A Quick Tour of Miitomo, Nintendo’s First Mobile App

Three years ago, the very idea of Nintendo creating an experience solely targeted at smartphone users seemed like an outlier, bizarro-world possibility. Today, Nintendo released Miitomo in Japan for iOS and Android devices. Here’s what it looks like. Miitomo’s debut is only limited to Japanese storefronts right now, meaning that you’ll need a Japanese iTunes…

People Testing IBM’s Real-World Sword Art Online

Back in February, Kotaku reported that IBM was making a real-life Sword Art Online concept, minus the real-life killing. Here’s a look at people testing the VR experience out at an event this week in Tokyo. Sword Art Online is set in the year 2022, when thousands of players who have logged into a Virtual…

My Neighbor Totoro as a Japanese Horror Movie

Perhaps, you’ve heard the scary theory that Totoro is really the god of death. Studio Ghibli might deny that (ha!), but there’s no denying that this recut trailer sure is creepy. Twitter user Nobu added some filters, scary editing, and unsettling music to create a horror version of My Neighbor Totoro. All footage and dialogue,…

The Total Sales for Pokémon Are Staggering 

This year marks Pokémon’s 20th anniversary. Starting in 1996, when Pokémon Red and Blue launched in Japan, the world has purchased millions of Pokémon games and its spin-offs. Over 279 million, that is. Think about that number for a moment. Dual releases aside, it’s incredible. According to Famitsu, that’s the latest global sales figure for…

For the Resident Evil Fan with Everything, T-Virus Fragrance 

Finally! You too can smell like zombies. According to Inside Games, Capcom is releasing this limited edition fragrance at its Capcom Cafein Saitama, Japan starting March 26. It’s called T-Virus and designed after the infamous Umbrella Corporation strain. Inside adds that this bottled scent is priced at 4,200 yen (US$37.63), but doesn’t give details on…

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A Beautiful, Animated Tribute To Satoru Iwata

There are lots of awards and drinks and congratulations going on at the Game Developers Choice Awards tonight, but proceedings were stopped dead in their tracks for a few minutes during a most touching tribute tolate Nintendo President Satoru Iwata It was made by Raber Umphenour,Shawne Benson and Braid artist David Hellman, with some help…

Capy Games’ Below, which has been a long time coming, now has a release window: this summer. Here’s a new trailer.

Watch The 2016 IGF/GDC Awards Right Here

Tonight at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, both the IGF (Independent Games Festival) and Game Developers Choice Awards are being held. If you want to watch them live, you can do that right here.

Now That Is Some Sensible Armor

Yangtian Li, aka Tian, is an artist from China. In addition to games stuff, Li also has an IndieGoGo running at the moment that’s all about ladies wearing armour. Proper armour. You can see more of Li’s work at her personal site and DeviantArt page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…

At Least Marco Rubio Is Good At Tecmo Bowl (And Talking Shit)

While Marco Rubio was a consistent loser on the 2016 campaign trail, he can hold his head high remembering that there are two things on this Earth that he’s apparently very good at: Tecmo Bowl and talking trash A profile on Salon, focusing on Rubio’s time as a football player at Tarkio College, reveals that…

Successful Kickstarter Ends In Payment Disaster [Update]

A Place for the Unwilling is an adventure game that passed its Kickstarter funding goal earlier today. The celebration was short-lived, however; what followed has been nothing short of a disaster. As soon as the clock ticked over ending the game’s Kickstarter, and the system began to process people’s credit card payments, something went horribly…

Spectacular Final Fantasy Cosplay Looks Like A Screenshot

Kilory is Kilory, a human cosplayer. She is not, as these images might have you believe, a living, breathing incarnation of Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning. With some help from props maker 月家猫空 璟宿 和谐, she’s gotten as close to the series’ likeness as I think a human being is ever going to get. Simply incredible…

A Video Game About Changing What Happens In Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Elsinore is a game where you play as Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She’s stuck in a time loop, ala Groundhog Day or Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Her goal? To prevent Hamlet, a Shakespearean tragedy so tragic that it borders on ludicrous, from ending tragically. I took a look at the game while at GDC…

‘But Nobody Came’ [UPDATE]

Maybe next time? Important Update, 7:50PM: Kirk just noticed that since we first posted this, someone has mysteriously altered the sign: Maybe it was Sans.

Your VR Apathy Is Entirely Understandable

First impression in a room full of people playing virtual reality games: these people look goofy, and the games they’re playing look dull. Then you put on the headset. With the headset on, wow, some of them are so impressive! This is how it is with VR, and let’s not pretend otherwise. These games do…