Ugly PS3 and Xbox 360 Game Delayed Again. For the 8th Time.

Daisenryaku Perfect: Ruler of the Battlefield, a console game made by a real Japanese game studio, has been officially delayed for the eighth time. Sigh. The game was supposed to be out this summer. And yet again, it’s been delayed “to further improve quality”. The game’s new release date is now…TBA. (Ha, good luck with…

The New Senran Kagura Game is Full of Fan Service (And Fun to Play)

When I picked up Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: The Girls’ Proof for my Vita, I was filled with existential dread. I knew very little about the game itself going in, but after watching the anime based on this game series in preparation for my playthrough, I was more than a little worried. For the most…

Out of Nowhere Comes Super Sanctum TD, A Neat Retro Tower Defense Game

Sanctum, Coffee Stain Studios’ first-person tower defense/shooter hybrid from 2010, is getting a sequel on May 15. As usual, pre-ordering nets you extra goodies, but in this case, you get something far better than an extra gun skin. Namely a whole spinoff game. Which looks quite spiffy. Super Sanctum TD, which can also be grabbed…

Old Japanese Man Creates Amazing Art Using Excel (Wait, Excel?)

Microsoft Excel isn’t only for spreadsheets. It can also be used to create art. Don’t believe me? Just ask 73 year-old Tatsuo Horiuchi. He’ll tell ya. But why Excel? “Other specialized graphic software is expensive, and Excel came pre-installed in PCs,” Horiuchi told Japanese website PC Online, adding that he found the program easy to…

The xxxHolic Live-Action Drama is Just Plain Beautiful

Each year, Japan produces dozens of live-action drama series. While some are original, many are instead adaptations of popular manga—and even, occasionally, games. Such is the case with the first CLAMP live-action adaptation: xxxHolic Good – Beautiful Costumes and Visuals If there is one thing CLAMP is known for, it’s beautiful visuals in its manga.…

Will Final Fantasy X-2 HD Have Its “Last Mission”? That’s Undecided.

The HD revamp of Final Fantasy X-2 looks quite nice in high-definition. However, looks aren’t everything! It’s what’s inside that counts. And what’s inside Final Fantasy X-2 HD? According to Famitsu (via Yahoo! News), it’s currently “undecided” whether or not “Last Mission”, which featured in the game’s international version, will appear in the HD remaster.…

First a human meat market, now this. MCV reports that Capcom has opened a swimming pool near the Olympic Stadium in London. The catch? It’s filled with blood, and has various body parts floating in it. This is to celebrate the HD re-release of Resident Evil Revelations, coming to Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and…

Sponging Down Sweaty Attractive Men (The Other Side of Fan Service)

Japanese games are well known for targeting a straight male audience with their overly sexualized (i.e., incredibly busty and scantily clad or moé) female characters. In some games, this fan service is the entire game’s focus. Of course, while fan service tends to be aimed toward males, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t games with…

Bad news! If you were looking forward to the June release of Devil Survivor 2‘s 3DS port, which is known as Devil Survivor 2: Break Record, you going to wait until this fall in Japan. The game has been delayed, reports Japanator. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him…

Batgirl (Almost) KOs the Joker in the Newest Injustice DLC Trailer

Last week, they promised to show us what Batgirl looks like in action as Injustice’s second DLC fighter (after Lobo). They delivered. Here’s the Batgirl, beating the living bejesus out of the Joker. The Batgirl DLC will be available sometime soon, at a price of $5, or free for season pass owners.

As reported by Nikkei, Ken “The Father of the PlayStation” Kutaragi is joining Marvelous AQL an “Unaffiliated Director“. How…marvelous. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and…

Write with Cats. Actual Cats.

Helvetica. Arial. Comic Sans (LOL!). These are some of the most famous fonts you can find online and in print. Let’s add another worthy contender to that list: Cats. Yes, cats. As pointed out by Japanese sites Togech and Weekly ASCII, the upper and lower case characters are called “Neko Font” (ねこフォント), which is Japanese…

Single Man Turns Alpine Hillside Into Giant Space Invaders

Simon Beck likes to make art in the snow. Not little snow angels or snowmen. Enormous pieces that can take up the side of a mountain. The results are often beautiful, like crop circles for the snow, and keeping with that alien art theme, Beck has done this enormous Space Invaders piece that spans a…

A Moving Tribute To Garry’s Mod

Because it’s often so silly, here’s a surprisingly touching ode to Garry’s Mod, maybe the best thing there is about PC gaming OK. Maybe it’s mostly touching. Ode to Garry’s Mod [Freddie Wong]

Boy Band Pays Tribute To…Steam Sales & Indie Games

New Zealand “boy band” (read: StarCraft tribute act) Viva La Dirt League have released this track called Indie Game Anthem (Thrift Shop). It’s an ode to both the affordability of indie games and the fact you can buy them en masse during Steam sales. It is amazing. I don’t know what we need to do…

Turtles With Guns Are Top Of The Evening’s Food Chain

Based in Germany, Markus Lovadina currently works as both a freelancer and in the advertising business, but has previously helped out companies like Ubisoft, Activision and Acclaim. Lovadina’s done everything from environments to character design, so there’s a nice mix of styles and types of work below. To see more of his stuff, you can…

Chinese Game Accused Of Stealing From World Of Tanks

Two Chinese companies are being taken to court by developers Wargaming.net, accused of stealing intellectual property to complete their game Project Tank. Wargaming – who are behind one of the biggest games in the world, World of Tanks – have made the accusation in claiming Project Tank is “disturbingly similar” to their own title, and…

A Video Game Manual That Costs Over $1000? Believe It.

It’s rare enough that a video game costs over a grand, but a video game manual? As crazy as it sounds, that’s exactly what the instructions for this old N64 game are worth. Clay Fighter Sculptor’s Cut is an old limited edition of the vintage fighting game that was exclusive to Blockbuster rental stores. Meaning…

Photographer Finds Ruins Of Luke Skywalker’s Original Desert Home

While there are some attempts at preserving them for future generations, the fact is most of the sets used in the Tunisian desert for the Star Wars films – either the classic or prequel trilogy – have fallen into disrepair. Something that New York photographer Rä di Martino has captured beautifully in these photos taken…

This Batman Tumbler Cost Over $1 Million, Is Going To Race

What you’re seeing here is not a toy. It’s not a movie prop. It’s a custom-built Tumbler from the Chris Nolan Batman trilogy, one that not only moves, but moves fast enough it’s being entered inthe famous Gumball 3000 rally Commissioned by a team from Saudi Arabia, it cost $1.6 million to put together, has…