On April 19, sister site Gizmodo.com broke the exclusive news that Apple has been working on a new iPhone. Now, authorities are considering whether to file criminal charges over its sale, reports The New York Times. According to NY Times blog Bits Blog, the district attorney in San Mateo County in California has the option…
Hello! It’s Friday. Time to pull up a chair and sit down in it. And talk. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You…
Aigis from Japanese role-playing game Persona 3 is getting a couple of limited edition statues. One features her in heavy armor. The other doesn’t. Let’s look at that one. This is the “normal version”, which was sculpted by Yusuke Mazaki of Sakura Zensen, shows Aigis sans heavy armor. The 265mm-high statue is priced at ¥16,000…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Walks and Swordplay I kinda wanna go to the planetarium. Planets are awesome! What you missed last night StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty: Once More Into The Campaign If Mario Had Grown Up, He’d Look This Badass Seven Minutes Of StarCraft II In All Its Single Player Glory Xbox 360:…
Last year, legendary film maker Ridley Scott signed on to helm a prequel to the Alien film he directed 1979 sci-fi classic Alien. The idea of Scott doing another Alien film sounds terrific. But is it actually going to happen? “There’s no question about it,” Scott tells MTV, “we’re going to make the film.” Currently,…
In Japan, role-playing game Nier has been released in two flavors: Nier Replicant for the PS3 and Nier Gestalt for the Xbox 360. Which version do you think is more popular in Japan? So in Japan, the most popular version is, wait for it, the PS3 version. Shocking! The difference between the two versions is…
June 24 is going to be a big day for otaku games in Japan. Enormous. Gianormous. Huuuuuuuuuuge. Here’s why: On June 24, a slew (yes, a slew) of otaku-geared titles go on sale. An insane number of games. Crazy, crazy, crazy! From checking the calendar, I cannot seem to pin point why all these games…
Cure Cosplay Festival 2 is Japan’s biggest costume play happening. It is so big that here is yet another post. The event was held in Yokohama this past weekend. Tickets were ¥1,800 and ¥2,500 (US$19 and $27) for cosplayers and non-cosplayers. More pics in the link below. ブラック★ロックシューター・東方などの人気作コスプレイヤーが中も海も魅せる 大型コスプレイベント「Cure Cosplay Festival Vol.2」レポ 【前編】 [moeyo.com]
Now you have. The official Gundam Cafe is opening this Saturday in Tokyo’s Akihabara. Here is a look at what to expect — not just coffee, snacks and robots, but booze and spiffy staff outfits. As previously mentioned, there are other “Gundam cafes” across Japan, and they typically feature bars decorated Gundam models or Gundam-themed…
Avatar is the biggest grossing movie of all time. It’s video game version is not. It is, instead, a miserable failure. Why? In a keynote at the 3D Gaming Summit in Los Angeles, Wired.com reports that Avatar producer Jon Landau said movie studio Fox did not understand the needs of game company Ubisoft regarding the…
We’ve already seen an Apple iPad taken apart, but we haven’t seen one x-rayed. Until now. The iPad is not on sale in Japan yet. One orthopedic surgeon from Fukuoka got his hands on an iPad and did what anyone with an x-ray machine would do. He…x-rayed it. No iPad was hurt in the process.…
Motion capture actors might be gaming’s unsung heroes. Film director Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes) might have something to sing about, though. British model Jacqui Ainsley did the motion capture for character Madison Paige in PS3 psychological thriller Heavy Rain. As video game website CVG points out, the picture up top is what Ainsley actually looks…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Must Get Zombrex When I first came to Japan, I weighed about 59 kilograms (130 pounds). I think I’m like 5 foot eleven inches? I forget. Anyhoo, I used to be really thin. At that time, all I did was smoke and wander the streets late at night. I don’t…
Bayonetta is an action game that stars a character named Bayonetta who wears a body suit made out of hair and has pistols in her high heels. Forza Motorsport 3 is a racing game. What do they have in common? In Japan, both are part of a new Xbox 360 bundle. The bundle comes with…
Upcoming 2D arcade fighting game The King of Fighters XIII already has curvy ninja Mai Shiranui in its line-up. But just because KOFXIII has Mai, that doesn’t mean the line-up is finalized. Two more fights are entering the fray. Assassin Vice, who first made her debut in The King of Fighters ’94, and Takuma Sakazaki,…
Not only does Lotte’s gum make your breath minty fresh, it also turns all the ladies around you into moé anime characters. Chew on that. Lotte’s television ad campaign features the girls of manga/anime franchise Haruhi Suzumiya popping up all over the place. Wonder who the old lady turns into… Light novel The Melancholy of…
The popularity of Japanese erotic games does not rest solely on the game’s concept, story or illustrations. The actors who lend their vocal talents to the game are important, too. But they’re not free! According to Japanese bulletin board 2ch (via website Canned Dogs) the average rate per word is ¥100 (US$1), and popular voice…
In Japan, cars covered with stickers depicting anime and game characters are called itasha, or literally “painmobile”. Bicycles covered in stickers are called itachari (“paincycle”). And jet skis? Jet skis! They’re called “awesome”. These ita-jet skis were on display at the recent Moe-Haku 2010. The Yamaha booth even had a waverunner featuring vocaloid character Hatsune…
In December 2009, a special version of Gran Turismo hit the PS3 as a download. The twenty fastest drivers then competed for a chance to enter the GT Academy bootcamp. Only two were selected. And now one has won. France’s Jordan Tresson was been declared the winner of GT Academy 2010. The Frenchman underwent a…
Paul W.S. Anderson is famous for two things: Being Mr. Milla Jovovich and making movies based on video games. He’s now keen to spread his wings and create video games. “In the future,” the filmmaker told MTV News, “I want to be developing intellectual properties that will occupy both spaces simultaneously.” Anderson has brought survival…
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