Nintendo’s digital events have become a highlight of E3—pre-recorded presentations, as opposed to live stage shows, that are full of fun and filled purely with games. There’s no planned Direct this year, but let’s see if they kept their 2015 promises. The theme of Nintendo’s June 16, 2015 E3 digital event was transformation. At the…
When people say Doom is awesome, they’re usually talking about the game’s single player campaign. Multiplayer? Not so much. It’s bland. But in an interview with Eurogamer, developer id Software claims changes are coming. id Software oversaw Doom’s multiplayer, but Certain Affinity actually built it. Now that the game’s shipped, however, id Software is taking…
If the actual Uncharted 4’s a little too white-knuckled for your gaming tastes, but you still want to get a feel for what everyone’s been talking about, you could always try this brief little text adventure version Know that, if you haven’t worked it out by now by the genre itself, it’s not an official…
Sony’s beginning to unveil PlayStation VR’s lineup for this October, and there are some interesting games coming. The week before E3 is when companies do one of two things: try to capture attention during a slow news week or announce smaller games that might get buried by bigger ones. I’m pretty interested in the latter!…
Over at Kotaku UK, Keza MacDonald reported on how Fable Legends took down Lionhead It’s an in-depth look at why Lionhead was both an innovative studio and one Microsoft was willing to risk. Give it a read!
Is this the greatest video game roster of all time? The folks behind the Lego Dimensions just unveiled the characters and series they’re featuring in the game’s second year, starting in September: Sonic the Hedgehog, Adventure Time, Mission Impossible, the A-Team, the Goonies, Knight Rider, the Powerpuff Girls, Gremlins, Beetlejuice and ET. All in one…
Track: Fond Farewell (Live) | Artists: Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield | Album: Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Who knows, maybe at least she liked the film. One of China’s biggest sites NetEase (via ShanghaiIst) reports that on Warcraft’s opening day in Fuzhou, one moviegoer was spotted with a love doll. According to ShanghaiIst, the images have gone viral in China. Major sites like China News have also covered the incident. The man…
A trailer for the new Destiny DLC Rise of Iron has leaked out a little early, and it contains something that’ll twist the knickers of everyone who played the game back in its launch year: the rocket launcher Gjallarhorn is back. It’s sporting the same design, only now you can get it in “Iron Black”.…
Japanese indie games festival BitSummit gets underway on July 9 and 10 in Kyoto. This year, Nintendo and Sony are among the official sponsors. According to Famitsu, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Goichi Suda are both slated to give talks. For more, check the event’s official site.
This is the heart warming tale of Rose, her golem friend, and Rose’s many horrible, brutal, gore-filled deaths. The game starts with no preamble. A young girl with a giant flower attached to her body, Rose, wakes up in the ruins of a castle. Through your first few minutes of gameplay, she quickly discovers two…
Just a quick update: According to Scarlett Johansson’s publicist, two of the photos taken of the Hong Kong Ghost in the Shell shoot show her stand-in and not the actress herself. Noted!
Look. At. This. We have a Voltron-type collectible, featuring the characters from Toy Story. This, of course, is a nod to Transitron from the short Toy Story of Terror. Since that character was a nod to Japanese toys, we’ve come full circle in a most spectacular way. Via Character Japan, here’s a short promotional clip…
Do you remember all those taboo rumors you heard in school about the opposite sex that nobody ever really knew if they were true or not—not even members of the opposite sex? Please Tell Me! Galko-chan is an anime about three girls, their unlikely friendship, and their comical attempts to get to the truth of…
A Busy Crossing. Tokyo, Japan. By Boris (500px). JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Last year at Gamescom, Microsoft said that the Xbox One was going to get DVR functionality in 2016. Yesterday, the company shelved those plans, saying they were going to instead “focus our attention on launching new, higher fan-requested gaming experiences across Xbox One and Windows 10″.
There just isn’t enough Jurassic Park cosplay. Ellie is UncannyMegan, Photos by Dallas Nagata White
More info on Destiny’s Rise of Iron DLC has come out ahead of Bungie’s planned announcement tomorrow, and I’m not gonna lie, it sounds incredible. Update 6/9: Bungie’s announcement stream has concluded with little new information beyond what leaked yesterday. Rise of Iron will cost $30 and will only be on PS4 and Xbox One.…
In April, Blizzard finally dropped the hammer on one of the biggest fan-run World of Wacraft legacy (that is, running older versions of WoW) servers, Nostalrius. After sustained outcry, however, Blizzard agreed to have a meeting with the folks who ran Nostalrius. Here’s what came of it. According to Nostalrius’ project manager, who goes by…
Amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it. Who cares if it’s not a fictional character: cosplay is 100% about fandom, and who isn’t a fan of soy sauce? Monsters, that’s who. Photo by Mark Clifton, taken at Animazement 19. Cosplayer is Katie Cunningham. Update:
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