Let’s Take A Tour of the ArenaNet Studios, Where The Wall Art Is Beautiful And There’s A Cereal Bar

Guild Wars 2 may be filled with amazing artwork, but the development team behind the game—ArenaNet—makes the best use of them as wall art. Concept art blown up to staggering sizes line the walls of the two-floor studio, artfully complementing the half-industrial, half-wood laden interior. There really isn’t a wall that isn’t plastered with gorgeous…

Macross: Do You Remember Love? on the PlayStation is a Forgotten 2D-Shooter Classic

Macross: Do You Remember Love? is one of the defining anime of the 1980s—which explains why this year’s Blu-ray 30th Anniversary Box is so full of amazing additions. We at Kotaku East have already looked at the hybrid pack’s PS3 title Macross: My Boyfriend is a Pilot 2012, but there is a download code included…

You Want Guns? She’s Got Guns. Plastic Guns.

Aigis (née Aegis in Japan) from Persona is getting a new posable figure this December. It’s for Persona 4 Arena, and if you don’t like the color variation, sit tight. In January 2013, another color variation will hit—it’s a “Famitsu original color version”. Famitsu is a Japanese game magazine. You can see the new color…

These Weather Girls Do More than Make Weather Fun

Taiwan’s Weather Girls are have their sights set on Japan—not to make the weather “more fun” (they’ve already done that, apparently!) Rather, they hope to make it as popstars. Weather Girls originally debuted in August 2010 and were the brainchild of Next Media, the Taiwanese TV network famous for creating Sims-like news recreations. They didn’t…

The Macross Do You Remember Love? Remaster is Beautiful Beyond Belief

While comparatively unknown in the West, Macross: Do You Remember Love? was one of the most important anime of the 1980s in Japan and was one of the most ambitious hand-drawn animation projects of all time. A remake of an already popular TV series, the film bled into the main stream with the success of…

Internet Addiction Clinics Cracking Down on Beatings

China was one of the first countries to recognize internet addiction as a psychological illness—and then beat the crap out of people suffering from it. As The Register points out, a 2008 government supported report stated that those who gamed more than six hours in a day and then experienced withdrawal type symptoms suffered from…

This Collector’s Edition is an Anime Fan’s Dream!

Games, movies—these days everything seems to have its own collector’s edition. Filled with art books, statues and mini posters, few of them are really worth the extra price. So it’s always a surprise when a collector’s edition like the Macross: Do You Remember Love? 30th Anniversary Box comes along. First, the Macross: Do You Remember…

There’s a new Persona! It’s…a card battle game. For smartphones. Oh.

Bruce Lee Wants You to Be Water in This Amazing Remix

In 1971, Bruce Lee did an interview—a great interview—on The Pierre Berton Show It was the martial arts superstar’s only TV interview. The 25-minute talk was believed to have been lost, but has since been archived—and more recently remixed by melodysheep. Also check out the full, original interview. If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely…

Tight Lips on Final Fantasy Versus [Update with Character Drawing]

At Square Enix’s 25th Anniversary event today in Tokyo, company honcho Yoichi Wada took the stage and briefly mentioned Versus. Very briefly. Here’s what he said (via Japanese Final Fantasy blogger Marshal.Alloc): “I cannot say any more than, ‘We are making Versus!’ Please wait a little longer.” This raises all sorts of questions: Is the…

Square Enix is Releasing 11 Pounds of Final Fantasy (No, Really)

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy. And what better way to say Happy Anniversary than with a FF box set? That weighs 11 pounds? And costs US$445? The box includes the PlayStation disc versions of all the numeric Final Fantasy games from FFI to FFXIII. It also comes with a Crystal ArtWorks…

Let’s Help Hollywood Find the Perfect Snake for the Metal Gear Movie

Hollywood is making a Metal Gear movie! Again! It sounds like production on the flick is just getting started (again). The project has a producer, but there’s no word of a director or screenwriter. More importantly, who is going to play Snake? Getting the jump on those big time Hollywood casting agents, Kotaku is here…

Imagine Battlefield Was a LOT Bigger. With Space Weapons. That’s Carrier Command.

I’ve talked about Carrier Command here before, somewhat enthusiastically, but for those who just can’t see what I’m getting at, this trailer shows better than any other just what the game’s about It’s all about scale. You can be a man on the ground or you can drive a giant aircraft carrier bristling with guns.…

That Insane, World-Spanning RTS is Actually Getting Made. Yes.

When we first saw upcoming RTS Planetary Annihilation earlier this month, it took me days to find my socks, they’d been blown so far away. My excitement was tempered, though, by the fact the amazing trailer was part of a Kickstarter pitch. And we all know how that roller-coaster goes. But good news! You and…

A Backpacker’s Guide to Warhammer 40K, Part 7: Churches

You’re about to see some of the work of Carlo Balassu, an artist who spent over six years at RTS masters Relic before moving onto a freelance career that spans both games and film. In addition to undisclosed projects on both side of that fence, he’s worked on pretty much everything Relic has released in…

Kickstarter Disaster as Adventure Game Sees Money Disappear

Jack Houston and the Necronauts is an adventure title from the same guy who, in his spare time, is working on that cool Han Solo adventure game. It had been up on Kickstarter, but after meeting its funding goal, it was time to get to work. Until something happened. Something that should serve as a…

The Life, and Death, of PC Gaming’s Most Famous Cover Star

You might not have played the game, but if you’ve ever walked into a video game store in your life, you’ll recognise the face: that of the Chessmaster, star of 1986 game The Chessmaster 2000. That first game, developed by The Software Toolworks, would lead to a series that would span decades, with the last…

Torchlight II will be out on September 20, developers Runic Games have just announced.

Namco’s Badass Retro Arcade Game Logos

I do love me some arcade marquees. The colours, the hand-drawn art, it’s all so very Roger Dean. This set are from Namco, before the company merged with Bandai, and could just as easily have worked as the logos for mid-80s thrash bands. Which is equally awesome. Namco Arcade Logos [VGJunk] Total Recall is a…

Who Needs An iPad When This Tablet Has Twin “Sticks”, a D-Pad And Buttons?

I love my iPad for gaming, but only for certain types of games. Usually the ones that don’t ask you to move a lot. Anything that requires a virtual d-pad, or joystick, or buttons, gah, no, kill it with fire. Unless…unless there was a tablet like this one. Archos’ GamePad is an upcoming Android tablet…