This week, the court case over the teen who sold his kidney for an iPad and an iPhone went to trial.
Sexy war tactics game Eiyuu Senki (Heroine War Princess) was originally released as an 18-and-up PC game. Today, the game’s developer revealed that it was being ported to the PS3 and the PS Vita. And yes, that’s probably minus the original game’s hardcore sex scenes. The developer is also working on a social game as…
In Japan, Dragon Quest is the unquestioned king of RPGs: Even the Final Fantasy series comes in a distant second. The last game in the series, Dragon Quest IX, sold over 4.3 million copies, making it the 6th best selling game on the Nintendo DS in Japan. Many speculated the next DQ game would surely…
Rebalanced arcade game Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus R beats up Japanese arcades this September.
If you are super old like me (hello old friends!), you’ll remember using some of these Apple computers. If you are a young whippersnapper (hello young friends!), you might not—but you should still enjoy perusing the retro hardware that’s on display. You are looking at a Russian collection of Apple computers, which website English Russia…
An image that allegedly shows off Kinect 2 has hit the internet. It not only shows improved depth perception, but a higher level of detail—such as being able to read people’s fingers and discern clothing. There’s head patting, too. As Kotaku first revealed, the next Xbox is codenamed “Durango”. Previously, insiders told Kotaku that the…
Level-5, the folks behind Professor Layton, are bringing the first three Inazuma Eleven Nintendo DS games to the 3DS with sharper graphics. Above, you can see how the original graphics stack up to the 3DS ones. As part of Inazuma Eleven‘s fifth anniversary, the three games will be out this winter as a single compilation…
Every Japanese grade schooler lugs around a big leather backpack called a “randoseru” (ランドセル). They’re sturdy and pricey, because they’re supposed last all six years of primary school. Girls usually get red or pink randoseru, while boys get black or blue. Robots? Well, they get randoseru from retail chain Nitori—complete with a six year warranty!…
MMORPGs are far from popular in Japan, especially when compared to the West. There have been a few MMO successes—e.g. Phantasy Star Online and Final Fantasy XI—but the MMO market is so small in general that even MMO juggernaut World of Warcraft has never been released here. On one level, this is because most MMOs…
There are three things you can count on: Death, taxes, and Daisenryaku Perfect: Ruler of the Battlefield being delayed. A real Japanese game studio with a real office and real desks and real computers is developing this absolutely crappy-looking game. The game is slated to be released on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 for…
Yesterday in London (early this morning in Japan), the US women’s soccer team played against Japan for Olympic gold. It was a squeaker, but America won 2-1. While the Associated Press interviewed Japanese fans who said things like, “Given that the United States is such a good team, the result is not surprising” or that…
Reader Devin has turned a regular ol’ Xbox 360 controller into something a little fancier: this steampunk pad, which not only coats the controller in a rusty finish but adds a lot of neat touches like new buttons. I like the little screws replacing the “start” and “select” buttons the best, but the toxic green…
Intrusion 2 is an indie platformer for the PC that, at first glance, looks like a game of Scribblenauts where someone typed “big guns” and “giant robots” then the ability to enter anything else just disappeared. Which is just fine. Because Intrusion 2 is splendid the way it is, thanks. It’s got great robot design,…
Genius human Peer Kreuger has built these LEGO replicas of vehicles from The Dark Knight Rises, which not only look just like their on-screen counterparts, but act like them as well. The motorised Bat doesn’t really fly, it’s far too heavy for that, but faking it makes for a nice touch in the surprisingly professional…
In case you missed it last time, Warframe is a “cooperative 3rd-person action free-to-play game” from Digital Extremes, the team behind The Darkness II. I’m still sceptical, because free-to-play shooters require a balance only a select few developers can manage, but for something with an art style that looks this cool, I’ll keep an open…
Earlier this week, Stephen wondered if video games could ever be considered as an Olympic sport. He meant the medium as a whole, but if they ever did make it, they’d need specific events. Which is where artist Jay Lee Walsh steps in. Designed to look like retro Olympics posters, these pieces take common video…
I get it. The GameCube was a cube. So you can show stuff happening inside a cube. It’s an advertising brief that writes itself. But for every awesome shot in this old Nintendo commercial – like samurai doing battle, or the world’s only Tie Interceptor living in captivity – there’s something silly. Unnecessary. A little…
The live-action Mario movie is like a giant scab on your knee. It’s gross, and an eyesore, yet for whatever reason many of us just can’t resist picking at it. Most of the time that invokes painful memories, but not today. Today it’ll provoke some different, much stranger emotions. Witness Golden’s Super Mario Bros. The…
Sideshow Collectibles will next year be releasing a $350 statue based on Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard. The default male Shepard, in case you hadn’t somehow already seen the image up top (or the glimpse we caught of him at this year’s Comic-Con). Standing 19″ tall, and including an omni-tool and assault rifle, you can pre-order…
Seeing as the boutonnière I wore to my “prom” (we call them “formals” down here) pierced my jacket then flesh and went straight for my heart, I’m 100% down with alternatives to small fake flowers adorned atop enormous metal spikes. Like these Minecraft swords. Tacky, perhaps, but much safer. My friend and I decided we…
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