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UncategorizedFable: The Journey Just Might Be The Second-Best Kinect Game
There are 19 million Kinects in the wild and very few good games to play on them. I think most people will say that Dance Central is the best (partially because it seems to work more than 75% of the time). What’s second best? It could be this holiday season’s Fable: The Journey I grabbed…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Portal: it’s the joke/meme/concept that keeps on giving.…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Who’s Making Star Wars 1313? A Rebel Alliance Inside George Lucas’ Empire
It’s a transitional time for the video game division of the kingdom built by Star Wars. It’s been about two years since Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the last full-blown game released by LucasArts. TFUII got blasted as a major disappointment and squandered the goodwill built up by its predecessor. Then, severe cutbacks to…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Foxconn Suicide Followed by Suspicious Rumors
This week, a 23 year-old Foxconn worker fell to his death from a Foxconn company apartment. It’s believed to be a suicide. Today, Foxconn confirmed the worker’s death, which happened outside Foxconn’s Chengdu plant at a company apartment. The suicide is the first since Foxconn and Apple reached agreement over improving conditions for its 1.2…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter X Tekken Coming to iPhones This Summer, Probably Won’t Have On-Disc DLC
That tech demo we saw of the Street Fighter X Tekken crossover running on an iPad earlier this month becomes a real boy, as Capcom shrinks Ryu, Nina, Chun-Li and Kazuya down until they fit inside iOS devices. Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile features the same great fighting action of the console version, only without…
By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Not Attending Tokyo Game Show or Gamescom
Today, Microsoft announced that it will not be appearing at either Gamescom or the Tokyo Game Show. Instead, it will rely on its partners and, in Japan’s case, its own events. In an interview with Famitsu, Microsoft stated that it was not abandoning Japan and is planning end of the year promotions. Microsoft did say…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Features The Midas Touch And Co-op Play
It looks like Nintendo’s latest Mario game, New Super Mario Bros 2, which is scheduled for release in August, is going for the gold. Literally. The Mario series has always been adding new costumes for the mustached plumber with every game. The previous announcement that New Super Mario Bros. 2 would include a variation of…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
Beware Parents! Your Child Could Get into The Animes.
Via Tumblr Yaoi Fight, here are some signs that your child might be under the influence of the substance commonly known as “The Animes”: •making an account on deviantART.com – While it appears innocent, this website is actually a black market for different types of “The Animes.” It contains the highest concentration of animes abusers…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 -
Kotaku EastIn Taiwan, the Weather News Is Fit for an Apocolyptic Future and Huge Mecha
Rain has been hitting Taiwan hard. As Taiwanese people check the weather, they might notice something familiar: that 3D rainfall map sure looks like something out of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The font and the interface resemble Evangelion style computer graphics in what *looks* to be a clever, viral Eva cross promotion with Taiwan’s Next Media…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
Why Nintendo Almost Dumped the Wii U’s Biggest Feature
Each Nintendo hardware has its thing: For the Wii, it’s motion controls; for the 3DS, it’s 3D; and for the Wii U, it’s a tablet-like controller. Dubbed the Wii U GamePad, that controller was almost killed off. “Sometime during that final discussion we almost gave up on the idea of the additional screen,” Iwata recently…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
The Latest Idolm@ster Product Offers (Virtual) Conversations With Virtual Idols
The Idolm@ster series is well renowned for its cute virtual idols and ability to suck money out of fans’ wallets with pricy DLC and slot machine-like tactics. Next up, snack wafers that let you make literal phone calls to your favorite virtual idols. The Idolm@aster Wafers 2 are small, plain, rectangular chocolate sandwich wafer snacks,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
And Japanese Police’s Underage Hacker Crackdown Continues
Yesterday, news broke that Japanese police took an 11 year-old girl into protective custody for violating the country’s computer laws. Today, it’s a 16 year-old. Allegedly, the teenager is a self-styled hacker who illegally accessed another individual’s online game server and also wrote three gamers’ IDs and passwords on an internet forum. For that, Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 -
Kotaku EastEarth Defense Force Has All the Giant Bugs the PlayStation Vita Can Handle
Earth Defense Force 3: Portable is bringing its giant bugs to the PS Vita for huge insect shooting fun with four player online co-op. The game will be out this fall in Japan. Have a look.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 -
Kotaku EastIron Man? Nope, She’s Iron Girl, and She’ll Kick Your Face In
In Iron Girl, our metal heroine fights a group of outlaws known as the “Crazy Dogs” and could be the “Iron Savoir” foretold by the prophets. Adult film actress Kirara Asuka stars as Iron Girl. The flick also features Rina Akiyama from Kamen Rider Den-O. She might be familiar to Metal Gear Solid 3 players…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
“Kirb” Your Enthusiasm With These 6 Classic Kirby Games In One
It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Kirby first appeared on the Nintendo Gameboy. I still remember the first time I saw that cute pink (Well, sort of cream-colored with black outlines on the Gameboy) innocent-looking little marshmallow suck a bird down his gullet and swallow it whole. Since then, the Kirby series…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
Broken Telephone Pole? No Biggie, We’ve Got Tape.
In the city of Guilin, China’s state-own telecommunication company, China Telecom, has a novel way to fix a snapped telephone pole: tape. According to reports out of China, city bureaucrats and China Telecom could not agree over how much should be spent to fix the pole. As a temporary measure, China Telecom wrapped the broken…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 -
Kotaku EastFrom Teeny Game Machines to Plastic Monsters, Have a Look at The Tokyo Toy Show!
The International Tokyo Toy Show roars through, well, Tokyo this week. Sister site Kotaku Japan got a sneak peek at some of what visitors can expect—whether that be miniature game machine capsule toys, Ultraman transformers, Monster Hunter toys, Nanoblock, or even cosplay outfits—and more. There was also a successful StickBomb Guinness Book World Record attempt,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
See How the Amazing Final Fantasy Tech Demo Stands Up to Pre-Rendered Graphics
Square Enix, the folks behind Final Fantasy, are working on a new game engine. And hot damn, it looks fantastic Recently, Square Enix showed a real time demo of the tech in action. In the above gallery, you can see how a pre-rendered version stacks up with a real-time version. This shows just how stunning…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012
