A Spiffy PSP Value Pack for You, Japan

Oh, now this is nice! Look at that red. And the black. And that neat little cloth. Like I said, nice! On November 22, a new Red/Black PSP-3000 value pack is hitting Japan for ¥14,800. Note that quantities are limited. M’kay, noted! “PSP「プレイステーション・ポータブル」（PSP-3000）バリューパック” [4Gamer] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you…

You Won’t Believe How Nice Notch’s Office Is

Well, maybe you will. Mojang, the folks behind Minecraft, is a success story. Great news for them! That not only means Mojang honcho Notch (aka Markus Persson) can afford nicer hats, it also means the studio can afford nicer digs. And boy, look a these digs. The studio recently moved to a bigger pad, MCV…

You Got Your JRPG in my Dating Sim!

Since the plot of the light novel/anime series Accel World revolves around an MMO fighting game, one would think any games based on the series would fall into the fighting game genre. However, the first game of the franchise, Accel World: Awakening of the Silver Wings, mixes two completely different genres instead: traditional dating sims…

It’s Ladies Only at Tokyo’s Dream Party

On September 30, the twice-a-year DreamParty roared through Tokyo. The fall event is aimed at bishoujo (beautiful girl) video games, and it celebrates bishoujo figurines and cosplay. So, if you are hoping to see some hunky male cosplayers in this gallery (courtesy of an array of Japanese cosplay sites), you’ll be disappointed. Sorry! The DreamParty…

Two of the Ugliest PS3s I’ve Ever Seen

Hello tacky! Sony is readying two PS3 super slim specials (one for Yakuza 5 and the other for Ken’s Rage). Both are shockingly unattractive. Why are they so ugly? Well, for starters, Sony has always been really good about releasing cool looking PS3 special editions. However, with the new hardware, the ribbed face makes decoration…

Steve Jobs Spotted in the Back of a Truck. In China. [Update]

Late fall, Steve Jobs sadly moved on from this world. He’s gone and missed. Yet, a photo of Jobs in the back of a truck is now making the internet rounds in China. Could this be the information age’s equivalent of Elvis sightings? The photo was apparently taken on September 26 in the city of…

It Won’t Be Long Until An Elder Scrolls-Size Game is Running on a Phone

Sure, it’s not going to be the same size as something like Skyrim, or even Morrowind. But the upcoming sequel to Ravensword: The Fallen King, called Ravensword: Shadowlands, isn’t for PC. It’s for mobile phones. The rate at which these mobile devices are catching up to other platforms is more than a little terrifying. ‘Ravensword:…

What Happens When Mario Galaxy Meets Minecraft

This is MaK (pronounced “Make”), an upcoming game from indie outfit Verge Game Studio. Primarily a “third-person physics sandbox game with an action focus”, it’s based around the idea of building, customising and moving around some tiny little planets. Which means, yeah, you can build stuff out of blocks, but because the game’s got a…

Official StarGate Games Suck, so These Fans Are Making Their Own

For a movie/series with such a cult following, you’d think Stargate would have been better served by the world of video games, but nope. Fans have long been left wanting. Which is probably why a bunch of them have been modding the original Crysis for four years to make their own. The result is StarCry,…

It’s Not Just EVE Online’s Screenshots That Are Gorgeous

Icelandic artist Borkur Eiriksson works at CCP, the custodians of the EVE franchise. Featured in today’s gallery, then, will be images from both EVE and its shooter spin-off, Dust514, along with the World of Darkness RPG, with the usual mix of personal work thrown in as well. If you dig it, you can see more…

Chivalry is Trying Very Hard to be the World’s First Successful First-Person Stabber

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time with Chivalry: Medieval Warfare lately. And with good reason: it’s got a first-person combat mechanic that isn’t entirely awful. Think back to the last time you played a first-person game involving melee combat that was fun. Or even tolerable. There’s… well, recent Elder Scrolls games are OK,…

Liberty City is One Million Times Larger Than a PS3, and Other Great Mysteries of the Universe

NASA scientist Rich Terrile has a neat way of explaining stuff that you or I should, by all rights, not be able to understand at all: he uses Grand Theft Auto IV as a means of explaining how we might all be living our lives in a giant galactic simulation. Speaking with Vice, Terrile details…

The Accidentally Sexy Nintendo 3DS Commercial

With some clever casting and selective image capturing/gif-making on the part of nerds, Osaka-based reporter and model Aya Shibata recently became a uniquely Japanese sex symbol for Nintendo Now, it seems Western fans are doing much the same for Glee actress Dianna Agron, after she appeared in this seemingly innocuous commercial for Art Academy on…

This iOS app is like your favourite game’s “fog of war”, only in the real world

Check Out All These Sweet Hobbit Statues, Toys & Props

Special effects giants WETA weren’t just involved in the making of The Hobbit, their merchandising arm is responsible for selling all kinds of awesome Hobbit gear as well, much of which they took the wraps off for the first time today. Meaning we’ve got our first look at a range of 1/6 figures, authentic prop…

A More “Human” Yoda is Creepy. So, So Creepy.

Sculptor Andrea Eusebi is the target for your applause here with this stunning recreation – and reinterpretation – of Jedi Master Yoda. Built almost entirely from modelling clay, there’s a certain poignancy about the whole thing, because with a more human face he starts to look a lot like Mel Brooks. Who played the Yoda…

Boardwalk Empire Meets Sesame Street, And Feathers Fly

I’m still a bit mixed on Boardwalk Empire—I’m not as much of a fan as Luke is, though I’m still watching. But damned if I wouldn’t watch every episode of Birdwalk Empire as proposed HILARIOUSLY in this Sesame Street video. I don’t even know where to begin with this. Nucky Ducky Thompson? Mallard Capone? What…

Um, What’s This Secret Star Wars Game on Xbox Live Arcade?

For whatever reason, web designers Gifted Apollo went trawling on Xbox.com, and scooped up the image files for pretty much every Xbox Live Arcade game on the server. Even the ones that aren’t out yet and which we know nothing about. Like Star Wars: First Assault With no announcement or official word from Lucasarts on…

The Shocking Truth Revealed: There Are No Humans In Skyrim

Do you ever get the feeling you’re the only real human in Skyrim? Of course you do. Because you are. All those other humans (and humanoid bipeds!) aren’t really humans at all. They’re clockwork people, driven not by AI, but by tiny cats. It’s a shocking truth, but one uncovered in this mod by FancyPants,…

Don’t Waste Your Dollar On This Half-Baked iPhone Slender Ripoff

Ever since the breakout success of the stripped-down horror game Slender: The Eight Pages, we’ve been seeing Slenderman-related stuff cropping up in every corner of the internet. So I wasn’t that surprised to fire up the app store today only to see a game called “Slenderman” in the #2 spot of the top 10 paid…