Brian Ashcraft

DJ Hello Kitty Opens With “Motherf**kers”

Sanrio Puroland, the Hello Kitty and friends theme park in Tokyo, has been holding Halloween celebrations. DJ Hello Kitty got things started with a big “Motherfuckers, go!” DJ Hello Kitty is an officially licensed Sanrio character that debuted back in 2010. Since then, DJ Hello Kitty has been appearing in clubs all over the world…

Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel. Tokyo, Japan. By Patrick Lehrmann | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: Yokogao Shika Shiranai | Track: Humbert Humbert | Album: Folk Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Nintendo has released the total worldwide hardware and software sales figures for the Switch and Nintendo 3DS. These numbers were updated on September 30, 2018 and released today. The last announced Switch life-to-date sales figures were 19.67 million, while the 3DS was at 72.89 million.

Hollywood Is Making An Attack On Titan Movie

The popular manga and anime Attack on Titan was already adapted into terrible Japanese cinema, so now it’s time for Hollywood to have a crack. I guess! According to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety (via io9), Andy Muschietti, who recently directed the It remake, is helming an Attack on Titan movie for Warner Bros. Producers…

Nintendo’s Biggest Selling Games For Switch, 3DS, Wii U And More As Of Fall 2018

It’s that time again! Time for Nintendo to update the sales figures for its best selling games for current gen and previous gen hardware. Here are Nintendo’s best-selling games: And the Nintendo 3DS: The Wii U: The DS: The Wii:

A Sunny Evening. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By Kyle Kreiger | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: The Emergency (Radio Edit) | Artist: BT | Album: These Hopeful Machines Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Seven individuals have been arrested in Japan related to a cheat tool for the Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle smartphone game. Only one individual was arrested for selling the app, while the others either made purchases, used the cheat app or were involved with proxy servers. One of those arrested is a high school student.

The Misty Road. Tribalj, Croatia. By Eduard Tucaković | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: Kenshi Yonezu | Artist: Flamingo | Album: TEENAGE RIOT Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Here is the trailer for the upcoming Yakuza 4 remaster for PlayStation 4, which includes the first footage of Toshiki Masuda as character Masayoshi Tanimura. The game will be out next January in Japan. No word yet on an international release.

Gundam Turned Into Traditional Japanese Prints

When you think of woodblock prints, you probably don’t think of Mobile Suit Gundam. You should! Bandai is rolling out some limited edition Gundam-themed hand-made woodblock prints. The Last Shooting print is priced at 50,000 yen ($446), with paper crafted by a 9th generation paper maker who is considered a Living National Treasure. The three-piece…

Red Dead Redemption 2‘s Download Time, Goodness

Did you get Red Dead Redemption 2? Did you go to a store and buy a physical copy or, uh, get the digital one? My download is taking a while. I bought the digital version because I enjoy waiting around. And like a dope, I didn’t start my download at the crack of dawn. So…

Bluebonnets. Hill Country, Texas. By sbmeaper1 | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Pachinko Company President Murdered In Japan

Masaki Uchigashima, president of Nagoya-based pachinko machine maker Takao, was found stabbed to death in the company parking garage. Aichi Prefecture police are calling it a homicide. ANN reports that the 39-year-old pachinko president was stabbed multiple times in the head and the stomach. According to authorities, Uchigashima’s suit was disheveled as though he put…

The Birth Of Japanese Arcades 

Every business has a starting point. For Japanese arcades, one of them was on department store rooftops. Yes, Japanese arcades have their roots in the carnival type games often seen at local religious festivals. But way before coffee houses installed tabletop cabinets to capitalize on the late 70s Space Invaders craze, there were game machines…

Turning Leaves. Kyoto, Japan. By Naoki Natsume/Ishii | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: Big Jet Plane (The Original Memphis Recordings) | Artist: Primal Scream | Album: Give Out But Don’t Give Up – The Original Memphis Recordings Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Fake Ultra Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Leads To Arrest 

Lorelei The Symphonic Arsenal was a prize card at the 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships. There are only six in the whole world. Six real cards, that is. According to YTV and MBS, 29-year-old Shunki Iwasaki allegedly sold a fake Lorelei The Symphonic Arsenal to a 20-something year-old Kyoto woman for 400,000 yen ($3,556) through an…