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UncategorizedDark Souls Coming to Steam, Computer DLC Coming to Consoles
Good news! The PC version of hard-as-nails Dark Souls is, oh yes, Steam bound. What’s more, the console versions will be getting PC exclusive content as paid DLC this winter. Dubbed Artorias of the Abyss, the downloadable content be out this winter on the PS3 (US$14.99) and the Xbox 360 (1200 MS Points). Artorias of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2012 - Kotaku East
This Doesn’t Say, “Love in the Butt”
Consider this a master class in font picking. When selecting a font, you should choose something that is easy to read, but is still striking. The latest thing you want to do is confuse people, or worse, lead them on about butt lovin’. Love in the Buff is a new Hong Kong romantic comedy. It’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2012 - Kotaku East
Ridiculously Expensive Resident Evil Jacket’s Ridiculous Poses
For models, posing is important. It can really sell the clothes—make them look cool. But bad posing can have the opposite effect and make the threads look anything but cool. In Japan, Capcom is rolling out a Premium Edition for survival horror game Resident Evil 6 that comes with, along other items, a leather jacket…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2012 - Kotaku East
Korean Government Launching Diablo III Investigation over Alleged Law Breaking
While Diablo III might be a big hit in South Korea, the country’s Fair Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Blizzard refused to refund Koreans who purchased the game and were frustrated with overloaded game servers. Unable to play, these unhappy gamers demanded refunds, which Blizzard apparently refused. In South Korea, the servers have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2012 -
Kotaku EastBehind the Meme: This Lady Had a Bad Case of Diarrhea
If you’ve been on the internet in the past five years, you’ve seen a trio of Japanese ladies doing aerobics, while chanting, “I have a bad case of diarrhea.” The clip, and the other Zuiikin’ English footage, are infamous. Those three ladies have earned their place in internet meme history. Two of them seem to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
First Dead Space 3 Screenshots Stand Shoulder to Shoulder
These images “leaked” by All Games Beta supposedly give us our first proper look at the upcoming Dead Space 3, ahead of a more official outing over the coming days. They depict a pair (I’d say one of them is Isaac Clarke but his face is so everyman I can’t be sure) engaging in some…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Whatever You do, Don’t Buy Counter-Strike on the iPhone
Just in case you weren’t put off by the lack of any kind of mention of Valve Software, advance warning of the game’s arrival or the complaints demanding their money back, if you see a game called Counter Strike on the App Store, don’t spend $2 on it. Unless you enjoy being ripped off by…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Dear Santa, Please Send me This Ikaruga Model, Thanks, From Luke
Japanese collectible company Kotobukiya will soon be releasing this small, 6″ version of Ikaruga’s Hitekki Genkei fighter. It’s a model kit in the truest sense of the word: while it comes pre-painted, it also comes entirely disassembled, meaning you not only have to put its 200 pieces together by hand, but glue most of them…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
UncategorizedPlay a Game as a Medieval Islamic Ruler. For Once.
Given the fact most big games are made by Westerners for Westerners, we don’t often get the chance to assume the role of a serious, proper Islamic (or even Middle Eastern!) character. And no, Ubisoft, a fairy-tale, clichéd ideal of a Persian Prince doesn’t count. So it’s awesome seeing Paradox give Crusader Kings II players…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Culture
Beautiful Video Game Art, All the Way From China
Tonight, we’re checking out the portfolio of Chinese artist Ming zhu Yang, who works for Gameloft’s pre-production studio Redsteam. Specialising mostly in character art, you can see more of her stuff at her personal site. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or so you can save them as wallpaper), right-click on them…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Find Your Way Around DayZ With This Real, Paper Map
One of the things that makes zombie survival sim DayZ so difficult is that players start the game without a map. Even later on, getting hold of one can be tough. Without a map, you can’t see where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, you have trouble finding other survivors. Sure,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Meet the Best Halo Figure I’ve Ever Seen, and it was Made by Magic
Well, it was made by a 3D printer, but I refuse to call them “machines”. If you can put materials into something, press a button and out the other end comes entire things, that to me is magic. Dark magic. This Halo figure is being shown off on the webpage of the Objet Connex500, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallA Fascinating Look at the Factories Where Old Video Games Were Made
Mommy, where do video games come from? They come from factories, dear, factories like these, from the 1980s. This awesome video shows the factory floor at companies such as Midway, Atari and Taito, where vintage arcade classics like Pac-Man were put together, while also giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of Nintendo circa 1988.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sony Thought About Making the PS4 a Download-Only Console
According to the Wall Street Journal, Sony “considered but ultimately rejected” plans to make its next home console – code-named Orbis – a download-only device. The fact it even thought about such a move shows not only how far digital delivery has come in the six years since the PS3 first launched, but also shows…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
All I Ever Wanted, Konami, Was a Little Congraturations
It’s perhaps not as famous as other hatchet jobs on the English language perpetrated by Japanese developers in the 1980s, but it’s one of my favourites nonetheless. This is from the MSX version of Salamander, which you may know as Life Force, a shmup first released in 1986. He just…he just doesn’t look that happy…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
PC Load-Letter??
Hello, Kotaku! Can it really be Wednesday already? I guess it can be. Taking Monday off will really make your week fly by, as will crazy E3 preparations. Hope you guys are as excited as we are. Here now, some things for you to read in your open thread: The analytics behind Star Trek’s ‘Redshirt’…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Gross Companion Cube Figure is Available Only at Comic-Con
The San Diego Comic-Con is fast approaching, and among the many collectibles that’ll be available there as “exclusives” will be this fancy threeA x Valve piece, based on Portal It’s a variation on the companion cube first shown off in March, only this one looks a little worse for wear. Poor little thing. Best get…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Oh Boy, This Skyrim Cosplay is Terrific
In the far and distant future, we can hope that an Elder Scrolls game actually looks this good. Less like a fantasy world in a snowglobe, more like a place you’d actually enjoy a morning spent hanging out in the nice warm sun. Perhaps not the next generation of hardware. Maybe the one after. These…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012
