What Japanese Gamers Have to Say About The Cheaper PS Vita

The PS Vita is doing much better these days. The game library is still not as robust as I’d like, but I don’t get depressed so much when I check the Vita section of my regular game store. Sadly, the hand-held powerhouse is still not performing as well as Sony would probably want it to.…

I’m Still Not Clear On How This “Niche” Game Will Not Be For Everyone

Game developer Compile Heart unveiled the first game for their Galapagos RPG brand Titled, fairy fencer f, the game is labeled as a fantasy RPG for the PlayStation 3 and will utilize the talents of concept artist Yoshitaka Amano, composer Nobuo Uematsu and the Earthbound Papas, and the Hyperdimension Neptunia team. In the game, players…

Ouya, the $99 Android-based game console is getting delayed slightly, and is now set to launch on June 25. “In order to meet [our retail partners’] greater than expected demand, we decided to shift the launch date by a couple of weeks, which will allow us to create more units,” Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman told…

Watch Bladewolf Rampage Through Metal Gear Rising’s Newest DLC

This video gives us a glimpse into Metal Gear Rising: Revengance’s latest DLC pack, which stars the cuddly and dangerous LQ-84i, aka Bladewolf. Okay, maybe not cuddly, but just look at him touching noses with that cat. I mean come on. The Blade Wolf DLC is coming to North America on May 14.

Japanese Kids Can Soon Enjoy Their Arcade Pokémon At Home

Okay, a little clarification is probably needed here. The new peripheral, the Pokémon TRETTA Lab for Nintendo 3DS, is a 3DS attachment and software bundle developed by Japanese toy company Takara Tomy A.R.T.S and game developer Marvelous AQL that allows players to load data of captured Pokémon from the arcade game, Pokémon TRETTA, to analyze,…

Diehard Fans in Korea Made Their Own MSX Console. It’s Pretty.

The MSX might be gone, but its fans still live on. And a group of them in South Korea decided to launch their own MSX machine. This is it. The MSX was a classic machine that even saw the birth of Metal Gear in Japan. Between 1985 and 1991, Daewoo released a version of the…

The Thing and Halloween director John Carpenter wants to adapt the first Dead Space into a (live action) movie. “You have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something’s on board. It’s just great stuff,” he told Game Informer. [via VideoGamer]

Are You a Creepy Geek? Take This Test and Find Out!

Maybe you are creepy geek (née, “otaku”). Maybe you’re not! But maybe other people say you are, and you’d really like to know whether you are, in fact, a creepy otaku. Good thing there’s now a test you can take. This test comes via 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum. It’s…not scientific! But if there’s one…

Sony, in their recently released financial statement, said that they do not expect any major changes in profit from their game division in the 2013 fiscal year, despite the PlayStation 4’s release later this year. [via WSJ]

How a 3D Printer Can Help You Cheat on Your Japanese Homework

Homework sucks! It does. With the help of a 3D printer, one Japanese person figured out a way to make it go faster. Japanese students (or students of Japanese, for that matter) have numerous writing exercises that force them to scribble the same kanji characters over and over again. It’s rote memory. Twitter user Hitoshinshi…

Senran Kagura is the Most Embarrassing Anime I Have Ever Watched

Sexual fan service is hardly a new aspect of anime. While the most obvious are panty shots and boob bounces, few anime come without a shower scene, beach episode, or hot springs episode where the female characters—and sometimes even the male ones—are shown off in all their near-naked glory. But occasionally, there comes an anime…

The Slow Decay Of Classic Star Wars Figures

Those in need of a time-waster for the rest of the day need look no further than Merchandising Is Forever, a blog that does nothing but post pictures – and gifs – of the “minute variations in deterioration over time” on old Star Wars figures. I just…can’t stop staring. And remembering how, yeah, the paper…

It’s An Avatar Game, Only Without The License

Son of Nor is a game we took a look at last year, and while its mechanics – you can control the elements and move the ground itself – were promising, it was also, well, a bit ugly. Nearly a year later and hey, the Austrian developers behind the game have bounced back with a…

The Return Of Pokémon For Adults

Remember that amazing Pokémon Noir comicby Ray Bruwelheide that we posted a bit of earlier this year? Well, awesome news: Ray just let us know he’s finished the first chapter. It still kills me this sort of thing has to be the reserve of passionate and talented fans. A smarter Nintendo could easily capitalising on…

A Game Where The Princess Doesn’t WANT To Be Rescued

At the Toronto Game Jam (TOJam) over the weekend, indie developers from all over the place got together and made some games. They’re still in the process of being pulled together and put online, but one that’s caught my eye is Knight & Damsel. I came for the pixel art, but stayed for the premise.…

If You Play Board Games, You’ll Know This Man’s Art

Henning Ludvigsen is art director at Rock Pocket Games, so if you like the colourful, cartoony style of upcoming platformer Oliver & Spike, he’s one of the people to thank. You should also thank him if you’ve ever played anything from Fantasy Flight Games. For the tabletop and card game giants Ludvigsen has lent his…

LEGO StarCraft Marine Is Jacked Up And Good To Go

There is no such thing as StarCraft LEGO. Blizzard’s deal with the awful Mega Bloks puts paid to that dream. Luis Castenada’s custom Terran Marine here only makes that realisation even more painful. Aside from a custom head and some paint, the entire thing is LEGO. How he worked out the detail on the legs…

How A Loophole And Giant Numbers Broke Diablo III’s Economy

We told you yesterday of an exploit users had found in Diablo III that let them “dupe” gold, a serious flaw in the game’s economy which forced Blizzard to shut down the game’s auction houses. But just how did this exploit work? Redditor TyroPyro has a good explanation: The gold “dupe” involved creating a RMAH…

The “World Championships” Of Medieval Combat Are This Week

This week, the worlds of role-playing, live-action role-playing, cosplay and military re-enactment will collide in France at the first ever Battle of the Nations, a “world championship” for medieval combat. Held in Aigues Mortes, 22 nations will be taking place, from the obvious (France, Britain, Germany) to contestants from places that aren’t even real nation…

Developer Says Its Wii U Dev Kits Are “Collecting Dust”

Those hoping for a Just Cause game – or any game from developers Avalanche – on the Wii U had better not hold their breath, because while the studio is in possession of some development kits for Nintendo’s console, it’s certainly not using them. In an interview with Norwegian site pressfire, Avalanche’s Christofer Sundberg says…