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The Latest Idolm@ster Game is All Fan Service, in a Good Way
Coming off of their recent movie release, THE IDOLM@STER girls are back with a new game that looks like it’s learned from past mistakes. The latest addition to Bandai Namco’s ever popular IDOLM@STER franchise, THE IDOLM@STER ONE FOR ALL came out on the PS3 last week and so I decided to see what it had…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Amazon’s MAYhem Sale Discounts Over 1000 Downloadable Games
Amazon is at it again with an absolutely massive sale on downloadable PC and Mac titles across all genres. Over the course of the next 10 days, you’ll see discounts on over 1000 titles, and several custom bundles as well, many marked down to their lowest prices ever. As always, here are a few choice…
By Shep McAllister Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Evolve Feels Different Every Time I Play It
I have played roughly six rounds of Evolve and it’s been a different experience every time. By now many of you get the basic premise: Evolve is a cooperative multiplayer first-person shooter. You play either as one of four humans on a team of hunters going up against a fifth player, the monster. Last week…
By Tina Amini Published May 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedDark Souls Has Never Looked So Peaceful
Dark Souls II is lonely and beautiful without enemies and action. The newest entry in Andy Kelly‘s series ‘Other Places’ takes us to Drangleic, the kingdom where the events of Dark Souls II takes place. With the music from Majula Temple, the whole clip becomes really haunting: Other Places: Drangleic (Dark Souls II) [ultrabrilliant, YouTube]…
By Gergo Vas Published May 22, 2014 - Kotaku East
Yokai Watch Could be the Next Pokemon
“Yokai Watch? WTF is that?” was my first response when I heard about the 3DS game that had Brian ransacking toy stores Yokai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ) is pretty much a Pokemon style game from Level-5 of Professor Layton fame, where the objective is to collect cute little fairy-like monsters – called Yokai – to battle with.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 22, 2014 -
Kotaku EastI Wish Video Games Had High-Speed Gesture Tech Like This
The Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo recently showed off its very cool 3D gesture tech. Using high-speed camera, the system is able to track hand movements at 500 frames per second. The lab hopes the tech can be used by surgeons. I say bring on the video games. High Speed Gesture Recognition…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2014 - Kotaku East
Zelda Spin-Off Doesn’t Have Dungeons, It’s Got Armies
Hyrule Warriors is Zelda meets hack-and-slash. It’s an idea just crazy enough to work. “With the Warriors series, we’ve had collaborations with Gundam, Fist of the North Star, and One Piece, but we also wanted to do something with Nintendo.” Hyrule Warriors producer, Hisashi Koinuma said in an interview with Weekly Famitsu. According to Koinuma,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 22, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan Did BioShock In 1973
SF Magazine is a well-known sci-fi magazine in Japan. Launching in 1959, it’s still published today. And in July 1973, the cover looked like BioShock BioShock was released decades later in 2007 (the above image features a still from the 2010 sequel). But wow, look at the similarities—especially the similarities with the Little Sister from…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2014 -
Kotaku EastCats Videos Are Better with Sports Announcers
In your time on the internet, you’ve probably seen a ton of cat videos. Cute ones, funny ones, and jumping ones. But, you know what was missing from them? Taiwanese baseball announcers, that’s what. Recently, the Facebook page for internet feline friends MuMu and MianMian uploaded the following YouTube clip, which features an audio track…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2014 - Kotaku East
Good news, Dragon Quest fans! DQ creator Yuji Horii tells VJump that the next Dragon Quest won’t be a smartphone game, but perhaps, more of a weighty title. Meaning? Don’t expect a casual game, but hopefully, something closer to a traditional DQ experience.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japanese Selfie Trend Will Leave You Shaking Your Head
It seems like there’s always a new photo trend, doesn’t it? Some are big. Some are small. Well, this one could have you shaking your head. Literally. Earlier this week, head-shaking photos were uploaded to bulletin board Viper 2ch, with the original uploader writing, “You’re able to forget your troubles hahahahahaha.” In Japanese, this is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere Is The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past Mobile Game
The Uncanny X-men: Days of Future Past game is now available for your favorite mobile device. It’s a side-scrolling beat ’em up with no in-app purchases. I posted details and 20 minutes of gameplay below: *No Internet Connection Required and No In-App Purchases Play as Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Cyclops or Scarlet Witch as Marvel’s…
By John Struan Published May 22, 2014 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Solid V’s Sexy Cosplay Gets Even Better
When Hideo Kojima encouraged folks to cosplay as Quiet, the under-dressed “erotic” sniper in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid, do you think he expected dudes to throw their hat in the ring? I like to think so. Really, after the fan-art, it was inevitable. The cosplayer featured above is Kyle Mistry, and while his cosplay…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
$130 Tyrion Lannister Wants You To Be His Champion
This impressive Game of thrones figure will go up for sale this weekend. Standing 8.7″ tall, he includes interchangeable hands, a goblet, a book and proper clothes. I this is the level of detail we can expect of threezero’s GoT figures, I can’t wait to see who’s next. And by that I mean, dear Korean…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedWolfenstein on Xbox One Vs PS4 Vs PC
Three versions of the newest Wolfenstein, all with their own graphical quirks and strengths. Let’s compare them, shall we? GameSpot has the obligatory graphics comparison for The New Order, which is worth watching if you’re debating which version of the game to get. Honestly, while there are definite visible differences, all versions of the game…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedFirst-Person Games Meet Strategy Games. In Space.
I used to play this old PC game called USS Ticonderoga. It was a pretty clunky modern naval simulation, but I persisted with it for one reason: it let you explore your ship in first-person. I can’t believe it’s taken this long for another game to realise how awesome that premise is. A big problem…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here’s ZeniMax’s Specific Beef (Well, Beefs) With Oculus Rift
Oculus, makers of the Oculus Rift VR headset, and ZeniMax, owners of studios like id and Bethesda, are heading to court. It is going to get messy. ZeniMax is pissed, and in its case has presented a long, long list of grievances it has with Oculus Rift, boss Palmer Luckey and former id boss, now…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2014 -
ReviewsWolfenstein: The New Order: The Kotaku Review
Trapped in a vegetative state for 14 years, Wolfenstein hero B.J. Blazkowicz awakens to a 1960 dominated by Nazis and a life no-longer solely defined by the killing of them. Not that killing Nazis isn’t an important aspect of Wolfenstein: The New Order, the third entry in reboot of the classic first-person shooter series that…
By Mike Fahey Published May 21, 2014