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The Week in Games: The Good Old Hockey Game
EA Sports’ 20th revival of the NHL franchise hits shelves on Tuesday. The HD remake of Ducktales arrives on Xbox 360 on Wednesday. Peter Molyneux’s Godus arrives Friday. Monday • The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North (Mac) Tuesday • The Sims 3 Movie Stuff (PC, Mac) • The Elder Scrolls Anthology (PC)…
By Dealzon Published September 8, 2013 -
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Sunday Comics Needs New Strips. Go Find Me Some Pledges.
Well, alright. The tree of video game webcomic humor must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of … new video game webcomics. Or something. This is the only democratically elected feature on Kotaku, and I’m calling new elections. If you haven’t noticed, we’re down two strips from our normal 10. Brentalfloss folded…
By Owen Good Published September 8, 2013 -
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Sunday Comics: Fan Service
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published Sept. 5. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Sept.…
By Owen Good Published September 8, 2013 -
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This Week in the Business: Show, Don’t Tell
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Games are not about being told things. If you want to tell people things, write a book or make a movie.”—Game designer Warren Spector on the commandments of game design he developed for Deus Ex STAT | 1 million—Number of copies…
By Steve Peterson Published September 7, 2013 -
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Mission’s Over. Time To Hit The Pub.
Eliott Lilly is a concept artist who works as a freelancer in both the film and games industry. Most recently on the gaming side of things, he’s worked on RAGE, the next Doom game and FEAR 3. Sadly, his Doom stuff is under lock and key at id Software, but the art you’ll see below…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2013 -
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Famous Zelda Artist Returns With New Game
Japanese artist Katsuya Terada is a man whose work you should all be familiar with, mostly because he’s one of the main visionaries behindZelda’s aesthetic, but also because he worked on Hellboy and Pacific Rim. He’s returning to games this year with Alteil: Horizons. A card combat game, Alteil: Horizons is actually an all-stars kind…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 5, 2013 -
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The Dark Souls Art Book (Probably) Won’t Try And Kill You
Out in October, and published by the fanservice kings at Udon, Dark Souls: Design Works is a nice big hardcover book that collects a ton of concept and promotional art from the game. Most of its 128 pages are images, aside from a lengthy interview at the very end of the book, but hey, less…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2013 -
CultureTotal RecallThe First Time Diablo Came To Consoles
Diablo III comes to consoles today, and I’m just as giddy as I was back in March 1998, picking up my copy of Diablo for the original PlayStation — and the additional memory card needed to save the game. Picking up a new game was a special event for 24-year-old me. There was a ritual…
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2013 -
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What The Iron Throne Should Really Look Like
The one in the show is cool, don’t get me wrong, but in the books, it’s described as being made of one thousands blades. HBO’s version is nowhere near it. This one, though, is closer to the real thing. So much so that series creator George R R Martin has given the image his blessing…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 3, 2013 -
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Go Forth, Space Knights, And Shoot Blue Lasers
Brandon Liao is an artist at League of Legends developers Riot Games, but today’s Fine Art isn’t about lanes or monsters. It’s mostly about space guns and some incredible sci-fi architecture. You can see more future soldiers and fancy castles at Brandon’s personal site (thanks Concept Art World!) To see the larger pics in all…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2013 -
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The Week in Games: Ray of Sunshine
At long last, Rayman Legends arrives this week, on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and, ahem, Wii U. Diablo III likewise ventures onto consoles, along with Total War: Rome 2 for PC. Tuesday • Total War: Rome 2 (PC) • Rayman Legends (360, PS3, Wii U, PC, Vita) • Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (360, PS3)…
By Dealzon Published September 1, 2013 -
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Sunday Comics: The Bigger They Are …
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Brawl In The Family by Matthew Taranto. Published Aug. 30. Read more of Brawl In The Family Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2013 -
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This Week in the Business: Sympathy for the Devil
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “It’s like the Satan spawn to some people and it’s the end of the world because games are free-to-play.”—EA COO Peter Moore, talking about how F2P is just a way to get more people into gaming, and it’s growing QUOTE |…
By Steve Peterson Published August 31, 2013 -
CultureThe Official Xbox One Doritos And Mountain Dew Are Here
A new flavor of Mountain Dew Game Fuel, a shiny bag of Doritos and a card explaining what these things have to do with the Xbox One arrived on my doorstep bright and early this morning, so I made a video and drank some soda. For you. As mentioned in the vid, there’s a party…
By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2013 -
CultureA Man Who Makes Video Games Move
No disrespect to concept artists, but it’s always great when I get to run a Fine Art on something other than traditional 2D work, if only because that’s what we end up running most of the time. Today’s a great day, then, because we’re looking at one of the animators who has brought series like…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2013 -
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Oh, Nothin’, Just Thinkin’ About Some Great Game Art
Artist Karla Ortiz, who has worked at NCSoft and Ubisoft, and also done stuff for Wizards of the Coast, is currently doing some stuff with Lucasfilm. She is very good. I’ve posted some of her work below, but really, you’re going to want to go to her site to see more, it’s fantastic stuff. To…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2013 -
CultureWatch The Fastest Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Run In The World
Speedrunner Cosmo Wright is on a roll—last week, he was able to nab the world record for fastest Ocarina of Time run, beating it in nineteen minutes and fifteen seconds. Today he’s back with another record: the fastest Wind Waker playthrough as of this writing. You can watch it for yourself. The time is four…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 28, 2013 -
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More Stunning Art From 2013’s Prettiest Video Game
If you’re just joining me on the Banner Saga hype train, know that it’s a turn-based combat/strategy game, and that it is already one of the most beautiful video games of all time. So any chance I get to post more art from the game, you can bet your shieldmaiden I’ll be doing just that.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
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Some Of The Earliest Images Of An “Adult” Link
Last month, we took a look at some of the earliest Zelda art available, some production and marketing pieces done by Katsuya Terada for A Link to the Past. Today, we’re looking at something similar, albeit a little rougher. The pieces you’re seeing below are ancient sketches by Terada that were published in a commercial…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2013 -
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The Wonderful Robot Art Of Elysium
I sometimes take a break from video games here on Fine Art to show the very best in concept art from the movie business. Today is one of the days, because Elysium’s art is worth the detour. The images you’ll see below are the work of Ben Mauro, an artist we’ve featured previously here on…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2013