Brian Ashcraft

Dick Bruna Has Died At Age 89

Dutch author and illustrator Dick Bruna passed away on February 16, his publisher announced late last week. CBC reports that Bruna’s longtime friend said the artist died “peacefully in his sleep.” Perhaps best known for Miffy (“Nijntje” in the original Dutch), Bruna wrote and illustrated 124 books. “For a book of 12 pictures I make…

Panorama. Miami, Florida. By Sandor Sanchez. 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: Going Underground | Artist: The Jam | Album: Dig the New Breed Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Dragon Ball Is Excellent At Anime Openings 

Over the years, we’ve gotten loads of excellent opening credit sequences from the various Dragon Ball anime. The latest from Dragon Ball Super is no exception, but how does it stack up to the others? Let’s find out! In case you missed it, here’s the new Dragon Ball Super opening, which debuted last week. Damn,…

Street Fighter II‘s M. Bison Loses To… A Toyota 

I beat he could kick some Prius ass. In Toyota’s latest C-HR ad, the crossover makes its way through Street Fighter II and faces off with M. Bison. Guess this is payback for the beating Toyota inspired cars have taken in Street Fighter bonus stages over the years. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…

Paragon‘s New K-Pop Hero Wins Over Some, Bothers Others

Epic recently revealed Shinbi, a new Hero for its online multiplayer title Paragon. The character’s design choice has been controversial with a portion of fans saying they dig it, while others are not exactly thrilled. Shinbi is Korean pop themed and, as tipster Sang notes, has the music video reveal to prove it. At the…

An Old Homestead Cabin. Joshua Tree, California. By Aaron Hawn 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: I’ll Be There | Artist: Willie Nelson | Album: For The Good Times: A Tribute To Ray Price Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Are You Making Nintendo Switch Games? Japanese Developers Answer That And More

In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, twenty four Japanese game companies were polled about the Nintendo Switch. Their answers may or may not surprise you. Here are eight interesting questions (and answers) of Famitsu’s poll. 1. Are you developing any games for the Nintendo Switch? Currently developing: 54 percent Thinking about it now: 25…

When People Get Angry And Destroy Arcade Machines 

No matter how upset you get, don’t punch arcade game machines. Please. In Japanese, punching arcade cabinets is called “dai-pan” (台パン). Note that the term “gamen panchi” (画面パンチ), meaning “monitor punch” is sometimes also used, but also can refer to punching home TVs. Dai-pan happens when folks get angry or frustrated while playing and physically…

In Japan, The Pokémon Company Announces New Game For iOS And Android

Today, The Pokémon Company announced a new smartphone game would be out this spring in Japan. It appears to star the weakest Pokémon around. The Japanese title is Hanero! Koiking (Splash! Magikarp), and all The Pokémon Company has revealed so far about the smartphone title is a teaser site, with a newspaper article that mentions…

The Entrance at Kiyomizu-dera. Kyoto, Japan. By Eric Nguyen 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: Happy Together (cover) | Artist: Danny Chung | Album: Happy Together Soundtrack  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

A new Japanese Switch commercial has footage of Dragon Quest Heroes 1 and 2 as well as a glimpse of FIFA on Switch. Have a look. 

Why Arcades Haven’t Died In Japan

In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on. As The Financial Times reports in a recent piece on Japanese arcades, there were 44,000 of them during their mid-1980s heyday. Today, the Japan Amusement Industry Association says there are 4,856 registered arcades across the…

Satoru Iwata Put Lots Of Thought Into The Nintendo Switch, Says Miyamoto

Back in 2015, Satoru Iwata passed away at the age of 55. That was far too soon, and he had still so much to accomplish in the gaming industry. In a recent Time interview, Shigeru Miyamoto talked about how Iwata contributed to Nintendo’s upcoming console. According to Miyamoto, Iwata was providing feedback during the Switch’s…

A Road Trip. Minneapolis, MN, USA. By Anthony Dixon. 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! 

How Blizzard Is Combating Korea’s Overwatch Hacking Problem

As previously reported, cheating has been plaguing Overwatch’s South Korean servers. Today, Blizzard Korea announced a new policy designed to combat that. To recap: Because of the way the net cafe business works in South Korea, Overwatch players there could walk into any PC bang and create a free Battle.net account to play. It wasn’t…

Konami’s Profits Increase By Almost 230 Percent

During the nine-month period ending on December 2016, Konami reports a 229.8 percent increase in profit to the tune of US$183 million. Total revenue, however, did not increase, and as Focus Gaming reports, fell 8.5 percent year-on-year. Konami has combined its arcade business with its pachinko business to form a new streamlined “Amusement Business” division,…

Osaka Castle. Osaka, Japan. By Joey Crowdell. 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!