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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario And Sonic At The Real Olympic Games
With the real Olympic games going on, there’s no reason Mario and Sonic need to remain trapped inside their colorful fantasy land. Let’s send them to Rio, and hope they survive. What I’m looking for in this week’s contest, which might be my last for awhile, is Sonic and Mario characters inserted into real images…
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The Week In Games: Gimme Back That Sky
No Man’s Sky? Bullshit. I’ve got a deed and everything, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned from failed science fiction television show theme songs, it’s that you can’t take it from me. It seems like a challenge, this No Man’s Sky. Everybody’s Sky would have been a much nicer title. Or maybe Sky For…
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UncategorizedRocket League‘s Rumble Mode Brings The Goofy Power-Ups Next Month
Giving players the ability to kick away other cars with giant boots or disrupt their driving ability are too silly for standard competitive Rocket League play, That’s serious business. Next month’s newly-announced Rumble mode looks to be anything but. Announced during the finale of the Rocket League Championship Series in Hollywood, California today, Rocket League…
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UncategorizedA Bro In The Life Of A Steam Greenlight Developer
German independent developer Roman Uhlig recently had his excellent local multiplayer game 12 Orbits added to Steam Greenlight. He’s posted a lengthy, bro-packed conversation demonstrating the sort of attention such a move brings. 12 Orbits is a local multiplayer game for 2 to 12 players, currently available for free on iOS and Android. It’s good…
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UncategorizedWhat’s Up With World Of Warcraft‘s New Double-Jumping Fetish Elves
World of Warcraft’s second hero class goes live this week, and there’s a lot more to Illidan Stormrage’s elite Demon Hunters than meets the blindfold. Sometimes they can triple jump. Blizzard’s Demon Hunter developer preview will tell you all about them. The MMORPGs second hero class starts life at level 98 some ten years before…
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Sunday Comics: You’re Mine
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 August 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 1. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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UncategorizedBrilliant Fan Remake Of Metroid II Arrives Just In Time (Update)
Metroid II: The Return Of Samus was released in 1991 for the Game Boy. Project AM2R, some six years in the making, takes that Game Boy game and makes it look, sound and play so much prettier. The fan project got its first full release today, to coincide with the series’ 30th UPDATE: Womp. UPDATE…
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UncategorizedWinston And Reaper Take On McCree In One Raw Overwatch Diss Track
YouTube’sCheezy McWiggles weaves together voice clips from Overwatch into a double-team takedown of the game’s resident cowboy, bluntly titled “Fuck McCree.” Warning: immature language, profanity, Reaper trying to be all cool. While some of the lyrics rub me the wrong way, I have to admit the technique Cheezy used to build words from sound slips…
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30 Years Of Galactic Bounty Hunting With Metroid
Thirty years ago today the platforming of Super Mario Bros. and the exploration of The Legend of Zelda coalesced into science fiction action adventure starring a person in a powerful suit of armor. Shh. Don’t want to spoil the Metroid surprise. Launching in Japan for the Famicom on August 6, 1986, Metroid combined elements of…
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You Can Only Hope To Look This Cool Wearing A Pokémon Z-Ring
Destructoid’sChris Carter inspired me to go shopping for one of those fancy Z-Ring bracelets being released withPokémon Sun and Moon, but after seeing the kids modeling them in the official product shots, I’m not so sure I can pull one off. Made by Tomy, the Z-Ring accessory features special crystals (most sold separately) corresponding with…
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UncategorizedThe Perfect Box Art For The Stanley Parable
Nothing evokes a life of cubicle-bound drudgery like a white box with four differently-colored things arranged in a square on front. It’s the oddly wonderful The Stanley Parable in box form. Also inside the box. With a tie. The IndieBox subscription service takes independent PC games there’s a good chance you already own and places…
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