Back in 1998, Konami released rhythm game Pop’n Music in Japan. The cabinets featured big colorful buttons, and the game had cute mascot characters that have roughly looked the same. Not anymore! The two mascot characters are Mimi, a bunny, and her best friend Nyami, a cat. The art style for both has been rather…
In Japan, Monster Hunter X is out, and it’s, as expected, a smash hit. No doubt Nintendo hopes people will buy more than the game. The Kyoto-based game company released a speed comparison between the Nintendo 3DS and the New Nintendo 3DS. You can play the game on either version of the hardware, but the…
What happens when you take music games Beatmania, Keyboard Mania, and Para Para Paradise and mix them into one game? You get the Sega music arcade game Chunithm The basics of Chunithm are simple. In front of you is a screen and a touch panel. Note bars come toward you on the screen (like in…
Danganronpa is getting a new anime series. It’s called Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen and will air next year in Japan.
Mount Koya. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By izrofel 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!
Russian cosplayer Anna Ormeli, made internet famous for her BioShock Infinite work a few years back, is not really a fan of Jack, one of Mass Effect’s more memorable characters. Not that you’d tell. After a conversation with a friend, whose favourite character is the punk-turned-teacher, Anna decided to try cosplaying as her anyway, going…
Natalia Milushko is a freelance concept artist from Poland. You can see more of Natalia’s work at her ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…
Varun Mani is a project manager on Microsoft’s augmented reality goggle tech, HoloLens. This is a video he took where he starts playing Halo 5 on a TV, pauses, turns around then resumes playing on a screen that he can put wherever the hell he wants. We’ve been impressed by HoloLens stuff before, but those…
The new Rainbow Six is out. It’s supposedly equal parts destructive and tactical. Let’s find out if it’s any good. Word of warning: I haven’t played a ton of Rainbow Six Siege yet, so I might die a few times. Or more than a few times. That said, a lot of things are going to…
It’s like Starship Troopers. Or Helm’s Deep. Only scarier. Cosmic Contrarian’s modified hellscape here has 300 Brotherhood of Steel soldiers manning the barricades against 30,000 Deathclaws, all piled up through Boston and ready to go Somehow, his PC keeps running the entire time.
And now for the most impressive thing I’ve seen all day: a Minecraft cell phone that not only works, it can make video calls from inside the game. It’s amazing. Here’s Minecraft YouTuber CaptainSparklez, demoing the build first-hand: You might remember CaptainSparklez as Jordan Maron, the man who recently bought a swank mansion for $4.5…
Track: Reagan | Artist: Killer Mike | Album: R.A.P. Music Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Speaking of dramatic shake-ups in League of Legends eSports, top European player Yellowstar just saidhe’s leaving Fnatic to go play in another region. The entire EU region is susceptible to a talent-drain this year as investment in eSports increases in the U.S. and China and teams there offer greater opportunities.
“U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!” chanted the crowd at the IEM San Jose Counter-Strike tournament. It was an echoing roar that persisted during games, while players were speaking on stage, and sometimes even in the halls. Valve’s competitive first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an international sport. Teams from multiple different countries gather to compete in the…
One of the very first, and very best, pro StarCraft players called it quits this week, ending his nine-year run in the game’s eSports circuit. And while he’s still only 23 years old, he’s been competing in StarCraft tournaments since he was fourteen Lee “Flash” Young Ho first made a name for himself in StarCraft’s…
It’s December, baby. December! The great wave of fall video games has crashed upon us, spraying great gouts of #content as far as the eye can see. As the weather chills and the holidays beckon, what have you been playing? I’ll go first. I’m still playing Just Cause 3, both to keep an eye on…
There’s too much “old” in the Old West of Red Wolf #1. The newest version of Red Wolf, the indigenous superhero that Marvel Comics introduced in the ‘70s, first appeared in 1872, a minseries tying into Marvel’s ongoing Secret Wars crossover. In that title’s alternate reality, time-shifted versions of Steve Rogers, Tony Stark and Bruce…
Fallout 4’s armor situation is a bit confusing. I’m not talking about Power Armor here—I’m talking about the more everyday stuff your character can wear to keep him or her safe from the hazards of the wastes. If you want to give your character some protection, you can either wear full armor suits, or you…
Playing Progress to 100 is a little bit like being at a dinner party where you’re asked to play charades after your fourth drink: you know how make your brain and reflexes work together but it takes a lot of thinking to get your guesses right. Here, watch me play it. Progress to 100 reminded…
Destiny’s first raid “challenge” went live today. It’s in the Warpriest fight near the start of the King’s Fall raid. I won’t explain how to do it here, in case you want to figure it out for yourself, but it sounds pretty straightforward. I haven’t had time to try it yet—if you finished it, what’d…
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