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That Is A Lot Of Blizzard Characters
John Polidora is an artist at Blizzard. You like Mercy’s Halloween skin? He did the concept for that. And loads of others, of course. As a senior concept artist and character designer working on the game, that’s literally his job. I just thought I’d mention Mercy because as someone who mains as Mercy it is…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
Enraged EVE Online Player Offers $75,000 Bounty On Enemy Corporation
EVE Online can get pretty intense. From battles that cost $300,000 in damages to histories so complex that a book was written about them, the long running MMO can get very serious. Now, a personal disagreement has led to a hefty bounty. In a Reddit post, user holder2k has offered $75,000 for the eviction of…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dragon Quest Builders Feels Like A More Guided Minecraft
I love the idea of Minecraft, but I lack the time, patience and attention span to get anywhere in it. What I need is Minecraft with a strong guiding hand. That’s Dragon Quest Builders in a nutshell. I’ve spent several hours wandering about Minecraft. I start projects and end them before the materials are gathered.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 1 Trial Goes Live One Day Early
Members of Origin Access and EA Access can now download the ten hour trial for Battlefield 1, an entire day before originally planned. The early trial was meant to go live tomorrow but it can now be downloaded on PC and Xbox One by members. The download comes in at 40.39 GB total on PC…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedDespite Hype, Osiris: New Dawn Is Not The Perfect Space Sim Yet
Osiris: New Dawn is a space exploration game out in Early Access on Steam. It’s a vast but unfortunately tedious take on the survival genre. There’s a lot of potential but a long way to go if the game wants to dominate the field. With the mixed response to No Man’s Sky, the space exploration…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Fans Are Using The Halloween Update To Throw Candy On Corpses
Overwatch’s Halloween-themed seasonal event launched yesterday, and along with some spooky-scary skins, Blizzard gave us something else: Ana’s “grandma candy” emote and some solid trolling potential. Here, little boys and girls, don’t be afraid: Ana’s new “grandma candy” emote appears to be a riff on the “grandma candy” memefrom July, which Blizzard had taken note…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Is Giving Away Beyond Good & Evil For Free
For the next month, Ubisoft’s ultimate cult classic, Beyond Good & Evil, can be yours for zero dollars if you have a PC and a free Ubisoft Club account. That’s down from $10 on Steam. The mega-publisher is giving the game away as part of a year-long celebration of their 30th anniversary (and maybe boost…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
WWE 2K17 Glitches Are A Good Time
WWE 2K’s physics may not misbehave quite so perfectly as FIFA’swhen they go wrong, but when it goes wrong, it can still be pretty great. The game’s only been out for a day, and already we have sightings of poltergeist body slams, wrestlers wearing tables and ladder murder. WARNING: Lotta gifs ahead.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
Finding A Match In Gears of War 4 Sucks [UPDATED]
I’ve been playing Gears of War 4 for a few dozen hours now and a good portion of that time has been spent waiting for the game to find someone to play with. At first, I thought it was simply that I was playing the game earlier than most people. So I waited for the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 12, 2016 - Uncategorized
Sports Games Dominate September PlayStation Download Charts, As No Man’s Sky Disappears
They don’t get a lot of press here on Kotaku, but sports games are still a big, big deal, especially in this fairly fallow fall gaming season where there ain’t much else for gamers to buy. Sony’s newly released charts of thetop 20 downloaded games for PS4 in America in September lead with NBA 2K,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2016 -
UncategorizedNetflix’s Skylanders Series Looks Like Fun
Launching October 28 on Netflix, Skylanders Academy taps top animation, voice and production talent to make the toys-to-life game characters livelier than ever. Check out the official trailer. Along with this year’s installment of the hit video game franchise, Skylanders Academy gives characters like Spyro, Stealth Elf, Eruptor, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz much more personality.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2016 - Culture
We All Live In An Official Lego Yellow Submarine
From silly children’s song to animated classic, The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” has been sparking imaginations since its 1966 debut. What better inspiration for the next official Lego Ideas set? Suddenly I know exactly what to get my mother for Christmas. Based on a design submitted to the Lego Ideas program by amateur musician and songwriter…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2016 -
Kotaku EastHow Japan Made a Digital Godzilla
Godzilla Resurgence, its first made-in-Japan ‘Zilla film in twelve years. The latest entry is a smash hit in Japan. While I had mixed feelings about it, the digital effects work extremely well. While Hollywood has used computer graphics on both its Godzilla movies, Japan has used a suit actor right up until Godzilla: Final Wars…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2016 - Kotaku East
Studio Ghibli Color Designer Michiyo Yasuda Has Died
One of the most memorable, evocative features of Studio Ghibli films is their use of color. The woman responsible for that has passed away. She was 77. Michiyo Yasuda collaborated with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata long before they established Studio Ghibli, working on films like 1972’s Panda! Go, Panda! and as a color designer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2016 - Kotaku East
Meme Alert! Anime Inspires Chest-Balancing Challenge
In Getsuyoubi no Tawawa (Tawawa on Monday), the heroine Ai-chan is able to balance her phone on her chest. Now, women and men online are seeing if they can do it, too. The meme, it seems, started in South Korea, but now Japanese Twitter users are also uploading their efforts. The hashtags for this meme…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2016
