This fall, Pokémon Rumble Blast lets players take control of wind-up Pocket Monsters and battle it out. The game will be released this month in Japan as Super Pokémon Scramble, and it’s a sequel to a WiiWare title. In Pokémon Rumble Blast, players can collect over 600 Pocket Monsters (including monsters from Pokémon Black and…
In Japan, Pokémon has its own bread, so why the heck doesn’t Monster Hunter? Yamazaki Baking is offering two different types of Monster Hunter curry bread. If you’ve ever had Yamazaki bread, you’ll know it’s pretty good for something you get in a convenience store! The curry bread is in the image of Monster Hunter,…
Operation Rainfall is, among other things, a letter-writing campaign hoping to bring Japanese Wii games like The Last Story, Pandora’s Tower, and Xenoblade to the U.S. Nintendo already politely declined on its Facebook page. That’s not the only nice way it’s saying no. It’s also responding to letters, writing things like, “I can see why…
You like Team Fortress 2? You like the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game? Watch this. It’s Team Fortress 2 as a side-scrolling, beat-em-up arcade game. If you’re wondering why the whole thing looks so awesome/authentic, that’s because it’s the product of Eric Ruth, who has already give us retro demakes of games like…
Website ModernWarfare3.com used to redirect to Battlefield 3‘s website. Pretty funny! Modern Warfare 3 publisher Activision was not amused. Before that, the site hosted anti-Call of Duty rants like this: Modern Warfare is crap. On November 8, 2011, the most over-hyped first-person action series of all-time returns with the copy and paste sequel to the…
A team of researchers at Stanford University are living the dream: they’ve used Kinect and a robot arm not to cure disease or solve the energy crisis, but to build something for lightsaber practice. The Kinect camera is able to track the movement and placement of a human opponent, with the arm programmed to respond…
Maybe it’s bad timing or just bad luck. But there’s a growing list of cancelled 3DS games. That’s not good. On the list of canned 3DS games, there’s My Garden, which was supposed to be a 3DS launch title. There’s also Saints Row: Drive-By, also apparently canned. Four Hudson games for the 3DS were canned,…
Some wise words from a man who knows a thing or two about both first-person shooters and making a ton of money. [Doom Creator Fires Back [IndustryGamers]
Nerd retailer Mandarake is a self-described “ruler of time”. Ruler of in-store promotions might be more accurate. To kick off summer, Tokyo’s Mandarake Complex held a one-off in-store cosplay event with six Mandarake staffers dressing up as characters in swimwear. Staffers dressed up as characters from Macross F, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Tales of…
Ever since it popped up this morning, people have been quick to say that Aaron Bishop’s Lords Of Uberdark looks a lot like Minecraft. The fact Minecraft’s creator helped spread the word may have contributed to that. While Lords Of Uberdark (which at the moment is little more than some alpha code and ideas) is…
The Wii can do a lot. But some people may want their Wii to do more, like play pirated games. In Fukuoka, two men were recently arrested for violating Japanese trademark law and apparently selling modded Wiis. According to Fukuoka police, between November 2009 and last month, 32-year-old Tomonori Sato and his 28-year-old brother apparently…
EVO 2010 was a blast. So EVO 2011, the world’s biggest fighting game tournament, should also be a…blast? Kicking off on July 29, EVO 2011 is a three-day celebration of all things fighting, with the tournaments just one part of the draw. For those who just want to check out the latest games, there’ll be…
If you were in Tokyo in the late 1990s and you liked to party, you went there. Towering over six floors and holding over 1,500 people, Velfarre was a legendary Roppongi club that claimed to be the biggest of its kind in Asia. Pumping out cheesy Eurobeat, the club fuelled techno dance trends and was…
Zynga, the big-hitting developers of games like FarmVille and CityVille, has found itself in court accused of not just ripping off another company’s idea, but literally stealing the code for it. Developer SocialApps claims that it entered into an agreement with Zynga back in 2009 to develop a farming game, based on its existing Facebook…
Joyland, a theme park in China built with massive (if unlicensed) tributes to the video games of Blizzard Entertainment, has actually opened its doors. People are going on the rides. And taking photos. In true Oh China fashion, the StarCraft section has been renamed Universe of Starship, while the World of Warcraft sections are even…
The new man in charge of the Hollywood adaptation of PS3 game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Neil Burger, says he’s starting the film over from scratch, “going back to the videogame.” His choice for Drake is still undecided. [Crave Online]
In case you couldn’t tell from the lack of serious updates or the departure of the game’s creator, Capcom’s Mega Man Legends 3 has now officially been shitcanned. Neither the community-driven prototype or a final commercial product will be released, Capcom saying the progress made on the game did not meet “the required criteria” necessary…
Welcome back to the week, Kotaku readers. Can we get you some off topic conversation? Excellent! Then just sit right there while we prepare some for you in the comments. We can talk about Batman, South Park, The Dark Tower… whatever! Did anyone happen to catch that trailer for The Avengers this weekend? That looked…
Mortal Kombat fans have double the finale to look forward to at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con. One is the final episode of Kevin Tancharoen’s live action Mortal Kombat Legacy and, immediately following, the reveal of a new Mortal Kombat character. NetherRealm Studios will reveal the fourth (and final?) downloadable character coming to Mortal Kombat…
Mario may have forgotten his flexible apparel when eating that mushroom, but he gained a massive present for Princess! Hilarious comic by Chris Gerringer. Related Rampages: Pika Yoshi | DEF STAR Wallpapers (More) Big Mario by Chris Gerringer (Tumblr) (Facebook)(deviantART) Via: pixelbeatsscissors Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to…
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