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Kotaku EastBrand New PlayStation Vita Game Gets a Crazy Short Teaser
Soul Sacrifice is an upcoming brand new PS Vita game, and details about it first hit last month. But today, Sony teased the game’s upcoming reveal (full reveal, rather) on May 10. It clocks in at just over 36 seconds. As previously mentioned, the game features a wizard protagonist, who wields mind power and a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2012 -
Kotaku EastIs This the Worst Video Game Laugh Ever? Maybe!
You thought Tidus from Final Fantasy X had an awful laugh? Have you heard the original Japanese version? CAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAW In comparison, the English version is actually easy on the ears! The ten-minute remix version, though, is still utterly bonkers. Final Fantasy X was released way back in 2001. A remastered version is headed to the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2012 - Kotaku East
Treasure These Miniature Plastic Heroines
Last weekend, the Treasure Festa was held in Tokyo, bringing a, excuse the pun, treasure trove of plastic statues. The figurines included upcoming pieces as well as second-hand and limited edition ones. Japanese website Akiba Hobby was on hand to check out the festivities. In the gallery above, have a glimpse at some of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2012 - Kotaku East
Touch Japan’s Most Popular Virtual Idol
One of the PlayStation Vita’s most interesting features is “rear touch“—the Vita’s backside touchpad controls. This newly announced, limited edition PlayStation Vita features virtual idol Hatsune Miku on the Vita’s back, which is prime touch real estate. Out Aug. 30 in Japan, the Hatsune Miku Vita bundle comes in two flavors: ¥39,980 (US$501) for the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2012 - Kotaku East
Gundam Hot Pockets are Yummier Than Chewing Space Metal
Right outside Akihabara Station’s Electric Town exit is the Gundam Cafe. Every day, countless Gundam fans line up outside the small restaurant to catch a quick bite as they explore Tokyo’s otaku paradise. But with a usual wait line of 45 minutes or more, some people just can’t stop shopping for that long. Luckily, right…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedUm, You Can’t Build an MMO For the 3DS’ Browser, Can You?
Asked straight up most people’s response would be “no, stupid”, especially since it doesn’t have java or flash. Where you or I would see that as an impediment, however, the folks behind Project Triniate see it as a challenge. While crude, it appears they’ve got the basics up and running, and while you may never…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Zynga Likes to Act Like it Owns the Word “Ville”
Social gaming giant Zynga, the team behind FarmVille, is taking a French developer to court because it released a game called PyramidVille “Facebook users are likely to believe, erroneously, that PYRAMIDVILLE is a member of Zynga’s ‘VILLE Family of Games,” Zynga’s complaint says. It then admits that it doesn’t actually own the rights to the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedToday’s Best Video Involves Heroes Landing Beautifully
If you do’t know what a three-point landing is, it’s when someone jumps, or falls from a great height and lands not just on their feet, but with one hand helping to break the fall as well. It’s not exactly a textbook safe landing, but it does look rather heroic, which is why you’re about…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why I Play Mount & Blade
Because it gets me, that’s why. To be specific, this is from a tutorial sreen for Mount & Blade: Warband’s Napoleonic expansion, which has all the tea, flutes and muskets you could ever want in a multiplayer shooter. Here’s the recently-released expansion’s trailer. It’s as fun as it looks. Provided you can stomach the reload…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 - Culture
The Wonderful Place Where Diablo III Meets Robots
Phroilan Gardner spent a few years at Blizzard as a concept artist, working on stuff like World of Warcraft and Diablo III, as well as spin-off projects like trading cards and novels. He’s not there anymore, but his art – and the stuff he’s come up with since – lives on! Gardner, who now works…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Apple Robot Can Kill With an iPad
This is AP-PEL “Steve J” Caesar, a tribute to the late Apple co-founder put together by toy company threeA. It’s based on a piece in the company’s existing World War Robot line. It is not screwing around. AP-PEL ships with all kinds of tips of the hat to both Jobs and Apple, from a Mac…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe PlayStation Vita Will Come in a New Color. This Is It.
The PS Vita doesn’t only come in Crystal Black. Today, Sony revealed that the handheld is getting a new color. Say hello to Crystal White. Going on sale in Japan in June, the Crystal White PS Vita is priced at ¥29,980 (US$375) for the WiFi/3G model and ¥24,980 ($313) for the WiFi only model. Also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedSee What a Cosplay World Record Attempt Looks Like
In October 2011, Wisconsin set a cosplay world record by gathering 425 people together in the one spot, all of them dressed up as someone else from a video game. It’s a record that didn’t stand for long. The world mark is, pending an in-the-mail approval from Guinness, now held by Melbourne, Australia, with 470…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedHoly Crap, This Transformer Toy Can Transform Itself
No more weird instruction manuals, no more bleeding thumbs, no more broken Transformers. This custom figure from Japan transforms itself. Just like a good robot should. It was designed by Kenji Ishida and JS Robotics, and while it won’t win any awards for its looks, it wins two awards from me, one for the transforming,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 8, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Before Menu Screens, we Adjusted Consoles With Buttons
These wonderful shots are courtesy of Bleeping Relics, and show the control boards of a trio of old Pong consoles. These old analog systems weren’t adjusted via menu screens or fancy UI systems. If you wanted to change something, well, there was a button right there on the console. Bleeping Relics [Flickr]
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallStraight from 1990, One Kid’s Adorable Painstaking VHS Guide for Beating Mega Man
Before the internet existed, millions of players toiled away in lonely obscurity to find the best way to beat the oh-so-hard games of yesteryear. Lots of us scribbled in notebooks, drew our own maps and called tips lines to figure out how to beat the games we were obsessed with. And then we shared this…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Is That a Bomb in Your Underpants, Or Are You Just Happy to Be a Terrorist
Hello there, Kotaku. It’s a new week, and with a new week comes a whole bunch of new stuff to chat about in the Open Thread. Here as always, are some things for you to chat about. These guys have make “frequent flyer” seem like a huge understatement – They also make Clooney’s character in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s Time to Take These Old MMO Games Out Back and Shoot Them
From the disappointment over The Elder Scrolls Online to the steep decline in subscriber numbers for Star Wars: Old Republic, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the time of the traditional MMO is drawing to an end. It’s not done. There are still ten million people playing World of Warcraft, for example, and millions more…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best Way to Get New Games? By Playing Other Games
We’ve all noticed that Achievements, Trophies and other game-specific accomplishments don’t mean squat in the real world, right? You can’t go to your local video game store and say, “Hey, I’ve Platinum-ed in Uncharted 3; can I get a copy of Starhawk, please?” They’d laugh at you. But, a new program from gaming social network…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 7, 2012