Warriors Orochi 2, a game that brings together characters from the Dynasty Warriors series and the Samurai Warriors series to fight against hundreds of enemy soldiers in epic battlegrounds is being ported to the PSP as Warriors Orochi 2 Special. The new game, like Dynasty Warriors VS for the 3DS, will feature guest characters as…
Last fall, the Tales Studio died. Things were bleak. But chin up, Tales fans. There’s a new Tales game in the pipeline. The latest issue of Japanese magazine Jump has a teaser for the “next” Tales game. The article states, “Next Tales of…” and calls this a “next generation Tales“. There’s not much info, though.…
In geek districts like Tokyo’s Akihabara and Osaka’s Den-Den Town, maids in frilly dresses serve food and drink. Maids call their patrons “master” (ご主人様). But not all girls want to wear frilly drinks. Not all of them want to call patrons “master”. Sometimes they’d rather wear ice cream hats and hit people with plastic swords.…
Because, you’ll pass out. While you might be keen to play another Kid Icarus: Uprising, game designer Masahiro Sakurai isn’t keen to make one. “If by ‘lasting universe’ you mean to ask if there’s a sequel, the answer is no,” Sakurai flatly told IGN. “We pushed a lot into the game in order to let…
It has been over a month since Kingdom Hearts 3D was released, and with no news on Final Fantasy XIII Versus other than the standard “stay tuned,” Weekly Famitsu asked director Tetsuya Nomura in an interview if Kingdom Hearts 3 was on the horizon. His response? “I’ll leave that to everyone’s imagination.” Adding, “It might…
Optimus Prime? Lucky guy. The same goes for Spider-Man and Ultraman. All three won the Chinese lottery. Ditto for several bigheaded Pandas. It’s not that these lotto winners are shy. Rather, they’re actually worried about keeping things relatively low-key after their winnings are made public in order not to draw unwanted attention. As website China…
Coming to the PS Vita this winter from developer Marvelous AQL, Soul Sacrifice is a dark fantasy action game (with an emphasis on the “dark”), that focuses on power, and the costs to obtain it. In Soul Sacrifice, the player takes the part of a lowly servant. Imprisoned and waiting to be sacrificed by a…
It’s only May. I know. But I sincerely doubt 2012 will produce freakier 3DS box art than what this Kobito Dukan game unleashed. As odd as this is, I quite like it. Ditto for Kobito Dukan, which kicks sand in the face of stereotypical Japanese cuteness—in a delightfully freaky way. Read more about Kobito Dukan…
Many Japanese game companies have crappy looking offices. Worse yet, they’re dull. Nondescript. But as far as Japanese social gaming giant DeNA goes, these digs aren’t half bad. Heck, there are iPads on the walls. On the walls! The offices have their fair share of meeting and conference rooms, but also a chic cafe and…
From robotic vocal chords to robotic lips, Japan has made a variety of robotic body parts over the years. But one body part has always been noticeably overlooked: robot ass. Not anymore! Enter Shiri. In Japanese, “shiri” (尻) means “buttocks”, and this robot is a “buttocks humanoid that represents emotions with visual and tactual transformation…
In upcoming PS Vita game Soul Sacrifice, you stick your hand in the mouth and yank out your vertebrate, which turns into a sword. There’s more to this PlayStation Vita game (more coverage coming later today, too), but isn’t spine ripping sword-swinging all you really need to know? SOUL SACRIFICE 第１弾トレーラー [YouTube]
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Tinkering around with Directx 11, Romanian developer Silviu Andrei is building an engine capable of rendering not corridors, or arenas, but entire planets Similar to the Outerra project that we’ve featured previously, Andrei not only has a very nice ocean up and splashing, but seamless travel between space and the planet’s surface. While there’s the…
Sony is blaming a price-cut and the 2011 Thai floods for a big loss in the company’s PlayStation division, with $2.8 billion walking out the door never to return. PS3 hardware sales were also down. [Sony]
It’s not hard finding things that are wrong with the video game industry these days. From rip-off DLC to paid-for cheats to games that are sold essentially incomplete, consumers are increasingly getting short shrift. If you want to push back, though, what are your options? Stop buying games? Effective, perhaps, but that’s also cutting off…
Hobbyist Blair Kelly has been working on a project called Arduino Wifly Mini, which takes a remote-controlled Mini Cooper, crams it full of cameras and has you controlling it with your choice of video game peripherals. You can use either an Xbox 360 or PS3 pad, but the car also supports force feedback if you…
Mark Molnar is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked with of the biggest names in entertainment. People like WETA, Games Workshop, Time Warner and Square Enix. To see more of his work, check out his personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of…
Since so much has been made over the past year of World of Warcraft’s declining subscriber numbers, it’s only fair to point out that at last count yesterday morning, the game’s playerbase had stalled at 10.2 million, exactly where it was at last count. With an expansion to come later this year, that number may…
A GameStop source has told Kotaku that, given the relative failure of the company’s push into online PC sales via its purchase of Impulse, it’s now trying something a little more practical. Namely, selling Steam vouchers in its bricks-and-mortar stores. After all, if you can’t beat ’em, skim a little of their money off the…
Expo Fighter is a 2D fighting game in development that leaves dojos, headbands and scantily-dressed Japanese women at the door, instead focusing on combat between…video game company executives. On the stage at E3. That’s the good news. The bad news? It’s asking for $18,000 as a crowd-sourced project, which for a browser-based, free-to-play title seems…
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