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Kotaku EastDoes this Sony Game Look Better or Worse?
Sony’s Gravity Rush is one of the PS Vita’s most interesting titles. But like most games, it wasn’t made overnight. These things take time! Above is a 2008 concept trailer from when the game was called Gravité I love looking at concept trailers to see how the final product stacks up. Sometimes the games end…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2012 - Kotaku East
Does this RPG Carry Its Own Weight?
When one great RPG was released only in Japan, people were annoyed. When two great RPGs were released only in Japan, they became legitimately upset. But when three great RPGs were denied to them, they got organized. This was the birth of Operation Rainfall, a public—and as it turns out completely successful—petition to get these…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 16, 2012 - Kotaku East
Foreigners Come for the Giant Wooden Dick
This past weekend, there was another Shinto fertility festival in Japan. This one, the Honen Matsuri (Harvest Festival), was just north of Nagoya at the Tagata Shrine. These festivals do have religious connotations, and recently, more and more foreigners are showing up. According to Chukyo TV, the Honen Matsuri has been getting more coverage abroad,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Craziest Religious Game to Ascend Again
In El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron you are guided by a pre-fall Lucifer who carries a cell phone with God on his speed dial. Inspired by the Old Testament’s Book of Enoch, you star as Enoch himself, a human called to heaven in order to help God round up seven fallen angels in order…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2012 - Kotaku East
When NBA 2K Online Isn’t About Basketball, But Girls
China loves basketball. Fans stay up all night to watch NBA games. They adore the sport. So you’d think NBA 2K Online, the online version of NBA 2K, would be an easy sell. So why the ladies? The game’s Chinese operator, Tencent, aggressively promoting the game with girls in the bikinis, thigh-high socks, and hats.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2012 -
Kotaku EastPretty Girl Eats “Disgusting Meat”
The Wii has a family friendly image to the point where you almost expect every Wii game to be appropriate for all ages. Sure there are games like House of the Dead: Overkill and MadWorld, but they are rarities. Who would expect any kind of questionable content in a Zelda-esque adventure game? And then Pandora’s…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 16, 2012 - Kotaku East
When a Normal Lady Chases After Nerds
There are single male geeks. There are female geeks. They’d probably make good couples. But what about when a non-nerd chases after geeks? A recent news program on TV Asahi’s Super J Channel detailed just that. In it, Kayo Tanaka, 31, said she was keen to get married. All her friends have been getting married,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedCommand & Conquer Looks Very Sad as a Browser Game
Those with faint stomachs may want to avoid clicking on this, lest they look upon what has become of this once-mighty franchise and despair. Unveiled late last year, Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances is a browser-based take on the old real-time strategy series, which manages to combine the terms “massively multiplayer”, “browser-based” and “free-to-play” in…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here, Have Some Kickass Kotaku Wallpaper
Artist Michael Myers, whose work we’ve featured once or twice here previously, is the man to thank for this wonderful Kotaku banner image, which in the gallery you’ll find in a variety of wallpaper-ish sizes, both for desktops as well as phones. You can see more of Michael’s work at his personal site. You can…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 - Culture
The Boardroom Battlefields of the New Syndicate
Say what you will about the game’s departure from both the look and feel of the original, there were sections of the latest Syndicate that looked just great. Mostly anything involving an office from the future. Or anything that flew. Those looked awesome as well. This environment and vehicle art from the game is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis is how You Make a Street Fighter Music Video
This snappy little video, put together by MikeDiva as a promo for Street Fighter X Tekken, does just about everything you want from a live-action Street Fighter sequence. Which is include proper face-kicking, and include Vega.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wind Waker Reimagined is a Wonderful Thing
Dave Rapoza’s Crimson Daggers (who we last saw taking on Gauntlet) has held another redesign competition, this time tasking artists with drawing alternate cover art for The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Some of it stays with the cartoon theme. Some of it goes for a more realistic tone. Some of them are good. Some…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallWhy Kickstarter is Best For Old Games & Dead Genres
Not very long after adventure game legend Tim Schafer proposed resurrecting a long-dormant genre, and made a ton of money for doing it, another long-dormant kind of game – this time an 80’s RPG – did something similar. The amount of money Brian Fargo and his Wasteland team has already made is raising eyebrows. Where…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Abed Nadir Knows What Time It Is
Hey there, Kotaku and welcome to Thursday night’s open thread. Did you enjoy tonight’s Kotaku Melodic? I hope so. I’m having a really good time putting those together each Thursday. Here, taken from around the internet, are some things you might want to talk about. James Brown… the Japanese version – Man, the drummer in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Capcom Built Four-Way Multiplayer into Street Fighter X Tekken‘s PS3 Version, Then Gave Up on the 360
Street Fighter X Tekken has just been a post-release comedy of errors, whether we’re talking about on-disc DLC and the apologies for it, or bizarre character endings (that also highlight the on-disc DLC scandal.) Many have noticed that four-man cooperative play is supported on PlayStation 3 but not Xbox 360. Why is that, Capcom man?…
By Owen Good Published March 15, 2012
