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UncategorizedNew Mana Game Is Coming To iOS And Android
Here’s the Japanese trailer of Rise of Mana, the newest entry in Square Enix’s Mana series. It’s a free to play action-RPG, coming to mobile devices. The iOS version will be out in the coming days in Japan, followed by an Android port sometime this year. There is currently no word on an international release.…
By Gergo Vas Published February 26, 2014 - Kotaku East
The biggest selling PS4 game during the console’s first two days out in Japan? Famitsu reports that bundled game Knack “sold” 322,083 units, Yakuza: Restoration sold 73,086 units, Battlefield 4 sold 26,878 units, and Killzone Shadow Fall sold 25,978 units.
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow To Make DayZ More Depressing? Bioshock Voice Tracks.
Using various soundboards in multiplayer games is an old tradition. But talking about Little Sisters and Neptune’s Bounty in Andrew Ryan’s voice? It all fits really well in DayZ and makes the atmosphere even more grim. DayZ – The Bioshock Scenario [Lycku, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published February 26, 2014 - Kotaku East
China’s Pollution Is Making Japanese Air All Crappy
Osaka issued its first pm2.5 warning today. But it wasn’t the only place in Japan to do so. Japan’s neighbor China is covered with pollution. It’s a serious problem, and the long standing fear in Japan has been that the dirty air, which is rife in concentration of 2.5-micrometer particles, will drift over. There is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedOne Of The Funniest Mods For Team Fortress 2 Is A Pocket Sniper
Replacing a weapon to a mini sniper figure is only a good idea in Team Fortress 2. It’s hard to make the game even more silly a this point. But thanks to mods like this, YouTuber Vet shows can achieve just that with ease. The Pocket Aussie (Ambassador Re-skin) [Vet, YouTube] To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas Published February 26, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Cats of China’s Forbidden City
For centuries, China’s ruling dynasties lived in the imperial palace. Today, it’s home to cats. Ma Guoqing, who works at Forbidden City, tells China Daily that some of the cats are directly descended from the original palace felines. Others are strays. But all the animals are taken care of in the palace complex. News sites…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima, Transformed Into LEGO Minifig
This…portrait (?) of the famous developer isn’t fan art, it’s an official LEGO image, done by Warner Bros. and LEGO as a courtesy for Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. Shame it’s just an image, and not an actual minifig you could buy. Then have it tweet about its lunch and the DVDs it bought all…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Inception Board Game Is A Board Game Inside A Board Game…
Inceptor is an upcoming board game that is, in everything except name (because that involves licensing), based on Chris Nolan’s movie Inception. Players move around a board collecting points, which go towards mission cards. Once a mission is complete, you then move deeper into a subject’s dreams. A nice touch is that it even includes…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 - Culture
In Samus We Trust
Jorge Lacera has spent the last six years at Irrational Games, working on the BioShock series (he was lead artist on Infinite). If that top image looks familiar, that’s because we actually featuredit a while back; today’s gallery however will have a lot of BioShock in it. You can see more of Jorge’s work at…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Creep Stalks Hot Topic Employee On Facebook, Gets Served
This Facebook exchange between two strangers begins as many Facebook exchanges between random dudes and female retail clients go. We lead off with a fairly standard exercise in online stalking. Man walks into store, sees a girl he likes, uses mutual friend to get personal details on girl then private messages her on Facebook. “I’m…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
T-Shirt Is Appropriate
I’m not sure if this is coincidence or performance art. Pilot Rob Weber was flying around the other day, minding his own business when a bird “slammed into his plane and shattered the windshield”. Interviewed by the media afterwards, if that was the shirt he just happened to be wearing, awesome. If not, then well…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedNine Things You Might Not Know About The Simpsons
The Simpsons has been around for a long time—which means there are a number of interesting factoids about the show you might not know about. Do you know, for example, what the show looked like when it started running? What about why it changed, style-wise, from those early episodes? Those are just some of many…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou’ve Been Eating Sushi Wrong
All these years. All that fish, all that rice, and you’ve (probably) been doing it wrong OK, so some of you might know how this rolls. Maybe you’ve seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi, maybe you’re just a sushi sensei. But for the rest of you, struggling with your chopsticks, here’s the lowdown on how to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Persona 3 Really Is Buffy, Down To The Smallest Characters
Persona 3 is perhaps best described as “Basically, Buffy The Vampire Slayer at a super fashionable Japanese high school.” If you’re anything like me, that description alone would be enough to make you want to play. Note: This post originally ran on 5/21/2012. Seeing as how we’ve finally got confirmation that Persona 5 will be…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
Buckle Up: Outlast‘s “Whistleblower” DLC is coming to PC and PS4 in April. It’ll tell the story of Waylon Park, the source who contacted the protagonist of the main game. Judging by this screenshot, it will probably be super scary. We recently added the main game to our PS4 Bests List, and I can’t wait…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 25, 2014 - Uncategorized
What’s ‘The Perfect Game’?
Oh, don’t be silly. There’s no such thing as a “perfect” game. Or maybe there is? Nah, surely not. But wait… then again… You know what, let’s see what you guys think. What game fits your definition of The Perfect Game? Surely it means something different to everyone. What makes a game perfect to you?…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 25, 2014
