Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix released this new trailer at Jump Festa this weekend. It’s in Japanese, though that does mean you get to hear Goofy, Jiminy Cricket and Chip & Dale speaking in Japanese.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: ‘Shop Talk

Let’s go ahead and give credit to reader JustWaitingForAMate for this idea. This week Luke wrote about Nintendo’s first electronic toy—a walkie-talkie from the mid-1960s. “Does this scream Kotaku photoshop contest to anyone else?” wrote JWFAM. Well, it did to me. Some folks already took to the comments of that post with ‘Shops of their…

NBA Live Gets Its First Patch, but Don’t Expect It to Change Much

NBA Live 14 showed a lot of problems at release a month ago—problems EA Sports vowed to fix through title updates. They rolled out the first patch for the game on Friday and, like everything else with this series for the past three years, it’s another promise this will be a good game at some…

Sunday Comics: It’s the Thought That Counts

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best in video game webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Dec. 16. Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 16. Read more of Awkward Zombie…

Strike Vector Still Looking Cool As Hell

Strike Vector’s beta will be commencing very soon. If you look at this gameplay clip and don’t want to join in, I don’t think we can be friends. You can sign up to take part here

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ballad of Greychalk: The Winners

Two weeks ago The New York Times revealed the National Security Agency was operating from a base within the Goldshire Inn on the Moon Guard server of World of Warcraft. These communiques compromised Greychalk, who is the NSA section chief for Azeroth—and the subject of our latest ‘Shop Contest! Congratulations to CATSOLDIER, the overall No.…

After the Sandy Hook school massacre last year, Antwand Pearman of GamerFitNation organized a “cease fire” day during which gamers avoided first-person shooters and other violent games. Today is the second Cease-Fire, a statement against gun violence and supporting victims of it. The Cease-Fire lasts to midnight. “It’s an opportunity for gamers to show that…

Peggle 2 Marriage Proposal Level Had ‘Nope,’ Just In Case

Rob and Shireen are bigtime Peggle fans. Big enough that Rob went to PopCap and asked if they’d help him pop the question. Hell yes they would! Game studios love this kind of thing. But just in case Rob and Shireen weren’t like, an actual thing, Peggle 2 made sure to leave a way out.…

PS4, Xbox One ‘May Use 3 Times More Power’ Than the Last Generation [Corrected]

I just got my power bill for Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, and while I was ready for a big number after switching from oil to a heat pump, I’m wondering if my PS4 and Xbox One weren’t the real culprits. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, I can expect to pay $150 in…

Breakup Advice, from Mortal Kombat

Poor Sub. I guess Mileena was only looking for Friendship. This image made the rounds this past week—maybe you saw it on Tumblr, or via Cheezburger. It’s by the illustrator and photographer Ryan T. Alexander, whose portfolio you can see here. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on…

This Week in the Business: $200 Million Pledged for Kickstarter Games

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … STAT | $200 million—The total amount of money that’s gone towards game projects on the crowdfunding website since the beginning; games account for 22% of all projects. QUOTE | “We don’t think it is out of the question that the title could wind…

Sony is hiring developers for “人喰いの大鷲トリコ”—which is the Japanese title for The Last Guardian Interestingly, the job listing says it’s forPlayStation 3 game development …

Look at Awesome Japanese Toys from Jump Festa. Look at Them!

Every year, Japanese publisher, Shueisha, hosts Jump Festa – a convention celebrating its most popular publication, Shonen Jump as a thank you to fans and to give people a little taste of things to come in terms of games, anime, and other assorted media. Also on display (and for sale) are some pretty awesome toys…

Mario Kart 8 Drove Me Up The Walls… In a Good Way

The original Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo was a game that quite literally ended friendships back in the day. Now, over two decades later, the latest addition to the series, Mario Kart 8 is headed for the Wii U next spring, and I got a chance for a little hands-on time at this year’s…

Mecha-Naruto. Yes. Designed by Naruto manga creator Masashi Kishimoto, Mecha-Naruto will be transforming into mechanical Kyubi form and piloting the fearsome Mecha-Kurama in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4 next year. Believe it.

Watch Every Cheesy Action Movie One-Liner Ever (More Or Less)

“My name is Inigo Montoya. Now I have a machine gun. Hasta la vista, baby.” It’d probably be an overstatement to say that this supercut from MewLists contained every excellent action movie one-liner ever, but it’s damn close. Though allow me to say that they picked the wrong Judge Dredd movie. But hey, 99 out…