This Lady Has Awful Timing for Buying Game Hardware

Hours ago in Japan, Sony slashed the Vita’s price tag. Good news for gamers who haven’t purchased a Vita yet! Bad news for gamers who just purchased one. After learning of the Vita’s price cut, Voice actress Hitomi Harada tweeted, “Wha…” This was followed by her writing, “I bought a Vita three days ago…” This…

“A new era of deep, immersive, high definition gaming.” This time, Sony remembers the PlayStation 3.

The Art and the Beauty of Studio Ghibli

My Neighbor Totoro. Howl’s Moving Castle. Princess Mononoke. These aren’t only classics, they are stunning. Studio Ghibli is responsible for some of the most loved and best looking films in the past few decades. It’s no accident why. Here are some production drawings and watercolors from over the years, courtesy of BuzzFeed. They’re not new,…

These Aren’t Dragon Ball Space Pods, But Hell, You Can Buy Them Anyway

Japanese retailer Tokyu Hands has an array of interesting products. Its latest could be the most interesting yet: survival pods that look straight out of Dragon Ball Z Last fall, numerous tech sites, including sister site Gizmodo and Japan’s Gigazine, covered “Life Armour”, which are Japanese survival capsules for those worried about another devastating earthquake.…

My Creepy Valentine With Barbie

Over the last 53, soon 54 years, Mattel’s Barbie has done everything from being a doctor, to going to space as an astronaut, however Barbie’s accomplishments are only found within the realm of the “fantastic plastic” world. Despite being a fictional “embodiment” of women, Barbie has hit the real world with different forms of media…

New Chinese Movie Either Rips Off or Pays Homage to Asura’s Wrath [Update]

Stephen Chow, the guy behind Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle has a new movie out this month in China. It’s called Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, and part of it will look very familiar to gamers. Very. As numerous Chinese websites point out, a scene in Journey to the West: Conquering the…

Colonel Sanders Dressed in Dragon Ball Z, Doesn’t Unleash a Kamehameha

So good! In Japan, KFC is teaming up with the new Dragon Ball Z anime film, offering DBZ goodies when you order special meal deals. But that’s not all. As previously mentioned (here, here and here), Japanese KFCs usually have Colonel Sanders statues out front. And now, at seven locations across Japan, the Colonel is…

Dragon Quest X‘s Wii U version goes on sale March 30 in Japan.

How a Japanese Death Superstition Could Impact the Next PlayStation

Sony is working on a new PlayStation machine. According to the story Kotaku broke, it’s called Orbis. That could be a codename—it also might be the console’s final name. There are some reasons why Sony might not choose to call its machine the PlayStation 4. In Japan, four (四) can be read as “yon” (よん)…

Here’s a look at the Ice Silver hitting Japan on February 28. Yep, it’s silver!

A Game of Thrones Chair Fit for the King of PC Gamers

In Game of Thrones, there is a throne made of swords. In Mike DeWolfe’s backyard, there’s one made of twenty or so PC keyboards. It’s titled, “Throne of Nerds.” “The underlying message is one of suffering,” DeWolfe writes on his website. “The keyboards have been melted and warped. They’re made to twist to fit, but…

Check Out Final Fantasy X: HD Version for the PS Vita

Tonight, Sony and Square Enix showed images of Final Fantasy X, the HD version for the PS Vita. Here are the HD character models for FFX‘s Tidus and Yuna. Note that they were taken from a standard definition stream and are not in HD The HD version of Final Fantasy X was first announced way…

Toukiden will be out in Japan sometime this summer, Sony announced tonight

Phantasy Star Online 2 hits the PS Vita on February 28, Sony announced today

The PS Vita Gets a Price Cut in Japan [Update]

Tonight in Japan, Sony announced that it will lower the price of the PS Vita. Both the WiFi and the 3G versions are priced at ¥19,980 (US$214) starting February 28. The 3G version’s launch price was ¥29,980, while the Wi-Fi version launched for ¥24,980. Update: Sony Computer Entertainment of America tells Kotaku that there is…

Fans Design Their Own Gran Turismo 5 Car. So, Yeah, It Can “Transform”.

Despite what looks like a screenshot from the game, above, the E-motion concept car is not available to drive in Gran Turismo 5. It’s not even a real car. It’s instead one of the best fan projects I’ve ever seen for a game. Four French designers have teamed up to design the vehicle, which they’ve…

You Won’t Blend In Wearing A Snazzy Dishonored Shirt

It looks like I may be about to add a third outlet to my tiny list of “stores I buy gaming shirts from”, because Gametee—a new outlet that’s about to hit its Kickstarter goal—is designing some very attractive tops. As they should! One of the partners is British artist AJ Hately, whose Dishonored work floored…

There’s A Playable, If Broken Build Of An Unreleased Resident Evil Game Out There

One of the more famous unfinished games on the PlayStation is Resident Evil 1.5, a title that was originally intended to be Resident Evil 2 before it was scrapped at the 11th hour and replaced with, well, Resident Evil 2 The title’s unfinished and mysterious nature has led it to develop a bit of a…

Welcome To Pandora… And Hyrule… And The Citadel…

As usual, it’s been a stellar week in cosplay around this spinning ball of dirt, with a great assortment of characters, costumes, photography and towering Warhammer 40K Chaos Marines. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), right-click on them below and…

Fresh DayZ Screens Show New Faces, New Map Areas

The standalone version of DayZ is on its way, and in these new screenshots, developers Bohemia Interactive show off some more improvements slated for the upgrade, including face models and some low-res shots of one of the new areas of the map being slotted in. A post on the game’s development Tumblr is also worth…