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The Dark Side Always Gets The Cooler Outfits
This is Miss Sinister (who we’ve featured before) as ass-kicking Star Wars witch Asajj Ventress. You can check out more of Miss Sinister’s work at her store page Costume fabrication by GSTQ Fashions and Monqiue Renee. Light sabers by Travis Wood, Pixel Bash Props and Zatcaskagoon. Electronics by Sublime Lightworks
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Iceland Not In FIFA 17 After Pay Dispute With EA
Iceland, whose fairy-tale trip to the business end of Euro 2016 was one of the tournament’s highlights, should be in this year’s edition of FIFA. But they’re not, following a dispute with EA over how much Iceland’s football association would be paid for the team’s rights. While the tiny nation had never actually been in…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2016 - Culture
Modders Add Multiplayer To Stardew Valley Before The Game’s Developers
Steam farming sensation Stardew Valley finally has multiplayer! Well… unofficially, anyway. Stardew Valley players have been waiting for multiplayer since shortly after the game came out in February, but that particular update is still a seed, rather than a blossoming pumpkin patch or a field overrun by sprightly Pokemon. It might be in the game…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Look At This Borderlands PC Case
The cel-shading is so good that this doesn’t look like a photo. It looks like a 3D render that’s trying to look like a photo. It’s a custom build by Ford Ashton, a friend of drummerdks and, for now, it’s just a case, with no actual PC inside. Which is probably for the best. You…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedNo Man’s Sky, Recreated As A…Doom Mod
Over the course of three weeks, Robert Prest has been working on a Doom (well, Doom 2) mod that attempts to recreate much of the core experience of No Man’s Sky It’s missing some of the fancier stuff around the edges, like a seamless transition from space to planetary surface, but…for the most part, if…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedAnimator Quack Attack published a Berserk parody animation that, many views later, is still making me giggle like an idiot. “Welcome to Berserk” has protagonist Guts stoically standing still as horrible things happen around him, infinitely, forever. Take a look:
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedVirtual Reality Is A Nice Place To Play Card Games
Virtual reality can’t fix the disconnect between clicking a card and slamming it down on a table, but playing on a battlefield between two fantasy dimensions certainly helps distract from it. Watch us play High Voltage’s Dragon Front on the Oculus Rift and see for yourself. High Voltage Software might have had trouble landing original…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2016 -
CultureSteam’s Digital Homicide Fiasco Is Valve’s Fault
It’s been a dramatic handful of days for Steam. Infamous shovelware developer Digital Homicide sued 100 Steam users for $18 million and subpoenaed Valve for their information, at which point Valve booted them and all their games from the service. The worst part? This was all painfully avoidable. The Digital Homicide situation is the culmination…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Popular Fan Game Pokémon Uranium Fully Ceases Development [Update]
A month ago, a Pokémon fan game with nine years of development got shut down by Nintendo. The creators didn’t seem particularly sad about it, though: over a million people downloaded the game, and the devs planned to continue supporting it for those people. But now, that’s changing. The Pokémon Uranium developers have announced that…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Look At Steam’s Current Top Seller, Battlerite
Battlerite is an absurd name for a game but never fear because it’s a really good game! It’s a team based action MOBA by Stunlock Studios in early access for the PC right now. And it’s managed to tickle an itch for mayhem I never knew I had. On face value, there was nothing to…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 21, 2016 - Kotaku East
A Serious Look at Big Anime Eyes
Kyoto Animation is one of Japan’s most famous anime studios. Besides its shows, the studio is famous for another thing: large eyes. This piece originally appeared 10/21/15. Many anime characters have abnormally large eyes. And many studios in Japan have their own house style. Kyoto Animation is no exception! What’s interesting is that the anime…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 4 Changed Action Games Forever
Resident Evil 4 was released in HD on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One recently. It’s been years since I played and I was eager to give it another look. I found a game that lives up to the reputation, marrying strong action with a new perspective that altered games forever. I have friends who…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Charizard’s Pokémon Card Is Getting Beefed Up
Next month’s Evolutions expansion might be the end of the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s XY series, but it’s giving some of the very first cards in the 20-year-old game a powerful new beginning. Looks like Charizard’s lost a little weight. The art remains the same, but the numbers in the frames have changed. The Evolutions…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Players Celebrate As Star Wars Battlefront Cuts An Amusingly Controversial Feature
It’s rare that the removal of a feature from a video game makes fans of that game happy, but fans of Star Wars Battlefront seem pretty happy that, thanks to a new update, anyone playing as a Stormtrooper in the game is forced to keep their helmet on. “No more wretched storm troopers without helmets,”…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Is Killing The Name ‘Battle.net’
It’s the end of an era for Blizzard, as the company announced today plans to say farewell to the name Battle.net, which they’ve used to refer to their internet platform since 1996. From a practical standpoint, nothing is changing, Blizzard says. But they’re ditching the name Battle.net, 20 years after the service launched. When Battle.net…
By Jason Schreier Published September 21, 2016 - Tips & Guides
The Five Best Guns To Buy In Destiny: Rise of Iron
Whenever Destiny gets an expansion, the vendors in the tower finally get new weapons in stock. Those of us who obsess over perks and rolls and stats promptly have an anxiety attack deciding which one to buy first. If there’s one thing I’ve learned after two years of Destiny, it’s that I’ll be able to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 21, 2016 - Uncategorized
A lengthy new blog post from the developers of The Division outlines major changes being made to character stats, skills and gear as part of the big October 1.4 patch that’s intended to make the endgame fun. The update, including big changes being made to popular skills like Smart Cover, will be playable on a…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2016 -
UncategorizedPaladins’ Developers Deny Cloning Overwatch
Paladins, a video game that looks very much like Overwatch, has taken some heat for its similarities to Blizzard’s popular team shooter—to the point where last night one of Paladins’ top developers felt compelled to write a big ol’ Reddit post explaining how it isn’t a clone at all. In the Reddit post, Hi-Rez Studios…
By Jason Schreier Published September 21, 2016
