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Because E3 Needed Giant Bugs To Blow To Hell

As sure as the sun will come up tomorrow, there will always be a new Earth Defense Force game to look forward to. Blowing up everything on the screen, from giant ants to giant robots, never gets old.


Pac-Man Returns This Fall In Another Pac-Man Game That’s Not Pac-Man

If you, like me, are the sort of person that instantly begins to worry when the first image you see of a new Pac-Man game is not a dot-filled maze, then… yeah. Coming this fall from Namco Bandai, it’s Pac-Man and Ghostly Adventures.


Play Star Trek With A Friend Or Be Lonely And Disappointed

“I’m really hurting here,” exclaimed the dashing and courageous Captain James T. Kirk, bruised and bloody on the cold metal floor of the space station, phaser gripped tight in his shaking hand. “That’s the logical result of charging face-first into a fortified turret, you stupid son-of-a-bitch,” I replied in a calm, measured tone. My Spock is a bit of a potty mouth.


App Review: What An Astoundingly Clever Way To Play Tekken

There are some incredibly sharp people out there who would truly enjoy playing Namco Bandai fighter Tekken competitive online, but lack the skills necessary to prevail against the lightning-fast reflexes of their peers. Tekken Card Tournament is the game for them.


Daft Punk Get Fancy Japanese Action Figures

Standing 15cm tall, these Daft Punk action figures are being released by Bandai Japan’s “premium collector’s label”, Tamashii Nations. They’re out in November.


The First Free-To-Play Pac-Man Arrives With A Tournament Twist

Realising that while we’ll always hold the original in the highest regard, no one wants to buy plain-old Pac-Man anymore, Namco Bandai has set the original arcade game free on Android, with a competitive way to get players to pay a little extra.


Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: The Kotaku Review

After nearly a decade of playing Naruto video games, that annoying little jerk of a ninja unleashes his most powerful move yet — making me cry. God, I hate him.


New Cartoon Shows Video Game Heroes Hate Annoying Help Messages Too

First, Bravoman appeared in Japanese arcades in the late ’80s. Then, the obscure Namco character showed up in a TurboGrafx port two years later. As of last year, he wound up launching the ShiftyLook line of webcomics dedicated to characters from old-school Namco Bandai games.


Here’s What You’ll Want To Know Before Watching Gundam Unicorn

Brace yourselves. I’m about to give some people a migraine from rolling their eyes too hard. I am a massive Gundam fan. So much so that I probably straddle the line of “geek” and go straight into “nerd” territory. Heck, I even know why Char chose to take on the name “Quattro Bajeena” for the Zeta Gundam series… (Note: If you didn’t understand a word of that, then that was your cue to begin rolling your eyes.)


You’ll Want To Snuggle With This Totally Tidy Ni No Kuni Plushie

What’s more adorable than Ni no Kuni? Homemade Ni no Kuni arts and crafts.


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