Notice anything? Anything unusual? You know, besides the little girl with three arms. FNN reports that a first grade Japanese text book is being recalled after it was discovered a page in the book featured an illustration of a girl with three hands. One, two… Three! According to the publisher, this is the result of…
Artist: Exile with comedian Takashi Okamura | Track: Choo Choo Train | Album: Exile Entertainment Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
You know that otherFinal Fantsy game that was revealed at this year’s E3? It actually sounds pretty damn interesting as its director reveals. World of Final Fantasy has an admittedly adorable trailer, with chibi characters and characters with chibi (“small”) monsters on their heads. But aside from what we already know, the game looks to…
The Yokai Watch anime is coming to North America! It will be broadcasted on Disney XD. And the English-language theme song is different. There’s a reason for that, you know. Often, TV anime get their themes changed, but not always. Keep in mind, I don’t think these changes are always bad. The first English language…
This year’s E3 had a huge surprise for us all: The Final Fantasy VII remake. But this wasn’t the only surprise. Prior to the official unveiling, Final Fantasy VII’s original character designer Tetsuya Nomura had no idea he’d be directing the remake. Square Enix – or rather, Square Enix’s former boss, Yoichi Wada – has…
If bread that looks like, uh, bread isn’t enough for you, how about bread that looks like watermelon? Throughout Asia, melons are very much a summer food. And in Taiwan, you can eat “Watermelon Toast.” According to Pouch, this colorful bread got its start at a Taiwanese establishment called Jimmy’s Bakery. [Photo: vc] Note how…
You like Nippon Ichi Software? What about Japanese horror? How about video games? Well, GOOD NEWS. There’s this. According to Japanese magazine leaks, this is apparently called Yomawari (“Nightwatch” in English). And it’s supposedly headed to the PS Vita this December in October. At the end of the trailer, the voice says, “Big sis, let’s…
Yes, the name “Boruto” is silly. But let that slide for a moment as you watch the first full trailer for the upcoming Boruto movie. Previously, we got a forty-second teaser, but this minute-and-a-half trailer should give you a better idea what to expect when the movie opens this August in Japan. Which is? Being…
Artist: Slayer| Track: Repentless | Album: Repentless Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Some Fire Emblem Fates (Fire Emblem If in Japan) news! Some of it good, some of it not so good. First, the good! Fire Emblem Fates is going to allow same-sex marriage. Because marriage is such an important part of the game, that’s a big deal! Nintendo tells Polygon “We believe that our gameplay experiences…
So Batman: Arkham Knight on PC is kinda… not great. Having waited in desperate anticipation for months, you’re probably feeling pent up—like you need to don bat pajamas and fall to your knees in the cold night, weeping. But wait, there are other options. OK, for the sake of this piece I’m gonna go ahead…
“Can video game videos be art?”
Jeremy Paillotin is a concept artist from France who’s part ofthe Sense Collective You can see more of Jeremy’s art at his 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…
For years now, users of iOS devices have had some handy, official Pokemon apps to mess around with. Android? Not so much. Until this week, that is, with the launch of Pokemon Jukebox, which is terrible. It’s not the first Android app from The Pokemon Company, as others have reported—that honour goes to a passable…
Minecraft Volume Alpha, one of the great video game soundtracks, is getting a fancy CD and vinyl release on Ghostly. It’s out on August 21
Batman isn’t supposed to kill people. But that doesn’t stop players from trying it anyway—and the results are pretty silly. Last year, developers Rocksteady claimed that Batman’s no-kill policy was “non-negotiable, whether he’s driving or not.” But in the following video, Eurogamer finds that things are a little more ambiguous than intended: Here, for example:…
On June 18, 1815, one of the most important battles of the modern era took place outside the sleepy Belgian village of Waterloo. Over the weekend, for the battle’s 200th anniversary, 5000 members of various military reenactment groups from all over the world converged on the original battlefield to pay tribute. Belgian photojournalist Olivier Papegnies…
Look upon the words on this trophy, and despair.
For about the last seven years, Grant Kirkhope has been trying to convince people in the gaming industry that it’s time to make a game similar to 1998’s Banjo-Kazooie, one of the great 3D platformers of the Nintendo 64 era. Says Kirkhope: “I was told: ‘Grant, you’re talking nonsense. No one wants this game. Platformers…
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