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Titanfall’s Mechs Still Look Great
Tu Bui is an artist at Respawn, where he’s worked on both Titanfall games. We’ve featured some of his work beforein larger galleries for the series, but today’s a good day to run some of his stuff on its own. You can see more of Bui’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Here’s What The Creators of Pokémon Sun and Moon Think About Fan Games
The recent controversial takedowns of high-profile yet unofficial Nintendo-related creations paints a picture of an aggressive corporation that punishes fans. But Game Freak, the creators of Pokémon, actually seem remarkably chill about the existence of fan games based on a recent conversation with Kotaku. As some of you know, 2016 has been a fraught year…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Joker’s Long List Of Ridiculous Crimes, According To Rocksteady
“My only regret is I didn’t do more,” the Joker cackles, in this terrific scene from newish PS4 game Batman: Arkham VR. The Bat-computer is listing all of the crimes that the Joker has been convicted of. Torture… unlicensed dentistry… arson… even improper labeling of meat products. That bastard. It’s quite the list and one of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedBe very afraid, The Amnesia Collection arrives on PlayStation 4 November 22. Collecting Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the Amnesia: Justine DLC and sequel Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the horror compilation should have been released in time for Halloween. Maybe they just forgot.
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedOne-On-One Jump Scare Game Hide And Shriek Launches Next Week
Comingto Steamon October 25, Hide and Shriek is an online game that tasks two players with scaring the living shit out of each other. Developer Funcom has released a new trailer demonstrating exactly how that works. Are jump scares more frightening when someone else is controlling them directly? On one hand there’s the element of…
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2016 - Culture
Super Mario Hot Wheels, Ranked
Last month Nintendo and Mattel teamed up to create the first ever Super Mario character cars. Each is a wheeled work of art, but with eight different vehicles at $.97 a pop, snagging the whole set might be tough. Don’t worry. We’re here to help. We’ve created the definitive ranking of Super Mario Hot Wheels…
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2016 -
Kotaku EastThe Case Mod That Looks Like An Enormous Gun
Not sure where case mods go from here, but a giant gun will be tough to top. Via PC Gamer comes this Point Blank Barrett Radeon RX480. A team called Suchao Modding & Design created this madness. This is nuts, truly nuts, but damn, it’s so well made and well executed. It looks like the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 19, 2016 - Kotaku East
The Japanese Military Recruits With Anime Girls
In the past, there was a tradition in the U.S. military to paint pin-ups on aircrafts. Today, that tradition lives on in Japan. But there’s an important difference: they’re not cheesecake pin-ups. They’re anime girls, and they’re not only on aircrafts, but also recruitment posters. During the annual festival at the Japanese Self Defense Force’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 19, 2016 - Kotaku East
Anime Fans, This Tokyo Hair Salon Is For You
Make your anime hair dreams real! In Tokyo’s Akihabara, that is. As pointed out on 2ch, a new anime-themed hair salon called Off-Kai has opened in the city’s anime and gaming district with the distinctive English tagline “For animation fans hairsalon.” The salon offers video game and anime inspired cuts, and it’s filled with manga…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 19, 2016 - Kotaku East
Yokai Watch Characters Working At McDonald’s
Imagine walking into McDonald’s and seeing these characters at the counter. These characters, of course, are Jibanyan, Komajiro and Komasan. The Yokai Watch gang appeared at a McDonald’s in Japan to promote an upcoming calendar collaboration. Famitsu was on hand to capture images like this. It sure looks hard to move around in those costumes. …
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 19, 2016 - Kotaku East
Japan Has Halloween Taxis With Zombie Drivers
Just in time for Halloween, a Fukuoka taxi company called Lucky Taxi is rolling out a pair of frightening cabs. Best part? They have zombie drivers in zombie make up. Like so. GAH. According to Yomiuri, the cabs will be running in Fukuoka’s city center, with drivers in full zombie make up from October 29…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedThis is my kind of streaming.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Brexit Is Going To Make A Sports Game Awesome
Brexit, a waking political nightmare for the United Kingdom, isn’t all bad news. After all, it’s managed to spice up this year’s version of Football Manager, low-key one of the biggest game series on the planet. As The Telegraph reports, while the actual details of Britain’s exit from the European Union are being worked out,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2016 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Players Are Sick Of The Sombra ARG [UPDATE]
Update 10/18/2016: After two months of inching forward, the Sombra-related countdown site hit 100 percent. And nothing big happened. People are now more fed up than ever. Upon completion, the countdown site read, “…Carga finalizada. Unidad Bastion E-54 comprometida…,” implying that Bastion has been compromised in some way or another. Apparently there’s now some funny…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 18, 2016 - Uncategorized
Heroes Of The Storm‘s New Brawl Mode Is A Good Reason To Check In Every Week
Heroes of the Storm’s weekly Heroes’ Brawl launched today, bringing a regular rotation of entertaining game variants to Blizzard’s MOBA. I played several rounds of the Punisher Arena mode earlier today, and while I’m not any better than last time I played, I didn’t care nearly as much. Punisher Arena, available for the next week…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 - Culture
Faced With Criminal Charges, Valve Denies Facilitating Illegal Counter-Strike Gambling
A few months ago, Valve finally got around to cracking down on Counter-Strike skin gambling, a sketchy secondary market potentially worth billions of dollars. The saga, however, is far from over. Valve is now facing potential criminal charges from the Washington State Gambling Commission. A couple weeks ago, the Washington State Gambling Commission said that…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 18, 2016
