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Track: Dear Prudence | Artist: Siouxsie And The Banshees | Album: Nocturne Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Next summer, Attack on Titan is getting a stage version in Japan. Details are scant, but it will be called Live Impact Shingeki no Kyojin, with Shingeki no Kyojin, of course, being Attack on Titan’s original Japanese title. 

Kingdom Hearts PS4 Console Coming To Japan

To mark the release of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8, Sony is releasing a special Kingdom Hearts themed PlayStation 4 in Japan. According to 4Gamer, the console is available as either a 500GB or 1TB jet black PS4 and has a special Kingdom Hearts 15th anniversary top cover, which is also available separately for 2,000 yen…

Something You Might Have Noticed In The Gintama Poster

I know I sure didn’t earlier this week. But did you? If not, look closer, and maybe you can put your finger on it. Still no? Okay, via Hayabusa, this will point out the mistake. Yep, actor Shun Oguri’s hand has six fingers on the poster. The actor doesn’t actually have an extra finger—not that…

The eagerly awaited Attack on Titan Season 2 will debut in Japan next April. The anime will begin broadcast in April and run until September. WIT Studio will once again handle the animation duties. 

Itsukushima Shrine. Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. By Shu-Yung James 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: Koibito ga Dekitan da | Artist: My Hair is Bad | Album: Woman’s Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Super Mario Run demos will be playable at Apple Stores starting this Thursday, said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé on The Tonight Show. Super Mario Run will be released on December 15.

Here’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild Running On The Nintendo Switch

On the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon just got debut hands on with the Nintendo Switch. The clip is nine minutes and forty seconds long. It starts off with Super Mario Run, but skip to around 4:55 to see Fallon play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Switch. The Nintendo Switch will…

The day before Yakuza 6 comes out in Japan, its release in South Korea has been cancelled. It was supposed to come out in 2017. In an official release (via tipster Sang), PlayStation Korea said the decision was “due to the nature of the content.” Hrm…

Shigeru Miyamoto Performing The Super Mario Theme With The Roots

Miyamoto doesn’t only make video games. He plays guitar as well as the banjo. On The Tonight Show, he played the Super Mario theme with the Roots. In the clip below, you can also hear him play some bluegrass and some ragtime.

Oh Deer. Nara, Japan. By Esben Bech Hornbøll. 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! 

Final Fantasy XV Sells 690,471 Retail Copies In Its First Week In Japan

We finally (heh) have FFXV’s first week Japanese sales number: 690,471 copies sold at retail. Let’s see how it compares to previous FF debuts. But how do these numbers stack up historically? In comparison, during Final Fantasy XIII’s first week on sale, the game sold1,516,532 copies at Japanese retail. As My Game News Flash points…

Track: One Perfect Sunrise | Artist: Orbital | Album: Blue Album  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Besides the RPG reboots, Sony also announced that Hot Shots Golf, What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?, and PaRappaTheRapper were all getting mobile games. Plus, Yomawari and Disgaea mobile titles are also in development! No word about Western releases.

Eat This Ramen In Less Than 20 Minutes, Earn $438!

Not bad for only twenty minutes of work. Yes, eating this would be work. Tokyo ramen restaurant Umakara Ramen Hyouri has “mega serving” challenge: If you eat this whole bowl of ramen in under 20 minutes, they’ll pay you 50,000 yen (US$438). Do it in 30 minutes, and they’ll give you 30,000 yen ($263). Japanese…

Two classic RPGS franchises return! Both Wild Arms and Arc the Lad are getting new titles for mobile as part of Sony’s reboot project, both made by the original staffers. No word yet on international releases.

In the wake of the Studio Khara lawsuit, Gainax issued an apology for causing concern and states it will focus on producing anime and returning to its glory days. Gainax also says it’s currently reorganizing. 

Sony Just Announced Project Field, A New Way To Play Card Games 

Sony hopes to change the way kids play card games with its newly revealed Project Field.  Project Field uses a specially developed Sony pad with smartphones or tablets. It’s outfitted with an IC reader, sensors, LED, and Bluetooth so that the pad can easily connect with tablets and smartphones that are running the corresponding Project…

Tunnel in Ginza. Tokyo, Japan. By Johan Toresson. 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!