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Kotaku EastA Game Where You Decide What Your Companions Say (And How They Say It)
Freedom Wars is the upcoming hunting game for the PS Vita where you play a prisoner working off a million year sentence. In the game, players work together along with android companions called “Accessories.” Apparently these Accessories can talk and I want to hear what they have to say. In Freedom Wars, Accessories act as…
By Toshi Nakamura Published March 6, 2014 -
Uncategorized‘Marvel vs. Seinfeld’ and Other Games No One Asked For
Once again, Pete Holmes shows off his favorite fictional games, and while some of them might sound horrible (I don’t even wanna touch something called Middle-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles!), some have potential: My Newman, Soup Nazi, Bob Sacamano (he’d be a secret character I guess) trio would beat anyone with ease. All The Games: Number…
By Gergo Vas Published March 6, 2014 - Kotaku East
Famous Japanese Manga Were Born on These Desks
Our desks say a lot about our work—and a lot about us. Let’s have a look at the desks and tables of many of Japan’s biggest manga artists. These are the birthplaces of some of your favorite manga—and anime. Below, you’ll see photos of each artist’s desk—as well as one of their notable works. Many…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2014 - Kotaku East
World Domination with a Girl Who Wants to Kill You
First you take a world-shaking event, add some superpowers, and you’ve got, well, the basis for most of your generic superhero stories out there. Now add messed up character relations involving romance and murder, and welcome to Big Order Big Order is a manga that my fellow Kotaku writer, Richard, previously spoke very highly of…
By Toshi Nakamura Published March 6, 2014 -
UncategorizedRust with David Attenborough is a Peaceful Adventure
The last things that come to one’s mind when playing Rust are its relaxing ecosystem and Mother Nature (well, unless you count all those naked characters). And while the game might not have a calm narrator, here’s YouTuber Penal Cast, and a funny, Planet Earth-ish take on the otherwise intense sandbox game. Planet Rust –…
By Gergo Vas Published March 6, 2014 -
Kotaku EastI’m Terrified of Hard Choices, But This Game is About Hard Choices
Whenever I’m given an option in a game, be it choosing what my character says or how he/she acts, I always want to make the “best” choice. So when I’m faced with two equally bad options, I lock up – and right off the bat, it looks like Nippon Ichi Software’s newest game is going…
By Toshi Nakamura Published March 6, 2014 - Kotaku East
Hideo Kojima on Why Solid Snake Is Called Solid Snake
Metal Gear’s creator took to Twitter to talk about the conceptual origins behind the name of series protagonist Solid Snake. Over eight tweets. It… makes sense if you think about it, really. Have a look: Did you get that? Solid for battle-hardened, Snake for stealthy. Only a snake can beat a snake, so Solid Snake’s…
By András Neltz Published March 6, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Most Unusual Bullet Train Has Foot Baths
This is the future of Japanese train travel. And boy, it doesn’t get much faster—or interesting—than this. The bullet train (新幹線 or shinkansen) typically isn’t that fancy—though, the first-class “Green Car” carriages are certainly nice. However, the really fancy Japanese trains, such as the Twilight Express or the Seven Star, aren’t bullet trains but sleeper…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kerbal Space Program to Introduce NASA-Backed Asteroid-Wrangling DLC
Yes, soon you’ll be able to do in Kerbal Space Program whatNASA wants to do in real life. Of course, in this case, it won’t take decades of careful research. And it will probably involve a lot more explosions. KSP developer Squad and NASA are collaborating on a mission-slash-content pack called Asteroid Redirect Mission, named…
By András Neltz Published March 6, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Attack on Titan Burgers Look Utterly Disgusting
And by disgusting, I mean, revolting. And by revolting, I mean that I might actually want to eat this. Maybe not. Today, the Attack on Titan burgers go on sale at Lotteria fast food chain in Japan. There are three different sizes: five-patty, seven-patty, and ten-patty. But there is only one price—around US$20. Here is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2014 - Uncategorized
Princess Peach Is Ready To Kick Ass And Take Names
When Alexia Jean Grey cosplays as Princess Peach, she doesn’t go for puffy dresses and a smile. She channels Peach: Warrior Princess. Inspired by Peach’s performances in the Smash Bros. series, the outfit is made almost entirely out of worbla, a thermoplastic from the future. The pics here were taken by Travis Photography; there are…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2014 - Culture
Huntin’ Deer Ain’t Like Dustin’ Crops, Boy
Alastair Mclauchlan is an artist at Rockstar, where he’s worked on games like Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto IV and its expansions. You can see more of Alastair’s work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Shooter Where You Don’t Shoot, You Program
Glitchspace might look like the Mirror’s Edge expansion, and appear to show you running around holding a gun, but this is a game about puzzles. And programming. You spend the game running around a cyberspace environment, looking for glitches. When you find a puzzle, you don’t just slide a block; the game’s developers have built…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2014 - Uncategorized
A New DirectX Is Coming
I hope you didn’t get too comfortable with DirectX 11, because DirectX 12 is right around the corner. Microsoft has released a teaser image, showing that more info will be revealed at GDC (on March 20). That gives you just under two weeks to get the fear, paranoia and Windows 8 jokes out of your…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2014 - Uncategorized
In Which I Overreact To The Homeworld Remake Box Art
Look, I was happy enough that Gearbox was just going to be re-releasing Homeworld so that modern operating systems (and widescreen monitors) could actually play them properly. But that’s not what they’re doing. No, they’ve gotten carried away. In a good way. Instead of simply putting in some HD textures and optimising the code, Relic’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Vita game I can’t stop playing: If you’ve got a Vita, check out Surge Deluxe, a highly enjoyable (and addictive) electro-charged tile-matching game from Futurlab. At a certain point it clicks, and you’ll be hooked. Futurlab’s next game will be Velocity 2X for Vita and PS4.
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 5, 2014 - Uncategorized
How To Get The Best Deals At GameStop: Dumpster Dive
Ever wonder what happens to your games and gear after you trade them in to Gamestop? Some games, obviously, get put back on the shelves—the hope is to resell them. But not everything gets resold. A fascinating report by IGN details the hidden world of dumpster diving—it turns out that Gamestop sometimes throws away games…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 5, 2014
