Brian Ashcraft

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will not go on sale in Japan. According to the official Xbox Japan Blog, it was too difficult to get the Ultimate Edition, with its new content, to conform to Japanese ratings regulations. Previous Gears of Wars titles, however, were released in Japan.

From Euromast. Rotterdam, the Netherlands. By Kei Chung Chiu. 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 New Silent Hill Will Break Your Heart

There’s a new Silent Hill! It was just announced! Yay! But wait. Don’t get your hopes up, because they will be crushed. Just like when they were crushed when Silent Hills was cancelled. Okay, maybe not that bad, but still, frowny faces all around. The newly announced Silent Hill is for pachinko-slot machines. Why? Because…

Final Fantasy XV’s Backstory Shown in New Trailer

The latest Final Fantasy XV trailer is titled “Dawn,” and in it, we can see young Noctis and his dad King Regis. The events that take place fifteen years prior to Final Fantasy XV seem to involve two things: Rain and hugging. Oh! There’s a dog. Good thing they didn’t call this trailer “Dawg.” I’ll…

Higashi Honganji Garden. Kyoto, Japan. By Cheng Hoo Sew. 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!

Enter a Huge Butthole in Japan

If you’re in greater Tokyo and are looking for something to do, may I suggest walking through a giant anus? It’s for science! TV Tokyo, a large, proper television network, is holding a life-science type exhibit called Karada no Fushigi Daibouken 2015 (からだのふしぎ大冒険2015) or “The Mysterious Great Adventure of the Body 2015.” The event, which…

New Star Wars Battlefront Gameplay Takes To the Skies

Star Wars Battlefront will feature a new Fighter Squadron mode that will have Rebel starfighters duke it out with Imperial ships. Previously, we sawfive minutes of the game’s multiplayer. That clip was focused more on the ground forces. This one isn’t. The mode supports up to twenty combat fighters and, I guess, features a bunch…

Five Minutes of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Gameplay

At E3, we got a peek at gameplay for the series reboot, but now, here’s a look at an in-game mission. A five-minute look, that is. These security guards don’t seem to be good shots. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will be out in February 2016. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or…

Mount Fuji from the bullet train. Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. By Hien 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!

New Tokyo Cafe Is Cute, Will Melt Eyes

Colors so vivid your cornea will hurt. Fashion so sweet your teeth will hurt. Welcome to Kawaii Monster Cafe This themed cafe was created by artist Sebastian Masuda, who’s famous for his cuter than cute fashion shop 6% Doki Doki and creating the look for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s “PonPonPon” music video. I’ve always been a…

Here’s the debut trailer for Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky, the new JRPG from Tri-Ace and Spike Chunsoft. For more on this title, check Kotaku’s previous coverage.

Stars Wars Turned into Japanese Lanterns

Each August, traditional lantern floats are carried through the city of Aomori. This year, joining the traditional Japanese samurai floats, were Star Wars characters. Fitting, I know. The floats typically feature warriors, deities, and animals. See the below photos from Twitter user t_shicho, who lives in Aomori. [Photo: t_shicho] [Photo: t_shicho] George Lucas was heavily…

Arcade Creates Area for Worshipping Anime Girls

In Japan, there is an anime called Love Live! It’s about schoolgirl idols. It’s more than just popular. Way more. As Twitter user S1Amkshows, a Sega arcade in Osaka Prefecture set up a special area where Love Live! fans can prostrate themselves (bow completely down in what’s called “dogeza” or 土下座 in Japanese) before the…

Artist: Spitz | Track: Sarasara | Album: Sarasara/Boku wa kitto tabi ni deru Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

In South Korea, Dogs Are Getting Plastic Surgery

According to Chosun Ilbo, one of South Korea’s biggest newspapers, some people in South Korea are apparently getting cosmetic surgery for their pets. One unnamed veterinarian told the paper (via tipster Sang), “Plastic surgery for pets in the past were for medical reasons but the result also brought better looking dogs, so there is a…

The First Attack on Titan Movie Stinks

Attack on Titan, of course, is a massively successful—and popular—manga and anime series. This live-action entry is the Japanese film industry’s latest attempt to parlay manga and anime into cinema. Parlay? Sorry, plunder would be more fitting here. The first live-action Attack on Titan film from director Shinji Higuchi is volume one in a two-part…

Report: Konami Is Treating Its Staff Like Prisoners

According to a report on Nikkei, the corporate culture at Konami—home of Metal Gear, Silent Hill and Pro Evolution Soccer—hasn’t only soured over the past few years, but has become almost terrifyingly Orwellian. Nikkei’s report alleges that the culture at the corporation’s video game division, famous for its console games, worsened in around 2010 when…

Learn the Pikachu Dance

This August, the Pokemon Company is holding another big Pikachu event in Yokohama. To get folks ready, it released a five minute instructional video to learn the dance that’ll apparently be performed. Some of the moves are easy. Some are a little harder. This seems…tricky… But look at those Pikachu move. Here’s the whole clip.…

Attack on Titan Goes to Junior High in New Anime

Parody manga Attack on Titan: Junior High is getting an anime series. Hope you like giant eyes! (Oh, and giant Titans.) Attack on Titan: Junior High is set against Titan Junior High and follows the adventures of Eren and Mikasa as they deal with the trials and tribulations of growing up: school, teachers, and Titans.…

Astounding fact time. According to a new report (via Tech in Asia), China had 366 million mobile gamers during this year’s first half. That’s more than the population of the United States and Canada combined. That tends to happen with a population of 1.3 billion Chinese people!