Hyper Light Drifter's Retro Collector's Edition Is So HotMike Fahey5/25/16 3:39pm9832EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkMost digital download only games don’t get a fancy collector’s edition release. Hyper Light Drifter is not most download only games, and its collectors edition, up for presale tomorrow from iam8bit, is very fancy indeed.
XCOM Soundtracks Combined On Vinyl, Look Hot To BootLuke Plunkett2/10/16 6:30pm3311EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkContinuing their series of “excellent video game soundtracks with amazing cover art”, iam8bit’s latest effort is this gorgeous 2xLP XCOM soundtrack, collecting the score from both the original and XCOM 2.
New Journey Print By JC RichardJohn Struan4/03/14 12:36am2EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkJourney print by JC Richard going on sale tomorrow at iam8bit.
It's a Game Console. It's Art. It's Both.Evan Narcisse6/06/13 8:00pm26EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink The PS4. The Xbox One. The Ouya. The Game Stick. 2013's turning out to be the year for all sorts of new hardware to come out of hiding. And now those systems are joined by the most mysterious and colorful one of all: the iam8bit Entertainment System. Want to know the hardware specs? You'll need to go to an art show…
If This Spring Breakers Parody Is Half As Good As The Film, I'm InTina Amini5/31/13 12:00pm362EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIt's Spring Gamers, starring Games Franco! This is a thing I want that I never knew I wanted.
Real Majora's Mask Is Too Beautiful To Actually WearLuke Plunkett5/07/13 3:00am452EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkArtist Camille Young - who we've featured before here - is the master craftsperson behind this amazing 1:1 replica of Majora's Mask from the Zelda game of the same name.
To-Do in Los Angeles: Go and Punch a Car Pinata to Celebrate 25 Years of Street FighterEvan Narcisse8/03/12 2:00pm11EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink We've already shown you a sneak peek at the awesome art being created to celebrate the quarter-century birthday of Capcom's legendary fighting game series. And you can drool over a few more pieces in the gallery above. If you go to the Combo Attack Art Show at the IAm8-Bit gallery space, you'll see all of those and…
M. Bison Wants to Take Over the (Art) WorldLuke Plunkett7/27/12 12:30am28EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThere's an art show opening next Friday in LA called Combo Attack. It's a celebration of all things Street Fighter, and will include the work of over fifty artists.
These Games With Donut Whales and Robot Pickles Should Be A Real ThingTina Amini3/29/12 12:00pm9EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink The Game Developers Conference sees a lot of creativity and interesting ideas pass through the halls of the convention center it's hosted at. Production company iam8bit put together their own creative project that spawned some abstract and quirky game ideas. Using oversized fridge magnets—you know, the ones with…
Nintendo's Zelda Room Won't Be Destroyed by the Moon in Three DaysLuke Plunkett11/28/11 5:20am53EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Nintendo of America, as part of the company's 25th anniversary celebrations for The Legend of Zelda, got the team at iam8bit to dress up a room in the fashion of the series.
Octorok, Koopa, Goomba, RoombaMichael McWhertor9/19/11 11:00pm13EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Four Roombas swept across the floor at this year's SUPER iam8bit art show, recreations of the most memorable low-ranking bad guys from Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. Thanks to iam8bit, you can now see those Nintendo-fied Roombas in video action.
To-Do In Los Angeles: Say Goodbye to SUPER iam8bit This Weekend at Artist SigningMichael McWhertor9/08/11 8:00pm3EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkHas it already been a month since the launch of SUPER iam8bit, the LA gallery show of fine, video game-inspired art? Sadly, it has, meaning the show is coming to an end this weekend. But there's a silver lining!
Adventure Games Give us a Lesson In Fine ArtLuke Plunkett8/12/11 6:00am24EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkSome of the world's greatest paintings collide with some of the world's greatest adventure games in this collection by Aled Lewis.
To-Do In Los Angeles: See Art and Games Collide at SUPER iam8bitMichael McWhertor8/11/11 7:20pm10EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkReminder! Tonight's the tonight. The iam8bit art show returns to Los Angeles, California as SUPER iam8bit, opening its doors at 7 p.m. to the public in sunny, spotlessly clean Echo Park. You may want to line up hours ago, Angelenos.
Know Your Zelda Animals, Monsters, Beasts, Bird People and Weird Chicken ThingsLuke Plunkett8/11/11 5:30am39EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkArtist Jude Buffum has come up with this impressive (and informative!) piece called Magna Arbor Vitae Deku. It's essentially a biology chart of the Zelda universe.
A Special Preview of the New SUPER iam8bit Art Show, Returning to LA This WeekMichael McWhertor8/08/11 10:00pm611EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThis Thursday, the iam8bit video game art show returns to Los Angeles, California more super powered than before. More than 100 artists will debut video game-inspired artwork at SUPER iam8bit, a small taste of which Kotaku can show you a few days early.
The Kiss of The Legend of ZeldaMichael McWhertor7/25/11 3:40pm66EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkInspired by The Legend of Zelda and Gustav Klimt's work, Rich Pellegrino created this amazing painting for the August 11th "SUPER IAM8BIT" show in Los Angeles, Ca (7PM to 11PM). Check out the design process at his blog.
The Ultimate Video Game Art Exhibition Gets Super-SizedMike Fahey7/21/11 5:40pm8EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink The iam8bit art exhibition kicks off its fifth year of breathing twisted new life into 80's gaming icons with its biggest show yet, so expansive that it can only be called SUPER iam8bit.
Artsy Production Firm iam8bit Struck E3 With Stealth and SwagDrew Cohen6/17/11 5:20pm13EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Multi-media collective iam8bit knows how to advertise itself: slyly, theatrically and with neat, removable swag.