2011 is over. So let’s look back at last year and suss out what the ten biggest games in Japan were. Japanese sales tracker Media Create tracked the sales for the period between Jan. 3, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012. Here goes: 10. Wii Sports Resort Wii: 579,220 9. Dragon Quest Mosnters: Joker 2 Professional…
Originally planned for a March 2012, Rockstar Games revealed this morning that the game will get a new launch window. In Max Payne 3, players go to São Paulo, Brazil, where the game is set Remedy Entertainment, creators of the original Max Payne, recently said what Rockstar Games has done with Max Payne 3 is…
Cosplay superstar Omi Gibson once again amazes the internet with her ability to bring game characters to life. Here, she’s Jill Valentine from Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse There’s smoking, a gun, and Omi as well as some fine photography from Omi cohort Taka. The end result is better than a Jill sandwich! BIOHAZARD２ Apocalypse [Omi…
On Mar. 1, Konami’s takeover of Hudson will go into effect. The merger will mean that Hudson ceases to exist and is dissolved into Konami. Best known for Bomberman, Hudson became a fully-owned Konami subsidiary in last year. [Infoseek]
Onechanbara, that bikini cowgirl game that’s spawned several low-budget flicks, is getting a new installment, Onechanbara Z: Kagura And that latest Onechanbara installment is getting downloadable content. There are several packs, such as a Soul Afro one for 240 Microsoft Points, a Sailor Uniform set for 320 Microsoft, and a Demon Decoration set for 240…
Holy crap! China reworked Gundam Seed, and a bunch of other things, into this mind melting cartoon extravaganza. This brings back memories of the Chinese Gundam! Dubbed Xu You Ji, it is populated with creepy Uncanny Valley children in Evangelion style plugsuits and creatures from Monsters vs. Aliens. The cartoon even has music from anime…
On Jan. 12 in Osaka, a grade schooler and a friend were playing video games outside. It was 5:30 and getting dark when a middle-aged male approached. Man, he seemed pissed. “Why you own a PSP?” he said to the grade schooler, grabbing the child by both shoulders. The man, dressed in a navy boy…
While the notion that Indian brides are so cheesed off about dowries that there’s a Angry Birds sounding clone Angry Brides might sound humorous, the backstory is anything but. Five decades ago, marriage dowries—giving money or jewels—were outlawed in India. The custom still exists, and, according to Reuters is still so widespread that many grooms…
Believe it or not, you can actually buy this terrifying “replica” of the arm blade from BloodRayne. I say “replica” because it doesn’t look much like the one from the series, not because it doesn’t look like it could cut my face off. We’re not here for the blade itself, though. Sorry, fans of vampires…
The lines between Japanese cosplay and adult videos are becoming increasingly blurred. Porno actresses are doing cosplay. Cosplayers are doing blue movies. Japanese adult video studios churn out cosplay themed flicks. Everybody’s dressing up and taking off their clothes! But the lines weren’t always blurred. Ask Ran Asakawa. This article contains some NSFW imagery. Now…
In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Guardian Stones give players special abilities. One stone can be activated at a time, and if you’ve played the game, you will be familiar with them. These powers these stone offer exist only in Skyrim. The stones themselves seem to have a real-life counterpart. Kotaku reader Brian, spotted this…
Platinumfungi grew up playing The Legend of Zelda and decided the best way to say thanks was with a NES case mod and this lovely video. Platinumfungi did the casemod, custom NES guy Jayrod2 did the paint job, Will Chiles did the music, and Avid Productions 479 did the video. And I did this post.
Ah, Goatsnake. Formed in 1996 and for all intents done for today, this is El Coyote, taken from the band’s 2000 album, Flower of Disease. Goatsnake were one of several amazing bands on the sadly now-defunct Man’s Ruin label, which was owned by artist Frank Kozik and which at some time or another boasted the…
You know how Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt were using German courts to go after alleged pirates of the game? And how they gave up when everyone told them how shitty the practice they were using was? Turns out CD Projekt are just the tip of the iceberg. An investigation from file-sharing specialists TorrentFreak has…
Fake blood, that is. Skyrim player and prop maker Shannon Clawson decided to modify the map bundled with The Elder Scrolls V. Out came the sandpaper, fake blood, and fire. Add an old frame and bam you’re done! “Project time was less than an hour,” Shannon wrote. “Well worth the effort.” And yes, Shannon is…
Thomas A. Szakolczay is a video game concept artist. With twelve years experience across some of the biggest franchises in the business, if you can’t tell me you’ve played a game he’s worked on, you’re probably lying. He’s been employed by the likes of Activision, Capcom, Epic, EA, Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Warner Bros., Lucasarts and…
This isn’t, despite all appearances to the contrary, a fan film based on EA’s Battlefield 3. It’s a commercial based on EA’s Battlefield 3, one for a store that sells replica guns But that’s OK. The advertising is kept to a bare minimum, the majority of the clip devoted to grown men running around with…
In 2010, a fan-made game called Super Mario Bros. Crossover was released, which let players tackle the Nintendo classic using not just the standard plumber, but a cast of characters from other 8-bit games as well. It now has a sequel which is kicking things up a notch, taking the 8-bit visuals from the first…
Slightly Mad Studios made the white-knuckled, if flawed Shift 2 for EA. They’re now making something a lot more interesting: a racing game, Project CARS, where they’re getting help from fans to not just pay for the game, but to code it. Because the team are short on the millions normally provided by a publisher,…
If you’ve got Half-Life 2 and Garry’s Mod you should really go and download this free mod called Elevator: Source. It’s about being stuck in an elevator with strangers. Internet strangers. And the elevator can take you anywhere That really is it. It’s like Chatroulette meets Half-Life. You’ll end up in an elevator with….well, freaks,…
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