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CybertronPC CLX Scarab Gaming System Review: Big Power In A Small Package
CybertronPC has around since 1997, but its CLX line of custom luxury gaming beast machines are a recent development. Today we look at the line’s small-but-powerful desktop, the Scarab. Before we begin, let me establish that the Kansas-based computer company has no connection whatsoever to Hasbro’s popular line of transforming robots, who happen to hail…
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Titanfall Gets A Mobile Trading Card Game
Coming this fall to Android and iOS from Nexon and developer Particle City, Titanfall: Frontline is a strategy trading card game in which massive battles between IMC and Militia forces play out in turn-based fashion. Yes, there are burn cards. Taking the role of brigade commanders, players form decks of pilots, Titans and the aforementioned…
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UncategorizedPlayable Version Of Cancelled Warcraft Adventure Game Leaks After 18 Years
Did you know that Blizzard was working on a point-and-click game called Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans back in the late 90s, but then canceled the project after two years in development? Well the project recently surfaced again when a user by the name of Reidor located in Russia posted a download link for…
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The Week In Games: Num Num Num
According to the thermometer I totally keep by the window in my office, it’s 91 degrees outside and definitely still summer. According to the list below, however, fall is definitely upon us. I mean, not just one, but TWO Vita games are coming out this week? Then again, according to the 3DS, and the remake…
By Ethan Gach - Esports
After Getting Kicked Off His Team, Counter-Strike Pro Returns To Help Them Win
In Kiev, Ninjas in Pyjamas are victorious after beating G2 Gaming in a swift, 2-0 series. The Swedes went 16-7 on the first map, Cache, followed by a much closer, 22-18 nail-biter on Overpass which found the Frenchmen unable to stop the bleeding. NiP’s commanding finish was helped in no small part due to Mikail…
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UncategorizedHalo 5 Player Makes Map Out Of Ocarina of Time Boss
This is CaptainDireWolf’s take on Zelda. It’s called Bongo Bongo, and he made it in Halo 5 Bongo Bongo was created using Halo 5: Forge, the game’s level builder which just recently became available free on Windows 10 as well. As a result, players can now create Halo levels and then test them without ever…
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EsportsSmash Player Wins Tournament, Is Awarded Bag Of Rice
Kamemushi, who came in second place at EVO 2016’s tournament for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Smash 4 for short), swept through the 25th Umebura tournament in Tokyo yesterday thanks to his lightning speed and brutal combos. His prize? One pair of headphones and a 66 pound bag of rice. After some 25 matches…
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How You Can Watch Today’s Counter-Strike Finals And More
The StarSeries Season 2 finals are happening later today! What does that mean? Well for one it’s the first major in-person Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament since the mid-summer break, with teams ready to prove their roster changes were the right ones and hopefully gain some steam heading back into the second half of ESL Pro…
By Ethan Gach - Culture
Sunday Comics: Cartoon Villainy By A Wide Margin
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 10. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 5. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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UncategorizedThe Story Behind Hue‘s Brilliant Soundtrack
Two years ago, Alkis Livathinos had no idea he’d eventually be working on a small puzzle game called Hue. The game’s creators, Henry Hoffman and Dan da Rocha, who had already begun working on the project, didn’t know either. In a way though, the match had already been made. After licensing some of Livathinos’s music…
By Ethan Gach