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UncategorizedHow Nintendo Plans on Tackling Its Toughest Year
Last night was the night that Nintendo told investors—and the world—how they’re going to meet the challenges they’re facing. People have been talking about Nintendo a lot lately, mostly because of worse-than-expected Wii U sales and a lackluster mobile phone presence. In an investor meeting last night, company president Satoru Iwata outlined the vision for…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: Remembering All The Fire Levels, Creatures And Spells In Video Games • (Fake) Grandpa Gets Kicked Out Of Pokémon Tournament For Cussing • Why Nintendo Is Going To Be Just Fine TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Tina Amini Published January 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Play Injustice: Gods Among Us on mobile this weekend, score 30,000 power credits. Warner Bros. celebrates one billion play sessions in the free-to-play mobile version of its superhero fighter, doling out in-game currency for anyone who plays the game on iOS or Android devices this weekend.
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedPlayStation Vita Slim Hits The UK Next Week
The thinner, non-OLED version of PlayStation’s latest portable makes its way from Japan to the UK next week. As we ponder a North American release, PlayStation Access celebrates with a Vita model comparison music video. The Vita Slim launches in the UK on February 7 with a suggested price of £180 (rougly $300). PlayStation Access…
By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Better watch out with those Skyrim mods. If you’re not careful you could end up with a glitched skeleton with Hatsune Miku hair. On the other hand, this opens up a whole new category in the catalog of terrifying, modded Dovakhiins. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,…
By Gergo Vas Published January 30, 2014 -
Kotaku EastKorean Plastic Surgery Is Not What It Seems
It appears whenever some people mention South Korea, they can’t help but wallow in one thing: plastic surgery. Let’s use some common sense when we discuss it! Folks seem to check that at the door. Okay, yes. There’s lots of plastic surgery happening in South Korea! That is undeniable. You know what else is undeniable?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThe Entire Opening Of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Remade In MS Paint
Microsoft Paint is probably not the best tool to remake anime openings (or anything), especially not the superb one for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and I’m pretty sure it took OurFinalForm a million billion hours to finish this masterpiece. It’s not just a replica of the original. The creators changed most of the scenes and filled…
By Gergo Vas Published January 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Tokyo Is Getting a Tomato Vending Machine
From bras to batteries, Japan is no stranger to unusual vending machines. But its latest peculiar vending machine might make sense. Kinda! Japanese food company Kagome, which specializes in tomato-based eats, recently installed a vending machine at a runner’s facility in Tokyo. According to The Asahi Shimbun, Kagome hopes the vending machine will highlight the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
DayZ Summed Up Perfectly
This is the truth about DayZ. No matter how good your gear is, how careful you are, death will find you wherever you are. And it will strike unexpectedly. And if you survived day 4 somehow, day 5 would be the following: “Met Friendlies – You are dead” Typical lifespan in dayZ [Steam Community] To…
By Gergo Vas Published January 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
DS Games Are Coming To the Wii U’s Virtual Console
Finally! The wait, it seems, is over. Nintendo announced today that it plans to bring DS games to the Wii U’s Virtual Console. Details are scant, but Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained that getting DS games, with their dual screen gameplay, on the Wii U GamePad has created a hurdle. However, here you can see…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
How Metal Gear Solid Has Changed in a Single Image
Metal Gear Solid has changed. It’s not about rudimentary polygons, or abstract graphics. It’s an endless series of awesome photorealism. Hideo Kojima recently tweeted this image from a Kojima Productions presentation titled, “The Present and Past of Game Development.” My, how far we’ve come. 新人朝会でのジョニーのプレゼン [Kojima_Hideo] To contact the author of this post, write to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Forget Square Watermelons, Japan Now Has Pentagon-Shaped Oranges
There’s no better way to say, “Good luck on your school exams,” than with citrus fruit pentagons, am I right? Fruit farmers in Ehime Prefecture, Japan have created “Gokakukei Iyokan” (五角形イヨカン). A mix of mandarians and oranges, “iyokan” is sometimes called a “Japanese Summer Orange.” And in Japanese, “gokakukei” (五角形) means “pentagon.” But this special…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Hey there, tiny TRON arcade dog. What’s up? [Space Ghost Zombie]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2014 - Culture
Our Pirate Games Need More Kraken
Eduardo Peña is an artist who’s worked on games (that you do and don’t know about) and movies (that you certainly know about…like the Hobbit trilogy). Formerly of Immersion Games, he’s now at Singapore’s FZD School of Design You can see more of Eduardo’s work at his CGHub page (thanks Super Punch!). To see the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedLive Out Your 80s Mech Combat Fantasies With A PC Shooter
Strike Vector, you had my curiosity at last year’s E3. Now you have my attention. Made by a small team and featuring some pretty amazing visuals, Strike Vector is what I can only describe as a combat game. It may look like a flight sim in parts, but it’s not really flight; each round is…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Postal Worker Stole 200 Video Games, Sold Them
If you ever had a video game go missing in the mail in the Boston area, it may be because a former postal worker has pled guilty to stealing over 200 games from packages he was supposed to have been handling. James L. White, 68, was in a Federal court on Tuesday facing theft charges,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Confirms It Will Make Apps (And Maybe Games) For Phones
Nintendo has confirmed it will soon be releasing content for mobile phones. And games could be part of it. Japanese news outlet Nikkei first reported the news that Nintendo would produce smartphone content earlier this week, which Nintendo partially denied. Turns out they were both kinda right. At a business presentation in Tokyo today, President…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedDamn, This Star Wars LEGO Trailer Is Really Good
Yes, it’s for an iOS game. A toy commercial thinly-veiled as a top-down shooter. But just look at this trailer. It’s amazing. The Dewback cops. The busted-up Falcon. The Harrison Ford/American Graffiti gag. It’s drowning me up to my eyeballs in charm. The game’s out tomorrow, but who cares. Let’s just watch this clip over…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedOne Awesome Way The Wii U Is Improving: Game Loading
Thank the maker. Realising that the Wii U is a drag to fire up then slog through to get playing, Nintendo is going to streamline the way you get into games and programs on the console. How? Like this. The video up top shows a new, simpler, faster way to get into your games. There’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Will Release New Platform In 2015-16 (But It’s About Health?)
During a presentation in Tokyo earlier today, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made a surprising announcement: the company will in 2015-16 be releasing a new platform. For your health. Seems that with its back to the wall, Nintendo is looking out for its next “blue ocean”, the next untapped market. And it thinks it’ll find this…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014