After nearly 9 months, game developer Crispy’s has broken their silence and announced new information, including the release date, of Tokyo Jungle. Originally announced at the 2010 Tokyo Game Show, Tokyo Jungle garnered interest for its depiction of a post-apocalyptic human-less Tokyo city overrun by forest and a multitude of animals. The game is an…
On Feb. 26th, at the Xbox 360 event in Akihabara, I got a chance to take a look at Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s upcoming game for the Xbox 360 and Playsation 3. When news first broke of the game, I had assumed it was just a fantasy-based Resident Evil or Devil May Cry, but after a…
No, you are not reading Hideo Kojima’s Twitter (though, I think it’s silly that guy gets heat for posting pics of his food—he should be able to post whatever he wants!) Today I had lunch at my desk. The morning was spent doing an interview for a very cool story I’ll be running tomorrow. It…
On a chilly afternoon this past weekend, well over 100 people waited in line in Akihabara to see Microsoft’s “Xbox 360 Kansyasai in Akiba” (Xbox 360 Festival of Thanks in Akihabara). The event was a joint effort between Microsoft and Capcom, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Japanese release of the original Xbox (February…
This is Da Peng. He is a Chinese variety show host, and he recently made his American television debut—for ripping off Conan O’Brien. On a recent episode, Conan O’Brien showed how Da Peng’s program, Da Pang Debade, totally copied Conan‘s opening animation. O’Brien then copied some of the silly antics of the Chinese show in…
No, really. Daisenryaku Perfect: Ruler of the Battlefield looks ugly. The game might be great—the most compelling ever to grace this Earth. It still looks awful. But according to the game’s official site, Daisenryaku Perfect: Ruler of the Battlefield has been delayed. Again. It was delayed last May and pushed to the fall. It didn’t…
And why shouldn’t Nintendo go 3DS crazy? Today, the Kyoto-based game maker revealed a new 3DS color: Cobalt Blue. I quite like it. The new color launches on March 22, but that’s not all Nintendo has in store for this spring. There are two Monster Hunter 3 G start packs that include either Cosmos Black…
While in college in Kyoto, Tomoko Nakajima was dubbed a beauty. She was even “Miss Campus” at her school’s art festival. But Nakajima wasn’t just a pretty face. Blessed with a quick wit, she was one of the most popular comedians of her generation. That is, until she seemingly lost control of reality and fell…
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Well, this is interesting. A Best Buy worker just emailed us two images snapped from their employee news section. One shows that Ubisoft will be unveiling Assassin’s Creed III on March 5, and that there’ll be pre-order bonuses to be had. Whatever. The other is a shot of what they say is the game’s promotional…
This is a perfect storm. It’s as if the internet gods got together and created this just to show what they were capable of. It is, as noted in this post’s title, a cat watching Star Wars—no, a cat sitting up while watching Star Wars Cat is watching “Star Wars” [YouTube via GWen Harlow via…
Reader Thayer likes to take legal tender and draw all over it. While that’s technically illegal, we’re going to hold off on reporting him to the authorities, because any man who turns Abe Lincoln into the Dovahkiin is OK in our books. The shots you see are just some of his more gamey works; you’ll…
Only a few hours after we gave you the first look at what’s likely to be Assassin’s Creed III’s new hero, website Game Informer appears to have accidentally displayed an image all but confirming its legitimacy. The image, which seems to have gone up a little too early, has since been pulled down (but which…
Andrejs Skuja works at Killzone developers Guerilla Games, where he’s currently a senior concept artist specialising in character design. Which is why, aside from a surprisingly interesting glance at the dumpsters and fold-out chairs of the future, this gallery will almost entirely feature his amazing work helping design the characters and costumes of the Killzone…
You know, it’s funny, every time we’ve posted one of Eric Ruth’s amazing demake videos, people have complained “looks great, but why doesn’t he make something original?”. Well, shut up. He’s making something original. This is Corril Slayer, inspired by the likes of Mega Man and Castlevania, where the player flips between the real world…
Last Year, Japanese artist ag+ put together one of the most amazing pieces of fan art the world has ever seen Well, obviously drawing inspiration from that image, here’s a slightly smaller, more focused effort by L-DAWB, which instead of spanning the series’ entire history just looks at Skyward Sword I’m really liking the different…
I’d love to be able to tell you this debut trailer for MechWarrior Online gave us a first look at how it plays, but of course, it doesn’t. It gives us a first look at a man climbing into a giant walking tank. First revealed last year, the game’s already got a few people concerned…
Forget what the Driver series has become over the years. When the first game was released, back in 1999, it had a very clear vision: take a badass movie and make a badass video game out of it. But wait, was there a movie called Driver? No. There was one called The Driver, however, which…
It’s becoming increasingly likely that the next major instalment in the Assassin’s Creed series takes place during the American War of Independence. Which shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s been suspected for years now that the game would be set around there. Seeing what appears to be final proof, though, has a lot of us excited.…
Greetings, Kotaku, and welcome to your mid-week open thread. I find myself thinking about Last of the Mohicans for some reason… I can’t imagine why… Here, as always, are some selections of randomness from around the internet. Drusilla is (maybe) getting a Buffy spin-off comic – Nice. Wait, I always thought she was super annoying.…
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