- Kotaku East
Here’s a look at the Ice Silver hitting Japan on February 28. Yep, it’s silver!
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedCheck 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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Toukiden will be out in Japan sometime this summer, Sony announced tonight
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Phantasy Star Online 2 hits the PS Vita on February 28, Sony announced today
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedFans 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedThere’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…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 - Uncategorized
A Man Has Played Q*Bert For Over 80 Hours To Break A 30-Year World Record [Update]
The last two guys to try and beat the Q*Bert world record had to pull out due to fatigue, because they’d need to have played the game for over 70 hours to beat it. Well, consider that record broken. Last week, two men—George Leutz (one of the failed iron men from 2011) and Ed Heemskerk—set…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
UncategorizedGiant LEGO X-Wing Might Be The Coolest LEGO Set Ever Made
Normally when we post something LEGO-related on this site, it tends to be a custom build, because that’s where the really amazing stuff happens. Today, though, my hat is off to LEGO’s designers, because this new X-Wing model is fantastic. Replacing the older, weird-looking version (I never liked the nose), this Ultimate Collectors Series “Red…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
UncategorizedThat Terrific Mortal Kombat Series Is Back For Season 2
Mortal Kombat Legacy, the web series that was way more professional than it had any right to be, is back for a second season. And it’s looking even slicker. Some of the cast involved have appeared in projects like Glee and Hawaii Five-O, and they’ve even got the original Shang Tsung, but all eyes—well, both…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 - Uncategorized
Destiny Dev Says ‘Nobody Plays Shooters The Way They Used To’
Well, Destiny, that didn’t take long. Speaking with Destructoid, Bungie’s co-founder Jason Jones says something that anyone reading this with mouse in hand at keyboard at front might find a little… weird. We did a bunch of ambitious things on Halo deliberately to reach out to people. We limited players to two weapons, we gave…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Rarest PSP Game Ever Might Be This Hilton Hotel Employee Trainer
It’s real, and it’s… boring. Back in 2009, we reported that some 500 Hilton hotels created a training video game, and it wasn’t some PC game played on an HR computer. It was a PSP game with its own UMD disc. Well, now someone has gotten a look at its contents. The video above is…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2013 - Uncategorized
Aliens: Colonial Marines Should Have Followed the Example of Sports’ Gaming’s Elite
Inside a publisher or a studio, there are few surprises when a video game bombs in its reviews. Before it goes from gold master to warehouse to retailer, the focus groups are empaneled, the “mock reviewers” are contracted, and their verdicts are in. Everyone knows roughly where the game will land in the all-controlling 100-point…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2013