Starting this month, Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog and his rival Knuckles are revving their engines. Their remote controlled engines. Based on the vehicles in Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing, these remote controlled cars can hit speeds of 7 mph, sport working headlights and operate on separate frequencies so that it’s possible to race against…
You know it, you love it, Dance Dance Revolution. Konami’s rhythm game is apparently coming to the PS3. Yes, that is an older model PS3. Via its Facebook page, Konami revealed that the game is *finally* PS3 bound: Yes, DanceDanceRevolution fans, it’s true-we’re bringing DDR to the PS3! And we’re bringing YOU to the launch…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: My Dreams Were My Ticket Back Here This evening, Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash returned to Osaka from their two-and-a-half week odyssey in America with my parents. They said they had fun! But I think they’re happy to be back home. Very happy to see them! Sucks that I’m getting a…
Nope. At this year’s E3 gaming expo, Capcom showed off two still-in-development Nintendo 3DS games: Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition and the tentatively titled Resident Evil: Revelations. Don’t look for them to be hitting your local game shop anytime soon, though. At a recent investors meeting, Capcom was asked whether it planned to release…
Square Enix is making a Kingdom Hearts game for the Nintendo 3DS. The main characters will be Sora and Riku, and players will alternate between them while playing as they make their way through the game’s “mysterious” story. How…mysterious! While unable to go into great length about the game system, designer Tetsuya Nomura says that…
On May 28, 2010, an early morning fire raged through a two-story house in Urbana, Illinois. All but one made it out safely. Ashley Ames, 23, was burned over 80 percent of her body and was airlifted into intensive care. On July 6, she sadly passed away due to medical complications. Volition’s Steve Jaros, senior…
As seen by Game Watch Impress at a Pocket Monsters Black & White event in Tokyo.
In Taiwan. With this lady. Sony is launching the PlayStation Move in Taiwan on September 15 and recently promoted the motion controller, some demo kiosks and a Nissan. There were balloons, too. There always are. [採訪]PS3體感新玩法！PS Move媒體搶先體驗會報導 [Mobile01 小惡魔新聞台]
Comedy writer and Sarah Silverman beau Alec Sulkin entertains himself with Halo music. More amusing Sulkin tweets over at his Twitter page. Alec Sulkin: Girlfriend gone [Twitter]
Photographers gather around a cosplay of Nintendo DS game Love Plus. As seen on 今日もやられやく via ANN by @mikedo2007
Nintendo UK Hints At 3DS Pricing Comment by: mindsale Nominated by: kyoshizen UK pricing follows a very simple formula. Take the price in US dollars, convert 1:1 for pounds, then roll 2 six-sided dice. Take the higher number first and use it as a tens-placeholder. Use the lower number for the ones-digit. Add the amount…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft How was Mexico? Good? Rested up, rarin’ to go? I’d love some Mexico food. Like right now. Please someone make it happen!! What you missed last night Game Cafe Robbed, Gamers Fight Back, Lots Of Punches To The Head 151 Pokemon Used As Sexual Innuendo The King Of Fighters XIII Is…
Meet Alodia Gosiengfiao. She’s a popular cosplayer, a gamer and totally interested in being a blood elf in the World of Warcraft flick. But she doesn’t just want to be in the movie, she’s apparently had a meeting with Legendary Pictures, the studio producing the big screen version of World of Warcraft, to discuss the…
Kotaku Japan, the Japanese version of Kotaku.com, is celebrating its one year anniversary. Congrats to the entire Kotaku Japan team!
As seen on はちま起稿
This Sunday, a cosplaying duo representing Italy beat out rivals from 14 other countries to take first place at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya. The winners dressed as Link and Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda. Luca Buzzi cosplayed as Link, while Giancarlo Di Pierro was Ganondorf. The finalists performed a 3-minute live-action play…
Namco Bandai’s “Tales” franchise is quite popular in Japan. It’s so popular that Tales of Vesperia caused the Xbox 360 to sell out in Japan — quite a feat considering the sluggish sales in the region. The company has confirmed three new Tales titles, which already leaked out earlier today on the Namco Bandai site.…
Arcade fighting game The King of Fighters XIII not only features jiggly ninja Mai Shiranui, it also features lots of bugs. That’s why the game needs special rules for tournament play. At Japan’s Tougeki fighting game tournament, there are special rules in place regarding the game’s bugs. Here are the bugs, and Tougeki’s rules regarding…
The StarCraft II jumbo jet has been spotted in Atlanta by reader John. Thanks John!
Well, maybe you’d like some more. Maybe this is enough. Maybe it’s not enough. I dunno! The Otakon pop culture convention, which was in Baltimore over the weekend, played host to its fair share of cosplayers. Website Japanator was on hand to capture them for posterity. Otakon, a mish-mash of “Otaku” and “convention”, has been…
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