Final Fantasy XIV MMO Log Three: Play Us Out, PlayStation 3

Welcome to the third and final MMO Log before we slap a review on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and call it the better part of a month. This week I’m taking a look at the PlayStation 3 version of the game, which is just like the PC version after three or four beers.…

Mega Man Creator Keiji Inafune Will Answer Your Questions Tonight

Wanna know more about Mighty No. 9, or the history of one of gaming’s legendary franchises? Well, you’re in luck. Kotaku’s next live Q&A will star Keiji Inafune, father of the original Mega Man and its spiritual successor, who also worked on countless other games, including the Onimusha and Dead Rising series. The Q&A is…

What a time to be alive! Thanks, GTA V! Now let’s wait till someone does this with a forklift—or puts it on a truck, tows it with the tow truck and lifts the whole thing with one of the larger cargo helicopters. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…

Consider This Your Cosplay Cure

This weekend at the Tokyo Game Show, some of the best cosplay in Asia was on display. There were those at the TGS event halls, but some of the most talented cosplayers graced the stage at Cosplay Collection Night. Japan’s biggest cosplay social-networking site Cure presented Cosplay Collection Night at TGS, with Cure members strutting…

It’s just a few stills, but this indie RPG already looks promising. The Last Hero’s creator submitted an annotated image album to Reddit in hopes of generating some attention for his side-scrolling RPG, which is currently waiting to be funded at IndieGoGo. If you dig hand-drawn pixels, give this one a look.

This Chinese Actor Should Be Phoenix Wright, Says Chinese Internet

Former Asian teen heartthrob and current all around action movie super star Aaron Kwok has made big waves again on the Chinese blogosphere. This time, the waves have nothing to do with how good or how bad any of his movies are, but instead, about what he looks like in one of his movies. Kwok,…

Cavemania Is A Grab Bag of Genres in Casual Game Form

What happens when you take a real time strategy game and an RPG, and wrap it all up in the package of a casual match three game? A huge stinking mess without a clear direction—at least that’s what I imagined when I was told about Cavemania. After taking my time with the game, I have…

The Metal Gear Solid Side Mission Demo Ended With A Badass Car Jump

If nothing else, Hideo Kojima knows how to work a crowd. So it’s only natural that he’d have something extra planned for the public day live performance of Tokyo Game Show 2013. In addition to the12-minute Ground Zeroes demo, Kojima also treated spectators to a brief side mission demo. Made specifically for the limited time…

Escape From China’s Mystery Rooms!

Have you ever wanted to be locked in a hotel room? Or even trapped inside a murder scene? Well fear not: your odd, twisted fantasies have sort of been realised in Beijing’s newest craze, the mystery room escape! Mystery room escapes in Beijing are akin to a smaller-sized fun houses. Basically it’s a locked room…

Apparently, The World’s Most Realistic FPS Will Be Free To Play

For eight years, a group of modders have been working on reworking DICE’s Battlefield 2 into a much more realistic and much larger-scale multiplayer shooter. In August, their journey came to an end, and the 1.0 version of their mod, Project Reality, was released. Now, the same group is working on a full game. The…

Westerners Want PS Vita TV More than Sony Thought

That PS Vita TV sure is a neat little device, huh? The device is hitting Japan this November and will be released elsewhere in Asia next January. But what about the West? In a recent roundtable Kotaku attended at Sony’s Tokyo headquarters, Masayasu Ito said, “Western gamers want [the PS Vita TV] more than we…

Stupid Man Took Out a $7,000 Loan for In-Game Items

In South Korea, there’s a show called Hello Counselor. On it, the celebrity panel talks with folks dealing with issues, which are often unusual. A segment on a recent episode introduced a couple dealing with game addiction. On the show, a 22 year-old woman (above) wanted to know how her husband could overcome his problems…

You Will Want These Tokyo Game Show Toys

Maybe you won’t want all of them. But I’m pretty sure there’s something in here for everyone. Have a look and judge for yourself. These photos were recently taken at the Tokyo Game Show merchandise section. There are items currently on sale in Japan as well as some upcoming goodies. Perhaps you might want them…

iOS 7’s Newest App? Japanese Pornography

Apple’s new iOS is more than a big leap in interface, it’s also pretty. And in Japan, people are making it erotic. Warning: This post has man butt. While Western porn shows everything, Japanese pornography does not. Instead, pixels or blurred mosaics cover private parts (read more as to why here). Online in Japan, people…

Journey Cartoon Sums Up Most People’s Journey Experience

Sure, at times it can feel magical, especially on that first playthrough, but after a while, the fact you can’t communicate with anything more than a pulse can get on your nerves. Especially if the person you’re playing with is a troll/moron. Journey [Balbod]

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You Can Fly Like Superman In Grand Theft Auto V

Some cheats for Grand Theft Auto V are about stuff like makin’ money. They justifiably disable the ability for that save to rack up achievements. Others, though, just want you to be free This one looks more like something you’d see as a mod for the PC version, but since that inevitability is likely 6-12…

80’s Movie Cosplay Is The Best Kind Of Cosplay

While video game cosplay is the primary focus of this feature, I sometimes let my attention wander a little and include stuff from other mediums if I think it’s good enough. And Weird Science cosplay is definitely good enough. Also good enough? Hungarian cosplayer Enji Night, who has managed to make it here twice in…

You Can Play Your Original SNES Online, Don’t You Know

This is SNESoIP, an open-source project put together by a pair of Germans that lets you play original SNES games, using original SNES hardware, over the internet. You could technically do this back in the day using stuff like XBAND, but it was terrible. This, despite it’s been in development for only a few weeks,…

Art That Will Punch Your Eyeballs In Their Stupid Eyeball Faces

British artist Dan Morison has worked in advertising, music video and film, with clients ranging from Xbox to Nike to Guinness. I could paint my entire house in murals of this stuff. Then maybe my neighbour’s place. You can see more of Dan’s work at his personal site (thanks Super Punch!) To see the larger…