Always nice to see game makers step outside their comfort zone, and bit by bit, Square Enix has been doing just that. The Tokyo-based game maker, best known for Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, is working on a new car game called Gyrozetter. A new transforming robot car game. It’s Unreal Engine powered, there’s an…
Yesterday marked the release of Dragon Quest X, the newest title in one of Japan’s most phenomenally popular series. But not only is this a new Dragon Quest game, it’s also an MMORPG. You could say that I am a veteran of MMO launches—and countless pre-launch beta test weekends (which, let’s face it, are basically…
Australian free daily The Mx included “Nice Korea” and “Naughty Korea” in its medal count—presumably as some sort of gag? Online in South Korea, the reaction has been varied. “This makes it seem like North Korea has done something bad to get medals,” wrote one, while another explained, “This is how Australia sees the two…
The Metal Gear Solid 4 trophy and install patches hit Japan on August 6.
Square Enix said it plans on supporting Dragon Quest X with new content for the next ten years.
Don’t you just love the amazing things people can make? One gentleman constructed his own working Batcycle from, what looks like, fitness machines and other bits and bobs. The result is absolutely heroic. Someone Made A Batcycle With Spare Parts And Exercise Equipment [Beijing Cream]
Japanese illustrator Momo Okada is everywhere of late. She’s done collaborations with Hello Kitty—and now, her take on Pokémon is getting its own line of products called “Poké Momo” for the Pokémon Centers in Japan. Okada’s illustrations look like “yura kyara”, which are the local mascots created to promote cities, towns, and rural villages in…
Diablo III‘s release was eagerly anticipated in South Korea. The country has always been a strong Blizzard bastion. But several months after its release, the game’s popularity is now on the slide in South Korea. Or is it? One of the country’s most authoritative online game ranking sites, GameNote, revealed that Diablo III has plunged…
It finally happened. For years, Japan has been waiting for the latest Dragon Quest game, and yesterday, it launched. Anxious gamers lined up in droves to purchase the title. In Shibuya, there was a special countdown event at retailer Tsutaya for the game. The first person in line appeared on stage and received his purchased…
Continuing their interview series from last week, Weekly Famitsu asked a group of game developers on their ideas and hopes for the future of gaming. Among the gaming bigs this week was Level-5 honcho, Akihiro Hino, who expressed his wish to make a new open world game. Asked about what technology he was most interested…
One intrepid Japanese model maker recreated the Morita Assault Rifle from Starship Troopers as a full-scale replica. Bless him. Toys guns were sawed into pieces and then connected to an aluminum frame. Other parts were crafted, and the gun was then finished to give it a nice sheen. The result is magnificent—even more so when…
At this year’s China Joy expo in Shanghai, booth companion Li Ling was booted from the show after appearing in a revealing outfit. This was the latest China Joy crackdown on companion outfits—a crackdown that swung into full force last year. But what are the booth companion regulations Chinese game makers must adhere to? And…
With the release of Resident Evil 6 only two months away, more and more information and footage is being released, I may not even need to play the game to find out all the “mysteries…” With the latest information of Ada Wong as one of the playable protagonists, the producers sat down for an interview…
At a Shanghai shopping mall, over a thousand volunteers recently participated in the a human dominoes stunt organized by a Chinese mattress company. In total, there were 1,001 human mattress dominoes that were toppled—a new world record. Unlike human Tetris, which spread from Asia to the West, human mattress dominoes is already a thing in…
Dragon Quest X, the first online iteration of the Dragon Quest series, was released earlier today in Japan. But how exactly does this MMO from Japan’s most popular RPG series play? Find out alongside Kotaku East as we play the first few hours of the game live for your enjoyment. We will be happy to…
Earth Defense Force 3: Portable, the portable version of the 2007 Xbox 360 game, Earth Defense Forces 2017 is coming to the PSVita at the end of next month, and with 5 years since the original release, there’s been a lot of time to refine and add a bunch of new goodies into the battle…
At the recent Wonder Festival in Japan, there was an array of figures. Heck, there was even fake food. There were also peculiar—odd, even—custom sculptures that were both strange and totally wonderful. Ever wanted to see miniature teeth and gums? Here ya go. Stereotypically, custom sculptures in Japan often refer to sexually explicit works. Sure,…
Dragon Quest X was released in Japan today and is an important milestone for several reasons. Not only is it the first MMO in the Dragon Quest series, but it’s also the first MMORPG the Wii has ever had. To make a game like this even possible on the Wii, DQX requires a 16 Gig…
It’s that time of year again. Time for the summer Fancy Frontier. The geek event is held at the elite National Taiwan University and attracts tens of thousands of visitors. Not all of them are dressed to the nines in fancy pants! However, there’s always a sizable number of cosplayers, showing off their dazzling outfits…
When Mr. Sato isn’t eating whoppers with a thousand pieces of cheese, he’s eating whoppers with a thousand strips of bacon. And when he’s not doing that, he’s patiently lining up for video games. Last night, he did just that: He lined up in Shibuya for Dragon Quest X, dressed as a DQ Slime (even…
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