This Video Game Art Packs Twice the Infamy

We featured the art of Bjorn Hurri (Total War, Steampunk Star Wars) only a few weeks ago here on Kotaku, but since then he’s been given the all clear to release a ton of content from his most recent project, inFamous 2 Like Wesley Burt’s art for the same game (which we’ve also shown you),…

Did Pokémon Beat Ghibli?

In its first weekend, anime Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie placed second at the Japanese box office, behind the new Harry Potter. Ghibli’s Kokurikozaka kara, co-written by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his son, placed third. [Eiga.com via ANN]

Magic: The Gathering’s Creator Is Working on a Video Game (about Cards!)

There’s no shortage of video games that are essentially card games running on a computer, but few have the pedigree of upcoming browser title Card Hunter. New indie studio Blue Manchu is headed by Australian Jon Chey, co-founder of Irrational Games and a man who’s worked on games like BioShock and Freedom Force. Also on…

Watch the New Pokémon Airplane for Almost Six Whole Minutes

There’s a new Poké jet. This is it! On July 18, this All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-300 Peace Jet landed in Hokkaido. The plane then taxied to the arrival gate. This isn’t the first plane featuring Pocket Monsters, and this plane aims to promote the latest Pocket Monster animated feature film. However, the “Peace Jet”…

This is Some Serious Role-Playing

This isn’t role-playing as you generally associate it. There are no levels or perks here. Instead, this is role-playing in the strictest sense of the word, as a bunch of gamers act out the roles they’ve assumed in-game. This is footage from a British ArmA II group, who not only went to the trouble of…

Xbox.com Now has Games for Your Browser

Presumably as part of the coming together of Games for Windows and Xbox.com, you can now play four free “trial” games (ie demos) on the Xbox 360’s homepage, right in your browser, no install necessary. The games are Plants vs Zombies, Bejeweled 3, Zuma’s Revenge and Text Twist 2. [Xbox]

With Lollipop Chainsaw, Highschool Life Is the Best!

Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes, is working on a new game. It’s called Lollipop Chainsaw According to the latest issue of Famitsu, the game stars a chainsaw-wielding cheerleader named Juliet from fictional San Romero High, slaying zombies. Since she’s a cheerleader, the game has acrobatic-style action. The style is poppy and colorful,…

The Super Hard Gay Brothers

Often, the cosplay we feature here on Kotaku skews towards exquisite costumes or pretty ladies. Because, well, that’s what’s generally the best we can find. Today, we’re flipping the tea table. Trying something different. A recent spread in internet magazine/art/thing Muto features gay cosplay, like a sexy black Mickey Mouse and the hardest, gayest Super…

New Final Fantasy PSP Gets a New Trailer

Final Fantasy Type-0 is a big game—so big that it’s coming on two UMDs. Big games need big trailers. And when they’re not big, they can at least be long. The latest FF Type-0 trailer clocks in at five minutes. The game, which features a theme song by Japanese rockers Bump of Chicken, will be…

Wario Helps Show This Developer the Money

Tiburcio de la Cárcova, co-founder of social games studio Atakama Labs, doesn’t sell things at a cash register. His games go out over the internet. Meaning a sale isn’t as satisfying as seeing cash in the hand! So he built this awesome Wario Robot (with help from his daughter!) to help make everything seem a…

Are Japanese Xbox 360 Fans Getting Screwed?

On October 27, The Idolmaster 2, a pop idol simulator, is being ported to the PS3. The game originally debuted on the Xbox 360 earlier this year. Like previous Idolmaster games, there’s been copious amounts of downloadable content available—for a price. PS3 owners will be getting a big discount on that price, namely to the…

How Many People Play as Femshep (and How Many Create Their Own Hero?)

Since the Mass Effect series lets you not only select the gender of your character but also customise their appearance, it’s interesting to find out some statistics behind the choices people make when forging their story. Speaking with VG247, BioWare’s David Silverman says that 18% “of everyone who plays Mass Effect” uses the female version…

It’s Like a Silent Hill Game You Can Actually Experience

It’s summer. In Japan, that means beaches and snow cones. It also means having the shit scared out of you. While fall is the time for ghosts and goblins in the West, summer is traditionally the season of frights in Japan. Ghost stories are told on summer evenings. One reason for this is scary stories…

The Mysterious Team Fortress 2 Space Program

Earlier this week, a Team Fortress 2 update quietly added a bizarre new feature: several crashed rockets, which can now be seen smoking in the distance of several of the game’s maps. There’s no explanation for the rocket’s appearance, just the fact they’re there, and that when yanked from the game’s code we find they’re…

There Are Uncharted Action Figures (and One of Them Looks Awesome)

Cast those shitty Uncharted toys from your mind. At Comic-Con, Sony will be showing off the real deal. In all, there’ll be three different sets of Nathan Drake toys on show in San Diego: these vinyl pieces we first showed you back in 2009 (and which have subsequently been rebranded from Uncharted 2 toys to…

You Could Actually Download Atari 2600 Games (on an Atari 2600!)

Xbox Live Arcade is credited with popularising the notion of downloading console video games. Other consoles, like the Genesis, offered them a lot earlier, albeit with limited success. The CVC GameLine did things even earlier. We’re talking 1983 earlier. And while it all ended in disaster, the ashes of the venture would bizarrely lead to…

A Porn Star, A Pro Wrestler and Jin from Lost Walk Into Saints Row: The Third

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the next Saints Row video game will tap the oral talents of one well-known porn star, one better-known professional wrestler and one Daniel Dae Kim. THQ and developer Volition revealed some of the star talent performing acting duties in Saints Row: The Third, leading with actress…

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Who’s Going to Comic-Con?

You? How about you? I am. Owen Good is. But if you’re going to Comic-Con and haven’t chimed in, tonight’s open thread might be a good place to do it. Of course, if you’re not going to San Diego for this ‘Con this year, you can talk about whatever you would like. That’s why we…

Rumor: Star Wars: The Old Republic Collector’s Edition Details Leak, Limited Pre-orders Start Thursday

Online retailers may have outed details on EA and BioWare’s ambitious massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, specifically its pre-order plans and its equally massive Collector’s Edition, a few days earlier than expected, much to the delight of Star Wars fans. Polish retailer Empik posted (then pulled) details on the Star Wars…