Senran Kagura, the booby 3DS game, isn’t only doing a product collaboration with adult goods store Akahige Pharmacy. It also has its own idol unit, Senran Kagura G-Feed. Curvy bikini pin-ups Chiaki Kyan, Maria Tainaka, Imao, Tsumi Kanna, and Mitsue Saitoh comprise the group, which dress in skimpy sheer-through outfits and dance. Regular Kotaku readers…
Dragon’s Dogma might be a stupid title, but the game is a stunner. Slated for a 2012 release, it’s an action game that Capcom game designer Hideaki Itsuno has wanted to make for years. As Kotaku previously reported, Dragon’s Dogma‘s top creators call it “the greatest action game we’ve ever made” and “the type of…
Sparklers | JULY 4, 1932: Elizabeth Young and Lyda Roberti celebrate the 4th with fireworks. (Photo: General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive | Getty) Space Station Internet Too Slow for Online Video Games Regarding life in space, everyone has three questions: How do you poop, has anyone screwed, and can you play video games up there. Alright,…
The PSN Store and Qriocity are finally coming back online in Japan on July 6, meaning that the PlayStation Network is finally back at 100 percent in Japan. The PSN was knocked offline after it was hacked in April. [Sony]
Remember in the early 1990s when people thought the future was virtual reality? And they made all those enormous things to wear on your head? And then people got sick with Nintendo Virtual Boys? Good times! Nobody told the folks at Tokyo’s Crescent, Inc. that the 1990s are, well, over. With the help of Takahiko…
Next year, Nintendo is releasing a new home console, the Wii U. Taiwanese component makers tell tech site DigiTimes that Sony is readying a new home console for 2012. But that’s not the interesting part. These component manufacturer sources tell DigiTimes that the PlayStation 4 will feature body-movement controls like Microsoft’s Kinect. That’s the interesting,…
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Spend any time in a major Japanese urban center and you’ll see him: the silver-haired, lab coat-wearing mascot for the Akahige Pharmacy. This ain’t your typical pharmacy. That’s okay, because Senran Kagura isn’t your typical game. The female characters in the 3DS game have giant breasts The idea for the game came to Senran Kagura‘s…
Nice To Meet Cha | OSAKA, JAPAN: Even Shinya Arino’s business card, which I got a few years back, says “Kacho”. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) The Zelda Game of My Dreams Reddit user thepixelartist, who is a “professional 3D artist” by trade, has taken the raw game files included with The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker…
There will be no more official Lara Croft girls. After having flesh-and-blood Tomb Raider spokesmodels, Eidos is ditching the fan service and focusing on creating a realistic in-game Lara Croft. That doesn’t mean totally unofficial Lara Croft models are going anywhere! Take these two nice ladies who recently competed at the UKAPP in Bristol. UKAPP?…
Today, the South Korea GRB (Game Rating Board) apparently approved Crysis for the Xbox 360. Crysis has not been released on the Xbox 360. It’s a Windows-only title. According to the Korea GRB, the game will be published by EA Korea. The rating page, which also went live today, specifically states the game is Crysis.…
The University of California at Santa Cruz is studying how WoW players arrange their interface elements to do various in-game tasks, such as raiding. If you play WoW, click on through and answer away! [WoWIU Study]
On July 2, Animate is opening its latest super store in Shinjuku. If you’ve never been to an Animate, they’re like hypermarts. For otaku. This latest Animate is no exception, with its four floors packed with anime, manga, and game goods. Need Inazuma Eleven shirts? Neon Genesis Evangelion wigs? How about Clamp goods or Final…
Pins and a calendar. Yep, that’s what Nintendo of America is giving Gold and Platinum Club Nintendo members. That’s kinda lame. No, that’s really lame. More in the link, bitching in the comments section. [Club Nintendo Thanks, GeeQ!]
This is Bowie’s “Space Oddity” via Star Fox. With puppets!
The box art for 3DS game Nintendogs + Cats looks similar to the box art for Nintendogs. Make that looked According to Japanese website Famicom Plaza, Nintendo said that the change was made to differentiate the two games. Some gamers might have trouble discerning which version is the DS one and which one is the…
Next month, Tokyo’s Ufotable Cafe is being turned into a special Tales cafe as part of a promotion for Namco’s Tales role-playing games. Then in September, the Tales cafe will move to an Ufotable in Tokushima. In both cafes, there will be special Tales themed food and drinks, a Tales exhibit, and more. For a…
Whenever a new console launches in Japan, people line up. And whenever there are lines, there’s often press there taking photos. During the last several hardware launches, I was there, doing just that. For Kotaku coverage, I always try to take as many pictures as I can at several different stores to get a better…
The 3D breasts were inevitable. After Nintendo revealed its glasses-free 3D portable, the Nintendo 3DS, it was only a brief matter of time before gamers in Japan could ogle 3D boobs them. Senran Kagura, the first of what’s likely to be many games with that feature, includes a bevy of top-heavy, jiggly ninjas. When Kenichiro…
Kickin’ | LONDON, ENGLAND: In 1999, Sega sponsored Arsenal. (Photo: Craig Prentis | Getty) Real World Modern Warfare 2 Maps Highlight of Call of Duty Convention This fall Call of Duty fans will be able to shoot up their friends in real-world, life-sized replicas of two of the game’s maps, grab a bite to eat…
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