• Kotaku East

  A Funny, Beautiful Lady Destroyed by an Evil Svengali?

  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…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 1, 2012
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  Kotaku East Starts Now

  Kotaku East runs from 4am to 8am EST. For more info about Kotaku East click here

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 1, 2012
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  Is This the Star of Assassin’s Creed III? [Update: Yes, It Is]

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
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  A Cat. Watching Star Wars.

  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…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 1, 2012
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  Turning Dollar Bills Into Works of Video Game Art

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
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  Game Informer Accidentally Leaks Another Assassin’s Creed III Image? [Update]

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
• Culture

  The Dapper Villains and Pretty Ladies of the Killzone Universe

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
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  TF2, Halo Demake Specialist Releases Original Platformer

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
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  An Enormous Zelda Painting to Blow Your Socks Clean Off

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
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  MechWarrior Online’s Trailer is Free-to-Play

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
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  CultureTotal Recall

  Possibly the Greatest Movie Homage Ever Included in a Video Game

  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…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 1, 2012
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  CultureTotal Recall

  Why a Colonial Assassin’s Creed Makes Complete Sense (and Sounds Awesome)

  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.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 29, 2012
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  I Will Find You!

  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.…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 29, 2012
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  Kingdoms of Amalur DLC To Add Fates, Estates, and Pirates

  The first major DLC addition for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is due in March, and it has pirates. “The Legend of Dead Kel” himself is the core of the new content, but the DLC promises to add a rather significant expansion onto the base game, providing a whole new northern island area — Gallows End…

  By Kate Cox Published February 29, 2012
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  Rest in Peace, EverQuest Online Adventures. We Hardly Knew Ye Were Still Operational

  After nine years of operating in a quiet corner away from prying mainstream gaming eyes, the PlayStation 2-based EverQuest Online Adventures will cease to be come March 29, along with Cosmic Rift, Infantry and Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga. Let us read up on these games on Wikipedia and then have a moment of silence…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2012
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  Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Medieval Moves, Huey Lewis New This Week on the PlayStation Store

  Things have settled down a bit at the PlayStation store after the Vita-Bonanza of the last few weeks. This week, we’ve got a few new demos for Vita games, along with full-game downloads of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Storm, and the new Move game Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest There’s also a dynamic Leap Year theme!…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 29, 2012
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  The Beautifully Melancholy Chrono Cross Was Unfairly Overlooked

  Japanese RPGs used to be a lot more controversial. Or maybe it was just because I was a teenager during the genre’s heyday – you know, when Final Fantasy games flew off shelves, when hours of CG cutscenes featuring teary-eyed androgynes were considered breathtaking rather than tiresome — and teenagers like to argue about things…

  Leigh Alexander Published February 29, 2012
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  Midweek Moneysaver: Like Printing Money

  This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software • Mar. 13 release Tales of Grace F (PS3) is $47.99 through Thursday, free ship from NewEgg. Next best is $57. [Dealzon] • Apr. 17…

  dealzon Published February 29, 2012
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  Looks Like These Are More Doom 4 Images

  Yesterday, a grip of alleged Doom 4 screenshots surfaced on the internet, depicting earth being torn apart by the forces of Hell. Today, more images turned up over at allgamesbeta.com. The images are unconfirmed, but show some of the character models from the game, as well as a building that’s been eaten and something labeled…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 29, 2012
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  Zone of the Enders HD Coming This Fall

  Last we heard, Konami’s HD re-releases of the two Zone of the Enders games were coming out in “early-to-mid-2012”. Nope. They’re now coming in the Fall.

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 29, 2012