- Kotaku East
Dragon Quest X is finally getting a Nintendo 3DS release. Previously released on Wii, Wii U, Windows and smartphones, the 3DS version will use WiFi and cost 3,800 yen ($37). Out September 4 in Japan, it requires an additional subscription fee like the other versions. No word yet about a Western release for the 3DS.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2014 - Uncategorized
A Fun New Way To Build In Minecraft: ‘Chunk Houses’
A few days ago, on the r/minecraft subreddit, redditor Spelunkding shared pictures of what they called a “chunk house.” Since then, chunk houses have been popping up all over the place. In case you’re unaware, chunks in Minecraft are the building blocks of the world. Each world’s surface is composed of an infinite number of…
By András Neltz Published July 8, 2014 - Kotaku East
One Piece Might Last Another Decade
For those worried that One Piece might be ending sooner rather than later, don’t be. In a recent interview, the manga’s creator, Eiichiro Oda, says he won’t be slowing down anytime soon. “After 17 years, after more and more new characters being created in the story, I couldn’t stop inspiration coming into my head,” Oda…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2014 - Uncategorized
Lost Bioshock Game Would Have Been Based On Final Fantasy Tactics
Ken Levine had a bit to say today about the Bioshock Vita game that never materialized. One, 2K and Sony never reached a deal. And two, it would have been a “Final Fantasy Tactics style thing set in pre-fall Rapture.” Via Twitter You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best…
By John Struan Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Heist Movie Comes To Life As Samsung Factory Raided
In what even Reuters admits sounds like the script of a “daring crime movie”, a group of around 20 armed criminals in Brazil have got away with $36 million worth of Samsung gear after robbing a factory. First, having waited for the sun to go down, seven of the thieves stole a company shuttle bus,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhen Video Games Are Illegal, The Cops Are…Idiots
Well, this is nice. Vid Agents is a video game series that, instead of doing the usual thing of blending cosplay with fanfic, is actually entirely original. It’s called VID AGENTS, and is about the cops tasked with policing a ban on video games. It is, in case you can’t tell from the gif, not…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Culture
Wow
Form Language is a Canadian art studio that, as you’re about to see, have “extensive training in classical drawing and painting”. Cartoon barbarian boobs this ain’t. That image up top might be the most beautiful thing this feature has ever run. You can see more of Form’s work at their company site To see the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Why Pools and Toddlers Won’t Be in The Sims 4
When it was announced that pools and toddlers wouldn’t be in the next installment of The Sims, longtime fans got pretty upset. Now, EA’s explaining why those elements will be missing See, the game’s going to be totally different. A new post on the official Sims website acknowledges the displeasure voiced by Sims devotees and…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Link Retires From Adventuring, Takes Up…Wrestling
Oakland’s Hoodslam indie wrestling events, which we’ve actually covered before, outdid themselves over the weekend with theatrically combative tributes to not just Street Fighter, but Zelda as well. These clips were taken by @jjsignal (artist on the very cool Read Only Memories, check it out), who had a way better Saturday night than any of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
GameStop’s Preorder Plans Sound Like Bad News [Update]
Of all the things wrong with big, blockbuster video games, few are as shitty as the obsession with preordering. So you’ll be just thrilled to know that GameStop’s plans for the future of the practice are, should they ever come to fruition, pretty much a nightmare scenario. According to a report on GamesBeat, the retail…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Racing Car Gets Joke Half-Life 3 Sponsorship
The reader blog over at Jalopnik got a pretty sweet deal last month: for just a few bucks they could get their names on a car that was competing in the famous 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race in Germany. Thing is, not everyone who contributed went with their real name. One contributor, Savant, saw his…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
An Idiot In Azeroth: Part One
On a cold Sydney winter morning I stand at the train station. The sun cuts through the crisp azure sky and I think to myself, “this reminds me of the sky in Elwynn forest as I wandered carefree as a level 3 noob and was coldly cut down by a bandit near the crystal lake.…
Mark Serrels Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedQ*Bert Rebooted For Today’s Short Attention Span Gamers
For years our coverage of classic arcade game Q*Bert has been limited to hardcore players attempting to break longevity records. No normal person has time to play a game for 80 hours straight these days. That’s what Q*Bert Rebooted is for. Coming very soon (possibly tomorrow) to Steam and then mobile platforms, the new Q*Bert…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf Someone Made An Art Film About The Flash
The life of a superhero is often an anxiety-riddled mess — so it’s only appropriate that a classic DC hero gets a pretentious, art house adaptation. Filmmaker Patrick Willems has graced us with a peek into a world where Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (the man behind the brooding classics Persona and The Seventh Seal) was…
By Chris Person Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedInside The World of GTA Online’s Intense Biker Gangs
Of course people playing GTA Online have formed digital gangs—the “crews” feature, which allows everyone to assign special roles and ranks within a group, is practically built for this. But damn, some people take crews in GTA Online really seriously. Take the Reaper Lords, for example. They are a biker gang that only exists inside…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
164 Mouse Clicks Take You Through a Fun Retro Game Adventure
Old enough to have loaded games from cassettes back in the day? Then, this charming interactive cartoon will remind you of old-school graphical journeys from back in the day. It isn’t quite a game, but don’t let that stop you. Super Pixel Quest comes from artist Emmanuel Espinasse, who works in both print and digital…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Of The Best Final Fantasy Games Turns 14 Today
Happy birthday, Final Fantasy IX! You’re fourteen years old now, and still just as lovely as you were back in 2000, though you could stand to take it easier on the random encounters. FFIX, a story about an interspecies romance and a wizard child who learns how to have feelings, first came out in Japan…
By Jason Schreier Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedMan Puts TV On Head, Wins Cosplay
This reel of cosplayers from Heroes Con 2014 has some of the staples you’d expect, like multiple versions of Deadpool, Spider-Man and Captain America. But I wasn’t prepared for the magnificence that is Prince Robot IV from Saga. Look at that TV-head. It’s glorious. If you read Saga, then you know that the Prince’s head…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fans Are Pissed About Alleged Cheating In The Recent Pokémon Tournament
Astute Pokémon fans noticed something interesting during the Pokémon National Championships this past weekend—something that seemed like it should have been impossible without the use of cheating. Attempting to cheat at Pokémon tournaments isn’t new: literally thousands of people have been caught in the act before. Nevermind the huge prevalence of hacked Pokémon online, be…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 7, 2014