So many platforms! Next year in Japan, Level-5 is bringing its mobile RPG Wonder Flick to the PS3, the PS4, the PS Vita, the Wii U, and the Xbox One. No word on a Western release.

Watch the Birth of the Yu-Gi-Oh Championships’ New ‘King of Games’

With all the world championship tournaments going on over the last few months, one tournament was sort of left in the wind. While this might have happened earlier this month, it’s still interesting. During this year’s Yu-Gi-Oh World Championships, a new King of Games was crowned. After a two-day tournament between 26 expert “duelists”, Taiwanese…

Anger Over Korean Poo Wine Video

Earlier this month, Vice released a video purporting to introduce a “traditional” Korean drink made from human feces. Online in South Korea, people are reportedly not pleased. On Korea’s Chosun TV, the clip was dubbed “derogatory.” Korean site Dailian said the clip lacked proper fact checking. Other Korean sites also criticized the “poo wine” video.…

Part 3 of the World’s Best Half-Life 2 Movie Is In The Works, But…

There’s a catch. There’s always a catch. Released in 2009 and getting a second part two years later, Escape from City 17 was an excellent Half-Life 2 fan film notable for its nearly blockbuster-level CG effects. Ironically, it is the CG effects themselves that are keeping Part 3 from being released. But have no fear—there’s…

China’s Military Says Pacific Rim Is American Propaganda

Pacific Rim is doing very well in China, despite some tiny subtitle problems, proving again that the Chinese love giant robots. However, even with all the popularity, the Chinese military isn’t very happy, claiming that the movie is nothing more than propaganda to spread “American values and ideas”. Last Friday, an article appeared in the…

One hour of Starbound for everyone. Over the weekend, at the UK’s Multiplay Insomnia Gaming Festival, developers Chucklefish held a “world premiere” one-hour demonstration of their upcoming side-scrolling sandbox Starbound in the form of a Let’s Play starring Duncan, Sips and Sjin of the Yogscast. Take a look above.

Japan’s Real Life Kick-Ass Is Very Helpful

In the movie, a regular teenager is determined to become a superhero. For 27 year-old Tadahiro Kanemasu, he just wanted to be a Good Samaritan. For the last several months, Kanemasu has set up shop outside Tokyo Metro’s Honancho Station. The station doesn’t have an elevator or escalator, which can make it incredibly difficult for…

This Isn’t The King of Fighters Game You Are Expecting

So, there’s a King of Fighters game coming out! Hooray! It might be different from what you are expecting. KOF diehards will be quick to point out that SNK Playmore has strayed from formula for King of Fighters games in the past. Heck, there’s been a King of Fighters shooting game for goodness sake! As…

A Thousand Escaped Crocodiles Aren’t Terrorizing China. Apparently!

You might have heard how a million cockroaches escaped from a roach nursery in China? Did you hear the one about the crocodiles? Flooding in South China’s Guangdong province damaged the enclosure at a crocodile farm in the city of Shantou, Chinese state media China Daily reports. The 11-hectare nursery held approximately 11,000 crocodiles to…

Europa Universalis IV: The Kotaku Review

At the height of its powers in the early 18th century, the British Empire spanned all corners of the globe, from Brazil to Alaska, Austria to Manchuria, and…wait, what? OK, so in actual history, it did no such thing, but in my history, the history of a nation I led through 400 years of expansion,…

NBC Accused Of Using Cosplay Photos Without Photographer’s Consent

SyFy’s TV series Heroes of Cosplay has been accused by cosplay photographers of “using images for promotion…on the weekly episodes without written permission from the authors and copyright owners of the images”. Writing on his studio’s blog, BGZ Photography’s Darrell Ardita says that “numerous” photographers, including one of his business associates, have seen their images…

An MMO That Promises The World. Let’s See If It Actually Delivers.

Black Desert is an upcoming MMO from Korean developers Pearl Abyss. It sounds almost too good to be true. A preview of the game on MMOCast says it’s a “sandbox MMORPG”. Specifically, it’s promising stuff like resource-gathering, action combat, open-world player vs player battles, castle sieges (with plans for 400 v 400 assaults) and non-instanced…

True Horror Is The Craigslist Personal Ads Of The Zombie Apocalypse

Left 4 Dead’s Nick may be up to his eyeballs in the undead, but he’s still got time to peruse the casual encounters section of Craigslist. Being the casual encounters section of Craigslist, this is totally Not Suitable For Work, but if you’re not at work, well. This is late-night machinima, folks. Classifieds [John Doe,…

Building A Space Colony Looks More Fun Than Blowing One Up

I wrote about indie space colony building sim thing Maia last year, but in the months since it’s come along so nicely it’s worth a second look today. This latest clip, from the latest build of the game, lets creator Simon Roth go into great detail about how the whole thing works. Don’t worry. It’s…

A 2013 Cosplay Comeback

I’ve been on vacation for three weeks, which explains the recent lack of a weekly cosplay roundup. But hey, I’m back now, and so is Fancy Pants. It’s a good week to come back, too! Not just for awesome guy cosplay, a rarity in such volume, but it’s also a great week for fans of…

The Wonderful Robot Art Of Elysium

I sometimes take a break from video games here on Fine Art to show the very best in concept art from the movie business. Today is one of the days, because Elysium’s art is worth the detour. The images you’ll see below are the work of Ben Mauro, an artist we’ve featured previously here on…

That “Wind Waker For iOS” Game? Still Looking Awesome

Call it a rip-off if you want, enough people have already. But whatever. I think Oceanhorn, for iOS, looks fantastic, and its list of inspirations runs a lot deeper than Link’s first cel-shaded adventure. This new trailer is to commemmorate the game’s impending release. Can’t wait.

Early Final Fantasy XIV Launch Goes (Surprise!) Badly

For a game that’s had so many problems it’s needing a second launch, you’d think Square Enix would be right on top of Final Fantasy XIV, but nope. The game had an early access release over the weekend, and it was a mess. Those who had pre-ordered the game were let into an early access…

Portal on the DS: Aperture Science, the homebrewed version of Portal for the DS shown off back in February, now has a “mostly playable” version. You’ll need a flash cart to play it, but the file can be found here.

They Studied Madden in College, and Now Play It For a Living

Zach Farley didn’t know much about the others in his residence hall when he moved back in at Westfield State University as a sophomore about seven years ago. He did know one suite had a PlayStation 2 and a copy of Madden, the communal fire of a dorm for most of its 25-year existence. Farley…