Nintendo rules this generation, leaving Microsoft and Sony to duke it out for numero two. So, which of those two is winning? As website MCVUK pointed out, Microsoft. The U.S. console maker announced last month that it has sold 57.3 million Xbox 360s worldwide. Today, Sony revealed that it’s sold 56 million PS3s. Simple math…
Compared to the company’s unbridled success of the past five years, Nintendo in 2011 has its back to the wall. It needs now, more than ever, effective marketing to help sell its products. Sometimes, it gets this! Other times, like this trainwreck of a commercial, it does not. I’d point out the parts that were…
Slovenian toy builder Samo Kramberger has a gift. He sees a video game he likes, he takes some clay, and he recreates the characters, down to the finest detail. And his work is incredible Using absolutely nothing but wire, clay and paint, Kramberger has built a range of statues that would be the envy of…
Starring a pin-up named CoCo, Another Take on Catherine is, well, another take on the popular game Catherine The flick’s official teaser has hit the internet, and, while it does feature some flashes of flesh, it’s not nearly as NSFW as the gravure, or pin-up, film could be. “In Japan, it’s not uncommon to see…
Since I’ve started a thing lately with Capcom artists, I may as well finish it by spending a morning showing off the work of Bengus. A bit of an enigma, Bengus’ art has been a big part of Capcom’s fighting games since 1987, with almost every title and series from the original Street Fighter through…
A prisoner serving a sentence in Monmouthshire, Wales has been found to be in possession of an extensive arsenal of bladed weapons. The thing is, they’re all fake. All made out of matchsticks. And some are based on the weapons of the Final Fantasy universe. The Governor of the prison, Steve Cross, told The Sun,…
Japanese visual novel Fate/stay night is coming to the figure maker Good Smile’s coffee shop in Matsudo City. The temporary cafe will run until Christmas and is called Fate/Type-Moon, a reference to the visual novel’s developer Type-Moon. Even if you aren’t into Fate/stay night, the cafe is pretty cool. There’s a life-sized Excalibur like the…
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm will introduce a few new units to game’s tried and tested roster. Normally you’d have to wait for the actual game/expansion for this, but why wait when there are mods? An enterprising soul by the name of XenoX101 is working on a mod that, using both the details and…
The cosplayers get all the acclaim and adoration. Ask any cosplayer, though, and he or she will tell you: Good photographers are key. This is why some high profile Japanese cosplayers are reluctant to allow photographers that they don’t usually work with to snap their photos. Cosplay photography is an art in its own way.…
Back in 2009, LEGO builder Alex Kobbs released a teaser for a movie he was making. About Halo. Using LEGO. Well, after two years of nothing, he’s back with another trailer, and a promise it’ll actually be out. And soon! The full movie will run for 27 minutes, and Kobbs says it’ll be out on…
You might have a job. You might be between jobs or you might be out of one entirely. Same goes for many in Japan. But what they spend their unemployment checks on might differ from what their counterparts do elsewhere. According to one Japanese weekly, unemployed men in their twenties and thirties are apparently indulging…
Legendary fighter The King of Fighters is known for its stylish characters and tried-and-tested gameplay. KOF has made the leap from arcade to home consoles and, more recently, the iPhone. But it’s also on the Apple App Store where KOF is getting totally ripped off. Dubbed The Ultimate Fighters, this South Korean-developed game borrows heavily…
Maybe! A patent application, filed in 2010 but only recently uncovered, has Sony looking at biometric controls on devices that look like a DualShock, a PlayStation Move controller, and a handheld. What does that actually mean? It means the controllers would be able to measure your skin moisture, heart rhythm and muscle movement and use…
The photos, courtesy of website Game Watch Impress, depict the Sony 3D headset—something we have seen before. What we haven’t seen is how goofy people look while wearing it and playing PS3 games—especially with peripherals. And boy, do people ever look goofy. These images scream “Photoshop me!” Kotaku‘s own Luke Plunkett got the jump on…
Publisher Electronic Arts has spoken out against allegations from German gamers—and the respected newspaper Spiegel—that its Origin online service is “spying” on consumers. Spiegel has highlighted the fact that some components of Origin’s license agreement could potentially violate German law, while gamers are upset following the posting of images that reportedly show Origin tapping into…
Tiny & Big, which I played at GamesCom and quietly thought was one of the best things at the show, has a new trailer as it inches towards a beta test. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our…
Having just finished their “first significant expansion of Dota 2 server capacity around the world”, Valve has announced today an enlargement of the Dota 2 beta, meaning more invites Beginning later this week, the company will be ‘handing out Dota 2 in increasing volumes”, with prospective testers/early players urged to complete a survey on the…
Later this week, the asteroid YU55 will pass close to the Earth. How close? Like, between the moon and the Earth close. PC gamers may remember the last time this happened, in 1995. Back then, it was the asteroid Attila, and unlike YU55 – which should pass by harmlessly – it was headed straight for…
After opening up the website for their upcoming Jurassic Park: The Game, Telltale Games has also detailed the contents of the game’d deluxe edition shown above. It will include: Welcome letter from John Hammond, creator of the theme park All four episodes of Jurassic Park: The Game on a single disc Replica Jurassic Park Staff…
Hello and welcome to another week of off topic-ing at Kotaku! I was gone last night, so I hope you found somewhere to talk about things. Maybe on your couch, with your roommates (or a therapist). Maybe sitting in front of a roaring fire speaking with your magic talking labrador. Maybe sobbed into your ex’s…
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