The Kansai area of Japan includes Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto. It’s famous for its food, such as okonomiyaki and beef, its companies, like Panasonic and Nintendo, and its comedians, which include about half of the people on television. Japanese comedy is synonymous with Kansai. The country’s most famous comedy agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo, started in Osaka…
Pink | CHIBA, JAPAN – At TGS 2011, Haruna Anno had her own booth, which Kotaku didn’t get to visit. Sadly. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) RAGE Has Been a Long, Long Time Coming It’s not every day you get to play a new id game. If you’re not counting iPhone games (and we’re not counting…
Now that Gears of War 3 is out and reviewed, it’s time to talk about future Gears games. Because, why not? Those games make cashola! And Gears designer Cliff Bleszinski isn’t sick of them. Yet. Bleszinski told Develop that “there’s the long history of this war, tons of different stories to tell and thematically if…
Kotaku‘s already shown twenty-three blissful minutes of lag-free Battlefield 3. The game looks realistic. It’s like you’re right there on the Caspian border. Know what’s not realistic? Flying tanks. Oh, and spinning jeeps. Floating dudes, too. The above clip is from the Caspian Border map. In what it lacks in lengthy, lag-free gaming, it more…
Nintendo revealed this morning that 3D video shorts featuring DreamWorks Animation slated for Oct. as well as another Blue Man Group video. That’s not all, 3net is also providing a handful of clips. DreamWorks Animation is creating two Halloween-themed shorts for the 3DS, premiering this month. The first one is available starting today, and it…
Starting Oct. 3 on late night television, TV Tokyo is broadcasting a new program to promote Uncharted 3. It will ruin the game’s prequel. Literally. The show, dubbed UnchaTV, isn’t a live action drama, but the cutscenes from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves edited together into sixteen episodes. File this under either “spoilers” or “lazy”. The…
Over the weekend, bishoujo (beautiful young girl) game festival Dream Party steamrolled through Tokyo. Computer games weren’t the only place bishoujo popped up. They also decorated itasha Itasha, or literally “painmobiles”, are covered in decals that feature characters from popular anime, manga, and video games. This year’s Dream Party had tuned itasha on display. I’d…
Cult classic PlayStation 2 game Okami got a Wii port. It never got a NES version, because that system was well before the game’s time. But what if it did? Website 72pins reckons that the game’s 8-bit cartridge would look something like this. It also reckons that you can buy this mock-up for US$20. Other…
Kinect hacks provide an endless rabbit hole of would-be tech wizards using the peripheral for a rainbow of results. Some of them are amazing, such as this Kinect-controlled drone. Some of them are silly, such as this. This is a multiplayer-supported Kinect hack that gives both women and men “giant breasts” that they can shake…
Ever since Kamen Rider first fired up his motorcycle over forty years ago and kicked evil Shocker ass, one thing has been missing: a pleated-skirt and sailor-suit-wearing rider. That will change. Kamen Rider is a tokusatsu series that debuted in the early 1970s. It’s since spun off movies, toys, and video games. This December, Kamen…
Hunted | TOKYO, JAPAN – Capcom held its 2011 Monster Hunter Festa over the weekend. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Final PS Vita Box Design for Europe. Launch Apps, Too. When Sony detailed the PS Vita launch apps for Japan, the questions was how many of those would be available in the West. Well, how many?…
Near is the PS Vita’s social feature that scans the area for PS Vita brethern. Sony’s detailed Near at Gamescom and Tokyo Game Show, but with so many Vita features, it might have gotten lost in the shuffle. It’s a neat feature, and it’s worth teasing out. To use Near, press the Update button. Your…
What happens when you go the wrong direction in Forza Motorsport 4? You smash shit up. The cars sure make a noise on impact, especially compared to Gran Turismo 5, which sounded like a cardboard box being kicked. Though, pretty sure something like this is totally impossible. Call it a hunch. Crashing into Little Cars…
When Sony detailed the PS Vita launch apps for Japan, the questions was how many of those would be available in the West. Well, how many? The launch app for Europe include Welcome Park (PS Vita tutorial), Party (text and voice chat), PlayStation Store (shopping), Group Messaging (messaging), Photos (well, photos), Near (location-based gaming network),…
The PS3 version of Ni no Kuni, the prettiest game of this year’s Tokyo Game Show, is coming to America The game’s Japanese title needs an English localization, because its Japanese title Ni no Kuni: Shiroki Seihai no Jyoou is a mouthful in English. According to a U.S. government trademark registration by Level-5, the game…
Japan’s Tech Arts 3D doesn’t just make video games. It also makes things to put on your junk. Some might call this unnecessary or disgusting, I’ll call it multitasking. Tech Arts 3D is the studio behind computer title 3D Custom Girl, which allows players to create custom computer girls and then do things Last fall,…
As far as iconic games in Japan go, they don’t get any more iconic than Dragon Quest. It’s one of those rare games that still ensnares people who don’t game as much as they used to or don’t game at all. So in Japan, working on Dragon Quest must be a pretty big deal, no?…
Hatsune Miku is a virtual idol. She exists in the virtual space. In the latest Kids React, a group of kids react to the singer. Footage is shown of the Sega-produced Miku concert, and the kids, while initially WTF-ing, do offer up some insightful and open responses about the virtual popstar, as well as some…
Japan is expensive. Tokyo and Osaka consistently rank among the most expensive cities in the world. With the strong yen, Japan is even pricier for foreign visitors. It’s no steal for nerds, either. It’s highway robbery. Geek mecca Akihabara has a bevy of maid cafes to tempt otaku with cutesy food. Popular dishes include “rice…
Rising | PITTSBURGH, PA – During this past August, the new Batman flick was filmed in downtown Pittsburgh. (Photo: Keith Srakocic | AP) Some Concept Art From The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim If you buy the expensive collector’s edition of the new Elder Scrolls game, you’ll get a 200-page art book full of designs and…
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