Astro Boy: Edge Of Time Reimagines Anime Classics

Based on the extensive work of beloved manga creator Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy: Edge of Time is a digital collectible card game that sees classic characters reimagined for the modern age. Osamu Tezuka is considered by some to be the Walt Disney of Japan, having created some of the most beloved characters in manga history.…

Another DDoS Attack Takes Out Blizzard’s Servers [UPDATE]

Update—10:40 a.m.: With grace, felicity and no pity for this post’s short-lived relevance, Blizzard resolved their server issues ten minutes post-publication. Read below for background on today’s now-fixed DDoS attack against Battle.net. A DDoS attack this morning crippled Blizzard’s Battle.net servers, according to Blizzard’s official Twitter account. Overwatch, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft and other Blizzard…

Just Another Day Killing The Gods Of Ancient Greece

We first played an early build of Okhlos all the way back in January 2014. It’s now out, and I’ve been playing the finished article. Chris’ original headline pretty much nailed it. It’s Pikmin, but with ancient Greeks. You control a single philosopher—Themistocles, for example, because that’s such a tremendous name to say aloud—as you…

How Much Japanese Game Developers Make

Curious? A recent poll of nearly two thousand Japanese game developers reveals the average salaries for various jobs within the industry. Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association carried out the poll, which can be read here in full here (via Cheesemeister). A total of 1,808 individuals replied to this average 2015 salary question. Note that not all…

Life-Sized Anime Figures Sure Are Expensive

This is Mumei from the anime Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Okay, it’s not actually Mumei, but a life-sized statue. An extremely expensive one, at that. Measuring around 5.5 feet tall and weighing a whopping 103.6 pounds, the statue is priced at 2,500,000 yen (US$24,988). Only ten of these will be produced, and those in…

Pokémon Go Stampedes in Taiwan 

Damn. This is not scene from a disaster movie. These are apparently Pokémon Go players in Taiwan. The above and below images come via Taiwan’s Eastern Broadcasting Company. They are incredible. As startling as they are, wait until you see one of these stampedes in motion. As Time and That’s Mag points out, the above…

Dotonbori. Osaka, Japan. By Kris Labang. 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!

Slim PS4 Apparently Unboxed Before Sony Can Even Announce It

On September 7, Sony is expected to announce two new models of the PlayStation 4. They should only bother announcing one, because the Slim looks like it’s already well and truly out there Having apparently turned up on an auction site over the weekend, British YouTuber ZRZhas now seemingly got his hands on an entire…

Welcome To The 21st Century, Evie Frye

Russian cosplayer Milligan Vick—who we’ve featured before—is the perfect Evie Fry in this shoot, nailing everything about the last Assassin’s Creed game, from the costume to the location. You can see more of her work here

Pokémon Go team leader cosplay by Maki Roll’s Chop Shop, Lua Suicide & Byndo Gehk. Photo by Henry Riggs

Pokémon Go’s Team Leaders Now Actually Do Something

Pokémon Go’s Team Leadershaven’t been doing much leading thus far. That’s about to change, with the game’s latest update introducing something called “Implemented Pokémon Appraisal”. Now, every time you go into battle at a gym, Candela or Blanche will tell you about your opponent’s attack and defence capabilities, and will recommend which of your Pokémon…

Those are some tasty-lookin’ Pokémon burgers. They’re from Down N’ Out burgers in Sydney (via Kotaku AU).

What video game castle level in the year 2016 would be complete without a Dark Souls reference? Overwatch’s new Eichenwalde map contains a pretty obvious homage. Good thing Blizzard just put sitting emotes in the game, too. Here’s the full thing, clearly an overt reference to Dark Souls’ checkpoints, courtesy of alcatrazcgp: If you want…

Dragon Age Cosplay Is Better With Dogs

Jason & Cheryl Isenberg went through one hell of an ordeal when they first took up cosplay. Now that things are on the mend, they’ve decided to expand their crew: meet Fable, their three year-old Boxer who, having been “helping” with their cosplay for years, is now allowed in on the fun. This Dragon Age…

Designing A Better Pokémon Go

Like many of us, Wendy Borg has a few issues with Pokémon Go’s user interface and menu design. Unlike us, she went ahead and did something about it. A professional UI/UX designer, she’s gone in and redesigned almost the entire game (on paper), adding functionality where it’s needed, cleaning things up and just generally making…

Overwatch’s New Map Is Easy To Defend, Hard To Attack

Overwatch’s new map, Eichenwalde, is now live on the game’s public test server. It’s set in a village next to a big ol’ German castle. The map, however, is smaller than it looks. I’ve played a handful of matches on Eichenwalde now, and I’ve found it to be a briskly paced payload map that favors…

These Are Your 2016 Pokémon World Champions

Each year the very best Pokémon video and trading card game players meet at the World Championships to determine who the top trainers are, and each year the Masters (oldest) Division looks really awkward on stage. This year did not disappoint. I am so used to working on the weekends that I completely missed this…