At the recent ASCII Fes hobby festival, figures weren’t the only thing on display. There were also a trio of customized iPhone cases, the likes of which you’ve never seen. The woman in the bathtub was created by pro model builder Over Dard, the robot mecha case was created by a designer named Naoki, and…
When you think of video games, you think of adrenaline-pumping first-person-shooters. You think of blazing-fast racing games. You think of hard-fisted fighting games. Chess games? You probably don’t think of them, these days. That is going to change. Meet Pure Chess. The trailer, one of the best I’ve seen in a long time, features beautiful…
It’s the game’s one true oversight: the fact you can’t pick up a lute in Skyrim and jam out a ditty to ladies in towers and monsters slain. Ah well. This’ll have to make do. Etsy craftsman TTguitars is offering Skyrim-themed mandolins (pictured), electric guitars and electric bass—the appeal coming in the base hand-carved to…
Unit 13 is the new shooter from Zipper Interactive, the studio behind most of the SOCOM games. As Kotaku previously posted, Unit 13 is a competitive and cooperative third-person shooter custom made for PS Vita. More in the trailer. If moving images are not your thing, feel free to peruse these screens PS Vita [YouTube]…
Totilo’s story yesterday on what might be a Command & Conquer action game got me thinking about Tiberium, the promising yet ultimately ill-fated shooter EA once had planned for the strategy universe. While the game was cancelled because it was shaping up to be a bit rubbish, that certainly had little to do with Tiberium’s…
Sure, it’s natural to raise an eyebrow or two when a publication like The Sun warns of XBOX CYBER FRAUD, but in this case, the tabloid was spot-on, even if the language could have been a little less inflammatory. Responding to the story, Microsoft has confirmed that “a number of Xbox LIVE members appear to…
“Chonny” (née some dude named “Wayne”) plays through Cat Mario, a cruel, cruel game. Chonny’s delightful Australian accent and his sense of humor about the whole thing make the seven minutes fly right by, especially when things in Cat Mario help Chonny, but don’t help Chonny. 外國人玩史上最難的山寨馬利歐 第二集 [YouTube Thanks, Paul!] You can contact Brian…
The talented community at OverClocked ReMix wanted to do something special for Zelda‘s 25th birthday, so they got together and released this amazing “Indie Game Composer Tribute”. This means that the people behind the music are people you may have heard from before. Like Laura Shigihara, of Plants vs Zombies fame. And C418, the composer…
A recent survey has found an estimated 50% of World of Warcraft’s playerbase has grown tired of the game. It also reckons between 900,000 and 1.6 million WoW subscribers will jump ship to Old Republic once it launches. [Develop]
Sony, never one to release straight-forward ads, is at it again with the PS Vita’s debut commercial. Honestly, I don’t understand it. The screens flashes 12.17, which is Dec. 17, which is when the Vita launches in Japan. That I get. That, however, is just the beginning. There’s a guy on a bike. Okay, I…
The kids at Outerra aren’t out to do much. Only create a game engine that can create entire planets for you to mess around in. An indie project, the goal is to build a “3D planetary engine for seamless planet rendering from space down to the surface”. Which means build a whole planet, letting you…
Harajuku is famous for its fashion. Stylish young Japanese women flock to its boutiques, snapping up the latest trendy threads. But now, a new crowd is coming: The anime nerds. Today, a Neon Genesis Evangelion themed shop, dubbed Evangelion Store Tokyo-01, opened up in Harajuku. Neon Genesis Evangelion is an iconic Japanese manga and anime…
Some of you are playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. YouTube user AJLStunts is doing that, and then some. Just…watch. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was released on Nov. 20. If you missed it, check out Kotaku‘s review Skyward Sword is Serious Business [YouTube] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this…
An employee of Canada’s EB Games (read: GameStop) has let us know that, in one of the company’s shittier moves in recent years, the distinction between “new” and “used” games (at least in Canada) is apparently going to be all but removed. Instead, according to internal documentation forwarded to Kotaku, all games will be lumped…
This isn’t the most amazing, but YouTube user Ross3’s “apple shot” is pretty damn great. What makes it especially cool is how quick he works. A shot from that distance isn’t difficult by any means. A shot from that distance and done with that efficiency is. “I would have made the shot further,” wrote Ross3,…
Multinational retailer GameStop is facing a lawsuit from its own employees over security checks the company performs on them whenever they go for a break or clock off for the day. It’s policy to make sure nobody has stolen anything when coming and going from a store, yet while this may seem intrusive and untrusting,…
Ahead of Black Friday madness in the US, here’s two deals in particular to keep an eye out for. One is Walmart’s (UPDATE: and other retailers as well) $200 PS3 bundle, which includes a 160GB console and copies of both LittleBigPlanet 2 and Ratchet & Clank All 4 One. As the box art says, that’s…
After years of being available as both alpha and beta, Minecraft is finally available as a finished (though never truly finished) product. Yet for all the fanfare, I haven’t played the game in over a year. Talking to lots of other people, I hear the same thing. They dabbled in it in 2009 or 2010,…
Greetings one and all, and welcome to another night of open-threadedness. We’re one day closer to Thanksgiving, which means one day closer to a meat-coma video game marathon. Are you planning to play Super Mario 3D Land while half-watching football? Because I sure am. Here, as always, are some links and randomness from around the…
I’ve noticed over the years that I enjoy playing games in pairs, coupling them like a fine wine and a dry, aged cheese. (Or a hoppy beer and a slice of spicy pizza, if you prefer.) I’ve got professional obligations now that I didn’t have in the past, but all the same, I find that…
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