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Try To Survive This Round of Plastic Fever
Kyoto-based figure maker Volks held its seventh “Hobby Round” show in Tokyo this weekend. At it, Volks unveiled a host of new and upcoming figurines and models. There’s the usual bishoujo (“beautiful girl”) insanity, but also Volks military vehicles and mecha. What always makes Volks so interesting is how varied its range is. Check out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2012 - Kotaku East
Three of Japan’s Biggest Game Makers Joining Forces
Sega. Capcom. Namco. The three game companies are collaborating on a new role-playing 3DS game called Project X Zone The game features characters from the three game makers. So Capcom is bringing Ken and Ryu from Street Fighter, Zero and X from Mega-Man, Jill and Chris from Resident Evil, and Dante from Devil May Cry…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2012 - Kotaku East
Foreigners in Stupid Japanese T-Shirts
You know “Engrish”? The incorrect and strange English that appears throughout Japan is something some English (and even Japanese) speakers enjoy laughing at. You see funny English on signs, company slogans, and, most often, t-shirts. Hahaha, right? But what about when foreigners don t-shirts with goofy Japanese? More hahaha. Japanese and English are very different.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedI’ve Never Seen Someone as Scared of Chickens as This Kid
We got an email overnight from a reader, and the subject line was “Real life Zelda?”. I feared the worst. Some bad fan art, perhaps, or even worse, an awful fan film project. How wrong I was. If you’re just a regular human, you’ll probably laugh. Wonder why the kid doesn’t just drop the food.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhat 375 Nintendo Game Paintings, One for Each Day of the Year, Look Like
I know, there’s only 365 days in a year. We’ll get to that discrepancy in a minute. Aussie artist Campbell Whyte set out last year on a mission. He wanted to paint a small image every day of the year, each one based on a NES game. While his original aim was to paint the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 6‘s Ridiculous $1000 Collector’s Edition
“Premium Edition” bundles often include statues or plastic weaponry. They’re a way for fans to feel closer to the game—and a way for publisher to milk extra money from said fans. And boy does Capcom love milking money! And with this bundle, Capcom is going to milk a lot of it. The upcoming Premium Edition…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedBrave Man Builds Real Devil May Cry Sword, Cannot Somersault With it
Further proof that giant swords designed by Japanese artists are entirely impractical in the real world, Michael “Giant swords are kinda my thing” Craughwell has built a 1:1 replica of Dante’s Rebellion sword from the Devil May Cry series. Built entirely from steel, and weighing a whopping 33.5 pounds, it doesn’t look quite as manageable…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
FarmVille Boss Stalked, Needs Over $1 Million in Security
The worst we normally get from irate psycopaths are angry/entertaining emails. For Zynga boss Mark Pincus, though, things are a lot more serious, to the point where he needs an absurd amount of security to ensure the safety of his family. Since last year, Pincus claims that he’s been stalked by a stripper, and while…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Azeroth Looks Like From Space
Reddit user lurker_becomes_lurkd has turned the draw distance on World of Warcraft all the way up to eleven, and in a series of screenshots lets us look down on the world of Azeroth as though we were Gods. It’s…clearly not designed to be seen from this kind of distance (it needed some tweaks – not…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Please, God, Bring This Game of Thrones Game to Life
I’ve not been terribly excited by the Game of Thrones video games we’ve seen to date. I am, however, terribly excited by this single image, showing one man’s dream for a stylish 2D fighter based on the heroes of Westeros. It will never become a thing, but Dynamaito, you’ll still win my heart if you…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Star Wars Game Lucasarts Should Have Made, But Never Did
This is very exciting. Nearly three years ago, I did a story on Han Solo Adventures, a fan-made project looking to bring the world the 1990s Lucasarts x Star Wars adventure game it never actually got. Given this was three years ago, I’d given the project up for dead, but no. In the last few…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallNintendo’s Terrifying Power Glove Indoctrination Video
Get a cup of tea, a biscuit or two and settle in for ten minutes worth of Nintendo Power Glove propaganda, courtesy of the official VHS cassette guide to the peripheral. It is something you really should watch. From the product placement to pseudo-religious tone throughout, it’s as perfect a summary of one of Nintendo’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
That Time Sega Made a Ridiculous Fighting Game. With a Car in it.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of its Smash Bros. series, a lot of people give Nintendo credit for pioneering the idea of a fighting game bringing together a company’s mascots in the name of face-punching. Sega fans, though, will know that Smash Bros. was just the latest in a long line of such titles. One…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Oh Dear God, My Eye
Hello, Kotaku! I just thought I’d give you a nice and lovely and heartwarming image for your Tuesday night open thread. No reason other than that. Nope. I hope you’re having a good week so far. Here, gathered from around the internet, are some things to check out and talk about. Our former boss Joel…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Cortana is Dying, Multiplayer Sounds Very Interesting, and Other Pieces of Halo 4 News
Game Informer’s Halo 4 issue is now out, and inside are details not just on the game’s singleplayer campaign, but what new developers 343 studios are doing with the series’ multiplayer as well. Which is blah blah bullet points whatever. More interesting, to me at least, is that a big part of the fourth main…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Skullgirls, The Pinball Arcade New This Week on the PlayStation Store
We’ve got some good downloadable stuff on the PlayStation store, including the cross-play compatible The Pinball Arcade for both Vita and PS3, and Skullgirls for the PS3. Austin Wintory’s amazing Journey soundtrack is available for download (it’s also available on iTunes), and Persona 3: FES is now available as a PS2 classic. Which I’d be…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Party Game Inspires Man to “Go Bonkers,” Smash Room
Cards Against Humanity was a popular late-night diversion at PAX East last weekend, making appearances at gaming tables after midnight and after a few adult beverages. The game, it seems, is indeed as antagonistic as advertised, and can be dangerous to a player’s health under the wrong circumstances. A group of friends in River Falls,…
By Kate Cox Published April 10, 2012 -
UncategorizedWe Need More Kinect Games Like Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, Please.
We’ve been subjected to some bad Kinect games this past year and a half. Maybe it’s time for a really good one? I’m stepping on board the fully-mechanized Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor bandwagon, because here is a Kinect game that looks fun and—this is key—appears to use the Kinect sensor sparingly. Have From Software and…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
An Illuminating Conversation On Games Writing (And Kotaku‘s Secrets)
Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo sat down with Michael “Brainy Gamer” Abbott the other day to give out all of our trade secrets talk about the past, present, and future of the site you’re reading now. It’s a really interesting conversation that is worth a listen if you’re at all interested in games writing or the…
By Jason Schreier Published April 10, 2012
