February 13, 2012 – Courtesy of Freddie Wong, the US President is reminded of why actual Special Forces troops are selected for their training and fitness, not their K:D ratio.
Doom, Meet Warhammer 40k. Warhammer 40k, Meet Doom.
February 13, 2012 – This was once, in a former life, an entire army of Warhammer 40K miniatures. It is now one of the greatest tributes to id's classic Doom I've ever seen. There are the obvious conversions. More »
Grand Theft Auto IV Mod Turns 2008 Graphics Into 2012 Graphics
February 13, 2012 – Grand Theft Auto IV's iCEnhancer series of mods and tweaks takes a Rockstar PC game that looked pretty good already and turns it into - relative to the scale and size of GTAIV - the prettiest video game on the planet. At least, if realism is your thing. More »
Tetris Knows how to Keep a Lady’s Legs Warm
February 13, 2012 – Or if not warm, then at least fashionable. RETRO GAMER LEGGINGS [Black Milk, via Fashionably Geek] More »
Dear Esther: The Kotaku Review
February 13, 2012 – Dear Esther is a terrible video game. Which would be a problem if Dear Esther was a video game. What began in 2008 as a mod for Half-Life 2 has, after years of picking up first buzz and then critical acclaim, transformed in 2012 into a full-blown commercial release, with all the updated visuals... More »
Bastion’s Narrator + Skyrim Makes for Wonderful Viewing
February 13, 2012 – Take the narrator from Bastion. Layer him over the top of some Skyrim machinima. Sit back. Enjoy. Skyrim: Bastion Narrator Edition [YouTube, via Destructoid] More »
Old Republic has Action Figures too, You Know
February 13, 2012 – You've seen the Star Wars: the Old Republic LEGO from Toy Fair, now see the Star Wars: the Old Republic action figures from Toy Fair. Don't get too worked up; More »
Max Payne 3 Screens Show Two Guns are Better Than None
February 12, 2012 – Here's three news screens from the upcoming Max Payne 3. Whenever I think Max Payne, I think a trenchcoat diving in slow-motion, a gun blazing from each hand. More »
Your First Good Look at Halo 4’s Master Chief Comes From…an Action Figure
February 12, 2012 – Halo 4 will be the first game in the main series to have not been developed by Bungie. If you think that means the new studio at the helm would want to tinker with the design of the game's hero, you are dead right. McFarlane toys have released the first images of their Halo 4 action figures, and... More »
One of the Idiots From Jersey Shore is Bringing his Fake Tan to Video Games
February 12, 2012 – Mike Sorrentino, aka The Situation from MTV's Jersey Shore, doesn't just fancy himself as a man who struts about a reality show doing...stuff. He also fancies himself as, of all things, a video game developer. More »
There’s a Link From Zelda Action Figure Coming, and it Looks Surprisingly Great
February 12, 2012 – While there have been a few lines of gashapon pieces coming out of Japan, there hasn't been a proper action figure from the Legend of Zelda series for years. More »
Valve Toys, Half-Life Toys, TF2 Toys, Get a Look at Them Right Here
February 12, 2012 – Kotaku was at the New York Toy Fair this weekend in full effect, snapping photos, taking footage and just generally gawking at all the awesome new video game toys that'll be lining up for your disposable incomes in 2012. The highlight for me? More »
Get Your First Look at Mass Effect’s New Female Shepard in Action
February 10, 2012 – In this new trailer for the fast-approaching Mass Effect 3, we get to see a lot of old scenes played out by a very new face. This is your first in-game look at the new default female Commander Shepard, fresh off the public auction block and replacing the old standard model. More »
Tim Schafer Even Makes Kevin Costner Movies More Bearable
February 10, 2012 – In case you've been away or in a coma for the past 24 hours, see here for reference. Fund of Dreams [GameTrailers @ Facebook] More »
Team Fortress 2 Channels LL Cool J (What?)
February 10, 2012 – There's a new item in Team Fortress 2 that the Scout can employ which plays music. Sounds pretty trivial, but man, you've got to read Valve's description of the item. My radio's bad from the Boulevard. I'm a hip-hop gangster and my name is Todd. Terrorising my neighbours with the heavy bass. I keep... More »
What Pokémon Would Look Like as Classic Disney Characters
February 10, 2012 – Canadian artist Beth Turnsek is the one to thank for these amazing Pokémon images which reimagine the Japanese series in her own charming style, which resembles classic animated films. What's cool about this series is that she's gone through and drawn her favourite pocket monster from each... More »
Mass Effect Gets the Final Fantasy VII Treatment
February 10, 2012 – In Final Fantasy VII, there are two art styles at work. On the overworld, everyone is blocky, cute and deformed, but jump into a battle - or look at the game's promo art - and suddenly everyone's adult-sized and finely-detailed. 3D artist Nix has taken the same approach and applied it to Mass... More »
Blizzard and Valve go to War Over DOTA Name
February 10, 2012 – Blizzard once made a game called WarCraft III. Then someone made an awesome mod for it called DOTA. Then Valve decided to make a game called DOTA 2. Then Blizzard decided to make something called Blizzard DOTA. More »
Video Game Divorce Rates Lower Than Real Divorce Rates
February 10, 2012 – Maplestory, an online game that's been running since 2003 (2005 in North America), lets players get married. It also lets them get divorced. And that's where it gets interesting. In 2011, the divorce rate in Maplestory for North American players was 46%. More »
Why the Internet Gave This Man $1 Million. In a Single Day.
(Kotaku.com ) February 10, 2012 – In case you've missed it, a video game idea on Kickstarter has helped smash the site's records by raising over one million dollars in a single day. That. [Gizmodo]
