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I Shouldn’t Have Waited So Long To Play The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
For the past few years Eastern European developer Neocore Games has been releasing a series of excellent gothic horror PC action role-playing games, and I’ve been ignoring them. I blame Hugh Jackman. Every time I saw the title The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing pop up on my list of Steam releases, the first image…
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ReviewsSnacktaku Senses Great Fear In Kraft’s Star Wars Macaroni & Cheese
With The Force Awakens fever growing with each passing day, no where is safe from Star Wars merchandising—not even the pasta dish people usually make because they’ve too little time or money to eat real food. I kid Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (or Kraft Dinner in Canada), though really I don’t. Despite its general tastiness…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III‘s Most Brutal Scene Haunts Me
Lately I’ve been having nightmares about robots. Spoilers for the end of the first mission of Call of Duty: Black Ops III follow. It’s strange. I thought it would have been the zombies. My mind’s been fertile soil for the seeds of bad dreams since I was a small child, and over the years I’ve…
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CultureFor The Hatsune Miku Gamer Who Has Everything (Except This, Of Course)
Hardcore fans of Japanese virtual idol Hatsune Miku have already picked up a copy of Project Mirai DX for the 3DS—many even picked up a 3DS just to play it. What they probably don’t have is the Hatsune Miku Project Mirai Complete box set, packed with music, movies and toys. Watch the video to hear…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Nothing Coming Out This Week, Everyone Take A Nap
Nothing really stands out in this week’s release list. Oh wait, there is that one game… Of course I am talking about Superbeat Xonic from PM Studios, the folks previously responsible for the mostly glorious DJMax series of rhythm games. I’ve been playing it for a couple of weeks now on Vita, and while I…
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What’s More Exciting Than Overwatch? More Overwatch Animation.
Yannick might be quite fond of Overwatch, but I wasn’t charmed by an online shooter. I was charmed by a beautifully animated trailer. As this storyboard animation reel from BlizzCon demonstrates, there’s a lot more animation on the way. During yesterday’s World of Overwatch panel at BlizzCon, Chris Metzen and crew talked about how a…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Fallout 4 Adventures
Fallout 4 launches this week, and hundreds of thousands of gamers are eager to see where Bethesda’s vast open-world adventure will take them. Let’s speculate with pictures! It’s the classic tale of a boy (at least in this case) and his dog, wandering the wastelands of post-apocalyptic Massachusetts. Or modern day New York City. Or…
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Sunday Comics: Your Everyday Life
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published November 3. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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GameStop’s 2015 Black Friday Deals Have Leaked, Of Course
While the most exciting deal of GameStop’s 2015 Black Friday sale is letting employee’s take all of Thanksgiving off, $299 PlayStation 4 and Xbox One bundles, $80 used PS3 and Xbox 360 systems and the best possible Wii U bundle aren’t too shabby either. As a former GameStop employee the idea that stores aren’t opening…
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Heroes Of The Storm Matchmaking Getting Rebuilt From The Ground Up
A source of frustration for Heroes of the Storm players since the first good players started pulling away from the Yannicks, the game’s matchmaking system is getting a major overhaul in the coming weeks that should result in much happier rounds. Speaking on stage during a Heroes of the Storm development panel at BlizzCon 2015,…
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CultureElmo Versus The Jet Engine
Hope I’m not spoiling the outcome of this battle for anybody. In the name of parents everywhere, PowerModz strapped either the most delightful or most insufferable (depending on many factors) Muppet on Sesame Street to a pole and placed that pole behind the jet engine that was just sitting around on the back of a…
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My Favorite Black Ops III Feature So Far Is Theater Mode
Because official screenshots wouldn’t dare get us this close to Jeff Goldblum’s majestic virtuosity, there is Theater mode. Giving players free access to gameplay footage and virtual camera controls is nothing new—games that pride themselves on their visual flair have been letting players show off their stuff for years. Perhaps one day it will be…
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Commander Shepard Passes The Torch In Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s N7 Day Video
It’s November 7—N7 Day for Mass Effect fans—and Bioware kicks off the celebration with a montage of archival space footage with Jennifer Hale talking over it. Hooray! To be fair it is nice to hear the voice of female Commander Shepard, who will not be appearing in the next chapter of the Mass Effect saga,…
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The First Five Minutes Of Black Ops III‘s Hidden Arcade Game
Continuing the proud tradition established in the original Black Ops, Black Ops III has a hidden arcade mini-game, only it’s not really all that mini. If you’d rather find it yourself, close your eyes and ears. And maybe don’t read on. With news of the hidden game splashing about the internet briefly yesterday, Call of…
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Black Ops III‘s Solo Experience Is Surprisingly Deep
There are certain things I’ve come to expect from a single player Call of Duty experience—bombastic set pieces, an in-your-face message, some sort of betrayal and a slow motion enemy take down. Black Ops III delivers three out of four, plus a whole lot more. The latest installment of Activision’s biggest franchise that doesn’t involve…
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Some People Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Customize Their Need For Speed Cars
This is why we can’t have nice things. Despite the stuttering issue which is still occurring for me and many other Xbox One players the day after launch, I continue to play the new Need for Speed, largely due to my children loving cars. I love them to, though you wouldn’t know it from what…
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The LEGO Dimensions Doctor Who Pack Is Brilliant
The LEGO Dimensions Doctor Who level pack plays out like a television episode, and like any television episode it starts with opening credits—what might be the best Doctor Who opening credits sequence ever. Well, technically it begins with a prologue involving a large fleet of Dalek ships descending on the Earth and one of the…
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