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Report: Sony Is Firing a Whole Bunch of People [Update]
Today, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported that Sony is axing 6 percent of its global workforce—approximately 10,000 individuals—by the end of the year. Half the cuts will supposedly come from Sony’s chemical and LCD businesses. The paper also added that Sony is asking the seven executive directors who served through the last fiscal year to return…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
Hands On with the Official Akira Bike
There are other customized Akira bikes, sure. But there is only one that has been officially recognized by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. This is it. As previously posted, this US$121,000, custom-built bike raced across Japan for charity. Its final destination was a Katsuhiro Otomo exhibit, which was also for charity. Sister site checked out the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Soundtrack to (Some of) the Peter Molydeux Game Jam
Artist Bill Kiley, who we last saw putting Robocop in charge of a bunch of kittens, was recently up to his elbows in music, crafting soundtracks for games in the 2012 Molyjam Over the 48 hours the event was held, he ended up writing the music for nine games; six in San Francisco, one in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s OK, Electronic Arts, Stephen Fry Thinks You’re Doing OK
In a rare and recent piece of good news for the company, publisher Electronic Arts today received a vote of confidence from none other than the single nicest man on the internet, British comedian Stephen Fry. The TV, film and documentary legend has thrown his significant online clout (the man has over 4 million Twitter…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Rancor vs AT-ST Walker: Who Would Win?
Well, according to the brushwork of artist Benjamin Carre, it’s the Rancor with a KO. Oh, don’t look so shocked. If you can bring an AT-ST down with logs and rope-swinging wookies, you can certainly bring one down with a beast that exists only to eat and destroy things. Monsters [DeviantArt, via Super Punch]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedSome Guy Built a 1:1 Replica Halo Shotgun (Out of LEGO)
Last year, Nick Jensen built a 1:1 Halo sniper rifle out of LEGO that was so incredible the mind still boggles as to how he got the job done. It didn’t just look like the game’s gun, it worked like one too, with bolts, ejecting magazines, the works. Nick is now back with another weapon…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Very Best In Cosplay: Anna Fischer
Well, cosplay fans, this is it. The end of a months-long look at the very best cosplay artists on planet. In that time we’ve looked at men and women, photographers and models, props builders and those who can combine the lot. All good things must come to an end, though, and next week Fancy Pants…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Game Looks Like Awesome 80s Sci-Fi Come to Life
One of the best things about 80’s sci-fi were the vector graphics and user interfaces so many film and TV artists thought we’d be using in the future Seen all over the place (here’s Running Man’s intro as an example, or Escape From New York’s), they’ve sadly faded into obscurity as the world (and movies)…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Master Chief’s Uncomfortable Day on a High Fashion Photo Shoot
The March 2012 issue of Hong Kong’s Baccarat Magazine features a fashion spread by photographer Olaf Mueller that features a pretty young model, a giant inflatable version of the girl robot from Wall-E and Master Chief, star of the Halo series. It is not cosplay, and it is not a joke. It is fashion, people.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Man Booted Out of PAX For Dropping His Pants
It’s not just young ladies in revealing outfits who were being asked to leave PAX over the weekend. Grown men in their underpants were being shown the door as well. According to a video posted on Destructoid, and supported by subsequent interviews, comedian Keith Apicary – aka Nathan Barnatt, aka the world’s greatest Nintendo dancer…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Would You Prefer Fan-Made DLC Instead?
While official DLC is growing increasingly ridiculous in the way it fragments a video game, it would be wrong to write off the entire concept just because some publishers want to fuck you over for money. Take fan-made content, for example! A group of European fans of adorable football sim Inazuma Eleven 2 have put…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Apple Thought This Game was About Pedobear, Might be “a Recruiting Tool for Paedophiles”
Given the fact Apple is notoriously oblivious to so much other wrong-doing on its App Store, it’s always amusing when the company stumbles upon something it actually thinks is important and needs fixing, only to quickly find it does not. Case in point: iOS tower defence game Childhood’s End, which despite Apple originally clearing for…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Guns Make the Jump From Game to Reality
Zander Brandt, a man who is able to reach into video games and pull their weapons out into the real world, works his magic on Team Fortress 2 once more with this pair of amazing gun replicas. Pictured is the Scattergun and Pistol from Valve’s first-person hat simulator, which somehow manage to get not just…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Epic is Working on a Game Just for the PC
Well, here’s something that hasn’t happened for a very long time: Epic Games, creators of the Unreal Tournament and Gears of Wars series, is working on a PC exclusive. Not a PC port of something else, a game built from the ground up with the PC in mind, and Epic’s “current plans are to keep…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Kinect Gears of War Game has Been Cancelled
Around a year ago, we brought you a look at a new Gears of War title being developed at Epic Games and designed to take advantage of Microsoft’s Kinect technology. It looked pretty silly, something Microsoft and/or Epic obviously agreed with, because the game – called Gears of War: Exile – sounds like it’s ended…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedBorderlands 2 Needed Afros, So Gearbox Added Character Customization
Earlier today I attended Gearbox’s panel at PAX East, where they revealed a badass new downloadable class in the works for Borderlands 2 But the existing four classes still needed some flair. Enter the new character customization feature, through which you can create all sorts of wacky costumes and hair colors for your character. There…
By Tina Amini Published April 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedBorderlands 2 Will Get a New Character Class—Don’t Worry, She’s Not a Preorder Exclusive [Updated]
In a panel at PAX East, Gearbox Software just revealed that Borderlands 2 will add a new class—the “Mechromancer” sometime after the game releases this October. The class is in the conceptual stages only and will be developed once the game goes into its certification stages later this year. Concept art for the character was…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 - Culture
Finally, it’s Fez
Downloadable titles highlight the week’s new releases, including Skullgirls, World Gone Sour and, at long last, Fez. Tuesday • Skullgirls (PSN) • World Gone Sour (PSN) Wednesday • Legend of Grimrock (PC) • Skullgirls (XBLA) • World Gone Sour (XBLA) • The Splatters (XBLA) Thursday • Tribes: Ascend (PC) • Men of War: Condemned Heroes…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
OK, So, This is a Rather Horrible Story Out of Korea
Straight from Korea, we have a story that seems to meld all the most awful components of video game stories that hit the mainstream media: Gaming addiction, an Internet cafe, a neglectful mother, and a dead baby in a dumpster. Reports koreaBANG, a woman at a PC gaming cafe in Seoul (where they’re called PC…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012