Brian Ashcraft

Square Enix Had “Record-High” Sales Last Year 

Even though things might sound grim with the IO Interactive split, Square Enix proper is doing well. Really well, it seems. “For this fiscal year,” Square Enix stated in an official release, “the Company reported record-high net sales, operating income, ordinary income and profit attributable to owners of parent, respectively.” Year on year, Square Enix…

Capcom recently trademarked “Capcom Juku” (カプコン塾), which means “Capcom Cram School” or “Capcom Coaching School.” The trademark covers “instruction at nursery schools” as well as “infant care at nursery schools.” Hrm…

Poll: The Most Beloved Action Games In Japan

Over the decades, there have been so many great action games. But which one do people in Japan like best? This poll might shed light on that question. In Japan, Weekly Famitsu has been asking readers about their favorite game in various genres. The results are in for the first of these polls, which was…

Fa Yuen Street. Hong Kong. By Charlez Chong. 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: Native Dancer | Artist: Sakanaction | Album: Shin-shiro Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

“PPAP” Singer Makes A Cameo In PSY’s New Video

“Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” singer Pikotaro just made a quick cameo in the video for PSY’s new song “I Luv It.” PSY, of course, took the internet by storm back in 2012 with “Gangnam Style.” Hopefully this cameo means Pikotaro has finally earned some money, even though he’s only in it for a few seconds. (He’s also been…

Nintendo Releasing Standalone Switch Dock In Europe

For those with multiple TVs, good news. Nintendo is releasing a standalone Switch dock this May in North America and this June in Europe. Update May 10 – 7:40am: An earlier version of this story incorrectly state that this hadn’t yet been announced for North America. However, this was previously announced for the US and…

Breast-Shaped Cake Made By Dragon Quest Slime Lids

It was inevitable. Someone looked at some Slime shaped lids and thought they might mold some spectacular breast cheese cake. Note: Some readers might find this content objectionable. That someone is Twitter user Non, who took two lids from the Dragon Quest fried chicken currently on sale in Japan and decided to make this: The…

Korean TV Tracks Election With Game Of Thrones

During the recent presidential election in South Korea, one television network decided the best way to track the votes would be turning all the candidates into Game of Thrones type characters. Network SBS’s coverage was called, as tipster Sang points out, “Big Election Game: Searching For The Throne.” The intro graphics even looked like the…

Dragon Ball Super Toys Coming To McDonald’s In Japan 

Starting this Friday, Happy Meals in Japan will have Dragon Ball Super toys. In the clips below, you can see them in actions. They look pretty cool for Happy Meal toys! Though the Vegeta uppercut is a bit of a letdown. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking…

Sharpening. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan. By J. Luis Andrade. 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: Nardis (Live) | Artist: Bill Evans Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Dynasty Warriors Is Finally Going Open World 

For the first time in the long-running series, Dynasty Warriors will be an open world game. Up until now, battles would happen in sections of the map, with players unable to go wherever they like to kill swarms of warriors. According to the latest issue of Famitsu, Dynasty Warriors 9 (Shin Sangoku Muso 8) will…

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Is Now A Live-Action Movie

Sci-fi comedy manga The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is being brought to life. Here’s a look at on set images, a short teaser trailer, and posters. Not sure about these outfits in a live-action film, but here we are. According to Natalie, the film is being directed by Yuichi Fukuda, who previously helmed HK:…

The PS Vita version of the Romancing SaGa 2 remaster has racked up over 200,000 downloads. Not bad for a game that was originally released in 1993! The remaster was also released on iOS and Android, so the undisclosed total tally is certainly higher. 

Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto, Japan. By EX PlusAndy 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: Heisei Pain | Artist: Go! Go! Vanillas | Album: Heisei Pain (Single)  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Figure Skating Anime Yuri On Ice Is Very Realistic, Says Olympic Skater

It’s not just the skating that the show nails. According to former champ Johnny Weir, the show is filled with little details that shows Yuri On Ice’s creators really know their stuff. While in China late last year, Weir gave a somewhat in depth interview about the anime. He talks about how got into the…

Sounds Like Naruto‘s Creator Just Talked About Killing Off A Character

The Naruto manga is finished. The Naruto anime is finished. He is sticking around in his son Boruto’s spin-off series, but it sounds like creator Masashi Kishimoto wouldn’t mind if a ubiquitous Naruto character was killed off. Kishimoto isn’t doing the Boruto manga or the anime himself, but he certainly has things to say about…

Beating Pokémon Ruby with Magikarp Took Nearly Six Years

Back in 2011, a live-streamer named Leomon began playing with a Shiny of the most useless Pocket Monster. Almost six years later, the trainer has finally become a champion with that fish. After the stream, Leomon posted on Twitter that it didn’t matter if you had a strong or a weak Pokémon, that if you…