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Sorry, Microsoft, Angry Birds Space Won’t Be on Windows Phone Anytime Soon
Windows Phone just can’t catch a break when it comes to video games, can it? Consider the fact that the biggest mobile games franchise in the world isn’t showing Microsoft’s mobile software any love. Angry Birds Space debuted on a slew of platforms yesterday, but WP7 wasn’t one of them and Bloomberg News thinks that’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Your Grand Theft Auto V Multiplayer Experience Begins With Max Payne 3
The friends you make in Max Payne 3 this May can be the same friends you roll with in Grand Theft Auto V thanks to Rockstar’s Crew mechanic, a new multiplayer feature that keeps your camaraderie and rivalry alive even after you’ve moved on to a different game. The multiplayer clan is a close-knit group…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
Report: Why Aren’t Young Japanese Dudes into Booze? Porn and Video Games.
If video games aren’t being blamed for young men not joining biker gangs (um?), it seems they’re being blamed for a flagging interest in booze. During the 1990s, the amount of alcohol in Japan peaked. Since then, it’s been on the slide. Today, popular alcohol drinks are mixed with soda or soft drinks to make…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 -
Kotaku EastPS3 Hack Makes Japanese Role-Playing Game Speak English
During the course of my recent interview with Colin Noga and Aaron Lindsay about their experience creating an English patch for Fatal Frame 4: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, I learned about another fan translation in the works. While the pair was working on a translation patch for Tales of Graces (which was sadly canceled…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
The Best-Looking Characters Walk the Streets of Japan
Ever feel like game character design has become, I dunno, bland? Shame because there’s so much inspiration, walking around in the hip parts of Japan. Please note that “regular” Japanese people do not dress this funky or outrageous. There’s a reason why these folks are popping up in these “street snap” photos, and that’s because…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
The 2D and 3D Ladies of the Tokyo International Anime Fair
This weekend, the Tokyo International Anime Fair rolls through Tokyo Big Sight. The annual event showcases new anime, as well as artists and voice actors. There are goodies to purchases and reveals of upcoming products—plus sticker covered “itasha” automobiles and cosplaying booth companions. Sister site Kotaku Japanattended TAF’s business days, snapping a slew of pictures.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
How Fans Brought a Japan-Only Wii Game to the West
When Fatal Frame 4: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse was first announced at the Tokyo Game Show 2007, horror fans rejoiced. When the E3 gaming expo came the following year with Fatal Frame 4 conspicuously absent, they got worried. And when Nintendo finally announced that the title would not be leaving Japanese shores, they despaired.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
Is This the Full Dead or Alive 5 Roster? [Update]
Fighting game Dead or Alive 5 won’t be out until this September, but the game’s full roster is apparently making its way online. NeoGAF forum member Sectus supposedly discovered would could be the full roster in the Dead or Alive 5 demo included with Ninja Gaiden III. In the demo, there is alternative costume data…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
Hello Kitty Says “Hello” to Lingerie
Sanrio, maker of all things Kitty, is joining forces with underwear maker Hanky Panky for a line of Hello Kitty intimates. Lingerie featuring the iconic Japanese character (who is really British!) will cost anywhere between US$27 and US$98, depending on the piece. According to Sanrio’s David Marchi, “A lot of people think this is jut…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
What Is This New Square Enix Game?
Square Enix is launching a “secret title” this summer. It features illustrations by Yusuke Naora and Maski Hirooka. According to 2ch sleuths, the name of the game is apparently Crystal Conquest based on this domain name page. The tagline in the teaser trailer is “‘C’ is coming.” In that teaser trailer, there are helmets, armor,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Bayonetta Kick You in the Face
As previously revealed, Bayonetta from…Bayonetta is coming to online combat game Anarchy Reigns. Check out Bayonetta mulitplayer action in the above clip—pistol heels, hair bodysuit, and all. 『MAX ANARCHY』キャラクター紹介映像 ベヨネッタ篇 [YouTube]
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
Is Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition a Tactical Success?
We’ve already taken a look at the tactics-style gameplay and use of historical figures in our coverage of Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition on the Nintendo DS. But when it comes down to it, was Poké-fying the world of feudal Japan a bold new step for the future of Pokémon, or would Nintendo have been better…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
Chinese Schoolgirl Caught Smuggling a Whole Buttload of iPhones
This month, a Chinese schoolgirl was nabbed, smuggling not one iPhone, not two iPhone, but twenty-five. Chinese custom authorities discovered the high school senior was moonlighting as a smuggling mule. According to a recently released report, the girl was picked up on March 13. She arose suspicions, because apparently, unlike other Chinese schoolgirls, she wasn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedYou May Sign Up For the Hybrid Beta Now, Shoot It Out In April
When game developer Jeremiah Slaczka isn’t answering your questions right here on Kotaku, he’s making a multiplayer shooter called Hybrid with his team at development studio 5TH Cell. He’d love for you to join the beta of his game and try it out before its summer release on Xbox Live Arcade. But, hey, disclosure people!…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedGhost Recon: Future Soldier‘s Online Co-op Requires Synchronicity, Stealth, and Shooting People in the Head
Ubisoft IP director Adrian Lacy makes the coordination, concentration, and carnage of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier‘s ‘Valiant Hammer’ online cooperative campaign mission seem so natural in his narration of this walkthrough video that you almost forget it’s a group of people that know the game inside-and-out are playing. I’m hip to picking up Future Soldier…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Zangief Looks a Little Meaner With his Shirt on
Serbian artist Filip Acovic decides to redesign Soviet brawler Zangief, beating him up a little and covering up that glorious thatch of welcome mat all over his chest. Street Fighter II Redesign – Zangief [DeviantArt, via XombieDIRGE]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
They’re Making an Adventure Time Game for Nintendo 3DS? Hooray!
Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time, tweeted earlier tonight that his computer crashed while he was making an animated GIF to announce an Adventure Time 3DS game. Wait, what? From his Twitter: “Dang.. Compy crashed while I was drawin a gif of this 3DS wavin it’s arms around announcin the Adventure Time 3DS game.” This…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
‘Dawnguard’ Trademark Filed, May Point to Skyrim Expansion
No plans for a downloadable expansion for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have been announced yet, but a trademark filing spied at the end of February is believed to tip off its name or part of it anyway: Dawnguard. ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Games, filed the trademark; “downloadable software” is listed in…
By Owen Good Published March 23, 2012