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Doom, Meet Warhammer 40k. Warhammer 40k, Meet Doom.
This was once, in a former life, an entire army of Warhammer 40K miniatures. It is now one of the greatest tributes to id’s classic Doom I’ve ever seen. There are the obvious conversions. Existing models modified and repainted to look like the bad guys from the game. But I love the extra touches. Like…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto IV Mod Turns 2008 Graphics Into 2012 Graphics
Grand Theft Auto IV’s iCEnhancer series of mods and tweaks takes a Rockstar PC game that looked pretty good already and turns it into – relative to the scale and size of GTAIV – the prettiest video game on the planet. At least, if realism is your thing. And if your PC can handle it.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012 -
Reviews
Dear Esther: The Kotaku Review
Dear Esther is a terrible video game. Which would be a problem if Dear Esther was a video game. What began in 2008 as a mod for Half-Life 2 has, after years of picking up first buzz and then critical acclaim, transformed in 2012 into a full-blown commercial release, with all the updated visuals and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012 -
Old Republic has Action Figures too, You Know
You’ve seen the Star Wars: the Old Republic LEGO from Toy Fair, now see the Star Wars: the Old Republic action figures from Toy Fair. Don’t get too worked up; these aren’t large, premium figures, they’re your standard-sized, over-priced, small-scale Star Wars figures from Hasbro, same as you’ve probably seen stacked around toy shelves the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012 -
Your First Good Look at Halo 4’s Master Chief Comes From…an Action Figure
Halo 4 will be the first game in the main series to have not been developed by Bungie. If you think that means the new studio at the helm would want to tinker with the design of the game’s hero, you are dead right. McFarlane toys have released the first images of their Halo 4…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2012 -
One of the Idiots From Jersey Shore is Bringing his Fake Tan to Video Games
Mike Sorrentino, aka The Situation from MTV’s Jersey Shore, doesn’t just fancy himself as a man who struts about a reality show doing…stuff. He also fancies himself as, of all things, a video game developer. Or at least a consultant. While it’d be great if he and his family/company (which is mentioned an awful lot…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2012 -
There’s a Link From Zelda Action Figure Coming, and it Looks Surprisingly Great
While there have been a few lines of gashapon pieces coming out of Japan, there hasn’t been a proper action figure from the Legend of Zelda series for years. Until now! Unveiled over the weekend at the Winter Wonder Festival in Japan, this Figma from Max Factory is based on Link’s Skyward Sword appearance, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2012 -
Valve Toys, Half-Life Toys, TF2 Toys, Get a Look at Them Right Here
Kotaku was at the New York Toy Fair this weekend in full effect, snapping photos, taking footage and just generally gawking at all the awesome new video game toys that’ll be lining up for your disposable incomes in 2012. The highlight for me? NECA’s Valve gear. Including the Gordon Freeman action figure to end all…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2012 -
Get Your First Look at Mass Effect’s New Female Shepard in Action
In this new trailer for the fast-approaching Mass Effect 3, we get to see a lot of old scenes played out by a very new face. This is your first in-game look at the new default female Commander Shepard, fresh off the public auction block and replacing the old standard model. On the plus side?…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2012 -
Team Fortress 2 Channels LL Cool J (What?)
There’s a new item in Team Fortress 2 that the Scout can employ which plays music. Sounds pretty trivial, but man, you’ve got to read Valve’s description of the item. My radio’s bad from the Boulevard. I’m a hip-hop gangster and my name is Todd. Terrorising my neighbours with the heavy bass. I keep the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2012 -
What Pokémon Would Look Like as Classic Disney Characters
Canadian artist Beth Turnsek is the one to thank for these amazing Pokémon images which reimagine the Japanese series in her own charming style, which resembles classic animated films. What’s cool about this series is that she’s gone through and drawn her favourite pocket monster from each variety, so you’ll find a single Earth Pokémon,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2012 -
Blizzard and Valve go to War Over DOTA Name
Blizzard once made a game called WarCraft III. Then someone made an awesome mod for it called DOTA. Then Valve decided to make a game called DOTA 2. Then Blizzard decided to make something called Blizzard DOTA And now Blizzard is fighting a legal battle with Valve over the whole thing. What a mess Two…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2012 -
Mass Effect Gets the Final Fantasy VII Treatment
In Final Fantasy VII, there are two art styles at work. On the overworld, everyone is blocky, cute and deformed, but jump into a battle – or look at the game’s promo art – and suddenly everyone’s adult-sized and finely-detailed. 3D artist Nix has taken the same approach and applied it to Mass Effect. Not…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2012 -
Video Game Divorce Rates Lower Than Real Divorce Rates
Maplestory, an online game that’s been running since 2003 (2005 in North America), lets players get married. It also lets them get divorced. And that’s where it gets interesting. In 2011, the divorce rate in Maplestory for North American players was 46%. That’s…pretty terrible, but it’s actually less terrible than the divorce rate for American…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2012 -
Here are all of Tonight’s Interactive Achievement Awards Winners
Tonight, the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards are going down at DICE in Las Vegas. The winners aren’t selected by TV voters, or magazine readers, they’re picked by 20,000 members of the Academy of Arts and Interactive Sciences. In other words, the peers of those nominated. The show has just wound up, and here’s the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012 -
This Ezio Statue Could be Yours for Just…$375
Sideshow Collectibles has released this line of Assassin’s Creed statues which feature star Ezio jumping from a busted building about to stab someone in the face. What could you expect to pay for such polystone heroics? It’s in the headline. Sure, he’s just under 14″ tall, and is “limited” to 2000 pieces, but boy, $375…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012
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