- Kotaku East
Japanese Cult Classic Revived as New Game and Anime
27 years after her original debut, Wonder Momo, one of Namco Bandai’s older IPs, is getting a franchise. Wonder Momo was originally an arcade game released in 1987. A fairly simplistic (by today’s standards) side-scrolling beat ’em up game, featuring a transforming, hoop-wielding heroine. Since its release, the game has been ported to the PC-Engine…
By Toshi Nakamura Published January 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedHappy birthday, Duke Nukem 3D! The shareware version of 3D Realms’ legendary first-person shooter was released for MS-DOS PCs exactly eighteen years ago. And, just in time for the anniversary, Devolver Digital introduced online multiplayer for the updated Megaton Edition of the game; trailer for that above.
By András Neltz Published January 29, 2014 - Kotaku East
Thief with Shoe Fetish Allegedly Stole 458 High Heels
Shou Satou apparently likes women’s shoes. A lot. According to Japanese news reports, the 28 year-old was arrested and over 450 high heels were found in his possession. That’s quite a feat. Allegedly, Satou stole the shoes, which belonged to hostesses, from night clubs and bars in the greater Tokyo area. Kyoto News said that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2014 - Kotaku East
Burgers with Chocolate Sauce Coming to Japan
Chocolate? I love chocolate. Honey mustard? Ditto. And burgers? Boy, I love burgers. I adore all of these—just not at the same time, thank you. That’s exactly what’s happening next month with burger chain Lotteria is releasing the “Chocolate and Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken Burger.” It goes on sale February 6 for 390 yen (US$3.77)—just…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2014 - Kotaku East
Nintendo Boss Is Taking a Huge Pay Cut (Because of the Wii U)
The Wii U isn’t doing as well as Nintendo had hoped. Someone must take responsibility! That someone is Nintendo president Satoru Iwata—as well as other Nintendo execs. According to Nikkei, Iwata is having his pay cut in half due to Nintendo’s poor performance. Other company directors will get pay cuts between 20 and 30 percent.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2014 - Culture
Game Artists Will Show You How To Be A Game Artist (For Free!)
If you’re an aspiring games artist, and you see the stuff we post here on Fine Art and think “uunnnhhhhhh I’ll never be able to afford to get that good”, you might be in luck. VERTEX is a book series set up by games artist Ryan Hawkins. Fed up with the limited selection of commercial…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedThis Is How You Support An “Old” PC Game
If you needed further proof that Crusader Kings II is one of the best-supported, most expansive games of all time, check out this new expansion. Which, you know, only increases the size of the map by 50%, adds 400 new provinces and the entire Indian subcontinent. And it’s doing all this two years after the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
UncategorizedA New Dreamcast Game Was Released This Week
It doesn’t matter that the Dreamcast was killed off over a decade ago. So long as people own Dreamcast consoles, other people will keep making games for it. Redux: Dark Matters is a new schmup by Hucast that features music by Andre Neumann You can buy it here (or a deluxe version with soundtrack here).
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Way To Make Boring Work Meetings Awesome
Ever sketched on a scrap of paper during a boring work meeting? Meeting Drawings is a site cataloguing these kinds of doodles, only they’re from a pair of pro artists. Marvel artists Marko Djurdjevic and Gerald Parel are putting a lot of people’s finished work to shame here, with the kind of nutty scribblings that…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Adventure Game Of The Future Uses Virtual Reality
Loading Human is an adventure game, but not as you know it. Gone is the traditional 2D interface and reliance on commands. In its place: the Oculus Rift. You play a man suffering from Alzheimer’s, who is dropped into a Total Recall-like virtual reality device not only to preserve his relationship with his wife, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
UncategorizedMiddle Earth Is Being Recreated On A 1:1 Scale
We’ve talked about the Outerra engine a few times here on Kotaku, and every time we do, someone invariably asks “but what is this actually for“? Well, here’s one application: it’s great for making a 1:1 recreation of Middle Earth. The Middle-Earth Project is looking to rebuild all of Middle Earth in the virtual space.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
UncategorizedDungeons & Dragons Yoga. Yup.
Well I guess it was bound to happen eventually. Enter D&D Yoga, an experimental fusion of two disparate but equally nerdy pursuits by artist Scott Wayne Indiana. For the campaign, he invented new poses like “Flipping a Switch”, “Opening Door” and even the graceful “Dice Rolling Pose”. The goal? To take a “package to the…
By Chris Person Published January 28, 2014 -
UncategorizedTaylor Swift Is A Terrible Street Fighter Character
If you were silly enough to be watching the Grammys the other night, you’d have seen Taylor Swift give a bizarre “head-banging” performance. It looked weird, but there may be a perfectly logical explanation behind it, one that went unseen on the original TV broadcast. Taylor Swift Attacked at Grammys [YouTube, via Gamefreaks]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls’ PC Version, Fixed Up And Looking Fine
Dark Souls is a beautiful game in more ways than one. It’s a terrific feat of design, for starters. But it’s also just lovely to look at, if you can relax for five seconds and take in the view. From Software’s masterpiece is the latest project of Duncan Harris, Dead End Thrills maestro and noted…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 28, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here’s to the video games that give you things for your birthday. Gran Turismo 6 is joining that too-short list with its latest digital title update, according to the PlayStation blog. What else is there? Animal Crossing? And? This is how the PlayStation blog describes GT6‘s new feature: Birthday Login Bonus An in-game car from…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf This Passes As A Werewolf Simulator, I Don’t Want Any Part Of It
It sounded so promising, a game where you get to be a werewolf. How could anyone pass up a chance like that? So I took to the wonky, not quite cell-shaded world of Guise of the Wolf with enthusiasm, but being a werewolf just isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The beginning of the…
By Leo Wichtowski Published January 28, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe sub-boss battle music from Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is some of the most hilariously over-the-top JRPG battle music I’ve ever heard. From 1:50 to the loop-around, it’s… it’s like composer Revo built a giant robot out of DragonForce members, gave it a Red Bull and told it to perform three lead guitar parts at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 28, 2014 - Uncategorized
Could the PS4 emulate PS1/PS2 games? Eurogamer‘s Digital Foundry reports today that Sony is planning on it—and that they might add visual enhancements to those old games. No word on whether we’ll have to re-buy the ones we already own on PSN, if the rumor is true. (We’ve reached out to Sony for comment.)
By Jason Schreier Published January 28, 2014
