Puyo! | TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese idol group Idoling! celebrates the DS release of Puyo Puyo. It’s the game’s 20th anniversary. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) The inFamous Video Game Art of Wesley Burt Wesley Burt is a professional concept artist who works for Massive Black, one of the world’s biggest and most successful concept art studios.…
Ryan Cleary, 19, was arrested early last week in connection with a string of attacks on websites around the world. He was recently released on bail. According to Reuters, Cleary is under a curfew between 9am and 7pm. Cleary’s been electronically tagged. If he wants to leave his house, Cleary must be accompanied by one…
Wonder what the new AKB48 game will be like? From the looks of it, it’ll be idols saying they like you, and then getting pissed when you turn down their advances. AKB48 is the most popular idol group in Japan at the moment. As previously posted, the sequel will feature the AKB girls in bikinis,…
At the Sony shareholders meeting today, the company said that 90 percent of PSN users have returned since the service was hacked. Have you? [AV Watch Impress via はちま起稿]
Wesley Burt is a professional concept artist who works for Massive Black, one of the world’s biggest and most successful concept art studios. In his time there he’s worked on games like inFamous, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Borderlands, Red Faction: Guerilla, inFamous 2 and Kane & Lynch 2 This gallery showcases some of his…
The executive producer of blockbuster Marvel movies like Iron Man and Thor is now the executive producer of…any and all upcoming Angry Birds movies. Trading heroes for birds, David Maisel says of his move from Marvel Entertainment to Rovio, developers of the hit mobile game, “The business model, intellectual properties, and the franchise potential of…
It’s called Sense-Roid. It’s a hug simulator. Hugging the mannequin creates corresponding pressure in the Sense-Roid vest. Here’s how it works: on the mannequin there are force sensors that release corresponding pressure via air pressure valves in a vest worn in the video by brilliant, but possibly lonely scientists. “When people frist try out Sense-Roid,…
This video, of Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles running in English, will be cause for both joy and consternation, depending on where you live. For those in Europe, particularly the British Isles, joy, as you not only see the game with English text, but can hear the English voice-over work as well. And it is very…
Donned in camo fatigues and bulletproof vests, four masked men were on a villa rooftop near a government building in Abu Dhabi. Special forces arrived and arrested the four men. The men were carrying fake guns as well as plastic and metal clubs. They were videotaping themselves roleplaying. According to daily newspaper The National, Col.…
Lucasarts (and Indy) fans, hold onto your fedoras: this arts & craft session is going to blow your mind. Super-fan Fedora Smith builds replicas and nick-nacks based on Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones flicks. So his Flickr page is home to loads of amazing tributes to the franchises, like a perfect…
If you are a long, long time Kotaku reader, you’ll know that Wonderland‘s Alice Taylor once graced us with her writing talents, turning out witty and charming posts. Taylor’s also known for her work at Channel 4, where she commissioned award-winning games for the broadcaster. Her next venture is Makielab, a toy and game company.…
People always talk about the uncanny valley in terms of relating to a human face. Few people stop to wonder what it means for games—like Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012 here—where you shoot innocent animals in the face instead.
For summer 2011, Sony is offering a trio of PSP value packs, each priced at ¥17,800 (US$220). They come in Piano Black, Vibrant Blue, and Blossom Pink. Colors we’ve seen before, but they go on sale July 28 in Japan. “PSP®「プレイステーション・ポータブル」（PSP-3000）バリューパック” 希望小売価格：17,800円（税込） 2011年7月28日（木）発売 [Sony]
Journey looks like one of 2011’s most interesting—not to mention most beautiful—games, indie downloadable title or not. It was playable for a very privileged few at E3, but over the next week will be playable by a slightly less privileged few. Sony will be running a closed beta for the exploration game, beginning today, June…
It’s perhaps the most iconic design in the world of game controllers, and definitely the longest-serving. Today in Total Recall, we look back at over 15 years of PlayStation control pads. The primary PlayStation controller’s basic appearance has survived with only minor changes since it accompanied the first console to the marketplace all the way…
Every story’s gotta start somewhere. This one starts in Hiroshima, with three girls who had the same kanji character in their names, 香. The character means “fragrance”, and the group was Perfume. Formed in 2000, Perfume was Ayaka Nishiwaki, Yuka Kashino, and Yuka Kawashima, who soon left the group and was replaced by Ayano Omoto.…
Yes, while there are some obvious influences on BioWare’s Mass Effect series – like Syd Mead and Star Trek – there’s one that may have slipped under most people’s noses. And it’s not hard to see why. In an interview with Xbox World 360 magazine, Mass Effect 3 art director Derek Watts says that Final…
At a shareholders’ meeting in Tokyo today, Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer got up on stage and had to field questions about the recent PlayStation Network attacks, which resulted in one of the biggest thefts of personal details in the history of the internet. Brushing off calls for his resignation, Stringer explained why, he believes,…
Kotaku! It’s getting hot out there, so let’s stay cool with another open thread, our nightly refuge against the heat and conversations that are JUST about video games. C’mon in, the comments are fine. I’ve got an early day tomorrow, heading to MTV in Santa Monica for a GameTrailers taping where I’ll be talking about…
Ubisoft will release Assassin’s Creed: The Encyclopedia as part of the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations “Animus Edition,” a super fancy, not very cheap limited edition for European gamers. That encyclopedia features some of the following artwork, assassin’s from all walks of life and stages of history. U.S. gamers won’t get the pricey “Animus Edition” with its…
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