You Can Use Video Capture Devices On Xbox One. But What About PS4?

Xbox One users will be able to use third-party capture cards and devices to record gameplay video just as they did on the Xbox 360, Microsoft has told us. This is in addition to the built-in capture feature the company has announced for their next-gen console. But what about the PS4? While the PS4 has…

Temple Run 2 gets its first-ever guest star today in Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt — the world’s fastest man. Being a sprinter, I expect him to fall over and be trampled by the game’s evil gorilla after 400 meters. Usain is available as a $.99 in-app purchase.

I’m not sure I was ready for this Kim Jong-un Easter egg in the revival of Apogee’s classic shooter, Rise of the Triad. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them.

God Eater 2 Looks Good on the PSP. It Looks Fantastic on the Vita

Namco Bandai’s hunting action game, God Eater 2–or as I like to call it, Monster Hunter with plot–is scheduled for release in Japan this upcoming November. In the meantime, both a PSP and a PS Vita version demo has been made available on the Japanese PlayStation Store, making comparisons possible. “The PSP version was so…

Xbox 360 and Windows MMORPG Monster Hunter Frontier G is coming to the PS3 and the Wii U this fall in Japan.

A New Breath Of Fire Is Coming. It’s an Online Mobile Game.

After twelve years, for better or worse, we’re getting another Breath of Fire. On their Network Game Conference stream, Capcom announced that Breath of Fire 6, the latest in the long-standing JRPG franchise, will be an online touch RPG for smartphones, tablets and PCs, released in 2014. Screenshots below. 「ブレス オブ ファイア 6」や，PS3/Wii U版「モンスターハンター フロンティアG」が発表！…

Deep Down, Capcom’s New PS4 Title, Is an Online Game

First revealed earlier this year at the PS4 reveal, Deep Down is being developed as an online game. Its keypoint is “dungeon”, so it sounds like this one will be a dungeon crawler. It was revealed at Capcom’s Network Game Conference and expected at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, where it will have a full…

When Facial Expressions Get Strange in Japan

Welcome to the world of “hengao” (変顔). Literally, it means “strange face”. And Japan has perfected it. “Hengao” is certainly not new—and it exists in various various forms around the world. In Japan, it’s an essential part of comedy, and numerous comedians have made careers out of their abilities to make funny faces. However, in…

Why Nintendo Says it Doesn’t Make Art

Nintendo has been fighting an uphill battle with the Wii U. To say sales havenot been good is a bit of an understatement. But the news is not all doom and gloom, and Nintendo’s dandy helmsman, Satoru Iwata is ever optimistic. In a3-partinterview with Toyo Keizai Online, Iwata talked about the gaming industry and game…

Surgeon Simulator, on Mac? You Better Believe It

Surgeon Simulator 2013, the quirky 48-hour game which spawned hilarious let’s play videos and crazy conspiracy theories alike, is now available on Mac via the App Store. Have fun!

Someone’s Mom Made Totoro Out of Noodles

And not just any old noodles, but with soba (buckwheat) noodles. But why make Totoro out of noodles? Twitter user @hy_s__ explains that his or her mom asked if there were any requests for dinner, and @hy_s__ replied, “tororo soba.” And this is what mom served up: Totoro soba! The white belly, however, is made…

Hideo Kojima Suits Up for Motion Capture

Today on Twitter, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima uploaded photos of himself wearing a motion capture suit and wielding a gun. “Why the hell?” Kojima tweeted. “What am I going to do? CQC?” he added. (“CQC” means, “close quarters combat.”) Does this mean we’ll finally get Hideo Kojima The Game: A Hideo Kojima Game? Hideo_Kojima_EN,…

Rain Would Probably Have Been Damn Hard as a Stealth Action Game

To me, Sony’s upcoming rainy day adventure, Rain, feels like a spiritual successor to the PlayStation 2 classic Ico – the visuals, the atmosphere, playing the part of a child lost in a (mostly) empty world much larger than himself… So much so, that I almost expect Fumito Ueda’s name to show up in the…

A Game Where You Build Vehicles To Fight Sea Monsters (And Each Other)

Its name is From The Depths, and it calls itself the “first physics-driven multiplayer warfare game where you design and build your own vehicles block by block.” Also, it has giant sea monsters. Still under development and expected to arrive on PC next year, From The Depths boasts the ability to design, build, equip and…

Our colleagues at Kotaku Japan are celebrating their fourth anniversary, complete with a new Kotaku-tan character, a cake, and Red Bull. Congrats!

Samsung Galaxy Allegedly Caught Fire While Gaming, Destroys Man’s Home

After dinner, a man in Hong Kong began charging his Samsung Galaxy S4 so he could play a smartphone game. Then, the man says, the smartphone caused his home to catch fire. According to reports on website IT’s House (via UPI), the smartphone’s owner, a 47 year-old man surnamed “Du,” was on his sofa playing…

Here’s A Sneak Peek at Cliff Bleszinski’s New Project

On his official Twitter, legendary game designer Cliff Bleszinski shared a cropped screenshot of “something [he’s] working on.” So mysterious. Any thoughts?

Let’s Look at Macho Plastic

At last weekend’s Wonder Festival in Japan, there was an array of plastic figurines and models on display. Many of them were cute, a few of them were scary, and some of them were oh so very macho. Here’s a look at a smattering of the tough figurines and models on display. Robots, mecha, monsters,…

This is Moonlight, a game from Firebase Industries that’s so new it doesn’t even have a platform yet. What it does have is that sweet, sweet Zaxxon-meets-Macross vibe. [Firebase]

Pacific Rim Wasn’t Japanese Enough, Clearly

Pacific Rim, Hollywood’s lavish love letter to all things Tokusatsu, comes full circle in this tribute trailer that reimagines the Western movie as something a little more Japanese. Pacific Rim (Fan-Made Trailer) in TOHO Godzilla style [YouTube, via Topless Robot]