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Pokémon Wasn’t The Biggest Seller in Japan Last Year
In 2014, Japan saw the release of big Pocket Monster games Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. The games sold a ton in Japan, but not enough to reign supreme. A new challenger has taken the crown: Yokai Watch That’s right, Famitsu is reporting Yokai Watch 2 outsold Pokémon ORAS in 2014. What’s interesting about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Eighties Shall Live On in this Racing Game
Drift Stage is about one thing: listening to some great tunes and drifting all day long. Pure arcade racing And that’s all there is to it. The trailer tells you basically everything about the game: But, since it’s coming out in 2015, there’s gonna be a few modern elements included, like: different game modes, support…
By András Neltz Published January 12, 2015 - Kotaku East
Last Year’s Biggest Selling Cosplay Outfits in Japan
Not every cosplayer makes his or her outfit. Many of them buy them. And Japan’s largest cosplay outfit company Cospa just released its biggest sellers of 2014. As pointed out on Nico Nico, this list is Kantai Collection heavy, but there are a few surprises, such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes making the list.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2015 - Kotaku East
You’re Not Looking at Real Japanese Food. This Is Art
Well, I’m now hungry. You? Over on Pixiv, there is a series of “realistic Japanese meals” illustrations. Damn, they look good. Good enough to eat. Udon [by 麝香丸] Aji furai (Deep fried Japanese mackerel) [by イエローケーキ] Soy Sauce Ramen [by Buttercup] Tamago kake gohan (Raw egg over rice) [by ななつ] Ten-don (Tempura over rice) [by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2015 - Kotaku East
Psycho Pass: The Movie Is Not the Climax You Were Expecting
Hot on the heels of Psycho Pass’ second season comes Psycho Pass: The Movie. But as a movie that builds yet another layer to the franchise’s lore and catches up with some old familiar faces, it is less the completion of the final picture and more just another piece in the puzzle—though an interesting one…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 12, 2015 - Culture
The Queen Of The Damned
Kilart is a South Korean artist working in the video game business. If you’ve played one of Applibot’s mobile card games — you know, the terrible gameswith incredibleart — you’ve maybe seen his stuff. You can see more Kilart’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedFirst-Person Zombie Movie Is A Man Running (And Jumping) For His Life
Dying Light, named for the video game it’s promoting, is a short, first-person zombie movie that is shot entirely from the perspective of a man sprinting over rooftops, frantically trying to avoid becoming fresh meat. The perspective can get a little sickening at times (the FOV, with his looooong arms, is off), but on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Kim Jong Un Video Game Hacked, Creators Claim
First announcedin May 2014, Glorious Leader is a platformer where you control North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. And just like the man it’s based on, the game has been caught up in a hacking fiasco. Having been pretty quiet since its reveal, the game moved to Kickstarterlast month hoping to pull together the funds…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Genius Stargate Cosplay Is, Well, A Human Stargate
Cosplayer Nyima-chan loses Stargate cosplay points for not dressing as James Spader. And…look, that’s about the only negative I could find about this entire thing, which from the concept to the execution is just terrific Pic below by Szani (via Daily Dot)
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Let The Internet Create The Ultimate D&D Character
If you find that creating your role-playing character’s backstory a little rough (thanks to your sense of imagination being dulled to a smooth sheen), the internet — as always — is here to help. Who The Fuck Is My D&D Character is a generator (via Super Punch) made by Ryan J Grantthat will do as…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedHosts’ Reactions Are The Highlight Of Japanese ‘Face Hacking’ Video
My weekend shift is over, Kotaku, so I’ll leave you with this video of Tokyo artist and producer Nobumichi Asai’s impressive and slightly disturbing “face hacking” that I saw on Geekologie The effect — which we’ve seen previously — is achieved using face-tracking, projectors and 3D animations, according to Blastr, and is shown here being…
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. Lore Theory May Make You Regret Beating Up On Master Hand
Is it possible that the big bosses featured in every Super Smash Bros. game—Master Hand, Crazy Hand, Tabuu, and Master Core—really represent different aspects of series creator Masahiro Sakurai? It sounds crazy (hand), but this video from The Game Theorists might actually convince you that it’s at least possible. Even if the video has some…
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedMore Than You Ever Wanted To Know About The Sega Dreamcast
The latest from the video game trivia masters at Did You Know Gaming? tackles Sega’s ill-fated but fondly remembered Dreamcast—from inception to downfall. (Is it just me or is the rapid-fire pacing of this channel’s video releases starting to get a little crazy?) Anyway, the Dreamcast was not a bad system, but a perfect storm…
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedHalf-Life 2 Characters Fit Perfectly In Artist Pogo’s Neighborhood
Artist Nick Bertke, AKA Pogo, made this video compositing elements from Half-Life 2 into footage of his real-life neighborhood and what looks like his home. And it looks astounding. Before I read the video’s description on YouTube I was slightly confused about what was real and what was CG, which is a testament both to…
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Microsoft has updated its rules regarding videos that include footage from its games to allow creators to make money from ads—as long as they don’t use the game’s title in their video titles or include anything the company considers “objectionable” (does that mean no Spartan poop stance clips?). [via Windows Central]
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Next Penelope Looks Like F-Zero With Boss Battles
I hadn’t heard of The Next Penelope before the game’s marketer, Indie Fund scout John Polson, reached out to tell me about it, but I’m sold on the premise and look of this game. It has elements of F-Zero, as well as the under-appreciated classic Micro Machines (which was more or less remade as Toybox…
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015 - Esports
Watch The Million Dollar Smite Final Between Two Unlikely Competitors
The Grand Finals of the Smite World Championships kicks off at 2:30 PM Eastern time today, as a U.S. team expected to be knocked out by its sister squad and a European open invitational underdog that made it to the competition by the skin of their teeth battle for a $1.3 million grand prize. Hi-Rez…
By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Taking The Minecraft Vegetarian Challenge
Minecraft is a lot of different things to a lot of different people; a place to build a word processor, recreate Westeros or trap incredible monsters. For many players it’s simply about survival, which means making sure you have shelter at night, forging armor and weapons with which you can fend off attackers, and somehow…
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedPublishers Wanted To Change Life Is Strange‘s Protagonists Into Men
Dontnod Entertainment and Square Enix’s Life Is Strange looks really interesting, but it was almost a very different game, according to a developer diary video posted this week. Apparently Dontnod shopped the game around to a number of different publishers before going with Square Enix, and it turns out most of them wanted to change…
By Mike Rougeau Published January 11, 2015
