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  Look! Japanese Kids Dressed Up Like Monster Hunter

  The spring Dream Party, the twice annual nerd gathering, was recently held in Tokyo. The event primarily shows off games, anime and figurines. But like most of these events, there’s bonus cosplaying. If the number of various cosplayers cosplaying Monster Hunter is any indication, that franchise is popular in Japan. Or so we hear. There…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2009
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  Chinese Guy Spends A Day As A World Of Warcraft Character

  World of Warcraft is a social game, right? Full of goals, and interactions, and relationships. So what happens if you try and live a day of your (real) life as a WoW character? [via Boing-Boing]

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2009
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  iDOLM@STER Rakes In Your DLC Money

  Japanese illustrator and designer Akiman is famous for his Street Fighter II and Final Fight character work. Now that he’s freelance, his designs pop up in all sorts of places. But for a price, it seems! Take the new downloadable content for idol simulator THE iDOLM@STER SP for the PSP. While Namco Bandai isn’t exactly…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2009
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  New Movie Shows A Grisly Future For MMOs

  Sure, MMOs today are, outside of a few broken marriages, relatively harmless. But in the future depicted in upcoming movie “Game”, they’re a little more hazardous. The movie, which will be out in September, stars Gerard Butler and…Ludacris, and tells of a future in which MMOs have merged with mind control. The story will centre…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009
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  Roger Avary’s Name Mentioned With Silent Hill 2 By Novelist

  Oscar winner Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction) penned the movie version of Konami horror game Silent Hill. Word has it he’s involved with the sequel. Avary also penned and directed the movie version of Bret Easton Ellis book The Rules of Attraction. According to an interview with his pal Ellis, Avary is doing Silent Hill 2.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009
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  Gran Turismo To Get Car Damage, Yes, “Soon”

  Hilarious. Gran Turismo series creator (and professional procrastinator) Kaz Yamauchi has said that car damage – whose absence has long been the achilles heel of the venerable racing series – will be introduced “soon”. In an interview with an official Audi promo piece on the Audi R8 from earlier in the year (February), Yamauchi says…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009
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  Jerry Bruckheimer On What Chesty Jake Brings To Prince of Persia

  When we posted the Prince of Persia clip yesterday, we were so hypnotized by Jake Gyllenhaal’s abs, that we didn’t realize producer Jerry Bruckheimer was talking. He was! Likewise, Bruckheimer seems equally hypnotized by Jake Gyllenhaal. When asked what the actor brings to the film, Bruckheimer replied, “Well, he’s very handsome. And he’s in fantastic…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009
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  Square Enix Putting The Squeeze On Chrono Trigger Fan Projects?

  If you were looking forward to the fan-created Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes, look forward no more. The creators of that ROM-hacked project claim that Square Enix has threatened legal action against them. The five-year-long project, based on the original Chrono Trigger Super Nintendo ROM was due to be released later this month. But according to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  White DualShock 3 Pads Arrive In The US

  While we’ve heard that the silver DualShock 3 controllers will arrive in the US in June, it looks like the even-nicer white pads have already hit. Reader Henry says he just picked one up at his local Wal-Mart. You can see the pic right here. It’s a DualShock 3, it’s white, he bought it in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2009
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  New Dragon Age: Origins Screens Are Marilyn Manson Free

  How’s BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins looking these days? Exactly like this. Minus the HUD and featuring unplayable camera angles, obviously, but new screen shots should give you the general impression of the role-playing game’s appearance. Sure, they may not be “the new shit,” but they should most definitely dispel any misconceptions that Dragon Age: Origins…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  NIS America Struggles With Economy, Swine Flu But Still Delivers

  Last Friday’s NIS America press event started with President Haru Akenaga apologizing for the localization job on Ar Tonelico II and wrapped with the announcement of several new upcoming games. The Western branch of Nippon Ichi Software is taking a hit with the sagging economy, Akenaga said. Worse, he added, a lot of Japanese companies…

  By AJ Glasser Published May 11, 2009
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  GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Exceed 4000

  It’s not easy to get to the very final mission of Rockstar’s DS Grand Theft Auto. But the number of people who have done so has doubled in the past month. When last I checked to see how many people had jumped through the hoops to access the final two missions of Chinatown Wars, it…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009
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  Book It

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Where Is My Canned Coffee? Do You Have It? I Think You Do. Trish finally published her book in Amazon’s Kindle store. I talked her into going the digital route, because I think with the increasing pressure agents and book publishers are under, the best way to get any attention…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2009
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  Zeno Clash Characters Now Ready For Wacky Garry’s Mod Situations

  The charitable developers at ACE Team have released the first batch of downloadable content for their first-person brawler Zeno Clash. Sorry, these aren’t new levels or knuckle skins, but new models for Garry’s Mod. That means the bizarre cast of characters from Zeno Clash is yours for the goofy manipulating in Garry’s Mod, meaning even…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Blizzard Hires Casual Games Guru From PopCap

  The former general manager of Xbox Live Arcade and v.p. at Peggle studio PopCap is going to Blizzard. Let the development speculation begin. Kotaku has learned that Greg Canessa, the man who ran Xbox Live Arcade at the Xbox 360’s launch for Microsoft and has since served as vice president of game platforms at PopCap…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009
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  Video Game Girls Go Burlesque, Strip Off Their Varia Suits

  This weekend, burlesque troupe Devil’s Playground did its best video game cosplaying, then did what normally happens at such events: they got mostly naked. But the undressing was handled with respect for the games referenced. While the folks at Nintendo may not approve of Princess Peach, pictured, and Metroid‘s Samus Aran getting on-stage nude codes,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Bethesda Calls Its Splash Damage Shooter A “Genre-Breaker” Killer App

  Bethesda Softworks is growing, adding titles like Wet and Rogue Warrior to its role-playing game heavy portfolio. It’s also expanding on its hype, touting the Splash Damage-developed first-person shooter it’s publishing in a big way. We’re going to get our first taste of the game at this year’s E3, but Bethesda’s European managing director Sean…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Star Trek D-A-C, Texas Cheat ‘Em Beam To Xbox Live Arcade This Week

  This week’s new additions to the Xbox Live Arcade library are both out of this world and down to earth, as Star Trek D-A-C and Texas Cheat ‘Em become Xbox 360 digital downloads on Wednesday. Both Naked Sky Entertainment’s Star Trek D-A-C and Wideload’s Texas Cheat ‘Em will set Xbox Live subscribers 800 Microsoft Points,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Live Rock Band Pearl Jam “Project” Coming Next Year

  Pearl Jam fans are being asked to curate the live performances of the Seattle-based band’s best, a cross-promotional project that will result in a forthcoming Rock Band release. The currently untitled Rock Band project—which combines the efforts of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club, MTV Games, Harmonix and music subscription service Rhapsody—will feature the best of the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  GameStop Gives Away Movie Tickets With Movie Games

  Beginning now through June 30th, purchasing select movie tie-in games at GameStop scores you a free movie ticket to help curb the buyer’s remorse that sets in soon after said purchase. All you have to do is purchase one game that GameStop considers a movie game between now and June 30th in order to receive…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009