Brian Ashcraft

Resident Evil Online Shooter Impressions: Well, there Are Zombies

Multiplayer shooters. You know them, you love them (maybe!), and you play them (ditto). Resident Evil adds its own spin to the genre. Today at the Tokyo Game Show, I checked out Umbrella Corps. Announced this week, Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps. is a PS4 and PC close-quarters multiplayer shooter with zombies that stumble about. This…

PS Vita title Final Fantasy Agito Plus has been cancelled. The game’sofficial Twitter apologized, but hasn’t yet given a reason for the cancellation. Agito Plus was supposedto hit the PS Vita this past January in Japan, but was delayed. And now, it’s been canned.

Off To Battle at the Tokyo Game Show. Chiba, Japan. By Toshi Nakamura. 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!

Konami Is Putting People’s Faces on The Phantom Pain

Hideo Kojima’s name might not be on the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain box, but that doesn’t mean your face can’t be! At the Konami booth, there is a small photo studio where visitors can have their photos taken for a personalized cover shot. This is Julien from GameBlog.fr. He was nice enough…

Street Fighter V‘s Latest Character Has an Annoying Laugh

Well, she’s always had an annoying laugh. Go figure. The latest fighter to enter the SFV fray is Karin, who made her playable debut in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Boy, she has an irritating laugh. (Like this!) In the above clip, you can see her beat the tar out of Rashid. And then, laugh. Ha.…

Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan Game Looks Vicious

Koei Tecmo, best known for Dead or Alive and Dynasty Warriors, is making an Attack on Titan game. We know this! But we haven’t really seen much of the game itself, and now, we get a teeny-tiny peek at that. The game’s original teaser was mostly title cards, still art, more title cards, with a…

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World of Tanks? More Like World of Dicks

Online game World of Tanks pulls out some big guns in its latest Japanese commercial. The ad asks, “Do you like cannons?” The Japanese word for cannon (大砲 or taihou) can be used to refer to dicks. But we’re not talking about dicks here, right? Just cannons. That’s all. To contact the author of this…

Pokémon X, Y & Z Is the Newest Pokémon Anime Series

Guess we’ll get to see that latest legendaryin action. Animated action. The upcoming animated feature film has been teasing a green blob character, and now we’re getting a weekly animated series with the five different forms. Pokémon X, Y & Z kicks off in Japan on October 29. To contact the author of this post,…

Autumn Gundam. Namco Bandai Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft. 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!

Making Open-World Erotic Games Is Hard

Sexy Beach Premium Resort is an open-world adult game. It is also plagued with bugs. That’s not very sexy. Note: This article contains content that some readers might find objectionable. On website Eroge Story and Japanese bulletin board 2ch, numerous glitches and technical issues are being reported. Like? – The camera can spin out of…

Sanno Matsuri Tokyo, Japan. By Jason Koo. 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!

The PlayStation 4 Gets a Price Cut in Japan

The PS4 is now cheaper in Japan. Starting October 1, its new price is 34,980 yen ($293). Previously, the console was priced at 39,980 yen ($335) in Japan. This is for the 500GB PS4 (the 1TB PlayStation isn’t available yet in the country). No word yet on whether other regions will see a price drop.…

Hey, They’re Making a New Danganronpa 

Do you like Danganronpa? Oh, lovely. Would you like more Danganronpa? Good news, because that’s exactly what you are getting. New Danganronpa v3 is heading to the PS4 and the PS Vita. No word yet on when to expect it. In the future, I imagine. Here’s the TGS trailer, courtesy of YouTuber XCageGame: To contact…

Resident Evil Turned into a Multiplayer Shooter 

Remember when you couldn’t run and shoot in Resident Evil? It’s skill based. It’s class based. There are zombies. Resident Evil puts its own spin on online shooters with Resident Evil Umbrella Corps The shooter throws zombies into the mix in a multiplayer shooter. The game is slated for the PS4 early next year in…

The SaGa series gets a totally new title with SaGA Scarlet Grace. It’s headed to the PS Vita next year in Japan.

Based on an Akira Kurosawa Script, This Samurai Game Is Finally Coming Out

Apparently! Announced in 2005, Ni-Oh is apparently coming out next year. That’s eleven years after it was originally announced. The game was first slated for the PS3, but has since been moved to the PS4. It’s based on an unearthed Akira Kurosawa script that follows the adventures of a blond-haired samurai in 16th century Japan.…

The King of Fighters XIV Announced for PlayStation 4

If you were wondering when a new King of Fighters title was coming, wonder no more. KOFXIV is coming to the PS4. The fighter is slated for 2016. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the…

Yakuza 6 Is a PlayStation 4 Exclusive

They’re making Yakuza 6! Of course, they are! And the latest numbered entry in the Yakuza series is PS4 only. That shouldn’t come as a surprise as other Yakuza titles are PlayStation exclusives. Sega didn’t show any footage of the game, but expect to see tough dudes punching each other in the face. Yakuza 6…

Gravity Rush 2 Is Coming to PS4 in 2016

Kat is back. Gravity Daze returns to defy the laws of nature with Gravity Rush 2 Sony’s Japan Studio is bringing the eagerly awaited sequel to the PlayStation 4 next year. Footage of the game looks stunning. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is…