Yes, Hardware, Your Art Still Looks Lovely

Here’s another trailer for the upcoming Hardware: Shipbreakers, a strategy title being worked on by some ex-Homeworld devs. It looks great, but then, so has everything else the team has released so far. Some gameplay footage would look a lot better.

And That’s Why Doctor Doom Is So Damn Awesome

Doctor Doom’s schemes figure big into Gazillion Entertainment’s Diablo-esque Marvel Heroes. It makes sense — he’s second only to Galactus when it comes to go-to Marvel video game bad guys, and in this first installment of the “Chronicles of Doom,” a four-part motion comic leading up to the game’s June 4 launch, Victor Von Doom…

The Next Batman Game Still Has A Lot To Prove

The excellent, expansive Batman: Arkham City was always going to be a tough act to follow, and Batman: Arkham Origins, this fall’s next in the series, does not immediately make a strong case that it will surpass its predecessor. That may seem like a harsh assessment of a game that was just shown to press…

SNK Playmore is hiring up for, as the Osaka-based studio’s help wanted page reads, “the strongest 3D King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown“. Guess they’re going to work on new games… To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…

You Won’t Believe This Violent Video Game Theory

Professor Dong Wong Cho of Chungbuk Provincial College in South Korea has an idea about violent video games. And it’s truly bonkers. According to Professor Cho’s latest study, violent video games make graphics cards run hot and emit more radio waves. Thus, the scholar argues, this means violent video games are more harmful for the…

This fall, fighting game franchise BlazBlue is getting an animated series in Japan called BlazBlue Alter Memory. More details on ANN or the show’s official site. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest…

This Wii U Game Doesn’t Seem as Polished as Its PS3 Version

The first Yakuza game debuted on the PlayStation 2. Last fall, an HD version of the game hit the PlayStation 3. This summer, it’s coming to the Wii U. How does it stack up? Today, the first screenshots for Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition for Wii U hit the internet. Via 4Gamer, there were…

Konami Explains Why Metal Gear Rising Isn’t on The Xbox 360 in Japan

In the West, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was released on the Xbox 360. In Japan, it wasn’t. Here’s why. While speaking on theHideChan Radio podcast, Kojima Productions producer Yuji Korekado mentioned that Rising was originally announced for Japan. “However, around last year, Xbox 360 sales didn’t really grow [in Japan],” added Korekado. Meaning? That while…

These Keyboard Keys Are Not Popular

Look at your keyboard. It’s filled with keys! Some of them you love using. Some of them you probably rarely use. In Japan, a new survey (via R25) revealed which ones were totally unpopular among the country’s PC users. For those who don’t know Japanese, be aware that when people type the language, they use…

Have a look at the latest entry in the Guilty Gear fighting series. Titled Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign-, the game runs on the Unreal Engine and is being directed by Guilty Gear maven Daisuke Ishiwatari. It’s currently listed as “in development”.

Nintendo Japan’s Early-90s VHS Commercials Are Incredible

Reader Toad has got hold of a ton of old VHS promos for Nintendo games, played in game stores in Japan in the early 1990s. These aren’t short TV spots or trailers. They’re long, detailed looks at each game, some running for over 5 minutes and including custom animation and live-action sequences. Some of the…

When Space Combat Games Are Also MOBA Games

The world does not need any more MOBA (League of Legends, DOTA 2) games, thanks. The ones we’ve got are more than enough for that crowd. What we do need more of, though, are space combat games, and if they’ve got to try and bring something fresh to the MOBA genre to do it, then…

What Is This Trials Level I Don’t Even…

I’ve watched this custom Trials Evolution stage twice now. The first time with white knuckles. The second time thinking I’d gone quite mad. Trials Evolution – Illusion 1800 [Custom Track] 1080p HD [YouTube, via Simon Carless]

You Might Soon Be Able To Draw Your Own Video Games

Pixel Press appears to hit that sweet spot where technology, ambition and design come together to bring to life something you could once only dream about. It’s part-game, part-app which comes in two parts. The first is a basic sketching kit, a downloadable and printable template that’s basically just an enormous sheet of squares. Users…

Iron Man? More Like Golden Man

This morning we’re looking at the art of Justin Fields, who over the last few years has worked at some of Hollywood’s best concept and effects studios, such as The Aaron Sims Company, Amalgamated Dynamics and Halon Entertainment. If you’ve been to the movies lately you’ve probably seen his stuff; Fields got the chance to…

55 Indie Games In 5 Minutes

It can sometimes feel like the world is being buried beneath independently-developed PC games, leaving us with far too many to keep up with. So Pixel Prospector has done us all a favour and put this clip together, rounding up 55 of the best-looking indie games either on the way or out recently, dropping them…

Got time for one last set of Next Xbox rumours? The Wall Street Journal has some

Samus Dreams Of Amazing Cosplay

Bit of a quiet week in cosplay last week, so there’s not much new stuff to share. Thankfully, there’s some new shots of favourite old costumes to get us through the dry spell. I’ll never get tired of seeing cel-shaded Borderlands cosplay. Never. Such a simple but effective touch. I will also post any and…

It’s Like Elder Scrolls, Only Made By Two Guys

This is Frontiers, a game designed and being developed by two men. Something that blows your mind when you see footage of the game in action. Developers AAD Productions describe it like this: FRONTIERS blends the feel of first-person RPG classics like Daggerfall with the relaxing tempo & simplicity of a point-and-click adventure. Discover ancient…

There Is A Kickstarter For “Flying Assault Butts”

There are genuinely attractive Kickstarters, there are joke Kickstarters, and then there are Kickstarters like this, which somehow manages to be both at once. Flying Assault Butts is a campaign to add a…very special new miniature to your tabletop game of choice. Of a butt. Warhammer, Warmachine, an RPG, whatever. It can now have an…