Guys like Christian Bale might seem like the perfect fit for the Dark Knight, but for many people fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to have grown up in a certain time, one of their first exposures to Batman was Adam West’s super camp take. As…different as it was, there was a certain charm to it, one…
It’s perhaps Halo’s most impractical and “unrealistic” (relative term!) weapon, but also one of its most iconic: the Needler, pointy purple death-dealer of the Covenant. A weapon which, for one show only, is making an appearance in the real world, courtesy of Volpin Props. Volpin’s Harrison Krix put the thing together, giving it not just…
In a career that spans almost twenty years, artist and character modeller Gene Kohler has worked on games like Metroid Prime (where he built Samus’ suits), Halo Wars, Age of Empires III and…Daikatana. Can’t win ’em all, Gene! Like yesterday’s showcase artist Bart Tiongson, Gene works at Robot Entertainment, the developers of Orcs Must Die…
There’s an AMA over on Reddit with stunt actor Shaun Piccinino, who has done motion-capture work on Call of Duty, Prototype, UFC, Sleeping Dogs and way, way more. Check it out!
Apparently this went down at this year’s GamesCom in Germany. 974 people played a custom Super Mario Bros. time trial level, then all the runs were collected and played over the top of each other in a single video. Hypnotic. Super Mario Bros Time Trial [YouTube, via Motherboard]
Were you one of the 9000 people who gave money to the Kickstarter for CLANG, a swordfighting game whose campaign was fronted by sci-fi novelist Neal Stephenson? Then I’m sorry. Despite hitting its funding goal of $500,000 last year, development on the game is grinding to a halt, with Stephenson writing on the game’s Kickstarter…
Bart Tiongson is a concept artist with almost 15 years experience in the games industry, having worked first at Ensemble and then, when the Age of Empires studio went bust, to Robot Entertainment. Below you’ll see examples of both personal and industry work. To see more, head to his site and CGHub page. To see…
Hiroshi Yamauchi, a longtime president of Nintendo (1949-2002) and the predecessor to current boss Satoru Iwata, has passed away today at the age of 85, Nikkei reports Formerly the richest man in Japan, Yamauchi also owned Seattle’s Major League Baseball team, the Mariners (though he famously never attended a game). A champion of the efforts…
The Queen, by former games writer Ste Curran, is something you should probably listen to. Especially if you like Dwarf Fortress and/or good games writing. It runs 16 minutes, so you might want to make a cup of tea and settle in. And if you like it? Buy it for £1, and encourage more of…
A stunt at a game store in France went pear-shaped earlier in the week when staff dressed like gangsters for the GTA V launch, and did such a good job a police armed response team showed up. The staff, from a Micromania store in Montargis, not only dressed the part, but also sported replica handguns.…
Track: Deafening Peepshow | Artist: Love Sex Machine | Album: Love Sex Machine Download Love Sex Machine here Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
After years of fan-made efforts, Nintendo finally went and released their own Pokedex app for iOS. It works, but it’s kinda gross, and nowhere near as pretty as this gorgeous design by Jake Moore, which brings Pokemon into theiOS7 era One day, Nintendo might put as much effort into stuff like this (and its console…
The main Grand Theft Auto games are developed, for the most part, in Scotland. So it shouldn’t surprise you too much to know that a district in GTA V – Hawick – is named after a small Scottish town. It sure surprised Hawick, though. In particular, it surprised Hawick councillor David Paterson, who the BBC…
A few weeks back, Ouya launched a campaign with the very best intentions. They wanted to encourage developers to make games for their platform, by matching the amount of money made in a Kickstarter. Thing is, this is the real world, and it didn’t work out too great. Two games in particular turned the campaign…
Like, this gets so uncomfortable it’s tough to watch. This footage was captured at a GTA V launch event, where the gentleman in blue & black ran into some difficulties picking up his copy. By the time the video starts, he seems to have had his problem sorted but, but between him leaving in a…
This is what happens when a GoPro camera is strapped to the back of an eagle. You get the world’s greatest third-person (third-bird?) view. The footage was captured in France. I’d love to see the video of how he got his camera back. Flying eagle point of view [YouTube]
Since, well, practically none of you will actually be in attendance at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Sony have thoughtfully decided to livestream one of their consoles that has a playable build of Deep Down, Capcom’s fancy big PS4 title. You can watch it below. It’s….wow. Live streaming video by Ustream
The last historical Yakuza spin-off never made it to the West, so don’t expect Yakuza Ishin to either. Meaning these sweet videos might be as close as you’ll get to Sega’s PS3/PS4 game.
Dark Souls II will be out on March 11 in North America and March 14 in Europe. That’s for consoles. PC version is coming later.
If you’ve ever had the misfortune of drinking with me and bringing up the subject of video games, you’ll have suffered through me telling you how Wind Waker isn’t just my favourite Zelda game of all time, it’s my favourite game of all time. Note I say my favourite, and not the best. For one,…
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