Shadow Warrior 2 will be out this October—October 13, to be exact—on PC. Check out the latest trailer, blood, blades, selfie sticks and all.
Last year was a totally bizarre year at Konami. One of the oddest moments was when game creator Akira Sakuma tweeted that his long-running train series Momotaro Dentetsu was officially over after a very public feud with Konami. Odder still is that a new Momotaro Dentetsu game was just announced. In Japan, the latest Nintendo…
Studio Ghibli animator Hayao Miyazaki is so throughly impressed by the studio’s upcoming co-production The Red Turtle that he wishes he could work with the staff that made it. Of course he doesn’t hate it! His company is releasing it, you might think. Well, with Miyazaki, who retired from feature filmmaking in 2013, that’s not…
The Nintendo 2DS is getting re-released in Japan this month. It will be available in five colors, priced at 9,800 yen (US$95), and is being aimed at kids as their first game machine. The 2DS was previously released in Japan last year, bundled with Pokémon, but is currently not on sale. The Nintendo 2DSwas originally…
Sunset. Tumon Beach, Guam. By Motoko. 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 Blues Are Still Blue | Artist: Belle & Sebastian | Album: The Life Pursuit Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Persona 5 looks terrific. Especially the animated sequences by famed studio Production I.G, perhaps best known for The Ghost in the Shell anime. In a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu, animator Toshiyuki Kono, who directed those cutscenes, said that Persona 5 director Katsura Hashino first got in touch three and a half years ago. This…
In its first week on sale in Japan, Nintendo 3DS title Metroid Prime: Federation Force only sold 4286 copies, according to Famitsu’s sales data. The game came in at number 20 in the weekly sales ranking. In comparison, The King of Fighters XIV, which also went on sale the same day, sold 23,242 copies that…
I live in Japan. We have lots of KFCs (including buffets!), where you can get lots of fried chicken. It’s probably the same where you live. But if you live in Hong Kong, you can now order something slightly different. According to Excite and Sina, Hong Kong KFC has started offering “Kansai-style” sukiyaki nabe, which…
Taken with a Nokia Lumia 1020. Flushing, New York. ByAlex J. 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: Theme de Camille | Artist: Georges Delerue | Album: Le Mepris Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
One of Metal Gear Solid V’s most important plot points, Mission 51, ended up on the cutting room floor. Today, Konami said it does not plan to finish this mission. As Kotaku reported last year, footage of a deleted mission, made up of concept art, narration, and half-finished cut-scenes, appeared in the game’s previously released…
In the past, Kotaku has shown how Japanese animation has changed (here and here). But we haven’t really had a look at how Western animation designs have evolved over the years. So let’s do that. A while ago, animator Harry Partridgedrew this wonderful and fascinating comparison. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a look:…
This week twenty-nine years ago, the first Street Fighter was released in arcades. There was Ken, Ryu, and some very different buttons. As pointed out on Event Hubs, the first cabinets had giant pressure-sensitive pads that you were supposed to POUND WITH YOUR FIST. Which is nuts. Problems arose from players punching the buttons, such…
Chocobo racing seems great! Via DualShockers, here’s a look at it in the upcoming Final Fantasy XV.
Matsumoto Castle by Night. Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. By Martijn Koetsier 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: Suedehead | Artist: Morrissey | Album: Viva Hate Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
During the 2016 Rio Olympics’ closing ceremony, Japanese Prime Minister cosplayed as Mario. Well, sorta. You probably thought it was cool. Beat Takeshi did not. On a recent episode of his current events show Takeshi’s TV Tackle (via Daily), the famed actor, director and comedian said the Prime Minister’s appearance “wasn’t good.” “Although, Mr. Abe…
Kingdom Hearts III’s Japanese Xbox One page has vanished, it seems. As Twitter user @bKvEBVAvUq (via KH Insider) points out, there was previously a Japanese language page on Xbox.com, butit’s now gone. The game’s official Japanese site still lists Xbox One as a platform, and there has been no confirmation that the Japanese version has…
Okay, so Ashis a big loser as a Pokémon Trainer. But damn, that kid is a physical marvel. The perpetual ten year-old has showed off his muscle power in the Pokémon anime several time In the above photo, for example, you can see him hold up Fletchinder with one arm. Fletchinder weighs 16 kilograms (35…
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