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Arcade Life. Tokyo, Japan. By Eigotaku | Official Site JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Track: Terminal Slam | Artist: Squarepusher | Album: Be Up A Hello

Composer Joe Hisaishi Describes His Creative Process

Princess Mononoke. Castle in the Sky. Kikujiro. It’s hard to imagine any of these films without composer Joe Hisaishi’s iconic scores. Decade after decade, he’s consistently written some of the most memorable movie music of our time. Thank goddess for that. This month, Hisaishi is releasing a best-of, 2-disc compilation album Dream Songs: The Essential…

Dragon Ball‘s Failure Meme Got An Enormous Sculpture

Yamcha sucks, sure, but an enormous statue of the character’s famous meme pose does not. Pictured is Yamcha’s Death Pose. The character met this grim fate at the hands of the weak baddie Saibaman, and the pose has come to symbolize utter failure. This huge statue version of that pose is anything but. It was…

Sony says it has shipped a total 108.9 million PS4s worldwide as of December 2019. Sales were down 20 percent in the last quarter due to lower PS4 console and game sales, which Sony attributed to the PS5 announcement and the PS4 being in its seventh year. 

Red Panda at Canberra National Zoo. Australia. By Ramón Avendaño Arechavala. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Why Platinum Games Wants Another Shot At The Wonderful 101

Platinum Games is hoping to crowdfund The Wonderful 101 to the Nintendo Switch—and maybe even Steam and PS4. That could mean the quirky 2013 Wii U action-strategy game gets introduced to a whole new generation. It could also result in a nicer, gentler Hideki Kamiya on Twitter. Temporarily, at least! “We weren’t originally aiming to…

Funimation Says Anime Interspecies Reviewers Goes Too Far, Stops Streaming It

Each season, I write short, one-sentence summaries of upcoming anime. Here is the one for Interspecies Reviewers: “An elf and a human visit various brothels to see which humanoid species they like best.” So, yeah, here’s a show about characters having sex with different human-like species to figure out which one is their favorite. The…

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma is leaving Capcom. He made the announcement on Twitter, adding that he will continue to work in the game industry. “I’m sure our paths will cross again!”

Osaka Castle Rooftop. Osaka, Japan. By Justin Weegar. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Track: Keep Tryin’ | Artist: Utada Hikaru | Album: Keep Tryin’

The Taipei Game Show has been postponed due to coronavirus. It was scheduled for Feb. 6 to Feb. 9 but now will take place this summer. “Considering mass gatherings like Taipei Game Show increase the chance of cluster infections,” the official site reads, “the organizing committee has decided to steer away from such unthinkable risks.”

Cloud Strife Looks Great In A Dress In Final Fantasy VII Remake

In the original Final Fantasy VII, Cloud Strife dons a dress as part of a rescue mission. Way back in 2015, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura said the character would once again wear a dress in the remake, and now the character finally shows off those threads. The original Honey Bee Inn looked like it was…

Golden Pavilion. Kyoto, Japan. By Ramón Avendaño Arechavala JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line Brian Ashcraft

Chun-Li Cosplayer Now Treating Coronavirus Patients

Previously, Kotaku introduced Yuan Herong. She’s a bodybuilder who works as a physician in Shandong Province, China.  “I’m a doctor,” she recently wrote on Instagram, adding that she “must [be] on the front line” and that she needed to do her best to fight the epidemic. “171 cases of new pneumonia were cured and 15238…

Track: Kiss Like the Sun | Artist: Jake Bugg | Album: Kiss Like the Sun

Damn, The Nintendo Switch Is Doing Well

Today, Nintendo released its financials for April to December 2019. One thing that sticks out is just how much of the company’s coffers are filled by the Switch. It’s not surprising considering a revamped Switch console, the Switch’s China launch and the Pokémon Sword and Shield juggernaut. During this period, software sales were powered by…

The Japanese Esports License System Is A Mess

In Japan, there is a gaming license system that defines what a pro player is. The system was established in February 2018 and nearly two years later, the awkward stop-gap seems like a mess. The reason given for creating this gaming license is to get around the legal restrictions that have prevented esports from taking…

Live-Action One Piece Coming To Netflix, Eiichiro Oda Involved

The hugely successful One Piece is making the jump from manga (and anime) to live action. Working with Tomorrow Studios, Netflix has okayed a ten-episode adaptation. Tomorrow Studios is currently working on a live-action version of Cowboy Bebop with John Cho. That production is currently on hold after Cho injured his knee during the shoot.…

Tokyo Dome. Tokyo, Japan. By Jon Eigotaku | Twitter JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line