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Kotaku EastDo You Like Comics? Toon Shading? How about Lost Planet?
E.X. Troopers is the upomcing Lost Planet spin-off for the PS3 and the Nintendo 3DS. This debut PS3 trailer provides a good idea of what to expect—a comic book take on sci-fi action game Lost Planet. That might not necessarily be a bad thing. It also might not necessarily be a good thing. エクストルーパーズ(E.X. Troopers)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2012 - Kotaku East
Hey You Jerks! Leave this Anime Character Alone.
Detective Conan (AKA Case Closed) is one of Japan’s most popular manga and anime. In Tottori Prefecture, the hometown of Detective Conan‘s creator, Gosho Aoyama, is dotted with little bronze Conan statues for the locals to be proud of and for visitors to pose with. Yet, there seems to be individuals who are not proud…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Unofficial Skyrim App Gets Legal Note From Bethesda Lawyers
The developer of Dragon Shout, a neat little iPhone app for Skyrim that we’ve previously covered, has been asked by Bethesda’s lawyers to remove the program from the App Store “due to copyright infringement”. Blalock, the creator of the app, says that the request did not come with a cease & desist notice, nor did…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wind Waker’s King of Red Lions Comes to Life
While it’s got perhaps the strongest lineup of supporting characters of any Zelda game, my favourite (spoilers) person in Wind Waker is the King of Red Lions. He’s so gruff, yet helpful, and impatient, yet so patient, and it helps he’s about the coolest-looking boat ever made. This model is using a papercraft template made…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Robots, Ninjas, Ladies, Dogs and GIANT Robots
Toy company threeA recently launched an online catalogue. Not the commercial kind, just a literal catalogue of all the amazing figures they’ve come up with over the years. If you like toys, or robots, or design, or fashion, or cats, or women’s feet, it’s a great way to waste an afternoon staring numbly while you…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Download Steam Games From the Comfort of Someone Else’s Home (or a Public Bathroom)
Previously in beta, Valve has now properly launched a feature on Steam that lets users remotely download games. What this means is that, if you’re on a browser or a mobile app away from home, you can start downloading things on your home PC at the flick of a button. One first world problem down,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Mystery of C-3PO’s Giant Golden Boner
In 1977, just as Star Wars was taking over the planet, a series of trading cards was released featuring characters and photos from the movie. Not all of them were grabs from the actual film, though. Some were just taken on set. Like this one, of C-3PO. Which, you know. Looks a little weird Serious…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - Culture
Only Art Can Bring Halo, Uncharted & Assassin’s Creed Together
Evan Shipard is an Australian artist who has worked on some big movies and movie franchises, such as Wolverine, Narnia and even House of Flying Daggers He’s also worked on a number of prominent video game commercials, including Halo’s Deliver Hope spot and trailers for Battlefield 3, Uncharted, Assassin’s Creed and God of War Shipard…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedAn Adorable Scott Pilgrim Wedding Game
When reader Simon got married recently, he wanted there to be a little surprise for his new bride. So he and a few friends sat down, took a knife to the Scott Pilgrim game and ended up with this little clip which played after the ceremony.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Apologises for Diablo III Launch Mess, Delays Real-Money Auction House
In a statement released tonight, Blizzard has apologised to fans for the technical problems plaguing Diablo III since its launch, and has announced that as a result of these the release of the game’s real-money auction house has been delayed. The statement, signed by “Blizzard Entertainment”, says “we’d…like to say that we’ve been humbled by…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Welcome to Atari, Sir, Here’s Your 1973 ID badge
Ronald Jardine was one of the very first employees at Atari. We’re talking the early 1970s here. Employee #159. Wonderfully, Jardine recently took photos of his old ID badge from his time there and uploaded them, giving us an insight into the cutting-edge security methods employed at the blossoming tech company. It was…a card with…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
You Won’t Sleep After Seeing Soft & Cuddly
Soft & Cuddly was a 1987 game for the ZX Spectrum. It was neither soft, nor cuddly. It was horrifying Strange and mildly disgusting in a way only British-developed game for personal computers in the 1980s could be – and I say that as a good thing – it tasks the player with collecting the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Damn Natalie, You a Crazy Chick
Hi, Kotaku, and welcome to the Wednesday open thread. Let’s have at it. Things from the internet! Revolting Snacks of America tackles the Hello Kitty Marshmallow Pop – “A disintegrating sidewall tire inflated with stale red-velvet cake and stored in a puddle behind the dollar store.” The “Fuck You” pizza from Pizza Hut – Ha,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo Widows Get Dildos in French Sex Shop Stunt
Ladies, have you gone lonely as your lovers have spent hours trying to penetrate the secrets of Diablo III (or, more probably, penetrate the game’s login screen). Well then, the French sex shop Absoloo wishes to soothe your frustrations—with a free vibrator. It helps if you read this in your best Hollywood-affected French voice, but…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo III‘s Error 37: “Don’t Call It A Comeback!”
Last night, Diablo III‘s Error 3003 may have been hot, but tonight, it looks like Error 37 is making a comeback! Like Derek Zoolander himself, Error 37 has risen from the ashes of last night’s failed walkoff with so-hot-right-now upstart Error 3003 and emerged once more as the dominant Diablo III error. The original and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Even Pikachu Dressed Up For The Premiere of The Avengers
Did you go see The Avengers opening night? Pikachu did. Pikachu is a hardcore fan, didn’t you know? I mean, did you dress up as four of the Avengers, all at once? I didn’t think so. How many evolutions do you think it takes before we achieve Thorchu? I definitely choose you, Thorchu. Mainly because…
By Tina Amini Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Has Diablo III‘s Rocky Launch Hurt PC Gaming?
There’s no denying that the error-filled launch of Diablo III has been something of a debacle. But has it really harmed PC gaming? Indie game designer Jeff Vogel worries that it may have, sharing the above thought on his personal blog When the highest-profile PC release of the year has a a launch this problem-filled,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hey, Look at These Max Payne 3 Postcards
Max Payne 3 throws a lot of highly stylized violence at you and almost all of it is beautiful to look at. But you’ve got to keep moving through Rockstar’s latest release in to order to get Max the answers he desperately craves, which means you can’t necessarily enjoy the ambiance as much as you’d…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Which Video Game Controller Is Best? No, Seriously. Which?
For this week’s Burning Questions, Jason and Kirk talk about video game controllers. Which controller is better, Xbox or PlayStation? What do touch-screens like the Wii U and the Vita hold for the future? Is the Kinect good for anything except pausing Netflix videos (and is it even that good at that)? What is the…
Kirk Hamilton & Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012