Anime Director Satoshi Kon’s Posthumous Work Machine That Dreams May End As Dream

Anime director Satoshi Kon passed away on August 24th, 2010 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier the same year. Kon was famous for his anime movies: PERFECT BLUE, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, and Paprica. His death was felt by the entire anime community. Many, including myself, wept upon reading his last words, written on…

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be out worldwide some time this fall on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

I’m Really Looking Forward To Becoming A God In This Japanese Dungeon Crawler

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Nippon Ichi Software, makers of the the Disgaea series, will be releasing Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradokusu (The Paradox of God and the Fate Revolution) on the PS3 next week. The game was announced last year, and was originally slated to hit stores in Japan on December 20th, but was…

The Number Of Pirates Arrested In Japan Since October Might Surprise You

Well, it’s been 3 months since Japan’s own version of SOPA was passed. For those unfamiliar or cannot be bothered to research: in October, the copying of copy-protected and encoded materials, the sale of software and hardware that circumvents copy or access protection, and the intentional download of illegally uploaded materials were deemed illegal and…

Bandai Namco games is working with Tencent Games to release a Naruto online game for China.

Report: Two Foxconn Buses Crash, Killing Seven

This afternoon in China’s Zhengzhou, a pair of Foxconn buses were involved in a fatal crash. According to reports, at least seven were tragically killed, and twenty were injured. One bus was hit hard enough to be knocked on its side. Foxconn assembles a wide array of hardware, from the iPhone to the Wii U…

Sony Settles with Kevin Butler Actor Over Wii Brouhaha

Jerry Lambert, who played phony Sony exec Kevin Butler, has reached an agreement with Sony. The actor appeared in a Bridgestone ad, playing a rival game console, the Nintendo Wii. Media Post (via Eurogamer) reports that Lambert agreed that his contract with Sony excluded him from promoting rival game machines, and that doing so was…

Get a Good Look at Killer Is Dead, the New Game from Killer7’s Creator

Killer Is Dead is an upcoming action game from Grasshopper Manufacture, the folks behind No More Heroes and Killer7. Yesterday, loads of details about the game hit the net (along with blurry magazine pics), and today on Famitsu.com, we finally get a good look at the game. And it looks great. 『KILLER IS DEAD（キラー イズ…

Once Again, Japan and America Apparently Have Different Taste in Men

Last summer, Japanese love simulator Be My Princess was re-released for Westerners. It wasn’t only the language that was changed. The princes were, too. Voltage Entertainment, the folks behind that game, is once again bringing one of their Japanese dating sims to the West. Nemuranu Machi no Cinderella (眠らぬ街のシンデレラ) is getting localized as Glass Stilettos…

The Wii U Stumbles in Japan (But Don’t Count Nintendo Out)

If Japan is anything to go by, the Wii U hasn’t proven to be the smash hit Nintendo hoped it would be. Granted, hardware launches are tough. The 3DS had a difficult time getting off the ground. Now, it’s doing gangbusters. In Japan, the Wii U, however, is having a hard time lately. To put…

These Pikachu and Mario Skin Suits Cover You From Head to Toe

You thought the full body tights stopped at Totoro? That’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are more nightmares to be had. Many more. This post contains imagery and a subject matter not suitable for all readers. However, it is free of GIFs. In Japanese, these outfits are called “zenshin tights” (全身タイツ), with “zenshin”…

I Pity The Fool Who Doesn’t Enjoy This LEGO A-Team Van (That Actually Moves)

It wouldn’t be enough for a replica A-Team van to simply sit there. The A-Team drove around real fast smashing into stuff, so damn it, replica LEGO models should too. Hats off to LEGO builder vmln8, then, who has done just that, building the team’s van and sticking fully-functioning remote controls inside it, which can…

Final Fantasy: All the Bravest‘s special brand of insanity is now available on U.S. iTunes for a down payment of $3.99.

New Bill Wants To Turn Game Labels, Sale Restrictions Into Law

Democratic congressman Jim Matheson has introduced a bill known as “H.R. 287″, which is the latest attempt to introduce tighter controls on the way video games are sold in the United States. Despite the presence of ESRB labels on games sold in the US, and retailer policy to forbid the sale of adult-only games to…

The World’s Most Popular Endless Runner Returns to Show the Clones How It’s Done

The success of Temple Run, a simple 3D endless runner created by the husband and wife team of Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova, has been nothing short of astounding. Since its 2011 release the game has grown into a casual gaming phenomenon, as definitive a mobile entertainment experience as Angry Birds or more Angry Birds…

Early Far Cry 3 Concept Art Shows Scrapped Ideas, Luxury Resorts And… Fun Parks

When a game is in its infancy, a lot of ideas get kicked around. Here are some from the very earliest stages of Far Cry 3 development, when the team had settled on a tropical island setting and… little else. While we can see some areas and ideas that made it into the final game,…

Apple’s Stance On Controversial Games Is A Little Insulting

Apple has had some problems recently with “serious” titles on its iOS store, which have been falling foul of some rather tight restrictions of what can and can’t be represented in a game. We’ve seen a Second World War game barred for using historically-accurate Japanese flags, and more recently, a game about Syria knocked back…

A Wii U Commercial Was Pulled Because A Single Person Complained

In Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority operates under a fairly simple rule. If even a single person complains about a commercial, they take a look at it, and if they agree, they can pull the ad from the airwaves. Which is exactly what happened recently with a Wii U commercial. You may have actually seen…

Boy, These Nintendo Consoles Are Gorgeous

Slovenian artist Zoki64 paints old video game consoles, turning the old into things that look brand new. Anyone can paint on a console, that’s the easy part. What’s so good about Zoki64’s work is that he pays attention to the finish, and not just the paint, giving his consoles a gloss that makes them look…

Report: Microsoft Replacing Xbox Chat With Skype For Next Console

According to “A person familiar with the matter”, website CVG is reporting that, as part of Microsoft’s continuing efforts to consolidate Skype (which it now owns) as the standard communications platform for the company’s products, it’ll “become the default chat service on the next generation Xbox console”. What would this mean, exactly? Who knows, the…