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I Got Death Threats For Reporting On A Video Game Delay [UPDATES]

Last Wednesday, I reported that No Man’s Sky had been delayed. For two days, up until the game’s developers confirmed the news, I received a stream of nasty messages, angry tweets, and, as has become a standard part of gaming culture, threats against me and my family. Apparently I’m not the only one. No Man’s…

By Jason Schreier Published May 31, 2016

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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Tetris The Movie: The Winners

There is no way in hell the official Tetris movie will surpass the greatness of the mock-ups out readers put together in our second most-recent Photoshop contest. First off I’d like to thank occasional ‘Shop Contest winner Ben “GiantBoyDetective” Bertoli for slipping in a quick contest while I was off over the long weekend, even…

By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2016

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Well, That’s One Way To Take On A Rancor

Andreas Rocha is a freelance artist from Portugal who has worked in video games, toys, board games and advertising. You can see more of Andreas’ art at his personal siteand ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2016

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Just Cause 3‘s Mech Land Assault DLC arrives June 3 for season pass owners, June 10 for folks that would rather pay piecemeal. The barrage of videos depicting gravity gun-based carnage will follow immediately after.

By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2016

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A Compelling Argument For Official Overwatch LEGO Sets

I’m not playing much Overwatch, but I am fascinated by the characters and setting enough to drop cash on some toys, especially if they’re as cool as LEGO builder Taylor’s version of D.Va. Not all of Overwatch’s characters are as large and in-charge as D.Va, but that’s fine. Taylor’s version of the dynamic duo (via…

By Mike Fahey Published May 31, 2016

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Track: Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version- | Artist: Utada Hikaru | Album: Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version- (Single) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2016

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A Gaming PC You Can Wear on Your Back

If you’ve ever wanted to wear a PC on your back while you play VR games, lucky you! Because, your dreams are real. Gigazine reports that MSI recently showed off its Backpack PC, which is outfitted with an Intel Core i7 processor and a NVIDIA GTX980 graphics card. The idea is that by wearing the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2016

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Gran Turismo Sport won’t have dynamic weather and time changes. Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi told GTPlanet, “We opted to not have the transitions in the race this time in order to raise the framerate and the quality of the image during the race.”

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2016

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Making VR people with Unreal Engine 4. This is Project M from South Korea’s Evr Studio. The teaser clip shows they’ve done a good job with facial expressions; however, the hair isn’t quite there yet. Below is a making of clip. (Thanks Sang for the tip!)

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2016

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At Age 41, This Anime Director Is Already Burnt Out

Yutaka Yamamoto is one of Japan’s best known young anime directors. Most recently, he helmed the anime series Wake Up, Girls! He’s very talented and sounds very exhausted. As pointed out by Hachima, Yamamoto announced via Twitter that he was taking “an indefinite leave” because he’s fallen into poor physical health after “excessive” and “unreasonable”…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2016

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Terra Formars Live Action Film Is Just Plain Terrible

Months ago, when the first trailer for Terra Formars painted the live action film as a comedy, I expected it to be terrible. Unsurprisingly, it is—though not in the ways I expected back then. …Okay, not JUST in the ways I expected back then. The Terra Formars franchise in general follows groups of humans sent…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 31, 2016

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Power Pole. Asahikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. ByAlex Naef 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!

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2016

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The First Ten Minutes Of The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine

Here’s the intro to Blood & Wine, in which Geralt is encouraged to take up a fancy new contract and says farewell to the Northern Kingdoms.

By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2016

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You know those enormous space stations you can build in EVE Online now? PC Gamer has a cool story about the quest to build the first one packing a superweapon. A bootleg Death Star, if you will.

By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2016

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The Witcher 3 vs Studio Ghibli

The Witcher 3’s final (and biggest) expansion, Blood & Wine, is now out. If you need me for the next month, that’s where I’ll be. To celebrate, here’s a Studio Ghibli-inspired crossover piece by Lap Pun Cheung, who is very good at this sort of thing

By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2016

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Seattle, Recreated Almost Perfectly In Cities: Skylines

As I’ve said, Cities Skylines has its flaws as a city management game, but as a toy to build stuff with, it’s in a league of its own. As we see here, with inthoughtwelive’s near-perfect recreation of Seattle. It’s not perfect perfect, because Skylines has a stupid limit on the number of buildings you can…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2016

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Pro Photographer’s Uncharted 4 Screenshots Are Fantastic

I’ve taken nice shots in Uncharted 4’s photo mode, you’ve probably taken some too, but professional real world photographer Ray Soemarsono has us all beat with these incredible images. A top-shelf wedding photographer, Soemarsono obviously has a good eye for when to pull the trigger/shutter, because most of these look better than the pics that…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2016

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Well, fine folks of Kotaku, that’s all from us. Thanks so much for letting us entertain you over the long weekend. If YOU ever feel the need to write about gaming, cartoons, snacks or more you can always come hang with us over at the reader-run Talk Amongst Yourselves blog. Sayonara! – Ben and Narelle

Ben Bertoli and Narelle Ho Sang Published May 30, 2016

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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Vantendo Special Edition: Winners!

Nintendo and Vans may have teamed up to produce some special gaming-themed shoes, but none of them can hold a candle to the monstrosities fresh new designs our readers came up with. While Vans may only be producing Nintendo related kicks, our ‘shop contest was open to anything and everything to do with gaming. Not…

By Ben Bertoli Published May 30, 2016

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No More Heroes And MadWorld Are Delightfully Cringeworthy

Travis Touchdown saves the game by taking a dump. And Jack? Jack…he’s a psycho maniac. The irreverent humor of No More Heroes and MadWorld is just so bad, it’s good. No More Heroes’ Travis Touchdown and the series’ oversexualized, and stylistically violent gameplay surprise for being so over-the-top. These games could be serious but then…

By Narelle Ho Sang Published May 30, 2016