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Do Final Fantasy Fans Really Want More Lightning?
Square Enix believes that Lightning, the main character of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, has a lot of fans. In fact, according to FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama, Lightning is so beloved that she might start getting Square Enix Cameo Treatment. “We know that Lightning is an extremely popular character, even when compared to other Final…
By Jason Schreier Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Just Be Glad Your Cat Isn’t Wolverine
Cats can be meddlesome on their own — they scratch things, destroy couches and get just about everywhere you don’t want them to. Now imagine if they had Adamantium claws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d4XMU… Count your lucky stars that X-Men Origins: Wolverine Cat isn’t the reality you live in. I mean, sure it’s a pain in the ass…
By Chris Person Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best Nintendo Stuff We Saw at Toy Fair
Every year, it seems like more and high-end merch from Nintendo lands on the shelves of Toy Fair. Once again, Kotaku hit the annual trade show in New York City and, this year, we might have seen some of the most beautiful sculpted versions of the company’s characters yet. Look at these figures of Link…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Creators of Rock Band Are Making A Musical First-Person Shooter
Are you in the mood for a very different kind of multiplayer first-person shooter? How about one in which the arena you’re in morphs to the music that’s playing, where your machine gun makes music, where your grenades only blow up on the downbeats and the missiles you fire will keep stalking your enemy as…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Journey Through Bootleg Pokémon Games
JonTron has made a career out of playing terrible games so you don’t have to. Which is great, because how else were we going to sit through these awful, bootleg Pokémon titles and crack jokes? This is practically charity. Spanning several Nintendo consoles and handhelds, there have been quite a few awful cash-ins on the…
By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Heavy Rain Creator Inducted Into Order Founded by Napoleon
Here’s something odd: David Cage, the maker of Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain, now has something in common with Marcel Marceau, Jacques Cousteau and Alexis de Tocqueville: all are members of France’s Legion d’honneur, an award akin to being knighted in the United Kingdom. Le Figaro reported this weekend that Cage, 44, (pictured) the…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fans Fight To Bring Virtue’s Last Reward Back To Life
Last week, in a heartbreaking series of tweets, game director Kotaro Uchikoshi wrote that he hasn’t been able to greenlight the third planned game in his Zero Escape series. The numbers just haven’t worked out. Those words might mean nothing to you, but Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward, released in 2012 for the 3DS and…
By Jason Schreier Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Quality Can’t Be Measured By The Length Of A Game • How Broken Age Uses Its Dual Narrative • Six More Winter 2014 Anime Worth Watching TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedSix Things You Might Not Know About The (Increasingly Naked) Xbox One
In his never-ending search for amazing facts, Jake Roper of VSauce3 can’t seem to keep his consoles together. First the Dreamcast, and now the Xbox One is stripped down to nothing in stop-motion, revealing juicy tidbits about Microsoft’s latest console along the way. As you watch the video, keep in mind that the Xbox One…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat DayZ Players Say Before They Die
Losing your character in DayZ can be really depressing sometimes, especially if you are fully geared. So playing smart and carefully choosing your last words can save your life. Here’s YouTuber Beeshke and his collection of footage of other players, trying to save their lives—without much success. The moral of the story? Don’t trust anyone…
By Gergo Vas Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Transformers ‘Fan Built Bot’ Is One Plane-Looking Lady
Last year Hasbro asked the Transformers fan collective to help create a “Fan Built Bot” by voting on a vehicle mode, color scheme, faction, personality and signature weapon. The end result is Windblade, a female Autobot jet plane samurai. She’s so much fan fiction come-to-life. Hasbro has been slowly revealing Windblade since voting ended last…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Booker with his skyhook from Bioshock Infinite, redrawn by Jenny thorne on DeviantART Looks really cool, just like a cell from a 90s cartoon. Here’s a bonus from the same artist. Fun looking Payday 2 jennyisdrawing [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…
By Gergo Vas Published February 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Flappy Bird Proficiency Required for Game Developer Job in China
Now…I’m not too sure I understand the whole Flappy Bird thing. I haven’t played the game, so while I might be in the dark, for potential employees of one Chinese game company, Flappy Bird knowledge might just be the way into a job. According to China News, an odd online job listing appeared online in…
By Eric Jou Published February 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Is Getting Its Own PS4 Console
To mark MGS V: Ground Zeroes’ release, the Sony Store is releasing a special Ground Zeroes emblazoned PlayStation 4 in Japan. Via Kojima Productions‘ Twitter account, the limited edition console features the Fox Emblem—hence calling this PS4 the “Fox Edition.” Priced at 46,980 yen (US$462), the special console comes with a copy of the game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Cease And Desist! Toei Animation Looks To Tackle Chinese Bootleggers
Toei Animation, the Japanese animation powerhouse behind some of our (and hopefully your) favourite animations, has started to investigate and send out cease and desist notices to Chinese companies for copyright infringement. Reported by Chinese gaming website Gamelook, Toei has reached out to a few Chinese gaming companies asking them to take down games that…
By Eric Jou Published February 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Okay, I Want This Arcade Game for My Living Room
Or my bedroom. Or the den. Or the dining room. Wherever, this huge cabinet can fit. It doesn’t matter. Steel Chronicle: Ganesh is an upcoming arcade game from Konami. The cabinet, which features huge screens inside, is very, very large. It also has feedback and a sound system to help immerse you even more. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
China’s Communist Mouthpiece Wants Less Sex in Gaming
Sex sells. It’s a cheap and simple ploy that video game marketers have used for years. The Chinese game industry is no different. In recent years, famous Japanese adult film stars have been tapped to represent and market games to consumers, but now, one of the country’s biggest newspapers has come out against sex in…
By Eric Jou Published February 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Littlest Attack on Titan Cosplayer Is Simply Adorable
Aw, look at that little kid! And her little Survey Corps outfit. So precious. Dressed as Attack on Titan character Sasha Braus, the kid (and what looks like a parent!) recently attended the Fancy Frontier comic and cosplay event in Taiwan. Neat little outfit. COS王 誕生!! [Fancy Frontier@Facebook] To contact the author of this post,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Power Rangers Toy Has an Erection
The latest Super Sentai (aka Power Rangers) series in Japan is train themed. That means a whole slew of new toys. And one of them can get what looks like a giant train boner. All aboard! The new instalment is called Ressha Sentai Tokkyuujaa (烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー) or, loosely, “Furious Train Squadron Limited Express Rangers.” The Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Which Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Is Best? Here Are Comparisons
Upcoming stealth action game Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be released on old and new platforms. How different will they look? Konami released a handful of comparison images from the different versions of the game, explaining how the PS3 and PS4 versions stack up as well as the Xbox 360 and Xbox One…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2014