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Culture
Firewatch Is Looking Very, Very Pretty
All we’ve seen so far of Firewatch is some art. Usually that’s not much, but that’s OK, because Fine Art is a feature about…art. And rarely do we get stuff that looks as good as this. Internet-famous designer and artist Olly Moss, whose work has appeared on stuff like the Resistance 3 box art, is…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
GTA V PC “Beta” Is A Hilarious Scam
There’s a scam going around trying to trick people into thinking they’ve been accepted into a beta test for a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. Surprise! There is no beta. An email doing the rounds asks people to click on a URL and download a .zip file, the latter of which contains malware.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
LEGO Robot Breaks Rubik’s Cube World Record, Looks Badass Doing It
This fancy machine just broke the world record for solving a Rubik’s cube. While pathetic humans can take minutes to get the job done, the CUBESTORMER 3 takes just 3.25 seconds. What I like about the CUBESTORMER 3 isn’t just the name (you’d say it in ALL CAPS in your mind even if it wasn’t…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
PS4 Gets A Virtual Reality Headset
Sony has just announced that virtual reality is coming to the PS4. It’s called Project Morpheus. First rumoured last year, the Sony headset puts the PlayStation 4 in a strange place in the gaming landscape, setting it apart from the Xbox One while offering a similar experience to the PC’s Oculus Rift. Part of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
Short Deus Ex Movie Will Be Out Next Week
It’s been over two years since we got our first look at this promising Deus Ex short film, but it’s nearly done and ready for public viewing. And it looks incredible. Put together by some very talented fans – no, this isn’t a Square Enix marketing stunt – the cast is made up of a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
GDC Can Be (Almost) Entirely Overwhelming If You’ve Never Been
The Game Developers Conference isn’t like, say, E3. It’s not a trade show about upcoming projects, it’s a discussion forum, where nobody is ever expected to see or hear everything. That means those attending have choices to make. Some choices are very, very difficult. Thankfully, others are easy. Maybe. Writer/artist Elizabeth Simins will be hanging…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
Guy Scammed Online Gets Revenge By Texting Entire Shakespeare Plays
Edd Joseph bought a PS3 online from some stranger, and guess what, despite paying for it, the PS3 never arrived. Edd could have just sulked and got on with his life, but no. Edd got revenge. And Edd’s revenge was sweet. “I was really annoyed and I was trying to think of ways of being…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
Yes, Handsome Jack, You’re Very Handsome
Photographer Mike Dosik tells Kotaku he has a “very dramatic style”. He’s not kidding. Most of his shots are up-close, and also skip busy backgrounds in favour of keeping the focus entirely on the cosplayer. You can see more of Mike’s work at his personal site KINGDOM HEARTS | dookie4617 FROZEN | Chibi-Nekos BORDERLANDS |…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
Make Your Street Look Like Something Out Of The Last Of Us
Games like The Last of Us, Enslaved and Tokyo Jungle give us glimpses of what life would look like after people have all but disappeared. It’s often beautiful, but unless you live in one of the places shown in those games, it’s not exactly relevant. Urban Jungle, on the other hand, lets you add a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
Not Every Game At GDC Is About Kissing Folks You Shouldn’t Be Kissing
We’ve got some reporters on the scene at this week’s big Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, but we’re also trying something new: we’ve got a cartoonist covering the show for us. Writer/artist Elizabeth Simins will be hanging out at GDC all week, filing comic strips each day to chronicle her adventures at the show.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
Yes, You Can Complete Titanfall’s Campaigns Without Firing A Shot
Those who have played it already know this, but for those who haven’t, be aware that Titanfall’s “campaign” isn’t really deserving of the name. It’s there for…I have no idea, actually. Maybe they needed some flimsy sort of narrative to justify future action figures/cartoons/comics books? In terms of what it brings to the game, it…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
The New Godzilla Has…A Tiny Little Head
As it is with most modern movies, the first good look we’re getting at the star of the upcoming Godzilla flick is via an action figure. Sure, we’ve seen glimpses in the trailers, but nothing this crisp and clear. And…he looks pretty good! Very similar to his original design, though obviously with some changes, most…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
Short Horror Movie Will Make You Sleep With The Lights On, Forever
Swedish animator and filmmaker David F. Sandberg made this short horror flick a few months back, but it’s only just started getting some traction online in the last few days. With good reason. I normally can’t stand horror stuff, but this one was short enough to stomach. Once. After that, it’s all nope nope nope,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
CultureAh, So This Is The Guy Who Made One Of Last Year’s Best Jokes
Tal Peleg is senior cinematics animator at Naughty Dog, where he worked on The Last Of Us. If you ever wondered where the wonderful Joel-does-the-Banderas animation came from, well, Tal’s your man. Prior to that, Tal worked at Visceral Games (Dead Space), and also did some stuff for space viking flick Outlander. In his spare…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
Watch Dogs Now Has A Scene Suggesting Sexual Violence
Watch Dogs’ delay hasn’t just meant months of bug squashing and fixes. The team also found the time to add some new content to the game, some of which has seen its rating bumped to adults-only in Australia. The original rating for the Watch Dogs due last year was MA15+, meaning only those over the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
Xbox Executive Marc Whitten Leaving Microsoft After 14 Years
Microsoft just announced that Marc Whitten, Chief Product Officer of Xbox, will be leaving the company to take up a role with wireless audio company Sonos. The full statement is below: Following the launch of Xbox One, the most successful launch in Xbox history, and the recent launch of “Titanfall,” the most anticipated game of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
CultureCosplay
Madonna Dressed As Daenerys Targaryen. For Real.
Your eyes do not deceive you. This is Madonna, dressed not as an ageing pop star, but as Game of Thrones’ Mother of Dragons herself, Daenerys Targaryen. And while she probably had some very professional help putting everything together, the end result is still pretty impressive. She wore the costume to help celebrate the Jewish…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2014 -
Culture
A Pirate’s Life For Me (And These Guys)
Johan Grenier is a French character artist who has done work for companies like Ubisoft, Paizo and Privateer Press. In his time at Ubisoft, Grenier contributed to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Revelations, III and IV. You can see more of Johan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 -
The Newest Street Fighter Character Is…
The fifth and final new fighter to be added to the upcoming Ultra Street Fighter IV will be Decapre. She’s new, while also being not new. It’s weird. She’s not a new character, having first appeared briefly in Street Fighter Alpha 3 as an NPC (which you can see in the intro to the video…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014
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