You are perhaps wondering whether or not you should play Ni no Kuni, the RPG by Level-5 and Studio Ghibli that comes…
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is one of the most recognizable and longest running manga in Japan—there are currently over…
This week, Japanese restaurant chain Gusto started running a new series of commercials. It features the above woman,…

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Artist Cory Schmitz has, just for fun, taken the idea of redesigning the Xbox "brand" and run with it. I like where…
Jeong Shin is a concept artist who, having previously worked at toy company Mattel, is now employed at Ubisoft…
Whether they're allies or foes, tiny or towering beasts, robotic, undead or living, the kings of reptiles will…
You're running out of ammo, the last medikit you saw was three towns behind, and that nice guy shooting at you just…
I've been writing for Kotaku, off and on, since 2007. I've been reading it longer than that. One of the accounts I…
Tokyo's Akihabara is Japanese nerd heaven. If you are a geek in Tokyo, then you'll want to spend some time in…
Sometimes, if the outfit deserves it, I skip the usual "best of the last week" roundup stuff and just concentrate on…

All that first-person climbing and running and rolling is awesome in Mirror's Edge, but Mirror's Edge is a video…
As I've said before, whenever news happens in sports, my first thoughts turn to how I can recreate it in a video…
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week's best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom…
What's happened in the business of video games this past week ...
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week's best content.
Civilization creator Sid Meier once famously said that a game is "a series of interesting decisions."
Right. For my first ever board game column for Kotaku, the editor-in-chief here suggested I cover the top games…
Cold rain drizzles outside. Inside, everything is pink, round, and frilly. The first floor of this otaku (geek)…
Until I sat down and played Yakuza 5, my knowledge of the Yakuza series was limited, to say the least. I knew the…