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China Can’t Get Enough Kinect Clones
It seems China can’t get enough of motion control gaming, so much so that another Chinese company has come out to debut their own camera capture motion device, the i-move. Spotted in this year’s China Joy gaming expo, Shanghai Motion Technology company’s i-move takes two things that are constantly copied in China and merges it…
By Eric Jou Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
This Might Be the First Look at the PS Vita’s Savior, a New Monster Hunter. It Might Not. [UPDATE: More signs of a hoax]
Face it: the minute Capcom releases a new Monster Hunter game on the PS Vita, Sony will sell a bajillion PS Vita units. But now, Nintendo has locked up Monster Hunter 4, so tough crap? These mysterious screens hint at the possibility of a new Monster Hunter game in the Vita’s future. Or do they?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 -
Kotaku EastRich Jerk Throws a Wad of Money To Kick a Gamer Off a PC
Filmed at the China Joy expo in Shanghai, this clip shows a rich dude repeatedly nudge a guy playing at a demo for a PC game. You can hear him say, “Let me play!” in Chinese. Then, the rich guy takes out a wad of yuan and throws it in the gamer’s face. It looks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
Phantasy Star Online 2 is Fun, Frantic, and Free-to-Play
These days the net is overflowing with free-to-play MMORPGs. But even before free-to-play MMORPGs were a thing, there was Phantasy Star Online. This online-RPG graced consoles and PCs alike in the early 2000s and proved to be the most popular game of its kind in Japan (until Final Fantasy XI hit stores in 2002). Now,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
No, Nintendo Doesn’t Send Miis to Check Chinese Factories
It sends humans. In the past few years, working conditions in China have come under greatly scrutiny. Conditions have also gotten better. Nintendo recently discussed how it conducts on-site factory visits in China: There are morning interviews with managers, paperwork checks, multiple manufacturing line checks, and checks into the lives and welfare of the factory…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
What’s More Glorious Than HD Final Fantasy VII? Paper Final Fantasy VII.
Because paper is awesome! Comic artist George Alexopoulos turns role-playing game Final Fantasy VII into adorable 2D paper figures. While fans clamor for a FFVII remake, I’ll take a Final Fantasy VII Paper. (Oh, and a remake.) Previously, Kotaku posted his Zelda and Mega-Man doodles, which were just as darling, if not more. FFVII [StudioNJ…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 -
Kotaku EastSee This Fast-Paced, Free-to-Play MMORPG in Action
Back at the turn of the millennium, Sega released the first MMORPG for consoles, Phantasy Star Online. Over the next decade it went from Dreamcast to GameCube to Xbox to PC. Now twelve years later, Sega has finally released the sequel, Phantasy Star Online 2, free on the Japanese PC. In the game itself, you…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 27, 2012 -
Kotaku EastIt’s Called the Virgin White Box Set. Enough Said.
Marvelous Entertainment has announced the official release date for the PSP game Fate/Extra CCC; it’s February 21, 2013. Along with a release date, three videos, new character details, and information on limited edition goods of the game have been uploaded to the official site as well. Fate/Extra CCC is a dungeon RPG game on the…
By Toshitaka Tachibana Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
Another Indecent Cosplay Gives Birth to Another Internet Celebrity
As in the past, this year’s China Joy gaming expo in Shanghai saw regulations to crack down on skimpy outfits. Apparently, Li Ling either didn’t get the memo or she ripped it up entirely. Li Ling appeared at China Joy last year, but didn’t make much of an impression. This year, however, she did. Finally…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
Check Out Jet Li’s New Kung Fu Fantasy Game
Chinese game company Woniu.com (Snail net…) announced at the China Joy game expo this week the official release of their Chinese fantasy style wuxia mmo called The 9 Yin Sutras (九阴真经). The game at first glance looks like pretty much every other martial arts fantasy style MMO on the Chinese market these days but the…
By Eric Jou Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
Of Course, They’re Making Gran Turismo 6 Right Now
Surprised? Shocked? Eh, not really? At the China Joy gaming event in Shanghai, Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi once again stated that work on Gran Turismo 6 shortly after GT5 finished (something he told Kotaku back in 2010). Yamauchi also reiterated that he and his studio always have their eye on the cutting edge of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 -
Kotaku EastHere’s a Chinese Man Singing Justin Bieber While Riding a Cow
Love this guy’s passion. Love the guitar rendition. Love the fact that the original video is titled “I am legendary, art dream.” Just not sure what’s up with the livestock. This is the only video Youku user w451119777 has up. It’s the only one that’s needed. As website Beijing Cream points out, Justin Bieber is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
The Ladies of Uzbekistan Bring Japanese Emoticons to Life
If a picture says a thousand words, what does a picture of Uzbekistan models imitating Japanese emoticons say? Tokyo web planning company Nuuo showed a series of Japanese emoticons to models from an Uzbekistan model agency. Nuuo only told them the bare minimum about what each emoticon meant and allowed the women to interpret the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Behold: A Unicorn Gundam
For those who aren’t familiar with it, classic Japanese mech franchise Gundam has a series called Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Sounds great, but the problem is, there aren’t actually any unicorns in it. Fixed. Japanese hobbyist crossneko has built himself a Gundam unicorn. Shame he couldn’t find a space rainbow to go with it, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedOkami, You Were Born for a HD System
While it won’t look as good as it could, which is a bit of a shame, Capcom’s upcoming HD re-release of Okami still looks great. Especially when you watch this new trailer in 1080p, and remember just how satisfying it was to unleash that STORM OF FLOWERS.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Every Cover Ever Made for the Best Games Magazine Around
Call them snooty if you must, but I think Edge magazine has consistently been the most mature, well-written and well-respected video game magazine on the planet for nearly twenty years. While competitors have come and gone either pandering to the lowest common denominator or selling their pages as glorified advertising space, Edge has always been…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Can Buy the Original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Rulebooks (Again)
You all owe Gary Gygax more than you can possibly imagine. The creator of Dungeons & Dragons, who passed away in 2008, had a big impact on tabletop gaming, of course, but those concepts he created for paper and dice are still widely used in video games today, especially RPGs. So this commemorative offering from…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallEA’s Best Game of the 1990s Also Had the Worst Acting
People bug EA all the time to bring back vintage old series like Wing Commander, Road Rash and Jungle Strike. All great games, and all worthy of t least a token attempt at mmodernisation. But there’s one game that, for whatever reason, is always left out. Forgotten. And that’s EA’s Crusader series. The first game…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Awkward Charms of a 1984 TV Show About PC Gaming
This is an episode from Computer Chronicles, a dusty old TV show about…computers. This one is all about games, and features appearances from guys like Atari legend Chris Crawford, EA founder Trip Hawkins and even a guy from Activision. What’s great is that, being a show that’s normally about computers anyway, it doesn’t have the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012