Hong Kong police are investigating Jackie Chan for saying his life is like something out of, dare I say, an action flick. While speaking with Guangzhou-based magazine Southern People Weekly, Chan recalled how he did something most Hong Kong actors were afraid to: stand up to gangsters by carrying guns and grenades. In that interview…
Famed Japanese game maker Square Enix recently launched a new establishment called Artnia. Inside, there are figurines on display, plush toys and accessories to buy, as well as CDs, t-shirts, pricey souvenir chocolate and cookies. This isn’t just a gift shop. There’s also a cafe that serves parfait, pancakes, sandwiches, coffee, and original non-alcoholic “potions”…
The roll out of zombie shooter The War Z is one hot mess. Yesterday, gamers on Reddit were pissed about the game’s misleading description on Steam. And now, the game’s maker, Hammerpoint Interactive, is saying it wasn’t the description’s fault. Oh, no, it was yours. “I’m sure that a few players may be upset, but…
Recently on NicoNico Douga (via Kotaku Japan), one user showed how a storage room had been converted into a retro Japanese arcade, complete with refurbished cabinets, old game mags, a drink machine, a change machine, and even those crappy metal ashtrays you find in Japanese game centers. The recreation even uses black lighting for that…
By default circuit boards are nerdy. But this circuit board is not just nerdy. It’s cute. Don’t believe me? Check out the other side. Bam! See? Cute. This is the AZPR EvBoard, aka the “Circuit Board Shojo”. Shown earlier this year (check Kotaku Japan), this is a programmable board for hobbyists. Recently, the board is…
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers for the 3DS is headed to North America next spring, Atlus announced today.
Yesterday, Kotaku showed off the special (and totally bonkers) Metal Gear bento Sony created to mark the series’ anniversary. That wasn’t the only special bento. There was a Final Fantasy bento, too. Looks good, huh? Literally. Ham was used for the characters’ skin, while eggs were used for the blond hair. And those blue pupils?…
Naruto is iconic. It’s a hugely popular manga, anime, and video game series. And its fans sure adore the Nine-Tails ninja hero. No wonder there are so many Naruto cosplayers! But thanks to Naruto’s “sexy technique”, the Naruto fandom is also filled with female Naruto characters, which are dubbed “Naruko”. Here is a small sampling…
3DS title Monster Hunter 4 has been delayed in Japan from March to “summer” to improve quality, Capcom announced today.
DeviantArt user Saddayscrochet made this for her brother. It’s an all-in-one dwarf helmet-and-beard combo, based on Gimli’s noggin from the Lord of the Rings movies. It’s a shame you can’t buy it, because it sounds luxurious. There’s a fleece interior inside the “helmet”, and you can disconnect the beard if you need to walk into…
You can say a lot of things about Leetgion’s El’ Druin gaming mouse. About the only thing you couldn’t say is that it’s boring. Just look at it. Forget what it actually does for a second and just look at it. I’ve never seen a mouse like it. Which in a crowded peripheral marketplace surely…
Despite some negative press, zombie survival sim The War Z has launched on Steam and gone straight to the top of the best-sellers charts. So it’s curious timing that, on the same day the game was hitting those lofty heights, developers Hammerpoint Interactive released an update. Which introduced a new “feature”. Previously, including on the…
The art you’re seeing today comes from Daryl Mandryk, a freelance concept artist who has worked with EA on games like Need for Speed, Def Jam and SSX, and more recently on the Turok and Tron franchises. You may have seen him on Kotaku previously for that Tron stuff, but today’s gallery encompasses all of…
Malcolm Klock put together this nice video book-ending the year in video games in under two minutes. Before you reach for the keyboard for an angry “WHERE’S MY FAVOURITE GAME”, here’s what Malcolm has to say on the subject: Your favorite game isn’t missing because I don’t think its great, more likely it just didn’t…
Having just endured the train wreck that was Far Cry 3’s narrative arc, now’s the perfect time to look at this guide by GameFront on how to write a story for a video game. It may look like a joke (and because it is a joke, it gets a little wonky in parts), but think…
What you’re looking at here is the result of over 3000 hours of work and, insanely, two million pieces of LEGO. It’s a recreation of Bag End, from The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, and it’s life-sized. Well, sort of. Gandalf is as tall as everyone else, so maybe “giant minifig-sized” would have been a better…
A hacker claiming to be a software engineer from Belarus broke into online game Heroes of Newerth earlier this week, stealing passwords and account information from developer S2 Games’ database. “I hacked HoN because there’s nothing as hilarious as seeing a bunch of fanboys of a game get enraged over the fact that their favourite…
More shows need Christmas specials. The UK The Office and more recently, Downton Abbey both had some pretty outstanding specials; surely The Walking Dead could use one? This video from Jawiin imagines just such a scenario. The jokes are hit or miss, but the impersonations are all pretty great. “I’VE GOT THE HAM.” Are you…
Photography student David A. Reeves likes video games and movies with guns in them. So he’s found an awesome way to combine all three, crafting intricate little silhouettes of game and movie scenes out of paper then taking photos of them. If you think the results look a lot like Limbo, that’s cool, he’s got…
There is something about weddings and video games, huh? People proposing through games is something we hear about often. Here’s a small twist: announcing your wedding via video game. That’s exactly what Barry Abrams and his fiance, Katie, did—they made a small game to celebrate their wedding that anyone can play. It includes small snippets…
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