A brother argument over video games has ended in death when an 11-year-old Mississippi boy accidentally shot his 9-year-old brother in the chest with a shotgun. According to Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson, “The younger brother allegedly got mad because he got beat at some video games and got the gun.” The father was outside…
Osaka nerds can breathe easy. Hopefully. Two male suspects have been arrested for “otaku gari”, AKA “otaku hunting.” Back in 2006-7, there seemed to be several cases of otaku hunting, but since then, the streets have been relatively safe. This latest duo targeted their victims in Osaka’s Den-Den Town, the gaming/anime/manga/electronics district of the city…
Announced at E3, Meta Gear Arcade is slated to come to Japanese arcades this year. This week’s Famitsu magazine has a short piece on the game — few, if any, new details, though. The game is an upgraded version of PS3 title Metal Gear Online with a special added feature: 3D Googles. The shooter connects…
Those North Americans looking to buy a localized version of Warriors Orochi Z, bad news! Koei has canceled the title for the region. The game is a PS3 repackaging of the first two titles in the series plus bonus new characters. It was going to be released in North America as Warriors Orochi: The Collective,…
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Just goes to show that Project Natal can be used by young and old, famous and not-so-famous, pro athletes and couch potatoes alike. Bonus cameos by former NFL greats Eric Dickerson and Willie Gault. (Does Sugar Ray Leonard bathe in virgin blood or something? That guy has hardly aged!) Destructoid – Even famous people look…
This year, both Microsoft and Sony announced motion technology platforms. This comes years after Nintendo first launched its own motion controlled console, the Wii. So what does Nintendo think? According to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, “To tell the truth, I expected them to come up with stuff like this last year. So in my mind…
Just when we were getting used to giant Gundam crotch, the rest of the life-sized statue has appeared. That’s right, the mecha monument is just about done. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the mecha anime/manga/toy/video game franchise, this 18-meter-tall (59-foot-tall) RX-78 has been erected. Part of the “Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Project,” the…
Let’s. Because, honestly, language matters! And when you’re watching a Final Fantasy XIII cutscene in English or Japanese, it can totally change the mood. This YouTube clip compares the Japanese and English language tracks. Which do you prefer? Thanks, Darryl!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Recovered? So……………. My two-week contracts aren’t working out so well! I didn’t it but a few hours before I had to take ’em out. Tried to type with my laptop a few inches from my nose, but that was a blur — leading to creative spellings like “Dong Kong” instead…
Good morning, people on Kotaku Time! To get you off the proper foot today, we offer this music, morning music, if you will. And if you don’t like the Super Mario Land them, then you can always admire the headwear and shirts and pile of dirty clothes in the back. Remember, violins are awesome. Violinists…
First-person-shooter meets role-playing-game Borderlands may not be cel-shaded, but it may have a release date. According to game site Shacknews, that release date is this October. The game was originally slated for last year, but then delayed. And if everything goes well that delay should end when the game is out this fall. Check out…
Here are new Final Fantasy XIII screens, which were previously on a Weekly Shonen Jump scan. We can see characters Snow and the Shiva twins. When summoned has the twins transform by dancing around each other, gently holding hands and spreading their legs and joining at the hips to create a motorcycle. Hot. 『ファイナルファンタジーXIII』の最新画像を公開！ バトル画面には謎の表示が多数！…
The Nintendo DS is used to play games, communicate with friends and, in Japan, take tests. Yay? The Kyoto-based game maker has teamed up with Sharp System Products to produce Nintendo DS Classroom. The game software enables students to use DS consoles in case to do multiple choice exercises and take tests. A room full…
Did you know that May is over? We did. Know why? Because we have calendars. Do you have a calendar? Famitsu does, and it has complied sales data for the period beginning April 27 and ending on March 31. Let’s have a look! Can you feel the suspense? Can you, can you, can you? 10.…
Looking for a rough release window for Capcom’s Lost Planet 2? Look no further than the game’s Japanese site. The Xbox 360 version will be hitting The Land of the Rising Sun this winter. That’s what the LP2 website says. Don’t forget that “this winter” is also February 2010 — that, and the game, like…
Yep, Evangelion’s Misato is reading the news in a very, very mechanical voice. The news program runs on software that collects news from real-life news (politics, the economy, sports and, yes, the anime industry). A Cellius voice synthesis engine is used to have Misato read said news in real time on this Nerv News 24…
The Japanese population is shrinking. People are not having babies like they used to. Koei Tecmo, the folks behind hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors and boobs-and-high-kicks Dead or Alive, to the rescue! Starting this month, the company is offering the a gift payment that’s the equivalent of US$20,300 to employees who have their third child. Those having…
The Wii Vitality Sensor tracks a players pulse while playing. A novel Nintendo idea — or is it? Nintendo has never been afraid of mining its own past for new product ideas — take the DS’s dual screen design that echoes Nintendo’s own Donkey Kong multi-screen Game & Watch. The Wii Vitality Sensor appears to…
Masi Oka, star of TV’s Heroes, has pitched a movie concept to studio DreamWorks based on massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Called The Defenders, it’s a family adventure based on Oka’s own experiences playing MMORPGs, and follows a group of gamer teens who only know each other via their online identities. An unnamed threat rears…
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