It’s summer! Time to head to the pool and the beach—with a bajillion other people. Here is a sample of what are apparently swimming spots in China. There doesn’t look like there’s much swimming going on. The images are a bit like looking at Pointillism paintings or video game sprites. If these photos amaze you,…
Dante’s brother, Vergil, is headed to DmC; Devil May Cry
Earlier this spring, I was at shopping mall in Osaka with my family. It was a typical day—a typical day that involved us hanging out at the Ultraman store While at the mall, we noticed that there was a LEGO event called “Build Up Japan”. Kids were asked to build futuristic structures—by asked, LEGO gave…
We have no idea how well the newest Star Wars game, 1313, plays. From what little of it we’ve seen, it appears to be your standard third-person, cover-based shooter. But boy does it look amazing. This trailer, the game’s first proper clip for public consumption, mixes footage we saw at E3 with some new stuff,…
Tokyo got a giant Gundam. Osaka? Osaka is getting a giant Gundam box. From August 15 to August 21, an enormous replica of Gundam model packaging is going up in Osaka Station. The structure measures 8.3 meters (27 feet) across. Inside, there will be an array of models on display. The goal is hopefully attract…
When you finish that pack of cigarettes, you’re left with more than filters and smelly clothes. There are also empty cigarette boxes—oh, and the possibility you’re getting an awful disease. But let’s ignore the health risks for a minute! Let’s just focus on those empty boxes, and the awesome fighter jets they can become. Recently…
Wargame: European Escalation, released on PC earlier this year, was great. Developed by the team behind RUSE, and very much in the spirit of the just-as-excellent World in Conflict, W:EE took us back to the Cold War with a gorgeous, intimate look at fictional tussle between NATO and the Soviet Bloc. Next year, it’ll be…
For the second time this week, “SuperDae” is trying to offload an alleged Xbox “Durango” development kit
David Vigil, who is a master leathersmith, is taking orders for an item he’s called “UNCHARTED 3: Nathan Drake Inspired Gun Holster”. While appearing to be entirely unlicensed by Sony, official blessing seems to be the only thing it’s lacking. Because it looks incredible. Based on, obviously, Drake’s shoulder holster from the third game in…
Nicola Adams, a boxer and freshly-minted Olympic gold medalist, is currently facing Britain’s media answering countless questions about her preparation, training, state of mind, reaction to winning, blah blah blah. I found one of her answers a little more interesting than the rest, though. Speaking with The Independent, Adams says that the night before her…
These days, Rockstar are known as a publisher with a reputation for very slick marketing, especially when it comes to their flagship series, Grand Theft Auto. Things weren’t always as “cool”, though. As this advertisement from 1997, for the very first game in the series, shows. Run before Rockstar was even known as Rockstar, it’s…look,…
Here’s something very cool: a rare look so far behind the scenes of how a video game console is made that you’re seeing the very beginning. The injection moulds used to actually make the plastic components that came together to become an Atari Jaguar. To recap: the Jaguar sucked, it died a horrible death, and…
If you don’t know Raymond Swanland by name, you may well know him by his work. A veteran concept artist, Swanland has worked across numerous fields, but around these parts will probably look most familiar to people for his Oddworld and Magic: The Gathering images. Swanland spent eight years working on the classic Oddworld series,…
There’s a new Sesame Street DVD out that is, according to whichever Muppet writes their press releases, “full of fun video game spoofs”. It appears they are telling the truth. Going a little beyond your clichéd Space Invaders and Pac-Man, there’s a bunch of more contemporary games being reappropriated for the purposes of education, like…
Mortal Kombat can be hard enough at the best of times, but could you play it with your eyes closed? Course you couldn’t. And even then, you at least know what the stage and characters look like when you open your eyes again. James, blind from birth, does not. Which is what makes his story…
Valve’s announcement of a new “Mann vs Machine” game mode for Team Fortress 2 didn’t just come out of the blue. It didn’t even have its hat tipped over the weekend No, the studio that does crowd-teasing like no other has been building up to this moment for over two years The history of the…
As long as we’re posting dialogue bits that we enjoy, I thought that this fine Monday evening I’d share my favorite line from Speed. Which is saying something! I don’t know why, but my sister, friends and I would repeat this line—Cans! It was cans!—over and over and over again, laughing and laughing. Evidently we…
Last year, Kotaku reader Chris Sands went through a bit of a rough patch. Undergoing complex brain surgery to help alleviate a bizarre hiccupping condition (which got him on the BBC as the star of a documentary!), he made PSP game Beaterator an integral part of his rehabilitation. An avid musician, putting beats together on…
Calm down, calm down. It’s a joke, Internet. But seriously, how DARE that woman take the puppy away. Or back. Or whatever.
Did you feel slightly on edge when you got out of bed this morning? Like your world was just a little bit more dangerous? As you went about your day, did you have the sense that you were… hunted? Well, that might be because IT’S MOTHER EFFIN SHARK WEEK, YO. Shark Week is the Discovery…
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