Can’t Concentrate On Studying? Try This Box

Dubbed the “Study Cube,” this wooden box allows you or someone you love to buckle down and study, study, study. And when they are tired of studying, they can study some more. Or they can stare at the frosted window in front of them. Or gaze out the window on the door… Or think about…

Big-Name Developers Team Up For Episodic Survival Game

Several industry veterans have recently formed a new independent game studio. Now, they’re here to tell you about their first title, The Long Dark Hinterland Studio is comprised of veteran developers coming from various high-profile groups, including Relic (Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War), Bioware (Mass Effect), Riot (League of Legends), and Volition (Saints Row). They’re…

Mike Tyson Says He Can Easily Take Down 100 Players In A Chinese RPG

In an obvious publicity stunt,”Iron Mike” Tyson recently boasted on his Chinese blog that he could take down over 100 players in the recently released Chinese online role-playing game Xianxia Shi Jie. Posting on his newly established Tencent micro-blog, Tyson posted his ultimatum to Chinese gamers in English. It’s unknown how Tyson’s challenge went on…

Meet China’s Newest Animated Hero… And His Very, Very Long Sword

Imagine a giant bug-infested world covered in poison mist. In this world, humans live in secluded areas where the mist is cannot hurt them. However, there is one person who can traverse the mist… who also happens to carry a super long sword. He’s the star of the Chinese Wolf Smoke Animation studio’s newest project.…

The new Guilty Gear is coming to PS3 and PS4 in Japan next year. Arc System Works, in a short and sweet one-minute trailer, announced that their next Guilty Gear game will be hitting Sony’s home consoles sometimes in 2014. Take a look above

In Japan, the Vita is Getting a Brand New 64GB Memory Card

Today, Sony announced a new 64GB model for their line of PlayStation Vita SD cards. The 64GB model will retail at a price of 10,479 yen—roughly $105. It will be available in Japan starting October 10. The company also revealed that starting tomorrow, they’d be selling their existing Vita memory card models at a reduced…

New PS Vita Is Slimmer, Lighter, More Colorful

Today, Sony revealed a new PS Vita in Tokyo. It comes in new colors, too. Sporting a five-inch LCD display, the new Vita is 20 percent thinner. At 219 grams, it’s also 15 percent lighter. The new PS Vita comes in six different colors and has a battery life that lasts one hour longer, comes…

Introducing PS Vita…TV

Today in Tokyo, Sony introduced PS Vita TV. It is a six centimeter by ten centimeter device, making it one small piece of PlayStation hardware. It will allow you to enjoy video and network streaming services on your TV, such as Hulu, DMM.com, Tsutaya TV, and NicoNico Douga. Of course, you can also access the…

Yakuza: Ishin Is a PS4 Launch Title in Japan

Check out this trailer for Yakuza: Ishin, which will hopefully get a release outside Japan. The game will be released in Japan on February 22 for the PS3 and the PS4. An international release hasn’t been announced. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East…

Goichi Suda’s New Game is Lily Bergamo

Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture was acquired by GungHo, and the first title to emerge is Lily Bergamo It’s an online title for the PS4. Details are scant, but it will feature a feature a female heroine. Lily Bergamo [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft…

BioWare Founder Plays Video Games, In The Jungle, With Amazon Tribe

Ray Muzyka, one of the co-founders of RPG powerhouses BioWare, was recently in a rainforest in Ecuador when he encountered the Shuar tribe. His day ended with…a serious session of air hockey on his iPad against the locals. Who had never seen an iPad until Ray turned up. Writing about the experience on his Flickr…

The PS4 Won’t Be Out in Japan Until Next Year

The PlayStation 4 is launching this November in the West. It won’t be out in Japan until 2014. The console is launching in Japan on February 22, 2014. The console is priced at 41,979 yen (with tax), which is $420. The PlayStation 4 bundled with the PlayStation Camera is 46,179 yen (with tax) or $460.…

Another Awesome Live-Action Clip From…FIFA

They don’t get much attention from gaming sites, probably because lol EA Sports, but every year Electronic Arts goes nuts with their live-action commercials for FIFA. It’s the company’s biggest-selling game pimping the world’s biggest sport, so a certain level of expenditure is to be expected, but the money they spend boggles the mind. Getting…

Your Box Art Is Drawn By Talented Humans

One of the reasons I run Fine Art is so that artists, who play such a major role in shaping our attachment with our favourite series, get some of the recognition they deserve. That goes double for the images on the front of the box. Even today, in the age of digital downloads, the single…

39,000 FPS Explosions Go Way Past “Slow Motion”

This is what it looks like when you shoot stuff at an old TV set (or a line of doomed eggs) at capture speeds up to 39000 frames per second You’ve probably seen videos like this before, but probably at speeds of around 6000 fps. 39000FPS is just…nuts. You can see buckshot in mid-air. Everything…

Sir, Your Street Fighter Collection Is An Inspiration To Us All

I love people who only collect one type of video game. Just collecting games doesn’t have quiet the same dash of mad obsessiveness as someone who specialises in a single series. As we’ll see in this case, with Street Fighter. Clarence Lim, who also does some mean cosplay, has “a complete catalogue of NTSC1 Street…

BioShock Infinite Cosplay Leaves A Bad (Good?) Taste In Your Mouth

Potential BioShock Infinite DLC, perhaps? Actually, on second thought….eewwwww. That’s comedian and TV host Chris Hardwick teaming up with girlfriend, actress and TV presenter Chloe Dykstra. Below? The rest of last week’s best cosplay, including a very special outfit: that Halo Spartan is actually the Mountain Dew exclusive DLC. Awesome. To see the larger pics…

Grand Theft Auto V Might Be The Most Expensive Video Game Ever Made

Budgets for video games are a bit of grey area, but if this report from Scottish newspaper The Scotsman is to be believed, then Grand Theft Auto V is the most expensive video game ever made. In a report focusing on the upcoming launch of Rockstar’s latest criminal opus, The Scotsman reports that the total…

Somebody Already Has An Xbox One

Last week, the first Xbox One consoles rolled off the production line. So, naturally, we’ve now got video of someone using one, a whole two months ahead of the machine’s launch. In this clip – uploaded earlier today – you’ll see the lucky/wanted man give us a quick tour of the control pad, console and…

DayZ, You’re Looking Much Nicer

DayZ’s proper, fancy and upgraded commercial release draws nearer, and in this clip creator Dean Hall takes you through a lot of the latest tweaks, additions and changes made to the game. Know this is wonky, but that’s the point. Hall is giving you a look at the development process, so don’t sweat the animations.…