summer, because my cousins Andrew and Anna had a Taiwan bought SNES with multi-tap and the holy grail of then multiplayer games, Super Bomberman. I can still remember the hours of frustration and anger over placing a self-destroying bomb and also the…
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Man Dies At Door Of Video Game Arcade
A man in west China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region died over the weekend from a 3-day gaming binge. The unidentified man was apparently frequenting the Happy Sunshine Animation Game arcade for the last three days of his life playing various video games. It appears that as he was entering the arcade on Friday, he just…
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Woman Goes To Jail For Using Fake Arcade Tokens
A Chinese woman was recently sentenced to 8 months in prison and fined 20000 RMB after being caught using fake game tokens at a public arcade. Recently divorced 34-year-old Zhang Lili of Sanmenxian Zhejiang province China spent the better half of the last year playing arcade games at her local video game arcade. Each arcade…
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China’s 3DS XL Challenger Looks Like a Wii U Controller
With China’s stance towards video game consoles unlikely to change anytime soon Nintendo’s newest home console due out later this year, the 3DS XL, will probably not see the People’s Republic officially this year, but that doesn’t mean Chinese consumers will be completely left out. Announced only a week after Nintendo officially announced the 3DS…
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Young Woman Attempts Suicide After Receiving Fake iPhone
Over the weekend in southwest China’s Sichuan province, a young woman in her 20s threatened to jump off an apartment building, supposedly because her boyfriend “lied to her”. According to police reports and neighbor accounts, the reason the woman threatened to jump off the roof was because her boyfriend bought her a fake iPhone. After…
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Chinese Gaming Giant Accused of False Advertising
Over the weekend Chinese gaming giant, Tencent, was accused of falsely advertising an in game event that gave players Tencent currency for leveling up. Tencent, which recently acquired a minority stake in Epic Games, is one of the biggest internet companies in China. Offering various services from micro blogs to instant messaging, Tencent even has…
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China Promoting Illegal Diablo III Crack
Diablo III hasn’t been released in China yet but the game is definitely enjoying a lot of coverage here. Enterprising players are already playing the game by buying copies from foreign countries, much to the ire of Korean and Taiwanese players. Now it seems there maybe a way for Chinese players to play Diablo III…
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China’s First Console Is Struggling
The Lenovo backed company eedoo, makers of China’s first domestically made video game console the CT-510, has fired their head of marketing Wang Jinzhu over dismal first month sales. According to Tencent games news channel, the CT-510, which has been out since late May, has had terrible sales mostly due to the lack of advertising,…
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Study, China Says Minors Are Learning About Sex From Video Games
Earlier this month on Children’s Day, the China Youth Internet Association in conjunction with the Communication University of China released a study indicating that more than half of all minors ages 13-18 are learning about sex through sex in video games and video game related materials. The study reports that over 40 percent of young…
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Living in China is Life Behind the Great Firewall
Hello Kotaku readers, my name is Eric, you’ve probably seen some of my articles these last couple of months. If you haven’t already figured it out I live in China (the Chinese mainland) and these last 3 years haven’t exactly been a picnic. Now don’t get me wrong, life in China isn’t bad. In fact,…
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Chinese Arcade Owner Extorted For Cigarettes
A man in the south Chinese metropolis of Chongqing, Sichuan Province, was recently sentenced to jail for 7 months for blackmailing and extorting a video game arcade for…cigarettes. According to Chongqing Daily, the man in question, Duan Wei had a criminal record and was previously in Jail for 4 years for theft. Duan Wei got…
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Rich Chinese Man Shows Off At Train Station with Video Games
A few days ago an unidentified Chinese man was spotted sitting on a suitcase at Beijing West Railway Station. Unlike most people at Beijing West Station, commonly known as Beijing West, the young man wasn’t interested in purchasing a train ticket or even waiting for a train, instead he was interested in one thing, hooking…
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This Communist Propaganda Game Is No Shining Sword. It’s More Like A Rusty Stick.
Normally when I see a game like Shining Sword 2 with its mediocre graphics and Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) inspired characters, I immediately snub it and walk away. This is especially true now that I’ve started Diablo III. Alas, it is my job to play games, even ones that turn me off like Shining Sword…
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The Red Campaign in HD…Well Not Really.
Last week when I was on the subway, I saw a young Chinese boy with thick glasses playing a game on a shiny white iPad. To my surprise and dismay he wasn’t playing Infinity Blade, Grand Theft Auto III or even Angry Birds. Instead he was playing a simple Chinese side scroller. Intrigued, I totally…
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Red Games Are Patriotic Communist Games That Always Have China Winning
Chances are when you hear “China”, you immediately think of communism, Tiananmen Square and Chairman Mao. Well, those three things don’t really scream video games, but in China they are an important part of China’s video gaming history. Chairman Mao and his vision of China a red China has influenced a genre of video games…
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Forget Food! Chinese Kids Want Virtual Gaming Loot, Instead
According to a population study done by Nanjing Normal University and published by Tencent, over 33% of Chinese junior high students in the Nanjing area are willing to go hungry in the morning so that they can purchase items for online games. In their study, Nanjing University surveyed over 1,200 junior high, high school, and…
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Chinese Doctors Tells Parents With Young Children to Say No to the iPad.
Children ages three and under should not be allowed near touch screen devices such as tablet computers and smartphones, say Chinese doctors in Guangzhou. According a recent study done in Guangzhou, the doctors found that children are adversely affected by touch screen devices. The study states that the children can develop “severe” eye problems ranging…
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A Chinese Three Kingdoms MMO with Pokemon Elements
When I first looked at Taoyuan, I wasn’t interested. In fact, I was almost put off by it. The only reason why I decided to try the game was because A. It’s my job to do so, and B. because the idol promoting the game caught my eye. Originally put off by the idea of…
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11 Year-old Boy Steals Three Grand To Buy In-Game Gear
Police in Xianning County have found culprit responsible for stealing more than 20,000 RMB or approximately $3141 US from a woman in Xianning City. The culprit as it turns out was an 11 year-old boy. 11 year-old “Cheng’s” reasoning behind the theft was because he wanted to play online games and buy in-game items. The…
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