That Time Sony Started Making Big Games Available Digitally On Day One

It’s now standard practice to release a game at retail and digitally at the same time, but that wasn’t the case in 2007. Warhawk was a trendsetter, but it was a bumpy road. Warhawk was supposed to be one of PlayStation 3’s biggest early exclusives, an ambitious resurrection of a cult classic for the original…

Game Store. Game Store Never Changes.

Sure, the items for sale in post-apocalyptic Game Store GameRaveTV built in Fallout 4 are a little different, but the vibe is exactly the same. The doors open to clearance toys, just as they do in most real-world Game Store locations these days. Toys-to-life games on the right, along with some random board game stuff.…

My Quest To Win NBA MVP

Meet Lorenzen Patsatzoglou. He’s a better scorer than Steph Curry, a stronger rebounder than DeAndre Jordan, and, although this may sound a bit premature, I’d say he might go down as the best player in NBA history. Or at least NBA video game history. Lorenzen Patsatzoglou, aka Frequency Vibrations, aka The Bodyguard, is 7’3 and…

The Only Thing This Ant-Man Cosplay Doesn’t Do Is Shrink

That’s not an insanely detailed Hot Toys figure up there. Nor is it the product of a big-time Hollywood special effects division. This here Ant-Man costume was made by two very talented people. Rick Louis is the guy wearing the Ant-Man get-up in the video above, which was crafted by Eliza Eldredge of the Eldritch…

Our Favorite Games From April

We got some big games this past month, like Dark Souls III, the new Ratchet & Clank, and the Banner Saga sequel, to name just a few. But those three are just a small part of the two dozen games we’ve looked at, and loved, in April. Have a look: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday On…

The Internet Reacts To Last Night’s Bombshell Game of Thrones

Damn. That sure was one hell of a Game of Thrones episode, huh? (SPOILERS AHEAD!) For months now, Game of Thrones fans have wanted to know one thing: is Jon Snow actually dead? Fans knew that resurrection was technically possible, and that a character like Melisandre, who is a priestess of the Lord of Light,…

Mighty No. 9 Is Actually Coming Out

After endless delays and a gradual drain of fan hope and excitement, the Mega Man successor Mighty No. 9 is actually coming out: on June 21, 2016. Well, sorta. Not content just to announce a release date, designer Keiji Inafune also said today that he’s delayed the 3DS and Vita versions of his upcoming game,…

The Predator’s Designer Builds Killer League Of Legends Statue

Hollywood design and effects legend Steve Wang, who has worked on everything from Predator to Hellboy, was recently commissioned to build a new League of Legends statue for Riot Games. Wang and his team knocked it out of the park. The statue is of Lucian, and boy is there a lot going on. In addition…

Animators Team Up To Redo Smash Bros. Melee‘s Intro

More than 30 animators brought in their unique styles for the Reanimation Project’s attempt to remake the beloved intro of Super Smash Bros. Melee This means it’s dozens of small clips, segments of the original intro, (gotta love the Monty Python one around 1:18), tied together as one long fan remake. Here’s the original one…

Fallout 4‘s World Map As A Globe

Suddenly, Fallout 4‘s Commonwealth, which feels pretty big in first-person view, shrinks when we can see most of it from above. An awesome idea from kidaXV, who used a panorama photo stitcher on 45 carefully selected screenshots to make this unique projection. Slightly bigger pic above, and there’s an even larger one (it’s 50 MB…

An Audience with EVE Online’s Space Pope

Two weeks ago, at EVE Fanfest, a convention for players of space MMO EVE Online, I began hearing odd snatches of conversation: “Dude, the pope’s in our hotel”, “Did you kiss the ring?”. This is at the same time as the real pope is out in Greece meeting with refugees, so, clearly, we’re talking about…

Japan’s Game Boy Mailbox

Previously, Kotaku pointed out that Japan sure has some interesting Japan Post mailboxes. Looks like there’s another one to add to the list: the Game Boy mailbox. Spotted by a Japanese Twitter user who was going fishing, the post box appears worn and weathered. If you look closely, you notice the Japan Post symbol (that…

Here’s the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Debut Trailer

I’ll cut to the chase: It’s Call of Duty. There’s shooting. There are spaceships. There’s a “Space Oddity” cover. That’s right, besides the ground combat for which the series is known, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare takes players to space, allowing them to pilot a spacecraft. The Italian trailer seemed to first hit the Call…

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The First Order’s TIE Pilots Are Lookin’ Sharp

We get a lot of Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren cosplay around here, but master props builder Shawn Thorsson has turned his eye towards one of the cooler and more obscure designs from Force Awakens: the new TIE pilots. Beginning with 3D models, Thorsson built a few suits from scratch, making everything from the helmets…

Popular League Of Legends Streamer Banned For Trolling

Tyler1, a popular League of Legends streamer who recently made a name for himself as a poster boy for toxic behaviour in the game, has been “indefinitely” banned by Riot. Previously a relatively small-timer on Twitch, Tyler1’s popularity exploded earlier this month after word got out that his streams featured non-stop trolling, including everything from…