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Meet China’s Newest Animated Hero… And His Very, Very Long Sword

Imagine a giant bug-infested world covered in poison mist. In this world, humans live in secluded areas where the mist is cannot hurt them. However, there is one person who can traverse the mist… who also happens to carry a super long sword. He’s the star of the Chinese Wolf Smoke Animation studio’s newest project.…

The new Guilty Gear is coming to PS3 and PS4 in Japan next year. Arc System Works, in a short and sweet one-minute trailer, announced that their next Guilty Gear game will be hitting Sony’s home consoles sometimes in 2014. Take a look above

New PS Vita Is Slimmer, Lighter, More Colorful

Today, Sony revealed a new PS Vita in Tokyo. It comes in new colors, too. Sporting a five-inch LCD display, the new Vita is 20 percent thinner. At 219 grams, it’s also 15 percent lighter. The new PS Vita comes in six different colors and has a battery life that lasts one hour longer, comes…

Introducing PS Vita…TV

Today in Tokyo, Sony introduced PS Vita TV. It is a six centimeter by ten centimeter device, making it one small piece of PlayStation hardware. It will allow you to enjoy video and network streaming services on your TV, such as Hulu, DMM.com, Tsutaya TV, and NicoNico Douga. Of course, you can also access the…

Yakuza: Ishin Is a PS4 Launch Title in Japan

Check out this trailer for Yakuza: Ishin, which will hopefully get a release outside Japan. The game will be released in Japan on February 22 for the PS3 and the PS4. An international release hasn’t been announced. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East…

Oculus Rift Taught Me I’d Suck as a Space Ship Pilot

The Oculus Rift VR helmet can be used for all sorts of games—everything from first-person shooters to side-scrolling platformers. But perhaps the best use of the Rift is in flight simulators like Lunar Flight Released early last year, Lunar Flight is, as the name suggests, a lunar flight simulator—with all the physics realistically tuned. In…

This Isn’t a Korean Fashion Magazine, It’s The Sims 3

When I think of The Sims 3, I don’t think great hair. Sure, there are plenty of serviceable options, but they aren’t the kind of locks you’d see on celebs in, say, South Korea. Well, there are now. Korean digital artist “Hooney One” creates polished, attractive tableaus by modding and reshaping Sims 3 characters and…

Metal Gear Solid V‘s Face Tech Is Impressive

For face scans like this you need a bunch of cameras. A whole bunch. In the above clip, you can see a behind-the-scenes look at Metal Gear Solid V‘s scanning and motion capture tech. Kotaku recently checked out Metal Gear Solid V in action—and was there when Kojima addressed the game’s “sexiness.” Character making –…

Watch Us Play The New Jojo Fighting Game… Badly

We’ve seen a lot of crazy stuff in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle—from face-humping dogs to terrifying loading icons. Now it’s time to play it. Join me and fellow Kotaku East contributor Toshi Nakamura as we play around with the game’s online versus mode. Be warned though, we are pretty darned terrible at fighting games.…

One of the Rarest Pokémon Cards on Earth

This is the Pokémon Illustrator. The card is incredibly rare and valuable. If you have a hundred grand, it can be yours. According to Bulbapedia, there were apparently only six Pokémon Illustrator cards printed and awarded to winners of the Pokémon Card Game Illustration Contest, which began in late 1997 in Japan. The card was…

Here’s What Some Developers Think Of the PlayStation 4

Those who have had a chance to play around with Sony’s latest console, the PS4, have been sharing their experiences and what they think about Sony’s latest big black box with those of us who have not. But what about the developers? Those who are involved in making the software for us to enjoy —…

The Updated Bravely Default isn’t Just ‘For the Sequel’

You have to give Square Enix points for honesty; Bravely Default: For the Sequel wears its primary intentions right on its sleeve. I mean, it’s right in the title: “For the Sequel.” The new updated version of the original Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is currently being developed in parallel to the game’s upcoming as-of-yet untitled…

Rumor: First Look at the Attack on Titan 3DS In-Game Graphics

There’s a Japanese magazine pic that’s rumored to be the first look at the upcoming Attack on Titan 3DS game. According to Japanese site Amaebi, the image is from an upcoming issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine In all fairness, this is a blurry magazine snap and often 3DS games look better in person. While this…

Sales of The Wonderful 101 in Japan are not very wonderful. According to 4Gamer, Platinum Games’ latest sold only a little over 5,000 copies on its first day out in Japan, not even making the top 20, one week later. The Wonderful 101 arrives in the US on the 15th of this month. Hopefully it…

Oh the Ways Anime Changes

Just because your favorite anime finally aired on television, that doesn’t mean you’ve seen the final product. There’s still room to get better. When anime get DVD or Blu-ray releases, certain scenes or characters are tweaked—or even completely redrawn. There’s a variety of reasons for this, such as having more time to get everything just…

How Korea Is Making eSports More Inclusive to All Kids

In South Korea, eSports is big—big enough for large tournaments and endorsements. But it’s also big enough for the country’s government to sponsor a tourney for disabled students. Now in its ninth year, the Students With Disabilities Nationwide eSports Tournament recently wrapped up in Seoul, with 394 students competing in games such as Wii Sports…

You Sure Hayao Miyazaki Doesn’t Sign Autographs in Japan?

Here’s a whole room of people with autographs Hayao Miyazaki signed earlier this year in Japan. Fancy that! Late last month, there was an article on Japanese site R25 detailing how beloved anime director Hayao Miyazaki doesn’t sign autographs. (Kotaku reached out to Studio Ghibli regarding the R25 autograph story; however, the studio declined to…

South Korea Can’t Stop Showing How to Selfie

Last month, a young woman showed “the importance of angles” in a YouTube video that racked up a couple million views. It’s also inspiring others, too, whether they’re dudes, dogs, or plush toys. The clips highlight, as tipster Sang points out, ‘gaak doh eui joong yo sung’ (각도의 중요성) or “the importance of an angle.”…

PSO2 Update Brings One Nasty Bug

Earlier today, Sega launched a new Phantasy Star Online 2 update for the PC version. New areas! New bosses! New quests! Sounds great, huh? It also brought new headaches. Online in Japan (here and here), people are reporting that unrelated data was erased after downloading the update. Some users reported that their free HDD space…

Animal Crossing Sure Looks… Different in Manga Form

This is the Animal Crossing you are used to. The latest issue of CoroCoro Comics certainly isn’t. Yes, this is just a gag (notice how the character in the bottom corner is totally shocked), but it’s still fun to see a totally different AC in an officially licensed manga. And no, the manga apparently won’t…