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UncategorizedFrom Nothing To Ghost In The Shell, Just Like That
It’s currently Inktober, which means artists around the world are sharing their traditional sketches online. There’s so much good stuff out there, but I was absolutely blown away by this piece posted by Korean artist Kim Jung Gi, where he’s able to draw a Ghost in the Shell scene completely freestyle. No outlines, no reference,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2018 - CultureCosplay
Some Perfect Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Cosplay
Here’s cosplayer Skunk absolutely becoming Odyssey’s Kassandra. Not only has she nailed the costume, but some of her shots even went so far as to include a huge, actual eagle. UPDATE: I’m told it’s actually a Harris Hawk, thanks @wingbeaten! The costume itself does not scimp on the detail; the chest is made of thick…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Far Cry Series Needs To Let Things Break Again
Far Cry 2 was released on this day 10 years ago, so we thought it was appropriate to revisit what makes that game so special. This piece originally ran on April 9, 2018. Far Cry 5 suggests a world on the brink of a violence apocalypse, but the game’s sanitized gameplay and clean-cut power fantasy…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedCircle Empires Is A Strategy Game That Forces You To Rely On Your Gut
Circle Empires forces me to constantly worry about merfolk shooting my troops with orbs. When it comes to dragons, I can deal. Zombies? No problem. But merfolk with orbs can hit my melee troops with an freezing attack, turning them into sitting ducks for the mer-archers. It’s a problem. I enjoy experiences from all over…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 21, 2018 -
UncategorizedA Bloodborne Brawl In Soulcalibur VI
If you cannot get enough of the mind-bending antics of the Bloodborne universe, then now you have the chance to use Soulcalibur VI’s character creator to get your brawl on…good Hunter. The YouTube channel RajmanGaming HD has used the (apparently robust) character creation system to put together a special combat between a generic Hunter and…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
The closed beta for Valve’s digital card game Artifact has been delayed to November 19. PC Gamer reports that this announcement was delivered via email to those who had previously signed up for the beta. The game is still slated for release to the public on November 28.
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 21, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Luigi Is Scared
We know that the ghost hunter Luigi is a spineless worm, so for this Halloween season I need you to show me what that big ole scaredy-cat is so afraid of. Look, I have some amount of respect for Luigi. After all, it takes a brave soul to enter a haunted house to fight ghosts.…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 21, 2018 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Recruitment Decision
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published October 18. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 21, 2018 - Uncategorized
A Free Horror Game Collection About Loss, Driving, And Candlekeeping
Noted indie horror game creator Kitty Horrorshow has released a new, free collection of horror games, and they make for a disturbing time. Haunted Cities Vol. 3 is a collection of games emerging from behind the paywall of Horrorshow’s Patreon, and if you’re familiar with her previous games such as Anatomy and CHYRZA, then you…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 20, 2018 -
UncategorizedSif Is Cute In Dark Souls, Is Even Cuter In Animation
Dark Souls players know to respect Sif. After all, he carries a massive sword in his mouth and the mournful tale of his friend Artorias in his heart. But he’s also a big furry wolf who is extremely heckin’ cute. Anna Piwońska’s short, but incredible, hand-drawn animation of Sif’s initial appearance inDark Souls really hammers home…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 20, 2018 -
UncategorizedNice Shot! is an upcoming game where you play golf by shooting the ball with guns. It seems both incredibly silly and legitimately interesting since your shot determines the angle and force of the ball. The game’s Steam page says it will release November 9.
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
Upcoming Metal Gear Survive Event Summons Pyramid Head
Pyramid Head is the long-running scary sexual terror monster from the Silent Hill franchise. Metal Gear Survive is a zombie game created from the bones of the Metal Gear universe. What better way to unite these two titan franchises than by putting Pyramid Head in Metal Gear Survive? The Metal Gear Survive developers have announced…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 20, 2018 -
CultureThere’s a new I Am Bread speedrun world record. Runner YaroKarozuno has completed the game in a flat six minutes, beating last week’s world record run by twelve seconds. The community has also began subtracting load times from final times, meaning that YaroKarozuno has a 4:23 run.
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 20, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Expanded Ops, Winners!
We’re living in the world of Black Ops 4 now, and last week I asked you to ‘shop up some new kinds of ops to include in the game. The standard set of game modes in a given Call of Duty game are fairly limited. Team deathmatch, free for all, and point capture modes are…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 20, 2018 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Buncha Crunch
QUOTE | “That was shit. This was the hardest.” – Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says Red Dead Redemption 2 development set a new difficulty bar for the studio, in the same feature where he said “we were working 100-hour weeks” several times this year to finish the game. QUOTE | “No one, senior or junior,…
Brendan Sinclair Published October 20, 2018 - Uncategorized
Finally, Players Can Add As Many Puddles To Spider-Man As They Want
A week before Spider-Man released, some people on the internet started freaking out about the game’s apparent lack of puddles. There were a lot of puddles in an early trailer for the game, and later, not as many puddles in what appeared to be the same location, which some saw as a downgrade. Fortunately, they…
By Ethan Gach Published October 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Rockstar QA Studio Told That Overtime Is Now Optional After Workers Said It Felt Mandatory
Rockstar Lincoln, a UK-based studio that has been handling a lot of the quality assurance testing for Red Dead Redemption 2, is swearing off an approach that many employees say they had interpreted as mandatory overtime. That change comes as a result of a studio meeting at the end of a week full of unusually…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedTeen Developer Makes Game Inspired By ’90s Shooters That Came Out Before He Was Born
Jakub Cislo is a game developer who wears his influences on his sleeve. His just-released game, Project Warlock, is a chunky shooter stew made from the gory giblets of classics like Wolfenstein and Doom. It’s a pretty typical palette of influences—until you consider that Cislo is 19, and all those games came out before he…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2018
