Masami Ochiai, the Chairman of Index Corporation, and his wife, Index president Yoshimi Ogawa, were arrested on fraud charges for allegedly cooking the company’s books. Index Corporation previously owned the Atlus brand, which has since been transferred to Sega.
There are lots of anime figures. Truth be told, many of them simply are not that memorable. This one, however, is. This is a figure of Hunter x Hunter character Gon after he transformed into an older version of himself. What’s the big deal, you say. Well… Wowzers! The figure is around 17 inches tall,…
Is that the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Nope, these are the new facilities for the elite Hebei Academy of Fine Arts in China. In China, folks have certainly noticed that the buildings look like the iconic wizard school. As reported on Sohu, Kanka News, and MSN China (via The Nanfang), the university’s head,…
A PR stunt for Ubisoft’s new Watch Dogs game has backfired, with a Police bomb squad called to the offices of an Australian news station. A package arrived at the offices of Ninemsn yesterday, containing a letter and a small safe. Media industry site Mumbrella reports that the letter told the addressee to check their…
Yulin Li is a concept artist who, having worked in Shanghai for a few years, has recently moved to Canada. You can see more of Yulin’s work here and here To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…
It’s just another day at the office for the soldiers of the Dark Souls universe.
Nicole Jacobs writes over on Bleeding Cool about the issue of harassment (and inadequate policies) at conventions. It’s required reading, if only so you can see Hollaback Philly’s anti-harassment cards.
The Schlitterbahn park in Kansas is home to the Verrückt, which when open will be the world’s tallest waterslide. It won’t be open for a little while, though, because it’s been reported that some testers – going at 60-70mph – have been going airborne. The slide is 168 feet tall, and the problem seems to…
Kairisia as Red from Transistor. Photo by BHMT. This is so good I don’t even know where to begin.
Wolfenstein’s digital version on PC is a monstrous 43GB download. If you thought that was an inconvenience for people using Steam’s servers, spare a thought (or a laugh) for those trying to illegally download the game TorrentFreak has taken a look at the comments sections of some piracy links and come up with a few…
Valve’s Eric Hope has announced a delay in the company’s Steam Machine hardware. Writing in a community post, Hope says in relation to the system’s controller that “Realistically, we’re now looking at a release window of 2015, not 2014”. “Obviously we’re just as eager as you are to get a Steam Machine in your hands”,…
Sorry folks: we mistakenly printed that Ubisoft had been hacked today because of certain rumors floating around about why uPlay is acting up for some. We’ll continue to keep an eye on the situation, and apologize for the mistake.
While Kirk plays his way through the entire game in order to get our formal review done, I thought I’d pass the time by writing up my own impressions of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs, which I’ve been playing for a couple of days now. The short version is I don’t really like it that much. The…
It’s difficult for native English speakers to pronounce Chinese names that use sounds they’re not used to using. This video can give you an idea of how to at least get close. Games in Asia put together this handy video explaining how to pronounces the names of some of the biggest Chinese League players so…
All-but-confirming earlier reports, EA has opened a website for Battlefield: Hardline, which from the previous stories and the official imagery appears to ditch global warfare in favour of some very heavy-handed police action. Counter-Strike with tanks, anyone? The site is saying there’ll be a more comprehensive unveiling on June 9 (ie, at E3) at 12:00PDT.…
This past Sunday, I decided to soak in the sights, sounds, and smells of the Big Apple by taking the train from my home in northern Manhattan to Brooklyn. Then I’d walk all the way back—or at least see how far I could go before my legs gave out. The Manhattan Bridge was on my…
Microsoft’s dream of a Kinect-controlled future has hit the skids. The Wii was basically a really, really long fad, and the Wii U just isn’t taking off. Are cool, innovative game controllers on the way out? Not quite. They’ve just moved to new places, is all. Rock Paper Shotgun talked to all sorts of developers…
Cats can be more than just aloof, adorable jerks, you know. They can also be Jenga masters. Or at least, Alan Palesko‘s cat, Moe, is pretty good at Jenga: Yes, the cat might topple the Jenga tower over at the end. But you know what? The human took two turns beforehand, too. If that doesn’t…
This is what survival horror is supposed to do: scare the heck out of you. It’s not just Kotaku‘s Tina Amini who got profoundly disturbed by The Evil Within. Bethesda put a bunch of non-industry folks in front of the upcoming Shinji Mikami game and recorded their reactions to the gory proceedings. Their jumps and…
A half-year past launch, the PlayStation 4 still feels like an overachiever. The system runs better and is improving faster than its predecessor. Everything is relative, though. The PS4 is still a year-one console and has familiar year-one issues. It’s not yet a must-have. Early impressions were correct, thank goodness. I reviewed the PS4 in…
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