Turn Your iPhone Pics into Japanese Manga Images

Okay, this sounds cool: Sister site Kotaku Japan points to an app called Manga Camera that can make your photos look like Japanese comic book panels. If you’ve ever read manga in Japanese, you’ll be happy to know that Manga Camera has an array of onomatopoeic words with melodramatic shading. So go ahead, make your…

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The ESRB Knows Dead or Alive Too Well

Japanese fighting game Dead or Alive features a bevy of curvy ladies punching and kicking each other in the face. For years now, the DoA‘s have been talking up two things: Fighting game mechanics and boob physics. So when the Entertainment Software Rating Board had a crack at the latest DoA, Dead or Alive 5,…

Aussie Deli Sandwich From McDonald’s Japan: The Snacktaku Review

McDonald’s Japan has decided to bring the rest of the world to Japan via fast food. Well, not the whole world. For the burger joint’s latest campaign, it’s only been France, India, and Australia. As Snacktaku’s embedded emissary in Asia, I take snack sampling very seriously. Snackology is an extremely important field, and one must…

Square Enix’s Online Shop Seems To Have Been Hacked

Tokyo-based game company Square Enix announced that it believes the third-party server, which hosts its online shop, was breached. While the landing page can be accessed, the Square Enix Online Shop is currently offline and clicking on the Japan catalog brings up a notice about the hack. Square Enix is currently assessing the extent of…

Bayonetta 2 Developers Don’t Want to “Alienate” You

Action game Bayonetta 2, the sequel to…Bayonetta 1, is headed to the Wii U. It’s an exclusive! And Nintendo is publishing the game. This has made some “fans” pissed as hell. Others are happy. But what do the game’s developers have to say? Platinum Games, the studio behind Bayonetta, released statements from staff as well…

Here’s What’s Inside Each Wii U Console Box

Once you open up a Wii U box, you’ll find a bunch of stuff inside. Namely, all of this, as Nintendo seeks to crush the practice of unboxing by doing it for us, months before the product is even released. What I love about these images is the small print down the bottom. As though…

The Wii U Will Be Out In Europe (and Australia) Before Japan

The Wii U is being released on November 18 in the US, and on December 8 in Japan. PAL fans, though, can expect to get their hands on the console right in between those two dates. November 30 is when the Wii U will hit shelves across Britain, continental Europe and Australia. Prices will of…

WW2 Game Rejected Because It Had Japanese Flags In It

Naval combat strategy and simulation game Pacific Strike was supposed to be out on iPad already. It’s not, though, because Apple has two problems with it. Problem #1 is that there’s a bug. OK. Understandable. But problem #2? The game had Japanese flags in it According to Apple’s App Store guidelines, this is bad because:…

Unbelievable Mass Effect Cosplay Ditches Humans For Alien Dress-ups

When the cosplay team at Propped Up Creations do Mass Effect, they do not screw around. Rather than take the easy route and dress up as humans, in this gallery you’ll see a Turian (Garrus), a Krogan (Wrex) and a very Joan Collins-esque Salarian (Mordin). And no, they’re not walking into a bar. Dragoncon 2012:…

You’re Never Too Old For Giant Mechanical Death Machines

Galan Pang works as an artist at CCP’s Shanghai studio, where he’s done some amazing stuff for upcoming shooter Dust 514. The gallery below contains images both from that game and his personal works, in which killer giant mechs feature prominently You can see more of Galan’s work at his personal site and his CGHub…

Getting to the Bottom of the Akira Game That Might Not Have Sucked

For such a beloved manga and animated film, poor Akira hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to video games. Amidst the wreckage of the awful NES and Amiga adaptations of the movie, though, there always lingered the promise that a cancelled Akira project – one destined for the SNES, Genesis and Mega…

The History of Video Games Gets, Uh, Weirdly Sexual Towards The End

This bizarre little piece of animation was originally intended to serve as the intro to a German documentary about video games. The idea was to take existing characters from the history of games and “reinterpret” them, to match the series’ brief to present the everyday lives of MMO addicts. I can kind of see that,…

Valve Has a Sweet New Portal Turret That Actually (Sort of) Works

Valve artist Realm Lovejoy tweeted this video earlier in the week, saying “Look at what I helped unbox today at work”. Which is a lot calmer than how I would’ve said it. “Oh my GOD look at this just LOOK AT THIS” is all I’d be able to manage, before ducking behind a couch for…

Metal Gear’s Insane Plot, as Told by Someone Who Hasn’t Played the Games

The wonderful Zac Gorman gets more detailed about the plot for the Metal Gear games than I could ever manage. He’s pretty much spot-on, right? The plot to the Metal Gear Solid series as described by someone who has never played it [Magical Game Time]

The First Proper Trailer For The Next Game From The Resistance Guys

Well. Was this song worth the hold-up for Fuse’s debut trailer? Either way, here’s the debut trailer for Fuse, from Insomniac, a game about futuristic soldiers with guns viewed from the third-person and which uses cover as a basic mechanic. You can learn more about the game from Evan’s big preview published earlier today

These “Fans” Aren’t Happy About Bayonetta 2

One of the bigger surprises today wasn’t just the reveal of Bayonetta 2, but the news that it’s been locked down as a Wii U exclusive. Good news for anyone looking to pick up Nintendo’s console, but bad news for 360 and PS3 owners who had no such plans. People like this. Here, for your…

Nintendo Land is 2012’s Wii Sports

Like Wii Sports was to the Wii, Nintendo is going to need something small, fun and easy to learn if “new” players are going to get hooked on the upcoming Wii U. Nintendo Land is surely going to be that game. Well, provided you actually buy it, since only the “premium” version of the console…

For Those With a Fetish, Here’s the Wii U’s Box Art

Not for the games, we knew about those already. This is what the actual console’s box will look like when it goes on sale in the US in November. I like it. Classy. It’s simple, it’s bold, it doesn’t try too hard to sell you on STUFF, at least not on the front.

If Adulthood Were A Children’s Toy, It Sure Would Suck

Yeah, being an adult kind of sucks sometimes. It’s certainly not as much fun as being an 80’s action figure! This funny (and kinda dark) fake trailer asks the question: “What if adulthood had its own toy commercials?” My thinking is that a lot more people probably wouldn’t buy adulthood, but that’s just me. If…