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DeviantArt’s biggreenpepper re-imagines some of Dota 2’s cast as mob bosses, made men, and just criminals in general—and it works surprisingly well, even with the whole coming in all shapes and sizes and colors thing. Full-size pic below. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…
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Happy 15th birthday, PlayStation 2! Sony launched their second home console in Japan on March 4, 2000, with games such as Street Fighter EX3 and Kessen. Eventually, the PS2 became not only the best-selling console of its generation, but the best-selling console overall, with over 155 million units sold worldwide.
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Majora’s Mask 3D: The TAY Review • Parks and Rec, and the Great Feeling of Being Proud of my Entertaiment • Sword Art Online Vol. 3 – Fairy Dance: The Review • Games People Hate: Peggle Blast! • Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Aipom, Sunkern, Sunflora…
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This Is Not a Real Apartment
Nope, it’s another one of those fake Unreal Engine 4 apartments. Those fake, gorgeous Unreal Engine 4 apartments. The demo, called Scandinavian, was posted to the Unreal Engine forums by blessod, an architectural visualization veteran of seven years. It shows a small and simple, but spacious and well-lit apartment equipped with, judging by the name,…
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3D Realms Shows Gameplay from their Duke Nukem-like Action RPG
Bombshell, an upcoming ARPG from the makers of Duke Nukem and 2013’s Rise of the Triad reboot, was revealed last year in May with an extremely vague teaser trailer, featuring a girl with a robot arm sitting around and aiming guns. The latest trailer, on the other hand, appears to have some actual in-game footage.…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: NotGoodForReview – Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (Episode 1) • Anime Opening/Ending Song Roundup by Ani-TAY – Week 9 • Grex’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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Huge Minecraft Adventure Map Stars the Wonders of the Ancient World
Twelve world wonders, strewn across a massive landmass, all overrun with monsters. And it’s your job to clear them out, of course. Wayward Wonders is a CTM or Complete The Monument map, meaning that the objective is to collect blocks—in this case, by defeating the monsters at each of the dozen world wonders, seen below:…
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Our First Look at the Next Trine
The last new entry to the Trine action-adventure-platformer series was with Goblin Menace in 2012, an expansion for Trine 2, which itself came out in late 2011. So yeah, it’s been a pretty long time, and it looks like Trine 3 is right around the corner… ish. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power will star…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: A Better Class of Game Criticism: Part 1 • Games People Hate: A Primer • Pre-Cult: Transistor • Assassination Classroom Makes Me Like the Octopus Guy • Elihu’s Four in February 2015: A Journey Through Time and Space [Majora’s Mask & Metroid Prime] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pre-Cult: Saints Row: Gat out of Hell • Confessions of an Aging Gamer • Bulk up or Stretch it out: Spacing Serialized Stories • Indie HYPE: Infinifactory TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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Tiny Felt Pokémon Contain Weaponized Levels of Cute
They’re round, they’re small, they’re fluffy, they’re based on cute fictional monsters, and they’re smiling. Yep, that’s a deadly combo alright. The talented individual behind these felted dolls is DeviantArt’s xxNostalgic. She’s made quite a few of them over the past few years—up top, you can see Pikachu Pudding and Ribbon Raichu. There’s a lot…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Politoed, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff • Listen to The Indoor Kids • Mine and Your Most Intense Game Moments • Chinese New Year Food TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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Oooh, that looks painful. In this piece of 3D Final Fantasy VII fanart, done in a Bravely Default-esque style by Sketchfab’s HongZhihao, Cloud scores a huge hit on Sephiroth, making him drop his blade. Make sure to check out the embedded model below for more angles on the scene. Dayshot is an image-based feature that…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Game of the Week—Devil May Zelda of War [Darksiders] • Story Time with Hamburge: Bayonet Training • Novi gets games: The Firefly Diary and Hyperdevotion Noire TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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The Worst Thing about this Bane Figure: There’s Only One
Crafted by 3D game artist Andrew Pearson-Roach, this real-world version of Batman supervillain Bane at least has several cool photos we can look at. Pearson-Roach (aka Roach3D) created the figure to enter a local “Superheroes and Supervillains”-themed art show, taking several months with it. Bane measures 12x12x12 inches, and his tubes light up, making for…
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How Mythology and Pop Culture Influenced Mass Effect
From sci-fi references to artistic nods, the Mass Effect series has numerous connections to the real world—this video, narrated by none other than Commander Shepard (or Mark Meer if you will) himself, looks at some of them. For example, did you know that: Mass Effect 2’s Collectors were inspired by real-world insects. Okay, that one…
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