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Nintendo’s just announced that they’re publishing a new Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game. Hitting the 3DS this winter, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon will feature the series’ signature randomly generated levels, along with the ability to use Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Evan Narcisse Published May 21, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA Short Turns Assassination Gone Wrong into Awesome Chase Scene
Listen: contract killings can go wrong sometimes, okay? It’s just something that happens. But, in Los Santos, chasing down the guy you’re supposed to kill isn’t always that easy. Crafted by YouTuber Boris the Blade using the Editor in the PC version of GTA V, The Hit is a stylish action sequence that keeps you…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Inside Tokyo’s Infamous Suicide Train Station
Japan has a high suicide rate. It’s one of the highest in the world. And one Tokyo train station, a known suicide spot, is doing what it can to stop people from taking their lives. If you are feeling depressed or ever contemplate taking your own life, please talk to someone, whether that’s friends, family…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
As Far As Hobbies Go, This is Wonderfully Odd
Meet Tomoyuki Shioya. The 32 year-old spends his days at a corporate job. In his free time, he enjoys his hobby: Taking photos in those head-in-a-hole boards. To date, he has over two thousand photos of them. They are fantastic. He’s always on the look out for a new entry in his collection. “I can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 -
Kotaku EastGodzilla Stomps Out New Features on the PS4 [Updated]
The King of Monsters latest game is getting a much needed upgrade from his original Japanese release. See what’s evolved in the new trailer for the Godzilla’s game PS4 version. Godzilla the game was released last year in Japan on the PS3. The game, while looking to be a wet dream for Godzilla fans, was…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Capcom, That’s Not How Memes Work
There’s a lot of dumb luck and good timing need for things to go viral online. But the most important thing is that the memes should come from the internet. I know that. You probably do, too. But Capcom? Geeeeeeez… Yesterday, the Dragon Dogma Online Twitter account released an image of in-game orcs, writing that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Difficulty of Making Manga Turned into a Feature Film
Bakuman, the manga about making manga is getting a live-action movie adaptation. Check out the trailer (with English subtitles). As seems to be the ever increasing trend of live-action adaptations of popular manga/anime, the next upcoming movie is Bakuman, based on the manga of the same name by the authors of Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
The 8GB Wii U Is No More in Japan
The Wii U Basic Set set is no more in Japan, Nintendo announced today. The Nintendo.co.jp page states that the 8GB Wii U is “slated to go out of production shortly” (近日生産終了予定). The 32GB model will continued to be sold, and Nintendo is introducing a white 32GB version in Japan starting in June. This has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2015 - Kotaku East
Smash Bros. Creator Gets Bummed Out by Japan’s Game Museum
Taking time off from his insanely busy workload, Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai visited Japan’s Video Game Museum. He was in for a letdown. In his latest column in Weekly Famitsu, Sakurai talked about going to the Huis Ten Bosch amusement park on one of his holidays. “Inside [the park], there is a ‘Game Museum’…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 21, 2015 - Uncategorized
New League Of Legends System Wants To Reform Bad-Mouthers
Riot Games’ latest attempt to help stop jerk League of Legends players from being such jerks isn’t a different type of ban, it’s a potentially helpful piece of feedback. The new system, which started in North America yesterday, is based on report cards. When a player is flagged as having displayed “negative behavior”, the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2015 - Culture
Getting Real Close To Dragon Age’s Dragons
Patrik Karlsson is a veteran character artist who has worked on games like Syndicate, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Darkness and Riddick. Here, though, we’re looking at his work on Dragon Age: Inquisition. I love blank 3D models for the same reason I love black & white sketches; colour is nice, but with a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2015 -
CultureFan Creates Team Fortress 2 Story Mode
Given all the videos and comics they put out, it’s kinda shocking that Valve never did this themselves. Modder DrLilRobot recently put out a prototype of their Team Fortress 2 story mode. It’s a little rough around the edges, but given that TF2 is meant to be a multiplayer class-based shooter, they’ve contorted it in…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedNot A Hero Is A Smart Shooter, Drenched In Blood (And Jokes)
Its launch trailer was soaked in blood and British humour, but all that bluster is hiding a very clever, very precise video game. We’ve taken to calling the game “British Broforce” here at Kotaku, which is mostly fair; both games involve a roster of very different characters that can be employed to tackle side-scrolling action…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2015 - Uncategorized
More Bloodborne? More Bloodborne.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedDelta Airlines’ Meme Safety Video Is Garbage
Ugh. Maybe I’m just grumpy, but I pretty much hate this new Internet-meme-ridden safety video from Delta airlines. It’s a miles-long marathon cringe, an endless procession of dead horses brought out and beaten mercilessly. Try watching it. If you’ve kept up with the Internet at all over the past couple years, you probably won’t be…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 20, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Cosplay Superstars Team Up, Eyeballs Are In Danger
Darshelle Stevens is one of the best cosplay photographers around. Lyz Brickley is one of the best cosplayers around. Good things happen when the two work together. This gallery showcases some of their best work from over the past few years, where they’ve covered everything from Neon Genesis to Final Fantasy to League of Legends…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2015 -
UncategorizedNot Even Mortal Kombat Can Kill Jason Voorhees
Well this is downright horrifying. A few players have found a curious glitch where Jason Vorhees refuses to stay down, even after experiencing brutalities that dismember him or behead him. Shoryuken explains that this happens because Jason has an “Unstoppable” stance, which allows him to revive himself—even when he’s technically not supposed to be able…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 20, 2015 -
CultureSix Years Later, Bad Rats Is Still Known As Steam’s Shittiest Game
There are shitty games, and then there are legends. And then there’s Bad Rats Bad Rats: The Rats’ Revenge, a not very good physics puzzle game, is all of those things. It’s definitely bad, but it’s somehow evolved into an integral part of Steam culture—a curiosity, a joke, a sly nod shared between conspirators in…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 20, 2015