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New Grasshopper Game To Leap Out For Quake Charity

Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes, is about to release a new iOS game called Frog Minutes. All proceeds from the upcoming game will go to the Japanese Red Cross, the company says in an official release. Frog Minutes will be released this Wednesday.

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

These Video Game Masterpieces Are Nothing But Text

What if, instead of action figures and comic books, our favourite video games inspired classic, dog-eared works of literature instead? These images by A. J. Hateley show us just such a scenario, taking some fairly random games – a little Half-Life 2 here, a little Deadly Premonition there – and basing torn old books on…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

It’s Master Chief vs Samus In A 16-Bit Battle To The Death

The long-in-development Card Sagas Wars, a super-deformed fighting game based on the MUGEN engine, is a place where fighting game dreams come true. In this case, for those who have dreamed of seeing Master Chief take on Samus, Raving Rabbids and…Tingle? MUGEN is a free 2D fighting game engine (and originally a customisable 2D fighting…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

Take A (Virtual) Seat In The Crowd At A Korean StarCraft Tournament

This is Eemma, a Swedish student with a camera. And if you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to go and see professional StarCraft players face off in Seoul, she’s your gal! Shot in a quaint “virtual tourist” style, this isn’t a video showing you what the matches were like. What strategies were used.…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

Little Kid Tricked Out Of His PSP

Twenty-six year old Takanori Osanai didn’t have a job. He didn’t have a permanent address. But he apparently had a plan to steal PSPs. “My goal was to sell the PSP I swindled away,” Osanai told authorities in Omiya in Saitama Prefecture, which is outside Tokyo. On March 23 at around 2:15pm, Osanai approached a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

Dynasty Warriors Studio Vandalized With “Shit Game” Graffiti

Koei, the Yokohama-based game company best known for Dynasty Warriors, was recently vandalized. The studio’s offices were graffitied with red spray paint. “Shit game”, “die”, “garbage” and “divine retribution” were spray painted on the front of the building. There is speculation online that the graffiti is related to the most recent Dynasty Warriors. However, Japanese…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Comes With An Evil Revelation

On sale this June, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for the 3DS will be bundled with a demo for the upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations. [via IT Media]

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

Handcuff Yourself For Extra Battery Life

The Universal Gadget Wrist Charger sports a 1,500mAh 5.5V rechargeable lithium ion battery that comes with nine different adapters to charge a whole host of portable devices like the iPhone, the PSP, the DS Lite and the DSi/3DS. The bracelet has LED lights to gauge battery life and weighs only 82 grams. It can be…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

If This Is The Future Of Space Games, Sign Me Up

For all its political intrigue and gorgeous player models, EVE Online is still, like all other MMOs, a little stale. This concept trailer shows how developers CCP are planning on spicing things up a little. To complement the EVE Online MMO, a first-person shooter called Dust 514 is due for release sometime in the next…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

Even Street Fighters (And Tekken!) Are Helping Japan’s Quake Victims

In a cute piece of national solidarity, Osaka-based Capcom has released a pair of supportive wallpapers for Japanese (and other!) fans to help parts of Japan get back on their feet following the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

3DS Turns Up Used In Spades

While the West is just getting the Nintendo 3DS, which went on sale over the weekend, the console has been available in Japan since February 26. As evident by this story, used 3DS handhelds are not in short supply. All of these used 3DS handhelds are available slightly cheaper than the price for new units.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

First PlayStation Phone Is “Buggy”, Has Partial UK Launch Delay

The Xperia Play, Sony Ericsson’s first mobile platform making use of the PlayStation Suite, has seen part of its UK release delayed after a telcom provider found several bugs in the phone’s software. “We’ve been testing the phone non-stop for several weeks,” says O2’s lead tester Stuart Hibberd, “and have found some bugs in the…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

If All Music Games Were Mixed Into One Title

Artist Ken Taya, who’s currently at 5th Cell, debuted his last creation at Giant Robot’s Game Over 4. More here at his blog Top image is courtesy of Giant Robot’s Flickr, and full size image courtesy of Ken Taya

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

The First 3D Pin-Up Photos For The Nintendo 3DS

If the success of Julie Watai’s 3D photos are any indication, this could be the start of something big. Watai, who is a photographer herself as well as a pin-up model under the name “Ai Amano”, decided to offer 3D cheesecake photos as a free download. In the first two days they were available, the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

China Gets 3D Street Fighter For Arcades

Taiwanese arcade distributor Wahlap Technologies will be releasing in the Chinese market something of a novelty: a Street Fighter IV arcade cabinet that lets you play the game in 3D. This isn’t the existing 3DS version of Super Street Fighter cleaned up and re-released. In fact, it’s not Super Street Fighter IV at all. What…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

Will Japan’s Earthquake Impact The Tokyo Game Show?

The streets of Tokyo are darker these days. It’s not only rolling blackouts, but restaurants, convenience stores and electronics shops are turning off their signs at night in hopes to conserve electricity. The goal in conserving electricity is to divert it to the power grids in northeastern Japan that need it most. There are a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

The Man Who Already Broke His Brand New Nintendo 3DS

Over the weekend, the Nintendo 3DS finally went on sale in the West. Kotaku reader Alastair saved for months to get his own Aqua Blue 3DS. Then, he totally ruined it. “Within a couple of hours of opening the box I managed to spill metal polish on the desk on which the new handheld was…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011

Is The 3DS Suffering From A “Black Screen Of Death”?

Now that the 3DS is in the hands of customers across the Western world, people are finally playing the thing in large numbers. Large enough, it seems, to have found a “black screen of death” error affecting the handheld. It doesn’t seem terribly widespread, so don’t panic. But those who have encountered the error have…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

Mortal Kombat’s Final Roster Leaked

If you think looking at a character select screen for a fighter is a spoiler, move right along. If you’d like to see what looks like the final roster for the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, though, please continue! There is of course no way to verify the select screen at this time. If you’re working…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

Get Your Game Face On — In 3D

The 3DS Faces the Public | Kelly Yeom of Brooklyn and Roberto Sanna of Manhattan play Face Raiders while waiting for the midnight launch of the Nintendo 3DS at Best Buy’s Union Square location in New York.. (Photo: Anders Krusberg for Nintendo of America) Nintendo 3DS Buyer’s Guide We’ve played the games. We’ve shown you…

By Owen Good Published March 27, 2011