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CultureTransformers Fixes A Pair Of Glaring Combiner Wars Errors
Two of the biggest problems with Hasbro’snostalgia-fueled Combiner Wars Transformers line so far were a helicopter named Alpha Bravo and a pickup truck named Off-Road. Thanks for filling in, guys—your replacements have arrived. It’s not that fans were intolerant of a helicopter filling in for a fighter jet in the Autobot’s Aerialbots team or a…
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Portal, Doctor Who, Simpsons And More Confirmed For LEGO Dimensions
An official instruction sheet featuring a meaty list of level, team and fun packs coming to the toy-driven LEGO Dimensions proves once and for all that my wallet is truly fucked come September. While briefly-appearing Walmart ads had me skeptical, there’s no arguing with official LEGO instruction sheets. For some strange reason the LEGO Groupuploaded…
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The Week In Games: Triple Final Fantasy The Hard Way
Three Final Fantasy games are coming out this week, but one is the worst thing ever and the other two are remastered remasters. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years hits Steam tomorrow, bringing the game that Kotaku’s Jason Schreier says “sucks” to PC players for the first time. Good for them? Meanwhile, on the PlayStation…
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Gamer Beats Mega Man X And X2 Together… Using The Same Controller
Beating either Mega Man X or Mega Man X 2 is a satisfying feat. Beating them both at once is pretty amazing. Beating them both at once using the same game pad? Well that’s just nuts. And nuts is exactly what YouTuber Aura Puffs (via Reddit) seems to be, as not only does he complete…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Force Awakens Stuff: Winners!
Last week Disney released an image of the official product packaging for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It was up to our image-manipulating community to package the products—or not, in the case of this week’s winner. There is absolutely nothing inside AlienofDoom’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens package, but the words “Collector’s Box” and official…
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Mother’s Day Must Be Really Tough For A Cubone
Ever since the release of Pokémon Yellow in the States, Mother’s Day always reminds me of the poor, unfortunate Cubone, who wears the skull of its deceased mother on its head and cries at the moon. Article originally published May 11, 2014. Depicted here beautifully by artist Ivania Arguello, Cubone’s official designation is Lonely Pokémon,…
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Sunday Comics: 300 Percent Sam Jackson
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 May 9. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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The First Five Old School Cyberpunk Minutes Of Dex
The only thing more appealing than blue hair is blue hair surrounding dingy metal neural implants. I love you, cyberpunk. Our mechnically-altered future doesn’t get nearly as much play as I’d like. Despite the Shadowrun games, Deus Ex franchise and the actual licensed Cyberpunk game the Witcher folks are working on, I’ve yet to have…
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Behold Smite’s latest combatant, the Norse squirrel god Ratatoskr. Yes, there is a squirrel in Norse mythology, and this is our first official look at his appearance in Hi-Rez Studios’ god-battling MOBA. Yes,he fights with his nuts. Yes, I am going to be completely insufferable when his update comes out.
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From Broken Nintendo DS To Fully Functional Game Boy Macro
Remember the tiny little Game Boy Micro? Meet the Game Boy Macro, crafted from the once-dead remains of a Nintendo DS missing its top screen. Electronics modding enthusiast Anthony Thomas (via Reddit) was looking for a simple project to take on and noticed there were a lot of older Nintendo DS Lites missing their top…
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A Real Plumber Wouldn’t Last Long In The Mushroom Kingdom
“What the fuck is this place?!” Now that’s the sort of down-to-earth question a real plumber would ask when confronted with a magical mushroom kingdom. Other pertinent questions asked in Animation Domination High-Def’s latest short include “Who hangs a brick in the sky?”, “Where’d you get unlimited hammers?” and “Why the hell did that guy…
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The Most Fun I’ve Had With Star Citizen So Far
One day I’ll get a chance to play Star Citizen proper. Until then, the newly-released browser game Hyper Vanguard Force IV will have to do. Despite the incredibly ambition crowd-funded game from the creator of Wing Commander being everything I’ve ever wanted in a space sim, I’ve not managed a single minute of Star Citizengame…
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One Of The Rarest PlayStation One Games Is Now $6 On PSN
As of this writing you can expect to pay between somewhere between $200 and $500 for a copy of Capcom’s delightful PSX Mega Man Legends prequel, The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. Or you can just grab it today on PSNfor six bucks. Hooray! Released a little over 15 years ago in North America, back when…
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Nevermind Home Headsets, I Want A Virtual Reality Playground
If this ad reel for VR arcade The Void has anything to say about it, thefictional virtual reality playgrounds of the ‘80s are closer to fruition than ever before. Virtual reality while sitting at a desk is nice, and I’m sure plenty of folks will flock to the Oculus Rift when it arrives early next…
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D&D‘s Next Storyline Is All About That Drizzt
Wizards of the Coast is calling the next big global Dungeons & Dragons storyline “Rage of Demons,” but the theme running through D&D tabletop, board and video games later this year is a dark elf wielding a pair of scimitars and his pet panther. One of the most borrowed dark elf names in MMO history,…
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Seven Easter Eggs Buried In Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
With decades of gaming’s most iconic offerings at their fingertips, MachineGames has no end of material with which to craft secrets scattered throughout Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Note: If you don’t want to spoil the goodies tucked away inside Wolfenstein: The New Order’s standalone sequel, turn away now. There…
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Of Course Star Wars Is Coming To Disney Infinity 3.0
Teased since the release of 2.0 last year and officially revealed via Game Informer’s June cover story, Disney Infinity adds Star Wars characters to the toys-meet-games mix. While the inclusion of Star Wars characters comes as no real surprise, the variety is pretty impressive. We’ve got the original trilogy, the prequels, some Clone Wars characters…
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Die Ersten Fünf Minuten Aus Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
No one will be seated during the thrilling hot dog scene in the first five minutes of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood If B.J. Blazkowicz had Google translate back in 1947 perhaps the second World War would have ended much differently than the way it did in Wolfenstein: The New Order. Then again, if he had…
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Portal pinball? Count me in. Then out. Then in, but from a different place. Detailed over at the PlayStation Blog, Valve’s first-person puzzler is getting the silver ball treatment the week on May 25 across all Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX 2 platforms. Expect to Chell out $2.99 on consoles and $1.99 on portables…
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The New Wolfenstein‘s Main Menu Sure Looks Familiar
Nazi on the ground, shirtless B.J. Blazkowicz’s boot on his chest—where have we seen this before? How about wherever fine PC games were sold back in 1992? He’s a little leaner, a lot less mullet-y and his facial expression no longer suggests he’s passing gas, but B.J.’s Nazi-kicking form hasn’t changed all that much over…
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