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UncategorizedCustom Map Turns Doom Into A Fashion Show
Despite being somewhat limited compared to traditional modding, Doom’s SnapMap feature has helped produce everything from demonic farming simulators to demonic MOBAs. And now, it’s given us a demon fashion show. Demons are nothing if not well-rounded individuals. Kyle Pena put together a SnapMap scenario that’s all about stylish demons strutting their stuff. There are…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedScrew You, Overwatch Loot Boxes
Nothing beats getting that one legendary Overwatch skin you’ve been eyeing for days. Most of the time, though? God do loot box drops suck. Blizzard are a devilish bunch. I can only imagine how long was spent on designing the loot box, its animation, and what it sounds like when you expand one. Just the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 9, 2016 - Culture
Watch Us Play Wasted, A Dungeon Crawler Inspired By Fallout And Booze
Wasted is a post-apocalyptic dungeon crawler that unabashedly takes the piss out of Fallout. It’s about exploring Coolers (read: Vaults), meeting and murdering zany characters, and getting so drunk that you acquire super powers. The game just launched on Steam earlier this week, and you can watch me play it in the video below. My…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Now Handing Out Permanent Bans For First-Time Division Cheaters
The Division’s post-pandemic streets are about to get a lot less forgiving for cheaters. The game’s developers say that starting now, anyone using cheat software will be banned forever, no second chances. In a new post on the game’s official blog, the Division’s dev team say that the new cheat detection measures they introduced at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2015 Promises?
Nintendo’s digital events have become a highlight of E3—pre-recorded presentations, as opposed to live stage shows, that are full of fun and filled purely with games. There’s no planned Direct this year, but let’s see if they kept their 2015 promises. The theme of Nintendo’s June 16, 2015 E3 digital event was transformation. At the…
By Narelle Ho Sang Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Much Needed Features Coming To Doom‘s Struggling Multiplayer
When people say Doom is awesome, they’re usually talking about the game’s single player campaign. Multiplayer? Not so much. It’s bland. But in an interview with Eurogamer, developer id Software claims changes are coming. id Software oversaw Doom’s multiplayer, but Certain Affinity actually built it. Now that the game’s shipped, however, id Software is taking…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 4: The Very Short Text Adventure
If the actual Uncharted 4’s a little too white-knuckled for your gaming tastes, but you still want to get a feel for what everyone’s been talking about, you could always try this brief little text adventure version Know that, if you haven’t worked it out by now by the genre itself, it’s not an official…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedPlayStation VR’s Lineup Is Getting Wonderfully Weird
Sony’s beginning to unveil PlayStation VR’s lineup for this October, and there are some interesting games coming. The week before E3 is when companies do one of two things: try to capture attention during a slow news week or announce smaller games that might get buried by bigger ones. I’m pretty interested in the latter!…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedSonic, E.T., Gollum, Batman and Adventure Time Are All Going To be In The Same Video Game
Is this the greatest video game roster of all time? The folks behind the Lego Dimensions just unveiled the characters and series they’re featuring in the game’s second year, starting in September: Sonic the Hedgehog, Adventure Time, Mission Impossible, the A-Team, the Goonies, Knight Rider, the Powerpuff Girls, Gremlins, Beetlejuice and ET. All in one…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 9, 2016 - Kotaku East
Man Takes Love Doll to See Warcraft Movie
Who knows, maybe at least she liked the film. One of China’s biggest sites NetEase (via ShanghaiIst) reports that on Warcraft’s opening day in Fuzhou, one moviegoer was spotted with a love doll. According to ShanghaiIst, the images have gone viral in China. Major sites like China News have also covered the incident. The man…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedDestiny DLC Trailer Leaks. Gjallarhorn Is Back.
A trailer for the new Destiny DLC Rise of Iron has leaked out a little early, and it contains something that’ll twist the knickers of everyone who played the game back in its launch year: the rocket launcher Gjallarhorn is back. It’s sporting the same design, only now you can get it in “Iron Black”.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 - Kotaku East
Japanese indie games festival BitSummit gets underway on July 9 and 10 in Kyoto. This year, Nintendo and Sony are among the official sponsors. According to Famitsu, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Goichi Suda are both slated to give talks. For more, check the event’s official site.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2016 - Kotaku East
Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight Is a Perfect Melding of Cuteness and Gore
This is the heart warming tale of Rose, her golem friend, and Rose’s many horrible, brutal, gore-filled deaths. The game starts with no preamble. A young girl with a giant flower attached to her body, Rose, wakes up in the ruins of a castle. Through your first few minutes of gameplay, she quickly discovers two…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 9, 2016 -
Kotaku EastThink Voltron Meets Toy Story And You’ll Understand This
Look. At. This. We have a Voltron-type collectible, featuring the characters from Toy Story. This, of course, is a nod to Transitron from the short Toy Story of Terror. Since that character was a nod to Japanese toys, we’ve come full circle in a most spectacular way. Via Character Japan, here’s a short promotional clip…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2016 - Kotaku East
Taboo High School Rumors Make for One Funny Anime
Do you remember all those taboo rumors you heard in school about the opposite sex that nobody ever really knew if they were true or not—not even members of the opposite sex? Please Tell Me! Galko-chan is an anime about three girls, their unlikely friendship, and their comical attempts to get to the truth of…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Last year at Gamescom, Microsoft said that the Xbox One was going to get DVR functionality in 2016. Yesterday, the company shelved those plans, saying they were going to instead “focus our attention on launching new, higher fan-requested gaming experiences across Xbox One and Windows 10″.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016