Minecraft’s Combat Update Changes the Game in a Big Way

Minecraft’s 1.9 patch—known as the Combat Update—has been in development at Mojang for well over year, and it’s arriving on PC today. So what exactly does it bring to the table? Let’s take a look. Once you start playing, the first new thing you’ll notice will likely be the off-hand slot. This is a new…

America Narrowly Avoids Humiliation At Home Counter-Strike Tournament Qualifier

What started out as an underwhelming tournament for North American Counter-Strike ended on a more hopeful note as Team Liquid, Counter Logic Gaming, and Cloud9 eked out victories on Sunday to qualify for the MLG Columbus Counter-Strike tournament next month, where they will compete for a $500,000 grand prize. North American Counter-Strike is regarded as…

The Original Starter Pokémon, Re-Imagined

“What would the first Pokémon generation look like if they were introduced today?” To answer that question, Pokéfans infinipede and ShedSimas embarked on a project to redesign the original 151 Pokémon, with their first targets being, of course, the original starters. As the introductory post on the New 151 Tumblr blog states, the pair of…

Osaka Overrun for the Glory of Satan, Of Course!

You might know Kumamon as the official mascot character for Kumamoto Prefecture. Or you might know Kumamon as the bear from the “For the Glory of Satan” meme. Whichever, there are now a ton of them dotted throughout Osaka Station. Sankei News reports that famed architect and Osaka-native Tadao Ando is supervising the project, which…

A Dragon Ball Z Figure So Intense, It Shakes 

Everyone gets emotional sometimes, even Vegeta. Dragon Ball Z fans know about the time the character was moved to tears when he realized he was no match for Frieza. The moment, which can be seen here, is now immortalized in this collectible. [Image: Bandai] [Image: Bandai] Premium Bandai has the figure up for pre-order in…

Sony Is Killing the PlayStation TV in Japan

The PlayStation Vita TV (aka PlayStation TV) launched in Japan back in November 2013. Today, via AV Watch, Sony confirmed that it will cease shipping the hardware (in Japan, at least) at the end of February. That’s today. According to AV Watch, the reason Sony gave is that, in Japan, while the PS Vita TV…

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Some Very Fancy Legend Of Zelda Cosplay

This is…well, let’s say it’s a bit more dedicated than your average Zelda cosplay. This Link shoot went all out, from the horse to the props to the location. Even the song was made just for this occasion, a remix of the Zelda theme by Aurelia XO and Rekcahdam Cosplay by Tanya Istel and Cosnavi

The Practicality Of Video Game Outfits, Reviewed By Cosplayers

Earlier in February we asked asked five fashion writers to evaluate the fashion sense of various video game characters — this time we’re looking at the practicality of some video outfits, as judged by the people who make and wear these clothes themselves — cosplayers. Have you ever looked at a video game character’s dress…

Oh What A Shot From Curry

Steph Curry, who continues to ball like he’s cheating in a video game, now has a very fitting video game tribute for his heroics against the Thunder on Saturday night. (via Polygon)

Report: HoloLens Dev Unit Includes Conker Game

It looks like Fortune broke an embargo a little early today and released details on the first Microsoft HoloLens unit that humans can actually buy. While Fortune’s original story has been pulled, the information was picked up and posted by Redditor Shooob. The gist is this: the first development kit for the HoloLens will not…

This Might Be The Worst Sequence In Pro League of Legends History

Sometimes, schadenfreude is the only winner of an NA LCS match. That’s certainly the case with this breathtaking series of miscues in the opening minutes of today’s Renegades vs. Dignitas League of Legends match, where the map itself scores the first four kills of the game. In the space of a minute, two players from…

Slap That Ass, Ryu

Turns out the same animation meddling thatallowed the return of R. Mika’s butt slap in Street Fighter V also lets Ryu (and anyone else, I guess) get all slap-happy on their own derrière. This swapping of models also allows for wonderful scenes like this, where Ryu’s character model is used for both Laura and R.…

Great Scientists Become Greater Fighting Game Characters

Let us imagine, for a moment, that some of history’s greatest scientists did not devote their lives to the betterment of humanity, but to the betterment of their own ass-kicking abilities. That’s part of the premise behind this series of gifs that artist Diego Sanches made for Brazil’s Superinteressante magazine, imagining the playable roster (Stephen…

Dog Cosplay, Immortalized 

I like dog cosplay. You like dog cosplay. Reader Eric Ho, an artist out of NYC, also likes cosplaying dogs, so much so that he’s made a ton of little 3D models of them. You’ll see some familiar faces/outfits here amongst his range of models, like Thorgiand Corgi Link, though it looks like there’s some…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: An Unfortunate Acronym

They probably should have gone with “Bright Sun” and “Dark Moon” or something to that effect for the next two Pokemon games, but they didn’t. Pokemon S&M it is. All we need now is a Pokemon wearing a gimp mask and . . . ah yes, Banette. Close enough. Let’s do this. Those of you…

The Week In Games: Twilight Sparkle

In case you weren’t excited enough about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess the first time around, now’s your chance to make up for lost enthusiasm. I’m plenty excited here, as the Wii version of the game didn’t do much for me other than make me regret the decision to trade in my Gamecube towards…