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UncategorizedNothing Brings World Of Warcraft Together Like The Invading Demonic Horde
For the past week players of all levels, races and factions have been joining forces to try and stem the tide of soul-hungry demons spilling into our lands, determined to end life as we know it. I’ve not had this much fun with other players in ages. Since last Tuesday up until this morning’s maintenance,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Sid Meier Video Games
Veteran designer Sid Meier has over the years been behind—or at least lent his name to—some of the greatest games of our age. Some of these, like Civilization, you’ll no doubt be very familiar with. Others, whether through their age or obscurity, maybe less so. This piece originally appeared 12/7/15. Meier’s story is a great…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II comes to North America on September 6, publisher XSEED said today. It’ll be out on PS3 and Vita. This is the direct sequel to Cold Steel, which you should play. I’m hoping to have a more timely review this time around.
By Jason Schreier Published August 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
Look At This $200 Game Of Thrones Action Figure
Hong Kong toy company threezero will be releasing this 33cm Sandor Clegane figure later this year. There will be two models: a standard one for $195, and at $210 a “Threezero Store Deluxe Pack”, which will also come with The Hound’s fancy helmet. Salesgo live on August 18, with the figures shipping later in 2016.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedNext Call of Duty Has ’80s Zombies With David Hasselhoff And Pee-wee Herman
While Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare takes place in the future, its initial Zombies experience is firmly rooted in the past. In Zombies in Spaceland, four aspiring actors are transported to a zombie-infested space theme park by Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens. Reubens plays a once-popular horror actor who lures the player characters to an abandoned…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedOverwatch’s beloved particle cannon-wielding tank, Zarya, will have a new canon soon: Heroes of the Storm Blizzard revealed at Gamescom today that Zarya will be a playable HotS hero in the new Machines of War event. Two StarCraft stages are also being added as new battle maps.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedBlizzard Reveals New Overwatch Map, Eichenwalde
Overwatch is about to get its first post-launch map. It’s a castle village in Germany with a distinctly medieval vibe, and it’s called Eichenwalde. Blizzard revealed the map at Gamescom in—wait for it—Germany. Pretty cheeky, Blizz. Here’s a video: It’s an Assault/Escort hybrid map, and it’s got an Omnic Crisis (read: robot apocalypse) related story…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 16, 2016 - Culture
Some Concept Art From Fallout 4
This is a treat. Ilya Nazarov is a senior concept artist at Bethesda, and we’re about to take a look at some art from Fallout 4 (and its expansions). We actually featured some of Ilya’s work back in 2012, but that didn’t have any robots or gas stations in it. This collection does. You can…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedDestiny Is Finally Getting Private PvP Matches
Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space trying to think up good snarky one-line openings for Kotaku stories, is getting private PVP matches. Finally. Bungie announced the news on a livestream at Gamescom in Germany today. Private matches will be introduced when Rise of Iron launches on September 20. Looks like you…
By Jason Schreier Published August 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
The “Eye Sigil” Conspiracy Is Indie Games’ Most Arcane Mystery
“Dunno if I’m out of the loop, but what the hell is this?” Crypt of the NecroDancer player RireMakar asked on Reddit last May. In the main folder of the game’s SteamApp root directory, the data-miner unearthed a cryptic sigil, an iris embedded in the palm of a hand, which he posted online. A few…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
My Little Pony Fan Figures Are Figures Of My Little Pony Fans
Integrity Toys celebrates the adult fandom of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with a line of high-end fashion dolls that are mind-bendingly discordant. The outfits, the hair, the accessories—all of these make sense. But when applied to people so pretty only plastic could render them properly, my head starts to hurt. I’m not saying…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedSquare Releases An Hour Of New Final Fantasy XV Footage
Straight out of Gamescom, here’s a ton of new footage from the freshly delayed Final Fantasy XV, which will be out on November 29 for PS4 and Xbox One. There’s driving, chocobo riding, fishing, and lots of other promising activities. PSA: Skip the first two minutes if you don’t want some vague story spoilers. Looks…
By Jason Schreier Published August 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedSurprise Horror Hit Layers of Fear Has DLC Now, And It’s Rad
Layers of Fear: Inheritance is the new DLC for Bloober Team’s surprisingly good horror game Layers of Fear, now out for PC and consoles. Taking place long after the main game, you play as the daughter of a manic painter returning to her childhood home in search of answers. What really happened to your father?…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
Nvidia’s Latest Desktop Graphics Cards Are Now Its Latest Notebook Graphics Cards
Today gaming notebook makers around the world begin shipping systems decked out with Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060, 1070 and 1080 GPUs, essentially the same Pascal-based graphics hardware introduced for desktop PCs earlier this year. The line, it grows thinner. Mobile PC gaming is always a compromise between portability and performance, but it’s much less of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
Supergirl Added To Lego Dimensions In The Worst Way
Supergirl is coming to Lego Dimensions late next month, but she’s not coming easy. Not only is Superman’s cousin a PlayStation 4 exclusive, her figure will only be available in Starter Packs, the full edition of the game most fans already own. One of my favorite things about Lego Dimensions up until this point was…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
Trolling Gamescom With “Half-Life: 3”
A “Half-Life: 3″ poster has been spotted at Gamescom. But don’t get excited just yet! This isn’t for Valve’s long overdue sequel. It’s for some world-class trolling. Spotted by Aoife Wilson at Eurogamer and Keza MacDonald at Kotaku UK, the poster doesn’t actually read “Half-Life 3,” but rather, “Half-Life: 3″ and under that in smaller…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2016
