There’s Another New Pokémon 3DS XL, You Know

Nintendo isn’t releasing one new jumbo-sized Pokémon XY 3DS handhelds for Japan, but two new 3DS XL units. Previously, Kotaku posted the blue and black one that features two new legendary creatures—Xerneas and Yveltal. Here’s the other! It’s in “Premium Gold” and only available at Pokémon Center retailers in Japan this October when the game…

Japanese Toilet Candy Is a Big Hit!

Things weren’t exactly easy. In fact, many stores in Japan didn’t even want to carry the product. Sweets that you drink out of a plastic toilet? Eh… But now, Moko Moko Mokoletto is flushed with success. In Japanese “moko moko” (もこもこ) means “fluffy”, and the candy’s box reads, “Delicious fluffy foam overflowing from a cute,…

Capcom announced that Sengoku Basara 4 will be out in early 2014 on the PS3.

Goats Work at Amazon Japan. Like, Actual Goats.

Amazon Japan has harnessed (hired?) goats to manicure the grounds at its distribution center in Gifu Prefecture. And the most interesting part? Amazon isn’t even the first internet company to do this! According to Doshin Web, the goats are being brought in once a week until fall to eat weeds and mow the lawn—with their…

Looks Like Final Fantasy VII Is Finally Out On Steam

We’d been expecting it for a while now, but it wasn’t until today that the classic Final Fantasy game released on Steam. It has achievements, cloud saves, and “character boosters.” You can purchase it here.

According to the latest issue of Famitsu, Dragon Quest X gets a Windows release in Japan on September 26.

Japan’s “Draw the Owl” Meme Has a Harry Potter Twist

You’ve seen that draw the fucking owl meme image, right? It’s a parody of a how-to draw book. Japan has a version of that, but instead of the owl, it features Draco Malfoy. You know, from Harry Potter. Harry Potter has been incredibly popular in Japan thanks to the movies and the books’ excellent Japanese…

Retailer Promotes SNES Emulator In Ouya Advertisement

Just in case you’d forgotten that the Ouya console can play emulated games, a major retailer’s advertisement in the UK is only too happy to remind you. GAME’s main Ouya page has a large image showing “a selection of free games” you can try on the Android-powered machine, and one of them is for Super…

Freedom Is A Snazzy Orange Glider

In a previous instalment of Fine Art, we highlighted the work of Ninja Theory’s Alessandro Taini. So it’s cool today to get the chance to show off another of the studio’s talented artists, Dan Baker. Having previously worked for studios like Free Radical and Blitz Games, Baker has been at Ninja Theory since 2009. You…

The “Father” Of The Computer Mouse Has Passed Away At Age 88

Douglas Engelbart, one of the great pioneers of computer science, has passed away at his home in Atherton, Calif. He was 88 years old. While he’s credited with helping bring about several fundamental computing innovations, from graphical user interfaces to hyperlinks, his most lasting achievement was the work that led to the invention of the…

Nintendo’s Region-Locking Excuses Are Pretty Weak

In an interview with IGN, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was asked about the company’s insistence on region-locking its current hardware. His responses would be funny if they weren’t so tragic. “From some people’s perspective, it might seem like a kind of restriction. However, we hope people can appreciate the fact that we’re selling our products…

Japan Getting Sweet Pokémon X & Y 3DS Handheld

On October 12, Japan will be getting this very sharp custom Pokémon 3DS XL, bearing illustrations of the two new legendary creatures – Xerneas and Yveltal – making their debut in Pokémon X & Y.

Zynga Mistake Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role

In select circumstances, until earlier today, the Zynga game Coasterville told users to email a certain address @themepark.com if something went wrong. The problem is, that email address didn’t belong to a Zynga employee. Instead, it belonged to Eric Mueller, who owns the domain themepark.com, which he uses for his web design firm. Now, Eric…

Reminder: You Can Now Watch Some of the Swimming Anime

Here it finally is, people—after being teased with a 30 second clip which few people believed would become a full-fledged show, the Swimming Anime is real. In fact, you can watch it right now over at Crunchyroll; they’re streaming it starting today. Here’s some vague info on the plot, along with some of the people…

Thesecond “Molyjam” will be going down this weekend at a ton of locations around the world. If you’re interested in joining up and making a weird, amazing game, head on over to their site and find a spot near you

Convos About Who Should Be In Smash Bros Get Pretty Ridiculous

You can’t mention Super Smash Bros without a discussion erupting about which characters should be in it. It’s all in good fun; the characters are the point of the game! But as this video by videogamedunkey highlights, dang if those conversations can’t get a bit silly sometimes. I for one would love for “Tetris,” “Vice…

Sony Cancels Bargain Beyond Two Souls Preorders

A few weeks back, Sony’s own online store was offering insanely cheap preorders for upcoming PS3 exlcusive Beyond Two Souls. It seemed like a deal too good to be true! It was. Sony has today begun cancelling those preorders, offering $5 coupons as a means of apologising for the mix-up. Which is a little disappointing;…

The Lone Ranger Game Is A Red Dead Disappointment

If Red Dead Redemption were a free-to-play social game, it would be pretty horrible, filled with mundane click quests governed by an energy meter, constant pressure to bug your friends to join your posse, and brief spurts of action that amount to little more than timed tapping. It would be The Lone Ranger. First off,…

Breakout Inside of Breakout Inside of Breakout

Playing a game embedded inside another game isn’t a new idea. But few games have done it as simply or as well as BRICK[bricksmash]SMASH. Alan Hazelden’s Breakout homage multiplies the action so that you’re playing 17 bouncing-ball-and-paddle games at once. The end result is hypnotic and brilliant. When I reached him by e-mail, Hazelden said…

Life Behind Bars ‘Extremely Traumatic’ For League Of Legends Player

According to the parents of the 19-year-old facing eight years of prison for making threatening Facebook comments, jail has been a horrible experience for Justin Carter. Maybe that sounds like a no-brainer, but reading the specifics of what Justin Carter is undergoing while jailed is kind of shocking. Yesterday, we learned that Carter is on…