Sine Mora is an upcoming shmup from No More Heroes developer Grasshopper Manufacture and Imperium Galactica studio Digital Reality. It’s an unlikely couple, but as Grasshopper honcho Goichi Suda said last August, “We think we can strongly benefit from having an ally such as Digital Reality in the digital publishing realm, who can provide long…
There are a handful of iPhone games that pretty much everyone who owns an iPhone has. Cut the Rope is one of them. And it’s getting a sequel. Cut the Rope: Experiments follows that little green monster Om Nom as he’s discovered by a scientist, eager to study the critter’s love of candy. The game…
Bath Time | NAGANO, JAPAN: Capcom and Shibu Hot Springs collaborate for a Monster Hunter promotion. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) League of Legends Gets New Fast-Paced Game Mode, Map The Defense of the Ancients genre seems to be heating up. Last week Heroes of Newerth went free to play. Earlier this week we learned that…
Remember that city in Japan that created a Pikachu ripoff? Sure you do! Kotaku posted about it yesterday. The character Eco-chan opened an environmental center in Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture and was supposed to be used in green publicity campaigns. According to Japanese news reports, it was only after the character’s costume was complete that a…
Sure, the timeline leaves out the gangsters and the love hotels (and even the Kamen Rider blocks), but it does hit Nintendo’s gaming high points from the late 19th century to 2011. In that time, Nintendo’s gone from a small company that made playing cards to a high tech international powerhouse. But one thing hasn’t…
Today, soccer player Naoki Matsuda died due to cardiac arrest complications. He was 34 years old. Also today, a PSP game he promoted went on sale in Japan. The game is Sega soccer title Make a J. League Pro Soccer Club! 7 Euro Plus for the PSP, and Matsuda even appeared as a special download.…
Former Xbox 360 exclusive The Idolmaster 2 is coming to the PS3. Players get a huge amount of what was paid DLC on the Xbox 360 free of charge. It doesn’t stop there. Namco Bandai is including a “Gravure 4 You” mini-game in the limited edition PS3 version that allows players to snap photos of…
This past spring, Japanese peripheral maker Hori said it would make a specialized Miku Hatsune rhythm game controller if enough people pre-ordered it. Enough people did, and Hori made the controller. And it’s huge. The controller is for the PS3 version of the Hatsune Miku arcade game. Just look at it! The controller isn’t exactly…
It’s one of Japan’s dirty secrets. Summer after summer, parents get their gaming fix at pachinko parlors, leaving small children in the car. Alone. To die. Pachinko’s existed in Japan for decades, gaining popularity in the years following the war. In the last several decades, pachinko machines have become increasingly high tech. Game developers, like…
Tera Firma | TOKYO, JAPAN: Cosplay show at a recent Tera event. (Photo: アキバブログ) Borderlands 2 Is Official. Borderlands 2 Is Coming. Post-apocalyptic shooter Borderlands is getting a sequel. It’s called Borderlands 2 The Sweeping Video Game Art of Nicolas Bouvier Frenchman Nicolas Bouvier has been drawing pretty pictures for the video game industry since…
When nerd heroine Shoko Nakagawa isn’t appearing in Pokémon movies, she’s putting molted bug shells in her hair. And when she’s not doing that, she’s doing other things, like appearing in commercials! Such as a series of spots for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, a game that she was extremely excited to…
Post-apocalyptic shooter Borderlands is getting a sequel. It’s called Borderlands 2 Currently in development, the title is being created by Gearbox Software, who developed the first title (above). Like the previous title, the game is slated for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. “Combining invention and evolution, Borderlands 2 features all-new characters, skills, environments, enemies,…
Well, there was a fox temple Star Fox developer Dylan Cuthbert told Kotaku about. But that’s not all. The game was also inspired by British television. In a recent Nintendo interview, both company president Satoru Iwata and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto professed their love for 1960s British puppet show Thunderbirds Miyamoto admitted that licensing Thunderbirds…
There have been gamers who’ve hacked games to ask their special someone to take the plunge, but how many game studios have decided to lend a hand in popping the question? Q-Games is the Kyoto-based studio behind a whole host of wonderful titles, such as the PixelJunk series. It doesn’t only make video games, it…
To mark Dragon Quest‘s big anniversary, Square Enix is holding an exhibit of 25 years of DQ at the Mori Arts Center in Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills from October 8 to December 4. If you’re in Tokyo, check it out. 勇者の数だけ冒険がある！ ”誕生25周年記念 ドラゴンクエスト展”開催決定 [ファミ通.com] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at…
Far Cry 2 is a high-powered shooter for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. That’s not all, apparently! According to the resume of Ubisoft’s Philippe Baude, there was a version of Far Cry 2 in the works for the PSP and the Wii in late 2006 and early 2007, but the games were cancelled. Far…
First released on the PC in 2008, Fortune Arterial is an 18-years-old-and-up visual novel. There’s been anime and manga versions, and there was supposed to be a PS3 and PSP port. Supposed to be. The game’s PS3 and PSP versions, which would not have been adults only, have been cancelled. Visual novel studio August is…
Colonel Sanders gives Neon Genesis Evangelion a makeover to the bewilderment and delight of Japanese netizens. Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese staple that encompasses an array of mediums, perhaps most notably anime Kentucky Fried Chicken is also a Japanese staple that has been synonymous with Christmas since the early 1970s (more here). Turkey is…
For years, armchair photographers have made do with crappy convention center backdrops while taking cosplay photos. That’s changing. In Japan, you can rent studio space and hire cosplayers at speciality studios like PhotoPlus and Cutie Factory, by the day or hour. The studios are often converted apartments with cute bedrooms and moody parlors that provide…
Level-5, best known for its talking role-playing games and Professor Layton puzzle games, is behind the new Gundam series called Mobile Suit Gundam Age. Does that mean the giant mecha will speak? No. Level-5 boss Akihiro Hino addressed chatter that Gundam mechas will talk in Mobile Suit Gundam Age, calling it a “misunderstanding” that the…
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