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The Xbox One with Kinect bundle sure is pricy in South Korea! Today, it was listed at 598,000 Korean won ($592), but that’s slightly cheaper than what was listed earlier this month. The console’s set to arrive “this year” in South Korea, but we can probably expect a firm release date soon. [Thanks for tip,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
One Thing We Know About This New Sega Game: Porn Stars
Sega is making a new Yakuza game! Pretty much all we know is that it’s a Yakuza game, and it’s for the PS3 and PS4. You know what else we know? Porn stars. Yakuza is one of the biggest PlayStation exclusive franchises in Japan. These games are incredibly popular and feature big-name talent. More importantly,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
Police Van Crash Is Like a Real-Life Video Game Glitch
You know how when you’re playing a game, and it bugs out, and you get stuck in a truly odd place? Well, a real life version of that recently happened in Weihai, China. As reported on Xinhuanet and ShanghaiIst, a police van got stuck between two building on the way back to station. The police,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan Is Getting One Piece Airplanes. They Kind of Suck!
At least the flight attendants will apparently wear straw hats just like One Piece character Luffy. I guess. According to Naver and Excite, five of Japanese carrier Skymark’s Boeing 737s will get a One Piece decal. This isn’t a complete decal wrapping or paint job like the Pokémon jet. Here is All Nippon Airway’s Pokémon…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
The magical time-traveling metroidvania, Timespinner, has managed to reach its Kickstarter goal It is currently working towards two stretch goals, a PlayStation 4 port and a PS Vita port, for which it needs to collect an additional $13,000 and $23,000, respectively, in about three weeks.
By András Neltz Published July 3, 2014 - Kotaku East
What Little We Know About The Next Yakuza Game
The next Yakuza game won’t be a spin-off like Yakuza Ishin! or Yakuza: Dead Souls, but the creators won’t commit to it being a numbered game. So, what the hell is it? Apparently, it’s for men. Ever-tan Yakuza series creator and executive director Toshihiro Nagoshi and series producer Masayoshi Yokowama spoke in vague terms in…
By Toshi Nakamura Published July 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fox News Allegedly Rips Off The BioShock Infinite Logo
Well, here’s a bit of irony. Check out the logo used by Fox News during a recent interview with Texas Governer Rick Perry about immigration. It sure looks similar to the BioShock Infinite logo, right? BioShock Infinite, as you might know, features racist zealots who live on a floating city called Columbia. They worship the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
SNES-Themed Gameboy Advance
SNES and Super Famicom-themed custom Gameboy Advances available sometime soon at Rose Colored Gaming Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Play Infinite Crisis As Morose High School Supergirl
It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time for a new ridiculous Infinite Crisis costume. This time it’s “Varsity Supergirl”: You can pick up Supergirl and Varsity Supergirl in the Infinite Crisis store You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fox News Ripped Off The Bioshock Infinite Logo
For its current news segments about undocumented immigrants, Fox News used a modified version of the Bioshock Infinite logo. Lazy work by a designer? Or clever subtle commentary by someone familiar with the game’s plot? Here’s the fancy animated version: Via Ken Levine and Mediaite You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated…
By John Struan Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhy Your Brain Kept Telling You to Blow into NES Catridges
We all know that blowing into an NES cartridge is a useless and potentially harmful activity. But why did we still do it, even though it never actually worked? Science has the answer. The folks at It’s Okay To Be Smart have a pretty comprehensive breakdown about the psychology behind everyone’s favorite NES habit. One…
By Chris Person Published July 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedMy First 63 Hours With Dota 2
I’ve spent the last two weeks doing one thing: trying to learn Dota 2. I mean, sure, I did other stuff too—eating, sleeping, working. Heck, there’s even been some partying. But Steam tells me I’ve spent 63 (?!) hours playing this wretched game recently. My girlfriend has actually started joking about how she’s become Dota…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Colorful Pokémon Dress Lets You Wear ‘Em All [Update]
Who knew Pokémon could be so fashionable? This dress from Poprageous purports to include “literally EVERY Pokemon character.” From the look of the dress, I’m guessing that means they included all 151 well-known Pokémon, and not the full 700+, but I haven’t counted. Regardless, that is a lot of Pokémon to fit on a single…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 2, 2014 -
CultureHighlight Reel: July 2, 2014
Today’s gaming highlights: An 8-bit speedrun on a system from 1982, running under the world in Titanfall, and more! Speedruns IWillCureYouAll goes for a deep cut with this speedrun of Dizzy on the ZX Spectrum: The Fallout 3 speedrun we showed you two days ago has already been topped: GTA V Grog_Nozzle pulls off an…
By Steve Marinconz Published July 2, 2014