The first thing I thought when I saw these was, hey, they look like the visors from the Final Fantasy movie. Then I sighed. The second thing I thought was, hey, these sound way cooler than the Oculus Rift. Not that they will be, but upon reveal in this CNET hands-on, the tech running them…
British actor Tom Hiddleston, aka Loki from Thor/Avengers, does impressions. Like this one, where he was asked at Aussie film shindig Popcorn Taxi if he could do Owen Wilson. If Owen Wilson was Loki. Sounds nutty, but boy, it’s pretty good. Incidentally, if you’re ever in Sydney – or hey, live there – Popcorn Taxiis…
He’s called The Inquisitor. He hunts Jedi. He’s a Darth Vader sidekick.
When Breaking Bad finished, I rounded up some of dorkier roles lead actor Bryan Cranston had been in over the years, from Power Rangers to anime. One role I completely missed, though, was one of his best It’s this brief appearance in an ancient Atari 2600 commercial for Mega Force, one of the best examples…
Last week’s Fancy Pants was a little lacking in dude cosplay. That’s being rectified this week. Five of the ten images we’re showcasing feature cosplayers who are rotton and made out of cotton, the highlights being a rare sighting of Italian superstar Leon Chiro with a shirt on and one hell of a complex World…
During a panel at the New York Comic-Con this weekend, fans got a chance to chat with the voice actors behind Grand Theft Auto V. Or if not chat, then have the guy who plays Trevor jump off the stage and come at a fan (at the fans’ request!), as though the game had suddenly…
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Yes, this is based on the Michael Bay Transformers. So there are silly sharp robot designs and stupid humans. But relative to those handicaps, this shooter still looks like a blast. By Sega, it’s called Transformers Human Alliance. It’s an old-fashioned arcade on-rails shooter, but again, relative to that genre, it’s looking impressive and sounding…
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926. She grew up during the Second World War. So it’s perhaps understandable that, given the fact her own kids grew up without them, she’s a little wary about the effects of playing video games at a young age. Author Joanne Harris, who was presented with an…
You can turn an Xbox One on (and off) using voice commands. Handy for the home, but in the workplace? There’s room for pranks. These tweets by Andreas Fredriksson, a senior engine programmer at the freshly-multiplatform Insomniac, are hilarious, because you don’t need video to imagine exactly how it goes down. Andreas Fredriksson [Twitter, via…
Tetsu Sumii would in most circumstances be a man you’d never hear of. So it’s nice that Sony have given him a shout-out on the PlayStation blog. Why? Because he designed the PlayStation 4. Not the guts, of course, but he is the main man responsible for its appearance. You know, the box that so…
This is a family portrait. So in thirty years time, this kid will look on her parent’s wall, see this weird picture and realise that, in 2013, her parents were awesome Note: if you’re wondering why a cosplay portrait, the Bulbasaur is Lindze, who we’ve featured here on Kotaku a few times previously. Pokemon [Benny…
From vehicles to locations on the landscape of Los Santos, Grand Theft Auto V is, like other games in the series, a collection of tips of the hat to works that its creators have been inspired by, or at least enjoyed. You might have seen one or two of the more obvious ones yourself in…
The answer? Well, they’re both renders, actually. For real. Dan Roarty is a lead character artist at Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics. Before that, though, he worked on the ill-fated Star Wars 1313, modelling and texturing the game’s main character. As you can see below, his 3D modelling skills are off the charts. That old…
A survey sent out to Diablo III players, as seen by Polygon, talks about pricing for the game’s upcoming expansion, Reaper of Souls. And how it’s not going to be cheap. “Consider two versions of the expansion: a Standard Edition for $29.99 and a Collector’s Edition for $49.99”, the survey says. “The Standard Edition includes…
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The image you’re seeing here was posted this morning by PlayStation Germany’s Facebook page. It’s a PS4 demo unit, complete with big TV, games, two controllers and a camera. Smart move not just including two controllers (for stuff like FIFA), but also those big guides to PlayStation Plus and the Vita. Actually including a Vita…
Track: Statement | Album: Smile | Artist: Boris Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Don’t let people tell you the most important changes to Wind Waker are sails and first-person cameras. They’re wrong. It’s the selfies. And the…rap. OG Link [YouTube]
“We assumed he was at a friend’s house. We had no idea where he was”. Says the father of a 9 year-old boy who wasn’t at a friend’s house. By the time his parents figured out he was missing, the boy had somehow snuck onboard an aircraft and travelled halfway across the US as a…
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