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Sony Hopes Vita Will Stymie Pirates, Please Fans and Last Eight Years
The PlayStation Vita is built to last more than half a decade and is designed to confound pirates more than it confounds the average gamer, Sony’s head of worldwide game development, Shuhei Yoshida, tells Kotaku “We are designing this PS Vita to last five, six, seven, eight years,” he told me in an interview in…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Walking Dead Game Leaves Rick in a Coma to Explore Other Survivor Stories
Don’t expect to see Deputy Rick Grimes make an appearance in the first episode of Telltale’s comic-based The Walking Dead video game series. The hero of the series will be sleeping away the first installment in a coma while creators explorer what supporting cast members were getting up to at the time. Deputy Rick gets…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedApple Classic Karateka Gets Reboot, Bird Punching Makes a Comeback!
It’s pronounced “cara-take-a.” And the hit Apple II game is coming back this year. Jordan Mechner’s best known for Prince of Persia, the platformer action game that became one of gaming’s first independently developed hits. PoP went on to get sequels and a whole new re-imagining in 2003 that led to a multi-part franchise and…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Love is a Fresh New Etna Tattoo
In what is quickly becoming a Valentine’s Day tradition for my family, last night I hit up Psycho Tattoo in Sandy Springs, Georgia to add another role-playing icon to my growing (and until yesterday Final Fantasy-centric) party. Why are all the Prinnies running away? Etna of Disgaea fame now resides permanently on my left forearm.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nice Prinny Hats!
Disgaea | TOKYO, JAPAN: Developer Gamania is developing a casual game called Phantom Brave. (Photo: Game Impress Watch) New Details about Resident Evil 6 Emerge Details about Resident Evil 6 are super scant. Today, however, that changes. Today, they are simply scant as the game’s developer shed some more light on the title, providing more…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Fukushima Ghost Towns
On March 11, a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan. In its wake, the country’s Northeast was ravaged. Buildings and lives were destroyed and lost. Photographer Satoru Niwa documented the days following the disaster in late March 2011. Some of the photos show the extent of the quake and ensuing tsunami’s destruction. The resulting images,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Look, It’s Persona 4 in Living Flesh
Japanese role-playing game Persona 4 is being turned into a hardcore porno. This is not the cast of that flick. Sorry! Instead, these are the folks starring in the Persona 4 stage show. Called Visualive Persona 4, the show combines movie-style special effects with a live performance. Visualive Persona 4 opens next March at the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Korean Gyms Subjected to Kinect
Microsoft Korea joins World Gym Fitness Center in the Ilsan district to promote the Kinect throughout February. Members of the gym will be able to participate in the “Dance Time with Kinect” program, held twice every Tuesday. The promotion will use Dance Central 2, and during the last week of February, there will be a…
By Chi Lee Published February 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Leaked Far Cry 3 Trailer Gives Release Date
A leaked German Far Cry 3 dates the game for a Sept. 6 release. The trailer is CG and a longer version of a previously released teaser. If real, it’s unclear whether the release is worldwide or Europe-only. Kotaku is following up to confirm with Ubisoft. Watch the full trailer in the link below and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japan Isn’t All Neon Lights
There’s a tired stereotype that Japan looks like Blade Runner. Sure, some parts do, but the vast majority of the country doesn’t. While most of Japan isn’t terribly exciting (not necessarily a bad thing!), it sure is pretty. This is a picture about three minutes from my house. I live in a modern and, for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Maids Entice Young Men to Give Blood
In Japan, you expect to see maids in cute cafes, slinging coffee and rice omelets. But for two days earlier this week, they popped up in an unexpected location: a blood donation center. This winter the blood donated for transfusions is short. That’s why a center in Fukuyama decided to bring in four young maids…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
No, Korea, Gaming Does Not Make You a Bully
What might kill video games in Korea? The ice age. Earlier this month, the South Korean government’s Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology announced plans for its new game shut down system. The “Cooling Off” system would restrict young people from playing for more than two hours in one day by automatically shutting down the…
By Chi Lee Published February 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
New Details about Resident Evil 6 Emerge
Details about Resident Evil 6 are super scant. Today, however, that changes. Today, they are simply scant as the game’s developer shed some more light on the title, providing more info about the upcoming title. As previously revealed in the game’s trailer, Resident Evil 6 is set in China. Today, Capcom revealed that the setting…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Square Enix Setting Up Shop in India
Square Enix is starting operations in India and is staffing up. If you speak Japanese and Hindi, and have an awesome hairdo, apply! (That last part is not a staff requirement—just a game character one.) [Square Enix Japan]
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japanese Cosplayer Feels Heat For Flashing Taiwanese Police Car
While Japanese cosplayer Ushijima Ii Niku (“Good Meat”) was in Taiwan, she caused a media storm after showing up to an event in her underpants. The incident even made the evening news there. But that’s not what is pissing of the country’s police force. Ushijima posed for a photo in front of a Taipei squad…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Virtual Tour of Korea with Idols
Annyeong. Depending on the inflection, you can use this to say “Hi” or “Bye” or “I wish you well” in Korean. annyeong is also the title of a movie, which promotes Korean culture using interactive elements taken from gaming conventions. The film is a three day journey through Korea, and the main character is you,…
By Chi Lee Published February 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Jackets So Badass, They’ll Punch Your Teeth In
Yesterday, Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima posted a photo of himself wearing the jacket actor Ryan Gosling wore in the movie Drive. But Kojima, best known for his Metal Gear games, didn’t call it a “jacket”. No, the famed designer called the coat something else: a sukajan. Sukajan (スカジャン) are colorful jackets with embroidered designs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Valentines Day Meant to the Average Kotaku Reader
Sure, some of you probably went for flowers or evenings out or something romantic. But for many, February 14 probably went a lot like this. As it damn well should have. [Bioware Hurrplz]
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2012