Over in Hong Kong, PlayStation’s Asia branch just announced a limited edition Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 pack. The bundle includes both games (with English and traditional Chinese subtitles and the original Japanese voices) as well as eight eight post cards. It’ll be out September 13 in Hong Kong for HK$558 or US$72.…
Square Enix is being tight lipped about Final Fantasy Versus. And from the sound of it, that game could still be a while off. According to Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada, who recently spoke at a Final Fantasy anniversary event in Tokyo, said that Square Enix was “diligently making Final Fantasy Versus XIII“, but added,…
Aigis (née Aegis in Japan) from Persona is getting a new posable figure this December. It’s for Persona 4 Arena, and if you don’t like the color variation, sit tight. In January 2013, another color variation will hit—it’s a “Famitsu original color version”. Famitsu is a Japanese game magazine. You can see the new color…
Taiwan’s Weather Girls are have their sights set on Japan—not to make the weather “more fun” (they’ve already done that, apparently!) Rather, they hope to make it as popstars. Weather Girls originally debuted in August 2010 and were the brainchild of Next Media, the Taiwanese TV network famous for creating Sims-like news recreations. They didn’t…
China was one of the first countries to recognize internet addiction as a psychological illness—and then beat the crap out of people suffering from it. As The Register points out, a 2008 government supported report stated that those who gamed more than six hours in a day and then experienced withdrawal type symptoms suffered from…
There’s a new Persona! It’s…a card battle game. For smartphones. Oh.
In 1971, Bruce Lee did an interview—a great interview—on The Pierre Berton Show It was the martial arts superstar’s only TV interview. The 25-minute talk was believed to have been lost, but has since been archived—and more recently remixed by melodysheep. Also check out the full, original interview. If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely…
At Square Enix’s 25th Anniversary event today in Tokyo, company honcho Yoichi Wada took the stage and briefly mentioned Versus. Very briefly. Here’s what he said (via Japanese Final Fantasy blogger Marshal.Alloc): “I cannot say any more than, ‘We are making Versus!’ Please wait a little longer.” This raises all sorts of questions: Is the…
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy. And what better way to say Happy Anniversary than with a FF box set? That weighs 11 pounds? And costs US$445? The box includes the PlayStation disc versions of all the numeric Final Fantasy games from FFI to FFXIII. It also comes with a Crystal ArtWorks…
Hollywood is making a Metal Gear movie! Again! It sounds like production on the flick is just getting started (again). The project has a producer, but there’s no word of a director or screenwriter. More importantly, who is going to play Snake? Getting the jump on those big time Hollywood casting agents, Kotaku is here…
Once of the most memorable things about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the in-game gear. So when cosplayers Sheila and Sylar feel in love with the game, they decided to replica Skyrim’s Nightingale Armor for the above photo shoot. Because, you know, they being cosplayers and all. This is the result. The truly impressive…
In Tokyo earlier today, Konami held a 25th anniversary party for Metal Gear. Twenty five years! The time has just flown by. If you were hoping for Metal Gear 5, you’re going to be disappointed. But if you were hoping to be wowed, then wowed you will be. Here are the highlights from the event:…
Today at the 25th anniversary event for Metal Gear, Konami showed off a slew of Metal Gear related goods. Some of them you might want. Some, you might not. There was the usual array of gaming t-shirts (here, a collaboration between Uniqlo and Konami) as well as the more unusual: Metal Gear tights. They are…
Japan and South Korea are at odds over the Liancourt Rocks. In Japanese, they are called “Takeshima”, while in Korean they are known as “Dokdo”. Tensions between the two countries have now reached the point where giant robots are involved. Enter Robot Taekwon V. According to reports, the jumbo Korean bot is now doing for…
Tokyo police revealed that charges have been filed against former IBM exec Takumi Otoshi. On August 22, Otoshi allegedly used his iPod to film up a young woman’s skirt while riding the escalator at JR Yotsuya Station in Tokyo. Otoshi was the president of IBM Japan between 1999 and 2008. As Tokyo Reporter points out,…
Ah, the virtues of being patient. Screw that! While the iPhone 5 will be assembled in China, and while we should have specific details on it soon, one Chinese company decided it could not wait. So it made this. This is the “Goophone i5”. The Android phone was created based on leaks and renderings of…
Today in Tokyo, Konami showed off its brand new Fox Engine with a demonstration. The engine’s demo ran footage of something called Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. The thing is, this is not just a tech demo. This is an upcoming, new, open-world Metal Gear Solid game. “This announcement is a challenge from Kojima Productions…
Today at the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary event in Tokyo, Konami announced that a new Metal Gear was incoming, but it might not be coming to the platform of your choice. Dubbed Metal Gear Solid Social Ops, the game is a social networking game bound for Japan’s GREE platform. For those who don’t know what…
For years now, there has been chatter of a Metal Gear Solid movie. The project was at one time moving forward. Then, it seemed to die. Today, Konami stated that the movie is back on. Metal Gear Solid is going Hollywood. At today’s Metal Gear Anniversary event in Tokyo, photos show banners with the slogan…
In the West, few people care about Monster Hunter. Most really do not give a flip. Japan, however, is another story. There is one game Japan seems to desire more than any right now. That game is Monster Hunter 4 How important is Monster Hunter 4? This series made the PSP in Japan. When people…
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