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Borderlands Online Lands In China in 2015

Earlier this morning, China time, the fine folks at Shanda Games dropped a bombshell. They’re bringing Borderlands to China. That’s right, they’ve announced Borderlands Online, a made for China action RPG/online shooter. According the press release sent out by Shanda and republished by various Chinese press, Borderlands Online will be both a PC game and…

Cash Registers in Japan Play Final Fantasy Music 

Image buying something at your local Lawson convenience store and when the clerk rings up the register, you hear a Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare. Don’t imagine it, because until Dececember 25, it’s happening. According to Inside Games, customers who purchase a copy of Final Fantasy Magazine 2014 Winter or Nintendo 3DS game Final Fantasy Explorers…

Chinese University Limits Students’ Computer Time

Time limits on public computers are normal. Time limits on private computers? Now that’s definitely not the norm. Sina News brings us a story about new personal computing rules at Hangzhou Normal University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Basically, the university forces students to install monitoring software that limits their daily computer time to about…

Fast Food Chain Celebrates with Giant Burger-Shaped Computer Mouse

As far as unusual fast food chains go, they don’t get more unusual than Lotteria. And thus, we have this, a burger mouse. This is a one-of-a-kind item that’s part of a Lotteria Twitter campaign to mark the seventh anniversary of Lotteria’s line of “zeppin” (superior) line of burgers. Earlier this fall, Lotteria also had…

The Last is the Naruto Love Story Fans Have Been Longing For

Not long ago, the Naruto manga ended its 15-year run. However, readers were quick to notice there was one story left to tell. Thus comes The Last: Naruto the Movie—not an out-of-continuity side story but a true missing tale that answers the most important question left by the ending of the manga. [Note: This review…

The Internet Reacts to Final Fantasy VII on PS4

Over the weekend, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy VII was coming to the PlayStation 4. It’s not a remake, but the PC version. Did the internet have anything to say about that? You betcha. Final Fantasy VII launched on the original PlayStation way back in 1997. For years, gamers have been asking for a…

The Up All Night Stream Plays Danganronpa Another Episode [Complete!]

We at Kotaku are big fans of the Danganronpa series—in fact both 1 and 2 share a spot on our best Vita games list. Of course, there is actually a third Daganronpa game in Japan, Zettai Zetsubo Shoujo: Danganronpa Another Episode, and we’re streaming it right now. Come join us! Update: We beat the game.…

Street Fighter V Is a PS4 and PC Exclusive, It Seems

Street Fighter V has been apparently announced as a PS4 and PC exclusive in what’s believed a teaser trailer for the game. NeoGAFuser Unlucky Kate reports that a YouTube clip, which has since been set to private, revealed the new title. However, it’s still unclear if the trailer appeared on Capcom’s site or was leaked.…

Ten Awesome Anime Openings and Endings from Fall 2014

I love anime music and look forward to the new songs each and every season. And as there are 50 new anime in the fall 2014 season, we have many new openings and endings to enjoy—not to mention the new second-half themes from last season’s anime that are still on the air. So here are…

McDonald’s Is Releasing a Crab Burger in Japan

Does Sponge Bob know? Should we tell him? Say hello to McDonald’s Crab Croquette Burger. According to Model Press, the burger’s croquette is made with snow crab and mushrooms and served with a tomato sauce and lettuce on Ciabatta bread. Note that McDonald’s Japan is calling the sandwich a burger. Crab croquettes (カニクリームコロッケ) are fairly…

Man Reduced to Tears After Beating Browser Game

One of Japan’s most popular browser games, Kantai Collection held its Fall seasonal event over the past few weeks. Apparently it was quite emotional. In Kantai Collection, players collect “fleet girls” – anthropomorphized WWII Japanese battleships – that they level up and take out on mission maps to defeat bosses and hopefully obtain other rare…

That Anime Crossover Fighter is Actually Pretty Darn Fun

Over the past few weeks, we’ve taken a detailed look at specific aspects of Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, a fighting game where characters are pulled from across some of the most popular anime of the past few years to battle it out. And if nothing else, Fighting Climax certainly delivers on that premise. Good –…

Official Encouragement To Continue This Pokémon Meme

Recently, people starting posting “creepy” Marshtomp Photoshops on Twitter. Today, the Pokémon Company has something to say about that: If you’re going to make silly ‘shops, at least use hi-res assets! The Pokémon Company‘s official Twitter site uploaded two hi-res Marshtomp images—both frontand back. Until now, people have been making low-res Photoshps, only featuring Marshtomp’s…

What Jurassic Park Did for the Original PlayStation

Over 20 years ago (1 day counts as “over,” right?) Sony released the original PlayStation console and changed the face of gaming. Thanks in part to Jurassic Park This week’s Weekly Famitsu, was dedicated in large part to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sony’s console. In a recollection of the console’s development, Ken Kutaragi, the…

The First Parasyte Movie is an Insult to the Manga

The first Parasyte movie (first of 2) premiered last week and I went in hoping that I would be wrong. Long story short: I wasn’t. I’ve said it before that the original Parasyte manga is one of my all-time favorites. Author Hitoshi Iwaaki’s masterpiece quite literally helped define me as a person and I am…

From December 9 in Japan, Nintendo 3DS owners can use digital money cards for payment while shopping with the handhelds. Simply touch e-money cards like Suica to either 3DS or 3DS XL’s bottom screen. A similar service was rolled out for the Wii U in Japan earlier this summer. [via Famitsu]

Beautiful PC Game Isn’t Only Stunning, But Also Insanely Fast

We’ve seen Black Desert Online before. Its character creation is incredibly beautiful. But what its gameplay like? From the looks of it, quick. Now, we get a very good look at just how quick it is in glorious hi-def and 60 frames per second. If you are viewing this article in Chrome, you can see…

Pokémon ORAS Is Really, Really Popular

Did you buy Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire? If so, you’re not alone. Loads and loads of folks did, too. Millions. According an official release (via Famitsu), over 7.7 million copies of the games have been shipped worldwide. What’s more, the numbers were especially strong in Europe during both games’ first week on sale,…

This Sure Seems Like Fez with JRPG Elements

Japanese social game maker Gloops just announced a new role-playing game with a very familiar bit. It’s not clear if the game makers were influenced by Fez, but the stages and the 2.5 gameplay mechanic certainly scream Fez, namely in how it’s used to find doors and items. Even some of the art style in…

A Shocking Number of People Want This Fugly Anime Car

This isn’t only the most hideous car offered for sale this year on the planet Earth, but also expensive and rare. There’s only one of these cars in existence. And nearly six hundred people put in orders to buy it at 7-Elevens in Japan. Yahoo News reports that there were 588 orders for the one-of-a-kind…