EVE Online and Dust 514 are now linked together via EVE‘s Singularity test server. Watch out for the ISK black hole!

Somebody Has Already Hit Level 80 In Guild Wars 2

According to a report at MMO Culture, a French gamer named Surfeuze has already hit the Guild Wars 2 level cap of 80. (See the lower-left of the screenshot above.) Yep: Someone has maxed out a character before the game has even been officially released. Surfeuze pulled off this feat largely through crafting, using guild-provided…

We Certainly Didn’t Expect To Get A Super Nintendo Cartridge In The Mail Last Week

That Super Nintendo box isn’t real. Neither is the cartridge. I can see how you might be confused: when we got this package in the mail last week, it looked more than authentic enough to trigger some emotional reactions from those of us at Team Kotaku who spent our formative years with Nintendo’s 16-bit gaming…

In a Shocking Twist, This Game Stars Normal-Looking People. Some Of Them Are Even Old.

“This needs to be a subtle art style to go with a subtle game,” Chris Hecker told me during our latest conversation about one of the contenders for World’s Most Interesting Video Game. All Hecker and I were ostensibly doing was talking about the first look he was giving me at the characters in Spy…

An iPhone Game That Splits Your Fingers as Well as Your Brain

After nearly five years with an iPhone in my pocket, I bought an Android phone last week. A HTC One XL. It’s a glorious phone, and I had been looking forward to providing a little more Android coverage on GAOTD, but seeing as I’ve gotten side-tracked playing old Lucasarts adventure games on the thing, I…

17 Things About Resident Evil 6 That You Should Know

It’s not that scary. Its first campaign might be its worst. But after making a bad impression when I played it back in May, Resident Evil 6 is now a game I’m looking forward to a lot. What changed? Oh, I played it for about seven hours this weekend. I think it should be obvious…

Skyrim‘s Dawnguard: ‘We’re Vampire ****ers’

Unnecessary Censorship never fails to make me laugh. “You’ve not only earned your payment, but my **** as well. And believe me, friend, that does not come easily.” (Thanks, Mathue!)

15 Minutes of Lost Planet 3 Footage Introduce New Enemies and Cover Combat

Capcom’s trying out a few different things in Lost Planet 3, which is a prequel to the previous two games in their outer-space action series. The chunk of gameplay above comes from a live demo done at Gamescom 2012 and shows off some of the new Akrid creatures you’ll be battling, as well as the…

My Computer Sucks, Your Character Name is Stupid, and Other Lessons Learned From the Guild Wars 2 Head Start [Update]

Guild Wars 2 went live this weekend for the kajillionty people that managed to wrangle their way into the early start. I am among these people, and I’ve learned some important things about the game, its players, and my own technological shortcomings over the past 48 hours. Update — I have fixed my computer, as…

This Looper 8-Bit Game Trailer Shouldn’t Exist But I’m Glad It Does

As far as I know, there’s no video game tethered to Rian Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi thriller. That’s a shame, as Looper sports exactly the kind of fictional universe I’d like to expanded on in playable form. So, good for me then, that filmmaker Deepak Chetty did the next best thing by making a retro-styled trailer…

Born from a Dead Island Mod, This Game Looks Hellish

It all started with a weapon mod. Techland programmer Marcin Zygadlo created a Dead Island mod that started turning heads in the studio. “It was a proof that chopping monsters frozen by magic spells using two-handed swords is brutally fun and addictive,” Techland dev Marcin Kruczkiewicz blogs. The mod made such an impression that Techland…

This Is Perhaps the Nerdiest Car in Japan

Perhaps! There are lots of nerdy cars, but damn, this is pretty nerdy. This Toyota Auris has been customized in the image of Gundam character Char Aznable. The concept car was shown at a recent hobby event outside Tokyo. When asked if this concept car would ever see production, Toyoto told The Mainichi, “If there…

Strange Beams of Light Zapping Japan or iPhone Glitch? YOU PICK!

During these last few weeks of August, the weather has been strange in Japan. Seemingly every evening, it’s been raining with lightning storms. Several folks have snapped photos of lightning striking. The result is truly odd. The photos show beams of light. Online in Japan, people are saying the images look like something out of…

Anime Super Fan Carries Swag All The Way to Greece

Chinese gamer and Saint Seiya superfan, Le Shui (not his real name), recently finished one of his life’s goals, to travel like the Saints in Saint Seiya to the Sanctuary of Saints in Greece. However unlike normal fans who traverse to the ancient temple in Greece, Le Shui bought with him a piece of swag…

Square Enix is serious about a new Lightning FFXIII game and has the Japanese Twitter account to prove it.

I’m Confused, A Chinese Game With Iron Man And Kratos Can’t Be Bad Right?

Sick of playing Chinese games that involve historical fantasy or martial arts fantasy, I set out looking for a new type of Chinese online multiplayer game to play. Unfortunately, The Legend of Shengdao wasn’t the game to help me escape a sea of mediocrity, despite its crazy visuals. At first glance, The Legend of Shengdao…

Squid Love and Soccer Crab, Meet Japan’s Silliest Movie Maker

Back in 2007, Japanese filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki told SlashFilm, “I want to be silly for the rest of my life!” Well, so far, that’s exactly what he’s done. Influenced by Ultraman and Japanese monster movies, Kawasaki is a master of the brilliantly absurd. His films have followed a wrestler who turned into a squid, a…

Guy Returns Stolen Spacebars to Internet Cafe

Over the last few a days a story about a Chinese man returning stolen spacebar keys to an internet cafe has captured the attention China’s online gaming message boards. The story is exactly what it sounds like: a Chinese man stole spacebar keys from his local internet cafe seven years ago and out of the…

Here, Catch All These Brand New Pokémon Toys!

At the recent Chara Hobby event outside Tokyo, a whole slew of new Pocket Monster toys were on display. Many of the toys, viewable in the above gallery, will be in crane games in Japanese arcade games. Snag ’em if you can! 【キャラホビ2012】「ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ」、サトシ＆デントがフィギュア化 [インサイド] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

Anime Director Arrested for Threatening to Stab People in Osaka

In June 2008, Tomohiro Kato announced online that he was going to unleash an attack in Tokyo’s geek mecca, Akihabara. He ended up driving a rented truck into a crowd and going on stabbing rampage. Seven people ended up dead and ten were injured. Kato was sentenced to death. This July on the night of…