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Kotaku EastThe Moment That Changed How I Viewed Music in Games
Back when I was a kid in the late 80s and early 90s, game music didn’t seem like anything special. Sure, I knew the Mario Bros. Rap and could hum the theme to Sonic the Hedgehog, but no game music ever captivated me. Then I played Final Fantasy VI To me, game music had always…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 27, 2014 -
Kotaku EastAnd Here Come the Xbox One Games for Japan
Earlier today on NicoNico, Tokyo-based entertainment company Mages revealed that anime Psycho-Pass is getting an Xbox One game. Don’t watch the trailer if flashing lights and quick cutting bother you! The Psycho-Pass game will feature an original story. It currently does not have a release date. Mages also revealed adventure game Mystereet F, which includes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2014 -
UncategorizedHorror Shooter Offers A Haunted Spaceship Filled With Killer Robots
And either that’s a haunted laptop, or help.exe was coded by an extremely passive-aggressive programmer. Not very helpful when you’ve got killer robots after you. Spirits of Xanadu takes place in an alternate eighties where humanity is already pretty far along in their quest to explore space. You’re investigating the research vessel Xanadu, which, as…
By András Neltz Published May 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
Fighting Crime with S&M Rope Bondage
Cop shows can start to feel the same. Even interrogation scenes can seem similar. Police drama Tokubou is different. Very, very different. The show follows the adventures of police officer Souhei Asakura, the head of the Community Safety Bureau and a master of, well, rope bondage. Those who can’t be arrested are punished and those…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan Is Getting Another Coffee…Soda
A new cola plus coffee drink was recently released in Japan. Or maybe that should be coffee plus cola? Just call it Cafe do Cola. This “Brazilian Soda” beverage hopes to capitalize on next month’s World Cup, which will be held in the South American country. Do people in Brazil even have a cola plus…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Xbox One is finally getting a release date and price for Japan. The console hits September 4 and is getting two price points: 39,980 yen or US$392 (sans Kinect) and at 49,980 yen or $490 (with Kinect). The console was released in North America and in Europe on November 22, 2013.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2014 - Culture
A Rare Sighting Of A Wild Derpfish
Ivan Khomenko is one of the artists at One Pixel Brush, a studio we’ve featured here on Fine Art previously. You can see more of Ivan’s work at his Facebook and ArtStation pages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Magic: The Gathering Jumps Off Cards, Lands On Your Desk/Shelf
Magic: The Gathering has, over the years, lured some of the best fantasy artists on the planet to draw some of the coolest fantasy characters on the planet. So this line of action figures based on some of the best are a no-brainer. Amazingly, these will be the first official Magic figures in over a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedAs Close To Hoverboarding As We’re Probably Going To Get
What do this original Kinect and Wii Balance Board have in common? Aside from a general irrelevance to video games in 2014, they’ve also come together to bring us the hoverboarding future that the real world has sadly failed to deliver. The two peripherals link up with an Oculus Rift headset to form the cornerstone…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2014 -
CultureCosplayPacific Rim Cosplay Is Suitably Massive
Given the fact it’s got giant robots and weird-lookin’ giant aliens, Pacific Rim isn’t the easiest movie to cosplay as. Which only makes this badass Pacific Rim cosplay even more impressive. Thai cosplay outfit C4 Team have made not only three Jaegers (complete with lighting), but a Kaiju as well. If you’re wondering why there’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedSniper Elite 3 Makes Me Excited To Shoot Nazi Faces
Sniper Elite v2 was disappointingly linear, but it looks like the next installment is shaping up to be much better. Oh, and yes, there are plenty more heads exploding in slow motion. I played about an hour of Sniper Elite 3, running through a campaign level and some co-op multiplayer. Overall, everything that I had…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedMeet The Action Movie Bros Of Broforce
Luke and I are united in our love of Broforce, the action game that lets you play as a revolving cast of basically every bro (and lady-bro) who has ever kicked ass in an action movie. The game is currently playable via Steam Early Access, but if you haven’t yet seen all the bros, Trash…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed Comes To The World Of Ghost Recon Phantoms
Players of the free to play Ghost Recon Phantoms can now buy futuristic Assassin’s Creed-themed weapons and armor for their characters. I posted wallpapers and closeups of the designs below: Here’s a better look at the designs: And here’s two more wallpapers: You can download the wallpapers in additional resolutions at the official site You…
By John Struan Published May 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Cosplay Solves Pokémon’s Biggest Mystery
People have many theories as to what the bottom of a Diglett (and by extention, its evolution, Dugtrio) looks like. Maybe there’s a horrible nightmare monster buried down there. Maybe it just has some sort of feet. Maybe there’s nothing down there at all. My favorite theory? Dugtrio is actually a really burly humanoid: Which…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf Grand Theft Auto V Were Made In The 80s
It would still be awesome! Here’s an isometric, Commodore 64-style recreation of some Grand Theft Auto V action by the talented MajamiHiroz with some superb 8bit music added. Atari’s Paperboy would work well as a minigame in a game like this. Grand Theft Auto V (Commodore 64) [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published May 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
What Do You Want To See At E3 This Year?
We’re exactly two weeks away from E3 press conference day—Video Game Christmas—so why not spend some time fantasizing about what we’d like to see there? For example, a few days ago I got this fun e-mail from a colleague, Andrew. Here’s his fanfic wishlist for E3 2014: Sony Press Conference: It would start with all…
By Jason Schreier Published May 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Platformer Where You’re A Goddess, And The Levels Are Your Mind
Oh yeah, and you’ve got split personalities. Also it’s a really pretty-looking game. It’s called Red Goddess. An open-world side-scrolling action-adventure (or metroidvania, if you prefer) where you play a young goddess named Divine, taking her on a journey across a planet controlled by her subconscious. This translates to a dangerous but gorgeous alien landscape.…
By András Neltz Published May 26, 2014
