According to an official statement, Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes, raised $80,000 for quake relief via a fundraising event, a charity app and auctions.
The 3DS’s line-up is slimmer in Sweden. Fighting game Dead or Alive: Dimensions isn’t currently on the website for Bergasala, a Nintendo game distributor. There might be a good reason for that. Bergsala’s Patrik Johansson told Swedish website GameReactor, “Nintendo of Europe has due to various reasons decided not to distribute the game in Sweden.…
From March 12, 2012 to September 30, 2012, the Smithsonian American Art Museum is hosting “The Art of Video Games”. Included in the exhibit is BioShock. “The thought of seeing BioShock on display next to Georgia O’Keeffe and Thomas Hart Benton is, well, humbling,” said BioShock creator Ken Levine in an official release.
Iowa’s Bobbi VanZante and Elijah Slagter are in love. With each other, and with a mushroom-eating plumber. Their wedding’s theme? Mario. “We both grew up doing Mario, playing the Mario games and just something for our generation, and we wanted to do something different,” VanZante told Des Moines Channel 13 News. The first thing they…
Based in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara, Clone Factory is just that: a factory that makes clones. These clones are not made from flesh and blood, but resin. They are your own personal clones, ready to rule your bookshelf. Blogger Danny Choo from the appropriately named DannyChoo.com checked out Clone Factory, getting his mug measured, digitally…
Role-playing game Dragon Age II was a big hit. No wonder BioWare’s Alistair McNally tweeted: “I’m looking for exceptional environment artists to join me at #BioWare Edmonton, Canada to work on #DragonAge3 #gamejobs #jobs #3D #artists” [IGN via Eurogamer]
In PSP game Akiba’s Trip, players must expose vampires by…exposing them. Ripping their clothes off reveals if the characters are vampires. To promote the game, a maid costume similar to an outfit worn by an in-game bloodsucker is on display, inviting folks to strip it—or rather, flip up the skirt, revealing stripped knickers. A sign…
The holy shit moment of the Nintendo 3DS is its Augmented Reality capability. By using cards (or tattoos), the 3DS can project augmented reality. Sony is working on its own AR tech. It’s truly impressive. Called SmartAR, Sony’s augmented reality tech doesn’t require special markers or 2D. Thus, an object can be captured by a…
Kotaku‘s already posted the game’s Western box art—it looks nice. The game’s Japanese box art looks nice, too. Maybe, even, nicer? It’s tasteful, that’s for sure.
They might look like regular people, but their gaming skills are anything but. They’re superplayers. They take gaming as far as it can physically go. Here is an assortment of clips from the past few years. Some of them you might have seen, some of them you might not have seen. They’re worth repeated viewing,…
In Japan, convenience stores, or “conbini” as they’re called, dot the landscape. They’re where people buy food and drink, pay bills, send letters and stand and read magazines without paying for them. Some might like Family Mart, others prefer Daily Yamazaki. I like Lawson, because more than any other corner store in Japan it panders…
It all started with a middle finger. It was directed firmly at England, and for the next 200-plus years, America’s desire to do things its own way hasn’t changed. The country’s pride hasn’t either. Americans believe they are exceptional, something you can see everywhere. Take how the country views the Olympic Games. Athletes pegged to…
All Systems Go | TOKYO, JAPAN: Fighters Uncaged launches in Japan. (Photo: Game Impress Watch) Japan’s Oldest (And Most Famous) Hardcore Dragon Quest Player Actress Keiko Awaji is proof of two things: video games have no age limit and even pretty ladies get old. Guild Wars 2 , Your Art is Simply Beautiful I usually…
Today’s Xbox Live update includes expanded PayPal shopping options. The functionality is being rolled out today and “throughout the next couple of weeks”, depending on where in the world you live. The update also includes a power consumption auto-standby feature for consoles that are idle for an hour plus. [Major Nelson]
Throughout Japan, fastfood chain McDonald’s and multimedia shop Tsutaya have Nintendo DS zones that allow DS owners to connect and get original content. Now, a bank does, too. Staring today, the Bank of Kyoto is establishing a Nintendo zone at ten branches in Kyoto. The original content available includes “Notices from the Bank of Kyoto”,…
The PS3 is apparently overheating while playing L.A. Noire because of firmware. That’s according to a retracted statement from Rockstar, the studio behind L.A. Noire, adding that the issue persists mostly with older PS3 consoles. But the PS3 isn’t alone. There are reports online that the Xbox 360 version of the game is locking up.…
This month, famed Japanese model maker Kotobukiya is releasing an Aspina White-Glint Armored Core 4 model, based on a design from the popular mech game. Kotaku often features amazing finished models, but here’s a look at the box and parts it contains, culminating in a completed kit. Developed by From Software, Armored Core 4 was…
Capcom boss Kenzo Tsujimoto makes wine. How did he learn about it? By buying 10,000 bottles of it. “I bought the most famous and the finest,” Tsujimoto told The Japan Times. “I tasted a wide variety from all over the world; I compared them all in order to create the very best wine.” Imagine if…
Animator Lee Hardcastle made this short, which was shown last night at Cannes Film Festival. You might be familiar with Hardcastle’s last short, Chainsaw Maid 2. He even once did a music video in Mario Paint Hardcastle told the BBC earlier this year, “I guess I must have watched quite a lot of gore and…
Tecmo Koei is going to damn well try. The company’s Singapore arm is making Jollywood, reports The Straight Times. Screenshots are visible here
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