Pachinko is big business. But as SNK Playmore president Koichi Toyama explained, more Japanese in their twenties are less interested in pachinko. The solution? Turn gamers into pachinko players. Eh… SNK just unveiled a new pachinko-slot machine based on its 1989 arcade shooter Beast Busters to mark the game’s 25th anniversary. “Our mission as pachinko-slot…
Shrine Island. Itsukushima, Japan. By Daniel Venooker. 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!
Track: Stand Still | Album: Down to Earth | Artist: Flight Facilities Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
“We were all on Adderall,” Kory “SEMPHIS” Friesen said. That was the moment when the latest eSports scandal kicked off in earnest. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, who is still featured on the official CS:GO tips and tricks video page, had lit the fuse: it was time to talk about drugs again. This post originally…
Thanks so much for watching, this was a lot of fun. I’m definitely going to start streaming more often. The Monk from Diablo III officially joined the fray inHeroes of the Storm today—though his full name is now technically Kharazim. Is he any good? We’re about to find out! You can watch me and some…
Igor Burlakov is a concept artist and illustrator who works across video games, books, music and board games. You can see more of Igor’s work at his personal site and 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…
LEGO have never, and maybe will never, make Zelda sets. Whatever. Their loss. Joseph Zawada is stepping in and doing amazing work in their stead. He was at BrickFair Virginia last week showing off this massive Hyrule Castle build—which took him 2.5 years—but at home has also put together an impressive Twilight Princess display as…
Wow, I can’t say I was expecting that. Even if you’re just a fan of Borderlands—not Tales from the Borderlands, specifically—this is a big one. (Warning: big spoilers for Tales from the Borderlands episode four ahead.) A new Tales from the Borderlands episode came out today, and it kicks off with one hell of a…
INFRA is a game about a town that’s gone to the dogs. Its big employers have gone bust, and everything is breaking down. Enter you, a guy who will walk around and “survey some routine structural damage”. Sounds boring! But bear with me. I kinda like that premise: video games ask us to do a…
His world is fire, and blood, and tiny little cars. If you’re wondering why a “fan” video like this looks so slick, it’s because it was bankrolled by WB, the publishers of the upcoming Mad Max game. Which doesn’t look anywhere near as much fun as making this video did (via Super Punch)
We’re gonna need a lot of shotgun shells tonight, boys. Today I will be spending some time with Gear of War’s online multiplayer, for which I’ll be buddying up with the developers of the remaster, The Coalition. It’ll probably be some TDM or King of The Hill for about an hour, followed by a bit…
Ladybeard—who is onto a very good thing in Japan as a cosplayer, pin-up model, wrestler, and metal singer—was at Comiket this year, absolutely killing it as…Chun-Li. Brian posted a single shot of himin his roundup, but I thought he deserved his own showcase, since he not only posted a bunch of studio photographs in the…
Team Fortress 2 has a new sports mode, where two teams run around with a ball trying to score goals. It’s called PASS Time, and “combines TF2’s usual fast-paced bloodsport with the actual fast-paced sports of soccer, hockey and basketball”.
The tangled lawsuit between Gearbox Software, 3D Realms, and Interceptor has been voluntarily settled by all parties, with Gearbox retaining all rights to Duke Nukem. It’s still not clear when they’ll make another Duke game, though—or whether they even should. Contact the author at [email protected]
On September 17, 2013, Star Citizen director Chris Roberts wrote a public letter in celebration of a milestone achievement: He and his team had raised a whopping $19 million from fans, significantly more than any other crowdfunding project in history. Roberts, best known as the designer of Wing Commander and a pioneer of the space-sim…
Heroes of the Storm just went through a whole lot of changes today with its latest patch. Ranked mode has been reset, meaning you now have to play 20 ranked games to receive a new starting rank. Plus a bunch of nerfs, a UI update, oh, and the monk arrived too! Read the full patch…
In the unlikely event that Rocket League becomes boring, these players have come up with a new way to play the game. “If you’re tired of the peasantry that is Rocket League,” said car soccer aficionado onezealot in a reddit thread, “the crude back-and-forth, the passive aggressive ‘What a save!’’s, and the unrefined tactics, I…
The next Splastfest event in Splatoon on August 28 will be a battle of truly epic proportions: Transformers Autobots vs. Decepticons. Ink color will be customized based on your choice, and you’ll even get to wear a special t-shirt showing your robotic preference. (Go Autobots!) Contact the author at [email protected]
Gotham City would be screwed if Donald Trump wore the Dark Knight’s cape and cowl. Bruce Wayne has a lot of money and a helicopter. Donald Trump has a lot of money and a helicopter. Over the weekend, this facile similarity emboldened the billionaire enough to permanently traumatize a 6-year-old child and America’s Favorite Racist…
Ubisoft has delayed Rainbow Six: Siege from October 13 to December 1, citing player feedback as the biggest reason the team needs a few more weeks to polish the game up. The upcoming closed beta will still kick off on September 24, however. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on…
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