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On the Street. Hong Kong. By Willis Lai. 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!

The 58 Playable Characters in Project X Zone 2

What do Capcom, Sega, Bandai-Namco, and Nintendo all have in common? They all lend characters from some of their most popular franchises to team up in the mega-crossover, Project X Zone 2 [Spoiler Warning: One of these character portraits—taken from the Project X Zone 2 official site—is basically a spoiler for their parent game (which…

This Anime Wants to Help You Work Out

I’m no strangerto working out to anime, but this is the first time I’ve actually had the anime characters work out alongside me. Last season, we looked at an anime that had cute boys whisper sweet nothings to you before bedtime. In the same vein, Anime de Training EX is a short-form anime where cute…

Tiny ‘Arcade’ Set Up in Tokyo Train Station

To show how digital payments work on arcade games, the folks at Taito set up a teeny, temporary game center at Akihabara Station in Tokyo. Digital money payments are not new at Japanese arcades. Over ten years ago, you could use mobile phones to make e-money payments to play arcade games at, for example, Sega’s…

All Aboard Japan’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens Train

This all makes sense for a country that already has, not one, but two Star Wars airplanes. As part of the seemingly endless Force Awakens promotional push, the Nankai Rapi:t train service, which runs between Kansai International Airport and Osaka City’s Namba Station, is getting covered in a good helping of the Force. According to…

The Korean Ratings board, known to leak unannounced games, has listings for an Xbox One and a PS4 version of Resident Evil 6. Kotaku reached out to Capcom, who replied, “No announcements have been made.” [Thanks, Sang!]

First Details about the New Valkyria [Update]

As Kotaku reported yesterday, there’s a new Valkyria game. We didn’t know much about the game. Now, we know a little more. First, the game’s official English title is Valkyria: Azure Revolution. Media.Vision, who did Shining Resonance and Valkyria Chronicles III, is developing. 11/20 – 5am Update: We’ve added the game’s debut trailer, which you…

Leaf Charizard Is A Fire Hazard

You might not have enough badges to control Charizard, but surely you can round up enough leaves to make one. Japanese Twitter user xxx2251 did just that. As well as quickly making a Charmander in thirty minutes. [Photo: xxx2251] Too awesome to end up in a pile of burning leaves, that’s for sure. Top image:…

Itsukushima. Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. By Reid Armansin. 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!

Capcom Just Opened a Restaurant in Japan. Again. 

You might know Capcom for its Street Fighter or Resident Evil games. But the company has, over the years, opened a couple restaurants (here and here, for example). Its latest is a cafe called, wait for it, Capcom Cafe. How ever did they come up with that one? [Photo: arthur_haschen] [Photo: arthur_haschen] [Photo: Japanista] [Photo:…

Yomawari Sure Makes Japanese Horror Emotional

From the moment I saw thefirst trailer, I knew I wanted to try Yomawari out. It looked both adorable and horrifying, but I had no idea just how powerful the experience would be. Yomawari is a game from Nippon Ichi Software for the PS Vita. I think it should be classified as a horror game,…

Prison School is Ridiculous and Fun

Five boys enroll in a former all-girls school only to be incarcerated in the school’s prison? Just go with it. One of the most anticipated animefrom this Summer, Prison School is a raunchy, cheesecake-filled slapstick comedy about a school with its own prison and a group of boys who find themselves behind its bars. The…

The Weird Thing that Happened to Metal Gear‘s Japanese Voice Actor

In Japan, the voice of Snake is Akio Otsuka. He’s famous! In the past, he would often appear at Metal Gear events, which make recent claims by a Japanese TV show all the odder. Namely, that he refuses to show his face. On late night talk show Shabekuri 007, actor Tori Matsuzaka was asked what…

Nakano Broadway. Tokyo, Japan. By Labib 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!

Japanese Porn’s Most Infamous Truck Starring in a New Browser Game

That’s right, the Japanese porn company with the worst name, Soft on Demand, is turning its sex-studio-on-wheels into an adult browser game. The game features the “magic mirror” truck, which is used in some adult video shoots. It’s rather infamous! Sometimes, you’ll see people on Twitter claiming to have seen the magic mirror truck! It’s…

There’s a Ninja Festival This Weekend in Japan

Got plans, Tokyo residents? You do now. While all most people know about ninja is probably “wrong,” this weekend in Tokyo’s Ueno Park, there is a Ninja Festa. Recently, there have been ninja festivals in Japan (typically Mie Prefecture, traditionally a hotbed of ninja activity, but earlier this year there was one in Osaka). What…

Carry Your Cat with This Fluffy Neko Suit

It’s fall. It’s cold and wet. Maybe you don’t want to go outside. Maybe you don’t want to get properly dressed. Maybe you have a cat. Called “Meowgaroo Jumpsuit” in English, it’s house wear with a pouch for you to carry your cat around. [Photo: Unihabitat] Because, chances are, your cat doesn’t want to get…

The Sun. Shanghai, China. By Dhew. 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!

Japanese Soldiers Explore a Fantasy World in GATE

Hey, want to see a group of soldiers fight a dragon? Of course you do. GATE is an anime about a mysterious gate that appears in Tokyo, allowing in legions of medieval soldiers who then start massacring the helpless civilian population. Amidst the chaos, Itami, an off-duty member of the Japanese Self-Defense Force (Japan’s not-quite…

Sega is Making a New Valkyria Chronicles for PS4

Sega is working on bringing Valkyria Chronicles IV to the PS4—along with a remastered version of the first game in the series, Valkyria Chronicles The new Valkyria will be following the Japan-only Valkyria Chronicles III, which was released for the PSP in 2011. Announced in the currently unreleased, latest issue of Famitsu, it bears the…