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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 -
UncategorizedDetails Leak For Destiny‘s Rise of Iron DLC [UPDATE]
More info on Destiny’s Rise of Iron DLC has come out ahead of Bungie’s planned announcement tomorrow, and I’m not gonna lie, it sounds incredible. Update 6/9: Bungie’s announcement stream has concluded with little new information beyond what leaked yesterday. Rise of Iron will cost $30 and will only be on PS4 and Xbox One.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Reason Blizzard Can’t Make World Of Warcraft Legacy Servers (For Now)
In April, Blizzard finally dropped the hammer on one of the biggest fan-run World of Wacraft legacy (that is, running older versions of WoW) servers, Nostalrius. After sustained outcry, however, Blizzard agreed to have a meeting with the folks who ran Nostalrius. Here’s what came of it. According to Nostalrius’ project manager, who goes by…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 8, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Original Cosplay Is The Best Cosplay
Amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it. Who cares if it’s not a fictional character: cosplay is 100% about fandom, and who isn’t a fan of soy sauce? Monsters, that’s who. Photo by Mark Clifton, taken at Animazement 19. Cosplayer is Katie Cunningham. Update:
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016 -
CultureTransmission: When Classic Sci-Fi And Video Games Collide
Nathaniel West is a veteran concept artist who served as lead concept artist on Interstellar, and has also worked on Godzilla, Inception and Iron Man 2. His latest project, though, is as creator of the upcoming video game Transmission Taking cues from classic sci-fi design like 2001 and Alien, and some of his favourite games…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016
