An Xbox One S Minecraft bundle is coming to Japan. On July 12, the 500GB model will packaged in a special box. Minecraft has a strong following in Japan, so perhaps this will move a few consoles for Microsoft?
Because there’s nothing that reminds people of fried chicken more than a slick new smartphone. (And yes, this is real.) To celebrate 30 years of KFC in China, Huawei is releasing a Kentucky Fried Chicken phone. According to Tech Sina and NetEase, it will be available with 16GB or 32GB of memory. The phone is…
It’s actually not too different from the way people outside the country get their gaming news, but there are a few local twists. The above image is from Level-5’s newest anime The Snack World, which mixes contemporary Japanese mass culture with a role-playing game type world. In the image, the top banner reads “Hechima Kikou”…
Temple of Heaven. Beijing, China. By Kenny Wu. 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: So What | Artist: Miles Davis | Album: Kind of Blue Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
In last year’s Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age trailer, it looked like we’d be stuck with Vaan’s spray-on abdominals. But now it seems like we won’t. Thank goodness for that! Note: This article was originally published on April 26, 2017. Below is a comparison from last year showing how Vaan’s PS2 abs stack up…
The first capsule hotel in the world opened in Osaka, Japan in 1979. Since then, capsule hotels have not only spread to across the country but around the world. Here are some of the coolest-looking ones that aren’t in Japan. The general concept of Japanese capsule hotels and their foreign counterparts is the same: these…
Last week, McDonald’s Japan asked folks to guess which Pokémon-themed McFlurry it was releasing, such as a habanero Charmander McFlurry or a broccoli Bulbasaur one. The correct answer was a chocolate banana Pikachu treat. According to Entabe, the Pikachu McFlurry goes on sale July 14 in Japan, with a chocolatey banana flavor that is supposed…
Osorezan. Aomori, Japan. By JR. 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!
This is K Pro. It recently opened in Hangzhou, China, and it’s the first KFC salad spin-off restaurant of its kind. According to That’s Mag, it serves fresh smoked salmon, shrimp, salads, and sandwiches with grilled, not fried, chicken. Via Sohu and WX Wenku, here is a look inside. (You can see more here and…
While this isn’t the only VR Dragon Ball set up that’s recently appeared in Japan, it does look more elaborate. Namco Bandai’s new VR arcade in Shinjuku has Evangelion and Mario Kart games as well as a Dragon Ball one. Here’s an in depth look at that in action: It’s in Japanese, but you should…
The upcoming Pokémon movie is a re-telling of the Indigo League stories, with two glaring omissions. Warning: This article has spoilers. Namely, the absence of Brock and Misty, who were two of Ash’s first cohorts in original anime. Both might be Ash’s most well-known friends, with Misty even appearing in the first episode I Choose…
With upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dragon Quest X coming to the Nintendo Switch this September in Japan, peripheral makers are readying Switch friendly keyboards. This Cyber Gadget one is something else. No idea if it’s actually any good, but it certainly does bring back memories of this Game Cube keyboard controller. The keyboard…
Sunset. Boracay, Philippines. By Martin Tan. 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: Praise You | Artist: Fatboy Slim | Album: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
It’s summer. It’s hot. Who the hell wants to go outside? Let’s stay inside and watch some anime. Below are the summer season’s shows. Which ones are you watching? Action Heroine Cheer Fruits Studio: Diomedéa Genre: Action, School, Slice of Life Premiere Date: July 6 Where to Watch: Currently Not Available What It’s About in…
There’s going to be a live-action Bleach movie, and just as the on-set photos showed, it will feature vaguely orange hair and a ridiculously large sword. It’s Bleach, so what do you expect? As previously reported, Bleach creator Tite Kubo wrote that he was worried about the character’s hair, but the color chosen for actor…
Animation Studio Artland Inc. has closed. The studio did the TV anime version of Senran Kagura and most recently did the spring 2017 series Seven Mortal Sins. According to website Teikoku Databank, the studio is 298 million yen ($2.62 million) in debt. The studio shut down on June 30. July 7 6:42am Update: Website TSR…
A Beach Party. Chennai, India. By Ashwath Nair. 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!
Anime feature film Godzilla: Kaiju Wakusei (Godzilla: Monster Planet) is slated for a November release in Japan and internationally on Netflix after that. Here is the flick’s debut trailer. Twenty thousand years in the future, the Earth is overrun with Godzilla and other kaiju. Humans arrive, set to take back the planet from those monsters.…
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