It’s no secret that the PS Vita has been struggling. Numbers have consistently shown the portable console to be underselling its predecessor, the PSP, on an almost weekly basis. As has been pointed out in the past, the key to a hit console is to have hit games, and just as if to drive point…
There’s an assumption that only women appearing in revealing magazine spreads in Japan. That’s incorrect! Hunky dudes do, too. Hunky dudes like video game voice actor Mamoru Miyano. The 29-year old has done a lot of voice work. He debuted as the voice of Riku in Kingdom Hearts, before moving on to the character of…
The history of Resident Evil in unnerving website form. Enjoy?
Um. Okay. Deep breath. The folks behind the Goophone i5, the Android-powered iPhone 5 clone, are threatening to sue Apple if the California-based tech giant releases the iPhone 5 and if it looks like the Goophone i5. Or something. This is probably a publicity stunt—one with a mind boggling YouTube video. The reason why Goophone…
Master Chief is one of video gaming’s icons. Much like Mario and Sonic, the Halo series protagonist has become a video game company poster child. However, with the upcoming release of Halo 4, many Japanese gamers are not happy with how the helmeted gun-toting warrior is sounding. On August 24th, Soutaro Tojima, the audio director…
The iconic outfit of fighting game character Mai Shiranui has become the standard, de rigueur threads. It’s not the standard for gamers, but for models. In Asia—especially China and Taiwan—models keep popping in non-gaming related events dressed as the SNK fighting game character. So whether its car shows or book signings, Mai Shiranui continues to…
There have been a bunch of those Assassin’s Creed spin-off games. But this newly revealed one offers a new spin. It’s a strategy sim. Dubbed Assassin’s Creed: Utopia, the game is set during America’s colonial era and allows players to build their 17th century colony—and then, watch it flourish over 150 years, right up to…
Capcom is releasing a slew of Japanese social games that feature some of its most famous characters.
Popular in Japan, parfait is a tasty treat. And you know what’s good in parfait? Bananas. Except in the Japanese city of Akita, where banana parfait is very, very bad. This “banana parfait” photo has gone viral in Japan. The dish was served up in front of Akita Station in Akita Prefecture. Price: ¥180. Memory?…
Since 1955, Miffy has delighted children. The character has also delighted graphic designers and illustrators who seem to have been influenced by Dick Bruna’s work. Take Hello Kitty (and her friends)—they look like Miffy, no? While his work is popular in Asia, Bruna has continuously voiced his dislike for Hello Kitty—the Japanese cat’s rabbit friend…
Phoenix Wright is coming back to the courtroom (what ever happened to Apollo?) in the upcoming Ace Attorney 5 for the 3DS, but his trusty companion, Maya, may not be with him. Screenshots released from Capcom show the defense lawyer back from his time off as a poker player and pianist to “fulfill a promise.”…
Today, remote play is coming to God of War Collection, GoW HD & GoW II HD, ICO, Shadow of the Colossus & TOKYO JUNGLE
When players enter the world of Sleeping Dogs, one of the first characters they meet is Wei Shen’s childhood friend, Jackie Ma. The voice actor who plays Ma was one of Hong Kong’s biggest stars—that is, until his private sex photos were leaked online. In 2008, superstar Edison Chen sent his laptop in for repairs.…
Trials Evolution is heading to the PC nearly next year. It’s optimized for the PC—and some other stuff. I wasn’t really paying attention, but focused more on trying to imitate this raspy voice. Triaals Evoluution. Nope, still can’t do it!
There’s a new Call of Juarez game in town. It’s dubbed Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Here’s the game’s debut trailer, which features actors. Good thing this is a movie! Oh wait. In Gunslinger, players are a bounty hunter out to get folks like Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Jesse James, etc. Gameplay brings back the…
Renaud Charpentier, of Total War devs Creative Assembly, may have a point. So many “bad” games, which to be fair most people would call simply “average”, aren’t offensively terrible. They’re just boring. Bland. “Competent”. The ones that stick with us, even if they don’t play so well, stick with us for a reason. Like, say,…
Resistance and Ratchet & Clank developers Insomniac took to the spotlight at E3 2011 and revealed Overstrike. A game that we’ve basically not seen since. Well, it’s back, and with a new name, and once I stop thinking it sounds like the name of a racing game, I’m sure everything will be just fine. This…
As hinted at a month ago, Paradox Interactive, masters of the big PC strategy game, will be shrinking one down for play on something a little more portable. Hearts of Iron, the company’s big World War Two series, will be hitting the iPad on October 4. Those wondering just how it’s been shrunk down, there’s…
Well, not just for you. Fans of Wasteland, RAGE, Borderlands or any other game set in a post-apocalyptic desert are more than catered for at Wasteland Weekend, which will be held in the Mojave Desert at the end of the month. While originally conceived as a Mad Max-inspired event, it’s since taken on wider influences,…
The last time we featured the art of Nick Carver was in 2008, when the dude was looking for a job. Today, he seems to be doin’ OK, as he’s a senior artist at Blizzard. Having spent over five years at Free Radical, later Crytek UK, Carver has been at Blizzard since 2009, where he’s…
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