Brian Ashcraft

Report: Guilty Gear Coming to the PS Vita

Next year, Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus R is apparently headed to the PS Vita, bringing Guilty Gear arcade excitement to Sony’s portable. The game will feature full voice acting. You can see what’s believed to be a leaked scan below. Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus R is a rebalanced and enhanced version of Accent…

Report: Earth Defense Force 4 (PS3/Xbox 360) hits Japan in 2013. The game will have online multiplayer.

Report: Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney will be out November 29 in Japan.

In China, McDonald’s Makes Both a White Burger and a Black Burger

You are looking at a Black and White Hamburger combo. That’s right, the hamburger wizards at McDonald’s in China figured out how to make what looks like the hamburger equivalent of the black & white cookie—but needed two burgers to do it. As website TheBeijinger points out, this isn’t just a black and white burger…

The Greatest Pokémon Mystery: Where Is Ash’s Father?

If you’ve ever seen the Pocket Monsters anime series, you’ll wonder where the heck Ash’s father is. His mom, Delia Ketchum, pops up in the series. But dear old Dad? He’s nowhere to be seen. What’s more, from what I can remember, Ash’s father hasn’t really been referenced in the anime, save for a mention…

Some Guy Remade Final Fantasy VII in LittleBigPlanet 2

Gamer Jamie Colliver poured six months of his life into recreating classic role-playing game Final Fantasy VII in LittleBigPlanet 2—including all the conversations, characters, enemies, bosses, and music. To complete the effect, Colliver used LBP2‘s Final Fantasy VII costumes, which have been available for a while You can see the entire FFVII story retold in…

Playing Video Games on the Train Is Both Frustrating and Wonderful

This animated gif is from the Production I.G version of manga Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san and shows just how some handheld gaming can liven up the most boring of commutes. yondemasuyo azazel san [Transethnic Japanese] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune…

Game Developers Arrested for “Spying” [Update]

According to reports out of Greece, two Czech citizens have been arrested for “spying”. They were caught with photos and video of a military installation and arrested in the Greek island of Lemnos and are claiming to be video game developers for Bohemia Interactive. Reports state that Greek authorities took the two into custody for…

The Creator of Ikaruga Fires Out a New Game

As far as shooters go, they don’t get much more iconic than Ikaruga. The game’s director, Hiroshi Iuchi, is about to release a brand new shooter. It’s called Kokuga, and it’s for the 3DS. Have a look. Ikaruga Designer’s Nintendo 3DS Shoot-em-up Out This Month; Here’s A Trailer [Siliconera] Kotaku East is your slice of…

Sony Showing Off Its Newest Head-Mounted Display

At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Sony will roll out the latest prototype for its head-mounted display. Sony worked with an outside research team on this prototype, which promises 360 degrees of freedom while enjoying movies, music, and looking goofy. Sony to show off HMZ Prototype AR HMD at TGS [NeoGAF] Kotaku East is your…

Go Ahead, Roll This 3DS Stylus All Over Your Face!

It’s not just a 3DS stylus. It’s a beauty roller. You can use it to play 3DS games and massage your mug, because nothing says video games like rolling things on your face. This face roller uses germanium, which apparently has semi-conductive properties and is known for its healing abilities. So, supposedly, if you use…

Like Those Resident Evil Movies? Well, Get Ready for a Monster Hunter Flick.

Paul W.S. Anderson has made a whole bunch of Resident Evil movies. And those movies have made a whole bunch of money. But Anderson doesn’t only have eyes for Capcom’s survival horror franchise. Apparently, he’s keen to bring Monster Hunter to the silver screen, too. In an interview with Cinema Today, Anderson said, “Recently, I…

Meet Japan’s Boy Band Nazi

Is there anything more innocuous than Japanese boy bands? Not when one of their members dresses like a Nazi S.S. officer, tortures himself, and then has a dance battle. With himself. The actual video makes even less sense. Trust me. For his solo single “Black or White”, boy band singer Koki Tanaka, who is a…

Iron Chef Is Returning to Japan (Kitchen Stadium Lives!)

After a 13-year hiatus, Iron Chef is returning to Japanese television. The show, which originally ran from 1992 to 1999 in Japan, became a cult hit abroad after it was dubbed for Western audiences (see above). It’s not yet known whether host Takeshi Kaga and his bell pepper will be returning for the show. Gamers…

I See Lots of Milla Jovovich, But Not Much Bingbing Li

Late last week, stories surfaced that Bingbing Li, the actor who plays Ada Wong in the new Resident Evil movie, wants nothing to do with Japan. You know, the country that made Resident Evil. And it now looks like Li got her wish not to appear on the Japanese RE: Retribution movie posters. Li skipped…

The Metal Gear Rising Demo Sure Looks Pretty

Here’s a photo of Raiden from the Metal Gear Rising demo that will appear at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The image was snapped off a TV, but damn, it looks good. And check out those skies. There’s another image below, and heck, it looks nice, too. For all the too-good-to-be-true screenshots that often plague…

In Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3‘s story mode, you can “choose your own adventure”.

Are These 3DS Characters Making Fun of South Korea? I Don’t Think So!

One of the surprise 3DS hits of this summer was the 3DS Kobito Dukan game. Those little troll characters are increasingly all over the place with stickers, plush toys, and key chains available for those to purchase. According to a news report out of South Korea, some Koreans visiting Japan are making a mistake: They…

Shirtless Sailor Moon Is the Stuff of Nightmares

Next summer, Sailor Moon is getting a new anime. The above statue, however, is not a new character design. I’m not sure what the hell it is—other than a seemingly shirtless statue with scary drawn-in eyes. Otaku blogger Danny Choo spotted this at a shopping mail in Jakarta and decided to share the horror with…

Mega Man Online Might Be Cancelled

South Korea’s NeoWiz has been working on a MMORPG version of Mega Man, dubbed Rockman Online (Mega Man Online). However, corporate restructuring earlier this year appears to have impacted development. Rockman Online‘s lead artist, Kang Dong Hwa, seems to have indicated on his blog that the project has been shelved. However, he apparently did not…