Oh my gosh, it’s happening! Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! and Drum ‘n’ Fun! —new entries in the amazing Japanese rhythm game series— will release on November 2nd for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Start practicing now, friends.

NBA Live 19 will allow you to create female players, a first for the video game basketball series. The next entry in the non-2K NBA game will be out on September 9.

Vampyr will get two new modes “later this summer.” Story mode will emphasize narrative, while hard mode will make the game’s fights “much more difficult.” I thought Vampyr would be great with less combat, so I’m excited to check out these changes when they’re live

Track: Long Walk Back to San Antone | Artist: Junior Brown | Album: Long Walk Back Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

God Eater Online, the online version of God Eater for iOS and Android, is ending service on September 27 in Japan. The game was originally released on February 16, 2017.

Sega game Golden Axe is getting a stage play adaptation in Japan this December. Costumes and stage photos haven’t yet been released, so it’s unclear how the play will address muscle-bound giants, skimpy outfits and fire-breathing creatures.

Genbaku Dome. Hiroshima, Japan. By David Leonard. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

K-Pop Pick Of The Day: Mr Chu

Korean girl group concepts exist along a spectrum of cute to sexy. There are outliers, and a group may move up or down this spectrum along the course of their lifespans, but generally speaking, most of them can be neatly categorized along this line: they’re either on the cuter side, or the sexier side, and…