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Kotaku East
Over the holidays, the fan group working on translating Valkyria Chronicles 3 into English have finally released their work. If you own a Japanese copy of the game, you can download the patch and read the tutorial on how to apply it on the project’s official blog-slash-homepage here
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Kotaku EastJapan’s First PS4 Commercial Twists the Knife in a Rather Mean Way
“Look at all these people, having fun with their PS4s,” the ad seems to say “Sure would be nice to get some of that action, huh?” While I’m sure Sony Japan’s intention wasn’t to torture people—even the caption reads “The world will be united with play,” which shows their heart was in the right place—still……
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Everything Freezes In Batman: Arkham Origins‘ Story DLC
A giant diamond, some ice crystals, and an invitation to an awards gala at Wayne Manor? Sounds like Batman: Arkham Origins‘ upcoming story DLC is going to be one cool party. Does the Ice Man cometh? The Batman Arkham Twitter account promised a surprise for New Years’ Day, and this looks to have been it.…
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If You Combined Battlefield and Forza‘s Outrages, You’d Have NBA 2K14
Earlier this afternoon, 2K Sports’ Ronnie Singh—Ronnie2K on Twitter—gave everyone playing NBA 2K14 a code for a special pre-game player animation as a make-good for the online troubles that paralyzed the game this weekend. Naturally, when I went to enter the code on my PlayStation 4, 2K’s servers were down. It’s another letdown in what…
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Yup, This Is Still The World’s Most Attractive Racing Game
At this point, I’m convinced that Project CARS isn’t actually a racing game. It’s a playable art installation that lets you take pretty pictures of cars. And things other than cars. I mean, shit, look at this: It’s grass. From a racing game. I’m looking at grass from the side of the road from a…
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Sports Video Games in 2013: A Year in Decline
To a video gamer, the pairing was so natural that I didn’t recognize how unusual it really was. On Oct. 12, ESPN broke up its top two announcing teams to put Brad Nessler and Kirk Herbstreit in the booth for the network’s Texas A&M-Ole Miss nightcap. The two have, virtually anyway, worked millions of games…
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A Christmas YouTube Tradition: Tricking Kids With a Fake Console Gift
There’s a Christmas morning video spreading over the Internet the past two days, in which a naughty boy gets the modern lump of coal: an empty box instead of a PlayStation. It looks outrageous. Remember, though, this is on YouTube. And this kind of prank has gone on there for years. The latest one has…
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The Best Gaming GIFs Of 2013
What did we get from this year of next-gen press conferences, console launches, Nintendo Directs, and huge open-world games? Some good times. And some amazing animated GIFs. Enjoy our selection of this 2013’s best gaming GIFs, and giffy posts. Don’t forget to toss up your picks too in the comments below, to turn the whole…
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Kotaku EastDeep Down’s Next-Gen Living Treasure Chests Look Terrifying
Deep Down will be a free-to-play online RPG for the PS4. It will have knights and disturbing HD mimics. I think I liked them more when they were just sprites or silly 3D models, ugh The lovely creatures debuted in the latest trailer for Capcom’s RPG, dubbed the “Prologue trailer.” Take a look: Fight scenes…
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If Anything Can Make Me Love My Vita, It’s Digimon
This is a screenshot for Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth for the PlayStation Vita. It’s a game that probably won’t make it to North America. It’s not even due out in Japan until 2015. I’m so excited. It’s a little irrational, sure. I am a Digimon fan, after all. Not a super-hardcore fan, but enough of…
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Love is in the ai—… water. It’s in the water. Let that Christmas Spirit stay a while longer, even if it needs a little help from War Thunder. And don’t forget to pull this, or similar stunts in any game in February. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…
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It’s Snowing In Los Santos (Tomorrow)
A beautiful sight, we’re shooting each other in the face tonight, walking through Grand Theft Auto Online‘s magical holiday snowfall. I’m sorry. I probably could have resisted if I’d tried harder. Let’s just unwrap Rockstar’s Christmas gifts. (Update: Rockstar says the snow is tomorrow only.) Gifts like special limited-time, holiday themed items available in GTA…
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How Street Fighter‘s Ryu Changed Over The Years
26 years of Street Fighter means a lot of change in graphics and art direction, and what a better way to show this than a huge gallery of the series’ main character, Ryu. Here’s EventHubs‘ visual trip from a simplier 1987 to a detailed present day: The Visual History of Ryu in Street Fighter, Vs.…
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Culture
The Week in Games: PS4 Pinball and Spartan Assault
By God, we are going to wring every last new game out of this year if it’s the last thing we do. And sure enough there are a couple of digital releases worth a look this Christmas week. But the hay is in the barn for 2013, folks. That’s why the Steam Holiday Sale is…
By Owen Good
