Not everyone can stomach 3D like a pro. Some gamers might feel dizzy or even ill. According to British tabloid The Sun (yeah, I know), “HUNDREDS of furious gamers have slammed Nintendo’s new 3DS console – for making them feel ill.” Nintendo’s UK office is denying this, reports website MCV. “We’ve had zero calls on…
Nike Dunk sneakers get a Pokémon make-over. [via Flickr via Pimp My Kicks via GameFreaks]
Shigesato Itoi, who’s perhaps best known in Japan as a copy writer and TV personality, already said that there will be no Mother 4. Making Mother 3 was no easy task. That doesn’t mean there still isn’t hope – however faint that might be. In an upcoming issue of Japanese magazine “Brutus”, there’s a four…
Dated for June, Child of Eden is the upcoming rhythm action game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the game designer responsible for the classic shooter Rez. The actors in the trailer appear to be wearing white gloves – something that Mizuguchi’s done in the past when showing Child of Eden’s Kinect version at gaming events. This makes…
Starting January 1, 2012, groundbreaking will commence on a new Nintendo R&D center in Kyoto. Nintendo is pouring over USD$15 million into the new facility that will house over 1,500 employees. The site is adjacent to Nintendo’s current headquarters (pictured) and previously housed a golf center, which Nintendo had bulldozed in 2008. The goal is…
While AR Games might be the 3DS’s holy shit moment, there are plenty of holy shit moments to go around. Final Fantasy has its own on the iPhone. New app Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy AR allows folks to downloaded AR models of Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning, Final Fantasy VII’s Cloud, Warrior of Light from the…
Large breasts and video games are not strangers. But apparently, sometimes breasts are not large enough? Sometimes they need a little help? The latest downloadable content for Xbox 360 game The Dream Club Zero is doing just that. The newly released DLC offers players an array of costumes like a “Fox Mask” or a “Samba…
Starting April 1, 2011, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima will be a Vice President and Corporate Officer at Konami! [via Konami]
Because Zynga is promoting a new FarmVille expansion, FarmVille: English Countryside, that’s why.
After Irem outright canceled Disaster Report 4, rumors swirled that the studio would no longer be releasing new copies of previous Disaster Report games. Disaster Report 4 was to be Irem’s first PS3 game. The fate of the studio’s second PS3 game seems equally grim. Steambot Chronicles 2 (aka Poncotsu Roman Daikatsugeki Bumpy Trot 2),…
According to Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims, etc.), his new company, Stupid Fun Club, doesn’t seem to be recognized by the E3 game expo. Wright tweets, “So apparently the E3 folks decided my new company (The Stupid Fun Club) isn’t in the electronic entertainment industry….” Wright says E3 is refusing to let his art director…
In the days following the Tohoku Earthquake, Japanese people across the country began doing what they could for the relief efforts by rolling up their sleeves and giving blood. Just days after the quake hit, the Japanese Red Cross blood donation centers were running at a surplus. “People seem to feel the need to do…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Pokémon-branded café au lait and strawberry au lait beg kids to drink them all. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) Wake Up, Kotaku Meet The Queen Of Metal Gear Cosplay Noted for her detailed and highly realistic cosplay, Omi Gibson is a regular at events like the Tokyo Game Show. But there’s one thing…
Okay, it’s not a movie, but crime game L.A. Noire is an Official Selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. There will be an “interactive screening”, followed by a Q&A. This is the first game ever recognized by the Tribeca Film Festival, which was co-founded by Robert De Niro. [via Take-Two]
In July 2010, internet person Akula started a new project – and a very ambitious project at that. Akula wanted to turn video game Battlefield Bad Company 2 into a tabletop game. Writes Akula, “My plan is to build a table, based upon the ‘Arica Harbour’ map, in BF:BC2, paint up the necessary miniatures/vehicles represented…
Homefront might be out – and not living up to the hype. But that’s okay! The game has a creepy Easter Egg. Spotted by website Genuine Gamers, the Easter Egg can apparently be found during the second mission (checkpoint “Meet up with Rianna”). After entering an old school, some boxes sit in front of the…
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals is an upcoming tactical shooter for the PS3 that is in multiplayer beta. Want to know a good tactic? Use the shotgun. Excuse the music and the on-screen text additions (ungh), but this clip shows the shotgun in use – namely, how it is able to pick off enemies at…
Sure, Kinect can be used for good – stuff like possibly helping the blind. But it also can be used for evil. And I’m not just talking about rumored Forza 4 motion controls. UK-based Pufferfish design makes spherical displays for a variety of uses that range from Coldplay’s Viva La Viva Tour to Disney’s Epcot…
Not sure why. It seems the guy wants to sell it or something. Not sure how I feel about the exposed disc drive and the ever-so-close shoulder buttons. Or the sides, which seem to be held by stitching. After talking about the portable, he shows three games running on the machine. The whole clip is…
That is, according to a pair of LinkedIn profiles. The crazy shooter, which Square Enix suddenly killed this month, seems to have been in development since 2007 and not by Square Enix. But now, it’s dead. [via Siliconera]
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