Let’s get trashed! Why not, you are looking at World of Warcraft: Rise of the Lich King beer steins. The stoneware steins with sculpted pewter lids feature artwork from Italian illustrator Alex Horley. They’re not cheap by any means (US$89.99), and there are even limited edition, hand signed ones as well for nearly double the…
Swiss bank UBS (stay with me) placed an order of 3 trillion yen (US$31 billion) for Capcom bonds. Make that, mistakenly placed an order. The bank intended to place an order for 30 million yen bonds in Capcom, but instead a substantially larger order was placed. UBS does not describe the mistake as “human error.”…
On Friday, Hollywood flick Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li opens in theaters across the United States. We were given a screener copy of the movie by the movie’s distributor. Lucky us! The cinematic event of, well, this week deserves a proper liveblog. Beware. This post is wall-to-wall spoilers. So if you plan on seeing…
Comic relief character Teddie (“Kuma” in Japanese) from Japanese Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is getting his own figure. Lucky him! Pre-orders are currently being taken taken for the 3.5 inch figure, which is slated for an August release. Looks neat, but does his head come off? Kuma PVC [Hobby Search via Tomopop]
Starting this week, 2D action MMORPG Maple Story is getting chewing gum from candy maker Lotte. It’s available at convenience stores across Japan. Printed on the gum’s wrapper is a serial number that can be used to claim rare items in Maple Story. Sure, it’s just Lotte’s blueberry gum with a Maple Story wrapper, but…
This weekend, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li opens in movie theaters. This calls for a Japanese pop group to dress up like Chun-Li! Ten members of 48 member idol group AKB48 showed up at a Tokyo press event today dressed up in Chun-Li garb and wearing shiny black tights. For those keeping score: The…
This morning, Capcom officially announced Lost Planet 2 for the Xbox 360 with a very carefully worded press release. There were the words “Xbox 360” and the term “exclusive,” but not the phrase “Xbox 360 exclusive.” Capcom simply stated the game was “being developed for the Xbox 360.” Yet, the company was reluctant to state…
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Destination PlayStation While walking from my car to my apartment building I dropped my car keys in the one and singular place in the entire parking lot that was occupied by a still warm dog turd. Yeah. Pretty sure I have never ever heard of anyone dropping keys in dog…
Japan’s Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa showed up at the G7 meeting in Rome totally blotto earlier this month. This calls for a cell phone game. Cell phone start-up Liveware released a cell phone game in which the object is to keep Nakagawa awake during the press conference. Players must “poke” him with the 5 key…
Our earlier suspicions are correct — for the time being. Capcom today announces that upcoming action title Lost Planet 2 is being developed for the Xbox 360. From the official statement: “Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Lost Planet 2 is being developed for the Xbox 360 video…
The latest in an endless string of Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) game promotions: Japanese liquor. Seifuku Distillery has crafted Ryu Ga Gotoku alcohol. It comes in two types: Japanese sake with plums and Okinawa’s strong island sake awamori. Awamori is potent stuff and often sold at 60 proof. A bottle of the Ryu…
The Japanese version of upcoming Blu-ray movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete is bundled with a demo for Final Fantasy XIII. Those wondering about the demo’s length and the game’s release, read on. The latest issue of Famitsu reveals more information about the demo. According to an interview with FFXIII director and writer Motomu…
This month visual novel Chaos;Head is getting an Xbox 360 port caled Chaos;Head Noah. Slated for a February 26 release, the sci-fi thriller is getting a special Akibahara promotion, complete with soda pop. Maid cafe Curemaid Cafe is offering Chaos;Head themed drinks and food. Above are two drinks named after the game’s characters. Left is…
Nintendo has just announced three new colors for its new Nintendo DSi handheld: Pink, Lime Green and Metallic Blue. All three colors will go on sale in Japan on March 20. They are each priced at ¥18,900 (US$195). The Nintendo DSi originally went on sale in Japan on November 1, 2008 and was available in…
There are two million PSN accounts in Japan, and there are over 20 million PSN accounts worldwide. Today, Sony announced this milestone, which comes 2 years and 3 years since the free-to-access PlayStation Network was first launched on November 11, 2006. PSN offers online features such as its Home service, which launched in December 2008…
This year a World of Warcraft guild leader won an Oscar. Last year? Ditto. Last year, Bill Westenhofer (pictured), visual special effects supervisor at effects house Rhythm & Hues, won an Academy Award for The Golden Compass in 2008. “I have an 80 mage on Kil’Jadeen,” Westenhofer told Kotaku. “Been playing since the original alpha…
Just because Actress Rose McGowan (Planet Terror) is not in the Terminator Salvation movie, that doesn’t mean she can’t be in the Terminator Salvation game. Playing a character exclusive to the game, McGowan is former elementary school teacher Angie Salter who must adjust to the horrors of the war against fictional computer system Skynet. The…
Earlier this week, Lost Planet 2 was announced on Xbox LIVE. The upcoming issue of Japanese game magazine lists the game as only “Xbox 360.” Guess that means it’s on the Xbox 360. But how does that fit into Capcom’s multi-platform strategy? Famitsu reports that the game’s development is 40 percent done, has online player…
The first episode of the Blue Dragon anime can be yours for nothing. It’s available on Apple’s iTunes Store until March 10 free of charge. The show’s first 13 episodes are also up on iTunes for sale. The Blue Dragon anime is based on the Xbox 360 game from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Recital The Second Mrs. Bashcraft’s sister stopped by this afternoon to have tea and decompress after having a crummy day. She woke up late, missed her classes after bicycling all the way to college (they wouldn’t let her in for some reason when she arrived late!), lost her umbrella, got…
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