Upcoming 3DS title Castlevania: Lord of Shadow: Mirror of Fate gets a teaser that’s long on teasing and short on everything else. Expect more at the upcoming E3 gaming expo next week in Los Angeles. Until then, be sure to look in the mirror. Don’t forget! Castlevania: Lord of Shadow: Mirror of Fate [YouTube]
Blood: The Last Vampire was one the big anime movies of the late-nineties anime boom alongside other films such as Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, and Akira. Since then, it has had a live action remake, a 52-episode anime series (Blood+), three games (four if you count Heroes Phantasia), and several manga adaptations. This…
Mecha game Zone of the Enders is getting an HD version. Check out its opening in full hi-def glory. Zone of the Enders HD Collection will be out later this year.
Last week in China’s Zhejiang Province, five people riding the same scooter were sideswiped by a sedan. The riders suffered injuries to various degrees, but thankfully, they were not life threatening and everyone survived. The video went viral in China and appeared on Beijing TV program Traffic Light (红绿灯), which has a segment called “Accidents…
They met through online games, the five of them. From there they allegedly hatched a plan. A plan to make money. A plan to sell drugs. Japanese police arrested a group of five male and female cohorts for selling drugs over the country’s most popular online bulletin board 2ch. Three of those arrested lived outside…
Before the 128-bit era, many Japanese games, especially RPGs, never left Japanese shores. But over the years, many of these classic, never-before-localized games have been released in English on consoles and handhelds. Walk Over My Corpse (Ore no Shikabane wo Koeteyuke), however, remains one of the few great JRPGs unplayed by western audiences—despite a PSP…
Soon, the PS Vita is getting a YouTube app, Sony revealed. It will be a free download. By “soon”, I mean the end of June. PlayStation.Blog]
The best toilets in the world are Japanese. Pretty much every house has a john with a heated seat and a bum washer, and there have even toilets sold with embedded music players and spotlights so you don’t miss. Heck, Sega even recently released a pee-powered game. Japan’s toilet tech is world class. No wonder…
Spotted near the Mongolian border, this Chinese yogurt drink features characters that look like Mario and Yoshi. It’s like Super Mario World in a can—er, plastic bottle—in creamy liquid form. The Mario looks less like Mario, while the Yoshi looks pretty much like Yoshi, but with antlers on his head. So how does it taste?…
Ai Shinozaki is one of Japan’s most popular pin-ups. Like so many young Japanese idols, she’s released photo books and DVDs of her prancing about in swimwear on some exotic beach. She’s also paid her dues by appearing in swimwear (of course!) at fan meet-and-greet events in Tokyo geek paradise, Akihabara. But the 20 year-old…
Yesterday, it was revealed that the PC version of Dark Souls is Steam bound, while home consoles will also be getting the added PC content with a Dark Souls with Artorias of the Abyss Edition. Here’s a look at the elegant, dark packaging for both the PC and console versions. Stunning stuff. 「DARK SOULS」に追加要素を加えたPC，PS3用パッケージが10月25日に発売。PS3版はDLC単体での配信もアリ [4Gamer]
While the US has Captain America, China now has, uh, Captain China. Part of a secret “Super Human” project, he’s Soviet pistol wielding, cytogenetically frozen super commie from the days of the Chinese Revolution. So when President Obama visits China—to ask the Chinese for, I guess, money—who’s there to protect the President from an assassination…
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William Smith works at Timegate Studios, who have previously been responsible for titles like Section 8 and who are now helping Gearbox out on Aliens: Colonial Marines He’d previously worked in advertising, for respected international firm Saatchi & Saatchi X. And his artwork is just lovely Enormous killing machines are normally shown as being dreary,…
Wondering what a DOTA-style Lord of the Rings game would look? Keep wondering, because this cinematic trailer for Guardians of Middle-Earth is naught but cinematics. They’re pretty, though. And I can’t say I can ever remember seeing Gollum try to rip off Gandalf’s beard before. In case you missed it earlier, here’s our announcement coverage…
A brand new Star Wars video game has been officially revealed tonight. It’s called Star Wars: 1313 While little has been actually disclosed about the project, Lucasarts describes it as a “third person cinematic action adventure game”, while the title is named for “Level 1313, a ruthless criminal underground deep below the surface of the…
Our first good look at gameplay from the upcoming Tomb Raider prequel/reboot also gives us a good look at hero Lara Croft…not doing so well. It was announced tonight that the game will be out in March 2013.
As expected since its reveal was spoiled yesterday, Konami has announced that it’s currently developing a sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow It’s due in 2013.
Pure, 100% organic bananas. I mean, I know we should be expecting this, since it’s being developed by the guys behind Bayonetta, but still. Bananas. The game will be out in early 2013.
I’m not normally one for excitement over games, but whenever I see the world artist Viktor Antonov (Half-Life 2) has helped create for this game, I can’t help it. Especially since I’m a sucker for a good sea shanty. Bethesda and Arkane’s shooter will be out on PC, 360 and PS3 on October 9.
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