Foxconn wants to dabble in mobile gaming. The controversial Taiwanese company, eager to move beyond parts manufacturing, recently announced that they would be releasing several mobile games. Their first game, developed jointly with NetDragon (Dungeon Keeper Online, Transformers Online), will be out within six months Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

You Might Wanna Download All Of Jimmy Fallon’s Favorite iPhone Apps

The iPhone 5S is out, and Late Night host Jimmy Fallon didn’t hesitate to show off some of his favorite new apps: Photobama, Miley Cyrus Fly Catcher, Axl Rose Relaxation Tapes and Wax Alan Rickman. Needless to say, all of these are incredibly useful apps that’ll make our life much better. New iPhone Apps: Photobama,…

Stop The Twitter Stupidity, Says Local Japanese Government

This year in Japan, idiots on Twitter have got into all kinds of trouble. Dummies have been climbing into freezers and on subway tracks to snap Twitter pics. And now, one area in Japan has had enough. Kanagawa Prefecture is launching a public awareness campaign to help prevent future Twitter stupidity. Later this month, the…

PC Point and Click Fans, Get Ready For A Christmas Treat

The Kickstarter campaign which intended to revive Charles Cecil’s Broken Sword adventure game series ended successfully a bit over a year ago, so it’s about time we know more about when the follow-up will actually be here. Released as two episodes, the first part of The Serpent’s Curse will arrive to PC on the fourth…

Velocity Ultra, the teleporting vertical shoot-em-up for the Vita which we rather liked, is making its way to PC. The port is being handled by Curve Studios of Stealth Bastard fame, and will include customizable controls and graphics enhancements. Expect it to pop up on Steam around late December.

Check Out How Much Better the Tales of Symphonia Sequel Looks in HD

Last week we took a look at how the PS3 remaster of Tales of Symphonia stacks up against the original GameCube version. But this is not the only game in the Tales of Symphonia Chronicles HD remaster collection. Its 2008 sequel, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, has had an HD makeover as…

One Man’s Harrowing Quest For Toilet Paper, As Told By A ZombiU Short

Admit it. You would brave the undead-filled streets for some toilet paper, too. Zombie apocalypse? Pfft. This ten-minute short, created over six months with (amazingly enough) a budget of only £250 (about $400), tells the story of Ron, a lone survivor in the ZombiU universe whose priorities might seem skewed at first, but really—would you…

Here’s a Marvelous New Dragon Quest 3DS XL

Early next year, Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Marvelous Mysterious Key hits the Nintendo 3DS. To mark the occasion, Nintendo is releasing a special 3DS XL. Neat DQ print, no? Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Marvelous Mysterious Key is a remake of Dragon Quest Monsters 2: The Mysterious Key to Malta,…

PC Classic Gets A Gentle Glove Slap To The Face

One of the best PC games ever made is Sid Meier’s Colonization. A big part of that is the way it simulates the great unknown: as you venture westwards, unless you’re playing on the boring “real” map, you’re truly venturing into the great unknown. Few games have managed to copy that success, most recently Paradox’s…

Science Is Turning Disabled Kids Into Awesome Cyborgs

You might think 3D printers are only good for making your own bootleg action figures, but there’s a far more practical use for them: building robotic limbs for kids who would otherwise have a pretty tough time of it. That’s what a group called Robohand does. They use 3D printers to build the parts necessary…

Valve Is “Constantly” Trying To Improve Steam’s Wonky Offline Mode

While Steam theoretically allows you to play your games without an internet connection, there are catches, like the fact that every now and then you have to get back online for the feature to work. Which in some circumstances kinda defeats the point! Weirdly, while you’d be forgiven for thinking this was a design decision,…