The kids at Corridor Digital certainly know their glitches, because the ones shown in this vid aren’t some abstract hiccups that nobody ever faces. They’re based, pretty literally in some cases, on the kind of things that bring nightmares into the dreams of small children The Glitch [Corridor Digital]
While the first game in the series has yet to leave Japanese shores, Tales of Xillia 2 was recently released in Japan. Using the same engine as the first game, Xillia 2 mixes an anime-style RPG with the fast and furious battles the series is famous for. Xillia 2 sports a few changes over the…
Initially, Mass Effect incorrectly (and embarrassingly) got the blame for the tragic Sandy Hook school shooting. Now, British tabloids are picking up the “played video games” angle to single out Call of Duty and Dynasty Warriors Today’s morning edition of The Sun carries this headline: “KILLER’S CALL OF DUTY OBSESSION”. The sub headline reads “Massacre…
As the Macross 30th Anniversary year comes to a close, Bandai-Namco is preparing to release Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy, the first full-length Macross game on the PlayStation 3. This “flight simulation RPG” mega-crossover game includes characters and transforming fighter planes from across all five main Macross series. But how exactly does…
I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember. I started with an Atari 2600 before moving on to the good old NES and beyond. Yet, in all that time I have never enjoyed versus gaming. Perhaps this is because, as a kid, I was the youngest of my game playing friends—and…
Doh! First China was fooled by The Onion into thinking Kim Jong Un was the “Sexiest Man Alive”, and now North Korea actually thinks that he’s Time magazine’s Man of the Year. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday that Mr. Kim was selected by Time subscribers, “including politicians,…
When Hideo Kojima isn’t making Metal Gear games, he’s taking photos of his food. And today, those two things—games and food pics—congeal into one amazing lunch box. Kojima was at Sony’s Tokyo headquarters to check out the special PlayStation 3 bento boxes. They’re actually Metal Gear and Final Fantasy “character bento” to mark both franchise’s…
Masahiro Sakurai, who helmed Kid Icarus: Uprising, recently showed off these two new Figma Kid Icarus figures of the characters Pit and Dark Pit. Pretty nice! No word on when they’ll be released. These are the latest in Figma’s line of Nintendo figures. Previously, Kotaku reviewed the Figma Link. Figma [@Sora_Sakurai] Kotaku East is your…
As the world gets increasingly tense, cosplay nerds in Taiwan have it all figured it out: there’s no better diplomacy than cosplay diplomacy. Bless them. These photos are from the recent Petit Fancy and the Comic World events, which were held near the prestigious National Taiwan University. Many of the cosplayers enjoyed dressing up as…
Two men in military garb. They bow slightly, and their hands make the universal motion for “go first”. The text reads loosely, “After you, Prime Minister.” This ad originally appeared in 1982. And now in 2012, it’s finding an audience with a new generation of Japanese, worried about the country building up its army, going…
Don’t get too excited just yet! It’s only one Versus character (Noctis). And it’s only one drawing. What’s more, it looks vaguely like character art we saw earlier this year. But, it is apparently new, and it does feature other FF characters. Keep the dream alive! This art comes via a Kotaku reader, who says…
Next June, Japanese collectible company Kotobukiya will be releasing this 12.5″ statue of Isaac Clarke, as he appears in the upcoming Dead Space 3 He looks… well, pretty amazing. Not to mention warm, all tucked up in that nice fluffy jacket. The lighting effects you see come from LEDs in his helmet, backpack and gloves,…
Forget all these DayZ blow-ins. Before there were zombies, BI’s ArmA II was a game known for its brutal adherence to military strategy, an uncompromising sandbox in which people could get close—but not too close—to actual combat conditions. Nothing shows this more elegantly than ShackTac’s 2012 Year in Review video, which compiles the year’s best…
An unnamed but clearly wealthy and eccentric man who lives in the “Pennsylvania countryside” has allowed photographers inside his house. Which looks like it should be sitting under Bag End. Designed by architect Peter Archer, who worked with a “team of craftsmen” to complete the home, it was completed in 2004, and was modelled after…
We’ve featured the art of Morgan Yon here on Kotaku not once, but twice. Today, a third time. Why? Because it’s too good not to, that’s why. This latest batch is from Yon’s work on ZombiU, Ubisoft’s Wii U launch title set in a post-apocalyptic London. In case you couldn’t tell it was post-apocalyptic London…
Sadly, it won’t make the holiday shopping season, but toy company NECA’s replica Half-Life 2 gravity gun will be available for purchase next Spring. It’s 1:1 scale, and as you can see from the prototype below, lights up as well. Since this is the same company behind the replica Portal guns, you could probably expect…
In a great piece over on Gameranx, Jenn Frank has come up with a very long list of names. Your job? Decide which ones are video games and which ones belong to pharmaceutical drugs. Sounds ridiculous, but then you start reading, and…oh god. It’s so hard. Some are obvious, but of the 42, most will…
Ah, 1996. The future, as the front cover of Toys R’ Us’ catalogue so boldly states, is here! Or…was there. And it was only really there for some of the systems involved (sorry, Sega Saturn!) I love looking at these things. Not for the general nostalgic rush, but to see the individual games highlighted. Of…
When users began pouring into Halo’s official online forums complaining that a new map pack had been inadvertently banning them from matchmaking multiplayer, it seemed to be a widespread problem. Well, according to Microsoft, it was about as widespread as those people who had gone to post on the forum. A statement provided to Kotaku…
Some people watch A Christmas Story every year. Others watch Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. Not me! I watch Bad Santa The profane and offensive film also happens to be a genuine celebration of the Christmas spirit, equally hilarious and weirdly heartfelt. It’s become my favorite holiday movie, even. This great article at The Onion A.V.…
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