Predator Confirmed for Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Next DLC

Call of Duty: Ghosts’ developers teased quite the interesting cameo last week for the game’s second DLC, Devastation. Their new gameplay trailer now confirms that 80s intergalactic hunter Predator will indeed join the battle. The expansion will also feature a four new maps: Ruins, Behemoth, Collision and Unearthed (Predator needs its jungle environment!), a unique…

My Elder Scrolls Online Journey Has Begun

Meet Rande. He’s a level 5 Khajiit Nightblade named after my dead cat. He’ll be my representative in the world of Tamriel as I spend the next several weeks playing The Elder Scrolls Online for review. I created Rande last night, after picking up a copy of the digital standard version of the game directly…

12 Tips for When You’re Traveling To China

Oh China. The Middle Kingdom, the home of kung-fu and pandas, is one of the hottest travel and study destinations in the world right now. With over 5000 years of history, China is definitely worth a visit and here at Kotaku, we’ve compiled a few helpful tips. Keep in mind that these tips don’t include…

Tom and Jerry With Anime Characters is Surreal

We all know the 1956 Tom and Jerry short. Down Beat Bear now has an unexpected Japanese fan-made counterpart… with CGI characters from The Touhou Project Is there a correlation? I don’t think so. But I have to say, NicoNico user Doterapotto (どてらぽっと) did a great job with the timing and syncing, copying everything properly.…

How Tea-Boiled Eggs Caused Online Controversy in China

Last week, one of the hottest topics online in China was an egg. Not just any egg, but rather an egg hardboiled in tea leaves and soy sauce. A tea-boiled egg. Tea eggs became a major topic of online discussion after a professor in Taiwan claimed that many people in the Chinese mainland can’t afford…

One Chinese Gamer Has Kept His Game Point Cards For Over 10 Years

Pre-paid charge cards for video games have been around for ages. They had them for NeoPets, they had them for Nexon games such as Gunbound, and they’re super useful—but only until the points run out. But for one Chinese gamer, his collection of old point cards may just win him a brand new smartphone. Chinese…

Lonely Gamer Spawns Springtime Anime Art Meme in Japan

It’s springtime in Japan. That means, friends and family gather to sit under cherry blossoms and eat, drink, and be merry. This guy, however, is all alone. On Japanese television, people were being asked what time they arrived to get a spot to enjoy hanami (花見) or “cherry blossom viewing.” “I got here a little…

​Retired Porn Star’s Mobile Game Commercial Gets Banned in China

Until he retired last year, Taka Kato was one of Japan’s most famous male porn stars. He recently appeared in a Chinese mobile game commercial, which has raised the ire of the Chinese government. In the commercial, Kato talked about he’s known as “Goldfinger.” With his raised two fingers, Kato says, “I’ve brought happiness to…

Hopefully Half-Life 3 Will Look as Good as its Fan Trailer

Insert comment about Half-Life 3 taking too long here. Deviant Pictures, utilizing Source Filmmaker, created this fine-looking fan trailer for Valve’s prodigal shooter, Half-Life 3, though admittedly it feels a bit more like a movie trailer than a game trailer. I’d watch that movie. Hell, someone could even make a game out of it. Half-Life…

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$4000 Cosplay Commission Stolen, Here’s How You Can Help

Last week, Jacqueline Goehner’s car was broken into while she was visiting a friend’s house. Among the stuff stolen was a black duffle bag that had two Zelda outfits inside that she’d done for a commission. They were worth $4000 The loss of the outfits isn’t the end of the job, though. Jacqueline has taken…